Gardening category: 4300 books
The Princess's Garden
Royal Intrigue and the Untold Story of Kew
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
The British enthusiasm for gardening has fascinating roots. The Empire and trade across the globe created an obsession with exotic new plants, and showed the power and reach of Britain in the early eighteenth century. At that time, national influence wasn’t measured by sporting success, musical...
"Beginners" Learn How to Grow Garden Vegetables
From the Dirt Up, #1
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
IMPORTANT: This book contains a lot of wonderful gardening pictures and might not be counted in the print length. There are approximately 70 pages.
If you want to learn the basics of gardening than this book will help. Self fulfillment and delicious tasting vegetables can be achieved by growing...
Cover Crop Gardening
Soil Enrichment With Green Manures/Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-05
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 1983
Green manuring – the growing and turning under of cover crops to fertilize and improve your soil – is one of the best things you can do for your garden. This practice eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers and nitrogen, helps unlock nutrients in the soil, cuts down on weeds, increases the...
Herb Gardening For Beginners
Essential Tips on How to Plant and Grow Herbs in Herb Garden
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
Are you a chef or a cook that enjoys using different types of herbs in your cooking? Wouldn't you like to have your own herbs in abundance and always have a stash available every time you are in the kitchen? You can create your own herb garden, now is the time to consider having one in your backyard.
by Jon R. Dewey
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In my first book ( The 20 FOOT Tomato Plant ), I teach you how to grow an amazing amount of food in very small spaces, using LESS water, LESS chemicals, and NO toxic pesticides. I was raised on a small farm, and I’ve been gardening and inventing new ways to grow MORE food in SMALLER spaces almost...
Homegrown Humus
Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Homegrown humus is easy with cover crops!
Cover crops are a simple, cheap way to boost your soil's organic matter, to fight weeds, to prevent erosion, to attract pollinators, and to keep the ecosystem in balance. Unfortunately, most information on growing cover crops is written for people who...
Citizen Farmers
The Biodynamic Way to Grow Healthy Food, Build Thriving Communities, and Give Back to the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
A guide to organic vegetable gardens and small-scale farming with an emphasis on sustainability.
Biodynamic farming, with its focus on ecological sustainability, has emerged as the gold standard in the organic gardening movement. Daron Joffe—known as Farmer D—has made it his mission to...
by Julie Behrend Weinberg
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
“Growing Food in the High Desert County” is a comprehensive gardening book with emphasis on growing vegetables. The author seeks to help the high desert dweller cope with the problems of raising plants in a dry land. From practical experience, she learned that her familiar East coast gardening...
Carnivorous Plants
Gardening with Extraordinary Botanicals
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
Once known only to collectors, adolescent boys, and fans of the cult film The Little Shop of Horrors, carnivorous plants are poised to be the next big trend in home gardening. They provide striking architectural style and can be grown indoors and outdoors. *Carnivorous *Plants is an accessible, smartly...
Gardening to Attract Birds
Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-205
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 1999
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
No Nettles Required
The Reassuring Truth About Wildlife Gardening
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
In 2003 a MORI poll for the Royal Horticultural Society revealed that an extraordinary number of us are interested in attracting wildlife into our gardens. It also indicated, however, that many of us have no idea how to go about it. Information is sparse, and public opinion seems to suggest that gardens...
by Alan Titchmarsh
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Water will bring a garden miraculously to life, drawing the eye more than any other feature. When still, its shimmering reflections create a peaceful mood, while moving water animates the garden scene and delights with its mesmerizing sounds. In this definitive guide, Alan shows you how to design...
by Shirley Stackhouse, Jennifer Stackhouse
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Brimming with advice, resources and suggested planting choices, this friendly guide shows you step by step how to create the garden of your dreams. From basic cultivation to garden design, this book is just what you need to start playing in the dirt ? even if you?ve never picked up a garden trowel in your life.
Second Nature
A Gardener's Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“One of the distinguished gardening books of our time,” from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma (USA Today).
Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the 75 greatest books ever written about gardening
After Michael Pollan bought an old Connecticut...