Organic Gardening Magazine

Pros: Packed with good gardening information.
Cons: Thin and expensive.

J.I. Rodale created a magazine in 1942 and called it Organic Gardening and Farming . It grew and changed over the years, and became Organic Gardening, the most widely read gardening magazine in the world. Rodale Press also created a...

Pros: Good information and easy to follow.
Cons: Pamphlet-like and expensive.

Update: I was told via mail in January, 2006 that Organic Style was not going to be issued anymore and they were concentrating on Organic Gardening. I got an issue without asking but it was then up to me to stop receiving the magazine. I have received ...

Pros: Wealth of information for small and large scale organic gardeners.
Cons: Some subjects are repeated over the years.

Being stuck in the house on a cold, wet winter day isn't my idea of a fun time, but that is what happened this weekend as I was attending my son recovering from wisdom tooth surgery. During this time I was able to catch up with a great amount of reading ...

Pros: Many features, Interesting Departments
Cons: Ads, Almost fanatical feel about chemicals

It is summertime, the veggies are growing, and the flowers are blooming in my garden. I now have aphids on my Rose of Sharon bushes, and ants crawling over each bud milking the aphids. What is a gardener to do?

I...

Pros: Non-preachy, unpretentious and clear writing with excellent advice
Cons: Infrequent publication schedule, would prefer more targeted advice (edibles only, more zone-specific suggestions)

This is one of those very rare periodicals that functions exactly as it should: it isn't preachy, like a lot of magazines that espouse certain...philosophies (see especially some vegetarian publications...), it isn't overly complicated or involved, but...

Pros: Good resource for environmentally-friendly gardening advice
Cons: Ad policy doesn't support their ideals

With spring a reality for some and only a promise for others, gardeners' minds and imaginations are turning toward this year's better-than-ever garden. The bright covers of the garden magazines beckon from newsstand and checkout displays. Which to buy?...

Pros: Mike McGrath is back, informative on vegetable, fruit and herb gardening
Cons: can be preachy, not much about flowers

I've read Organic Gardening for about 15 years, since before I even had a garden of my own. It was OK, but there are only so many ways you can put together a compost pile. Then they hired Mike McGrath as editor. The whole magazine changed. Suddenly,...

Pros: Good basics about natural gardening
Cons: Preachy smash the chemical infidels overtones

Some Love McGrath

Organic Gardening readers are divided among those who love Mike McGrath (former editor and present essayist) and those who don't understand what the big deal about Mike McGrath is. I admit that I'm in the latter...

Pros: Humorous, informational, educational and much more
Cons: The issues are too short - I run out of pages before I am ready!

I first subscribed to this magazine when Mike McGrath was the editor, and eagerly looked forward to every issue. When he "left," so did the humor and eventually, so did the magazine's focus.

I am happy to say that the magazine is...

Pros: Very informative, wide variety of topics
Cons: only six issues a year!

I recently subscribed to Organic Gardening since I have wanted to learn more about a natural way to garden, without all the toxic waste products out there that supposedly 'help' you grow a nice garden. Being an avid gardener of both vegetables and...

Pros: for every gardener, not just organics!
Cons: sometimes to technical

Organic Gardening is a must for every gardener. I look forward to going to the mailbox and plan on spending the next hour reading it. Sorry, everything else can wait. Not an issue goes by that I don't learn something new and I have been gardening for...

Pros: good tips on how to make a good garden
Cons: too many adds

My husband loves to garden. He swears that this is the best Magazine on gardening that he has ever come accros.

The magazine has about 80 pages of wonderful gardening tips, ideas, and what tools you need to take care of your garden. The only...

Pros: Some good info
Cons: could use more in-depth articles

I remember when my mom used to subscribe, and how leafing through each magazine was a delight and an adventure in learning - not to mention just plain entertaining as visions of myself in overalls and straw hat picking county fair award winning veggies...

Pros: Interesting and Thought provoking Articles
Cons: I can't wait for my next issue!

Organic Gardening came to my attention by way of a radio show hosted by Mike McGrath on WHYY in Philadelphia. Though Mike is an OG zealot, he has a lot of great advice. I was convinced that I needed to subscribe to OG.

This past year I read...

Pros: Makes organic gardening seem doable, and fun
Cons: not all that easily seen on the supermarket shelves

Years ago, I found this magazine in a stand with so many others. It stood out, primarily because it was the only one that espoused organic gardening. The very first issue I bought, and sold me to the magazine, broke composting down into very simple, easy...