Books on organic gardening are now, due to demand, appearing very frequently on booksellers’ shelves. One is therefore compelled to ask two questions of each new publication – Does it really have anything new to say? – or, does it cover the whole field very well? I think this book falls in the latter category, with succinct statements and clear layout; it is well-indexed and sufficiently illustrated, so that it is very useful to any gardener as a quick reference book. Whilst very little is new, the text is clear, the tables useful, and the weaknesses difficult indeed to find, so that the negative criticisms below are a minor feature of the whole work.