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Mini Farming Guide to Vegetable Gardening
Self-Sufficiency from Asparagus to Zucchini
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Make the most of your vegetable garden with Brett Markham, author Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre. This comprehensive new handbook covers everything you need to know about maximizing and harvesting the best vegetables you can possibly produce. With each chapter addressing a different vegetable,...
Homesteading
A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The companion to the bestseller Back to Basics for country, urban, and suburban folks-now fully updated!
Who doesn’t want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully illustrated...
An Insider's Guide to Orthopedic Surgery
A Physical Therapist Shares the Keys to a Better Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Nearly two million Americans undergo elective orthopedic surgery each year. And the numbers keep growing—hip replacements are projected to double over the next fifteen years, and knee replacements will quadruple. When you are ready for your procedure, you’ll want a copy of An Insider’s Guide...
Medicinal Plants at Home
More Than 100 Easy, Practical, and Efficient Natural Remedies
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Discover how to grow medicinal plants and create natural remedies right in your own home.
Although more and more people use medicinal plants, many are still unaware of those that are usually present in their own homes. For example, did you know that cranberries are effective in treating bladder...
Mini Farming
Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Even if you have never been...
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living
Beekeeping, Canning and Preserving, Cheese Making, Disaster Preparedness, Fermenting, Growing Vegetables, Keeping Chickens, Raising Livestock, Soap Making, and more!
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Packed with step-by-step instructions, useful tips, time-honored wisdom, and both illustrations and photographs, this might just be the most comprehensive guide to back to basics living ever published. Fans of Back to Basics, Homesteading, and Self-Sufficiency have been asking for a one-stop resource...
Greens!
Tips and Techniques for Growing Your Own Vegetables
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Gardening is on the rise as the desire for fresh, delicious homegrown vegetables grows. Growing your own vegetables is an easy hobby for a variety of lifestyles, as it doesn’t take a large amount of space to yield nutritious carrots or lettuce. All it takes is a bit of passion, care, and knowledge,...
Companion Planting for the Kitchen Gardener
Tips, Advice, and Garden Plans for a Healthy Organic Garden
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Companion planting techniques have been used for centuries to facilitate better, more nutritious, and more abundant crops. Did you know that beets will grow better if surrounded by mint or garlic, but tomatoes should not be planted near cabbage? Flax helps protect some root vegetables from pests,...
Companion Planting
Bob's Basics
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
According to Flowerdew, the key to successful organic gardening is working with nature, rather than against it, to get your plants to thrive. This practice is called companion planting, and it is explained in this volume with a style that is both no-nonsense and reader-friendly. Topics range from...
Adventures in Edible Plant Foraging
Finding, Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Native and Invasive Wild Plants
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Purchasing vegetables and leafy greens can become rather pricy. Moreover store-bought greens often contain unhealthy pesticides and chemicals that can be harmful to your health. Foraging for wild plants is a cost effective and healthy alternative. Harvested wild plants are cheaper, and much healthier...
The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming
Sustainable Living in Your Home, Community, and Business
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
How to maximize your food production in an urban environment.
The idea of bringing agriculture into the city has been promoted by many on both sides of the political fence: proponents of sustainability and prevention of climate change as well as those who worry about government and social instability....
by Kirk Deeter, Charlie Meyers
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Two highly respected outdoor journalists, Kirk Deeter of Field & Stream and Charlie Meyers of the Denver Post, have cracked open their notebooks and shared straight-shot advice on the sport of fly fishing, based on a range of new and old experiences—from interviews with the late Lee Wulff to travels...
Miracle Survivors
Beating the Odds of Incurable Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
If you have received an incurable cancer diagnosis, hearing about someone who made it” is like spotting a rescue ship when you’re drowning in a stormy sea. Miracle Survivors provides that lifeline with a collection of stories of cancer survivors who were given a terminal diagnosis but shocked...
Universe on a T-Shirt
The Quest for the Theory of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
“An admirably concise and comprehensive overview of cosmology . . . intriguing insights” (Booklist).
No scientific quest is as compelling as the search for the elusive unified “Theory of Everything”—a theory so concise it could fit on a T-shirt. Lively and thought-provoking, Universe...