Gardening category: 4300 books
by Thomas J. Mickey
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Named one of “the year's best gardening books” by The Spectator (UK, Nov. 2014)
The 1890s saw a revolution in advertising. Cheap paper, faster printing, rural mail delivery, railroad shipping, and chromolithography combined to pave the way for the first modern, mass-produced catalogs. The...
Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles
Amusing & Useful Techniques for Nontoxic Housekeeping and Gardening
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
Off with their heads!
Many homemakers and gardeners take the easy way out when it comes to exiling odors and banishing bugs--they use toxic chemicals that may be harmful to their families and the earth. Ellen Sandbeck has discovered that the all-natural alternatives are just as easy and effective...
by Sabrina Hahn
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Popular columnist, ABC broadcaster and landscape gardener Sabrina Hahn says no plants generate more questions than citrus.'In the twenty years I have been doing talkback radio, there has never been a program where citrus questions didn't pop up. So frequently in fact that producers screen the calls...
A Wilder Life
A Season-by-Season Guide to Getting in Touch with Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
In our technology-driven, workaday world, connecting with nature has never before been more essential. A Wilder Life, a beautiful oversized lifestyle book by the team behind the popular Wilder Quarterly, gives readers indispensable ideas for interacting with the great outdoors. Learn to plant a night-blooming...
by Brett L. Markham
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Bestselling author Brett Markham’s new handbook gives us the mini farming basics along with in-depth tips on vegetable gardening, fermenting, composting, and self-sufficiency in a handy new format and design. Includes:
Soil management and making your own fertilizer
Crop rotation and cover...
Bokashi Composting: Kitchen Scraps to Black Gold in 2 Weeks
Black Gold Organic Gardening, #2
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Bokashi CompostingFrom a reader: Bokashi Composting is a new technique that I was introduced to from a friend so I wanted to do some reading up on it to learn more about it. Mike O’Halloron writes in an easy to understand and clear manner. I learned a lot about Bokashi composting throughout...
Microgreen Garden
Indoor Grower's Guide to Gourmet Greens
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Microgreens—the young seedlings of herbs, vegetables, beans, seeds, and grains—contain four to six times the vitamins and phyto-chemicals found in mature leaves of the same plants. These great tasting nutritional powerhouses are cropping up in gourmet restaurants and trendy farmers markets everywhere....
The Mini Farming Bible
The Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
When Brett Markham published a small black and white handbook about how to run a successful mini farm-he never dreamed how popular the book would soon become. In 2010 Skyhorse Publishing Inc. published Brett’s book in full color with over a hundred of the author’s own photographs-and Mini Farming...
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,...
Newspaper, Pennies, Cardboard & Eggs--For Growing a Better Garden
More than 400 New, Fun, and Ingenious Ideas to Keep Your Garden Growing Great All Season Long
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Transform a Good Garden into a Great Garden in One Season
What's the secret? It's a mix of ingenuity and efficiency, accented with fun! Newspaper, Pennies, Cardboard, and Eggs-For Growing a Better Garden contains more than 400 clever solutions for easing garden troubles, new techniques for...
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Fabulous Food from Every Small Garden shows how to grow food at home in even the smallest of spaces. It explores the reasons for growing your own food, including the many potential benefits such as improved taste, freshness and nutrition. Many types of food are covered, including vegetables, fruits,...
by David Tracey
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
You don't have to journey to a rural paradise to find the farm of the future. It's your neighbor's suburban lawn the roof of your uptown condominium or the co-op market garden in the vacant lot down the street. Urban Agriculture is a detailed look at how food is taking root in our cities. It offers...
The Perennial Care Manual
A Plant-by-Plant Guide: What to Do & When to Do It
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Keep your perennial beds looking their best, season after season. From planning and planting to pruning and propagating, this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to maintain a stunning perennial garden. Nancy J. Ondra provides an in-depth, plant-by-plant guide that profiles 125...