Author: Chris McLaughlin
Publisher: Alpha Books
ISBN: 9781615640966
Category : Container gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Small Space Gardening Creative strategies for gardens on balconies, ledges and, fire escapes. Planting beautiful borders and walkways, kids gardens and much more 352 pages, learn how to use every square inch.
Author: Chris McLaughlin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101556161
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Creative strategies for gardens on balconies, ledges, fireescapes, planting beautiful borders and walkways, kids gardens, and much more!
Author: Carl A. Price
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101022132
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Perhaps it's because of the uncertainty that surrounds the safety of produce purchased in the grocery store these days. Perhaps it's because people are looking for fun, inexpensive hobbies to dive into. Or perhaps it's because there's nothing like the taste of fresh fruits and veggies grown in the backyard. But whatever the reason, readers need advice on gardening now more than ever before. And The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Vegetable Gardening is just the place to turn. In this book, expert authors Daria Price Bowman and Carl A. Price provide information on: Expert techniques for planning and plotting a gardenUnderstanding what's necessary for soil nourishmentPlanting seeds and seedlingsGrowing fruits, vegetables, berries, and moreCultivating medicinal and healing herbsRecognizing and preventing the most common plant diseasesIdentifying and eliminating weedsPruning and trimming plantsKnowing when to harvestDeciding whether to can, dry, or freeze A comprehensive, easy-to-read book, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Vegetable Gardening is an excellent resource for anyone interested in growing fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs.
Author: Geoffrey R. Dixon
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401785600
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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This Trilogy explains “What is Horticulture?”. Volume three of Horticulture: Plants for People and Places presents readers with detailed accounts of the scientific and scholastic concepts which interact with the arts and humanities and which now underpins the rapidly evolving subject of Social Horticulture. This discipline transcends the barriers between science, medicine and the arts. This volume covers:- Horticulture and Society, Diet and Health, Psychological Health, Wildlife, Horticulture and Public Welfare, Education, Extension, Economics, Exports and Biosecurity, Scholarship and Art, Scholarship and Literature, Scholarship and History and the relationship between Horticulture and Gardening. This volume brings the evolution of the Discipline and Vocation of Horticulture firmly into the 21st Century. It covers new ground by providing a detailed analysis of the value of Horticulture as a force for enhancing society in the forms of social welfare, health and well-being, how knowledge is transferred within and between generations, and the place of Horticulture in the Arts and Humanities. Substantial emphasis is given to the relationships between health, well-being and plants by the internationally acclaimed authors who have contributed accounts of their work in this book.
Author: Delilah Smittle
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101195681
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 501
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Enjoy and benefit from the garden all year long. Whether it's onions in the summer, lettuce in the winter, or orchids any time, 'The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Year-Round Gardening', covers every step of the process of both outdoor and indoor gardening. From seeds, soil, compost, equipment, and fertilizers to all types of covers and greenhouses, and even gardening and harvesting in root-cellars during winter, this guide is a must-have for any dedicated gardener. Over 7 million households nationwide plan to grow their own fruits, vegetables, herbs and berries. The trend has recieved a boost from Michelle Obama's White House garden - aswell as from the desire to save money on food. The only book that covers both outdoor covered gardening and greenhouse gardening, as well as root-cellar gardening and harvesting, written by an expert in the field of greenhouse gardens.
Author: Carlo A. Balistrieri
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781592571598
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Complemented by more than five hundred photographs, illustrations, and diagrams, this easy-to-follow how-to handbook introduces the fundamentals of rock and water gardening and includes a variety of projects, complete with step-by-step instructions and illustrations, shopping lists, plant directories, and dozens of helpful tips. Original. 12,000 first printing.
Author: Daria Price Bowman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781101021729
Category : Vegetable gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Author: Ann Green
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781544861647
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Getting Your FREE Bonus Download this book, read it to the end and see -BONUS: Your FREE Gift- chapter after the conclusion. Small Space Gardening Learn and Grow Anywhere Welcome to Small Space Gardening: Learn and Grow Anywhere, a D.I.Y. book designed to not only give you some suggestions on where to plant your gardens but also to give you the basic tools you need in order to grow a garden practically anywhere. With the world becoming ever more densely populated, we need to have ways of being self-sufficient in such small places. This book is designed to help you see nooks and crannies as the perfect holes for growing plants. In the first chapter, we'll go over how growing your own plants can: Save you a lot of money if you use a lot of plant-based foods like spices and salads You can make money off of growing more than you need Will permanently change how you view the truly small spaces in and around your house so that you can recognize potential areas of growth. In the second chapter, I go over the bare basics to bring everyone up to speed on a simplified format. This ensures that those who want to grow plants in small places know what they're doing for the most part in areas where there's sun and where there's no sun. As with all books I guide you through, I take the time to guide everyone. In the remain chapters, we'll go over several different places for you to grow your plants. We'll go over: Several different ways to make home decors and hanging gardens a part of your household when you think you may have no room. Uncommon outside areas that go relatively unnoticed, even though they are great areas to have plants in. Places no one thinks about until they see someone else tending to their garden in that same place. This book is designed to thoroughly find most of the places you likely skipped when trying to figure out where you can place a small garden to grow your plants. Download your E book -Small Space Gardening: Learn and Grow Anywhere- by scrolling up and clicking -Buy Now with 1-Click- button!
Author: Jane O'Connor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780028627670
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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A concise, user friendly guide covering all the basics, this second edition offers extensive lists of easy-to-grow plants, tips on how to save money on tools, and full-color photos and illustrations. 8-page color insert.
Author: Mara Grey
Publisher: Alpha Books
ISBN: 9780028631400
Category : Flower gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Covers all aspects of flower gardening, including annuals, perennials, and bulbs, with tips on choosing which flowers to plant, soils and bulbs, and planting and maintaining a garden.
