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Seed to Table focuses on how to feed your family with nutritious foods from your own outdoor, home and/or kitchen garden. Whether you live in a city or in the country, this book gives you tools on effective growing techniques, seed starting methods, and garden maintenance. Organic gardening for every individual style! Have fun while you create your own gardening system whether it be for a container garden or a kitchen garden. Try out big and small...
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"Lolo Houbein has 40 years worth of gardening wisdom to share on how to coax an abundance of organic food from a plot that is just 3 feet square, including sustainable and cost-effective techniques; over 40 themed plot designs; tips on drying, freezing, pickling; and gardening philosophy"--Adapted from publisher description.
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Tiny plants are poised to take over the gardening world. And no category of tiny plants is as welcome and wildly embraceable as tiny edibles. Not only are they cute as a button, but they're tasty and nutritious, too! In Micro Food Gardening, author and small-space gardening pro Jen McGuinness introduces you to a world of miniature edible plants and dozens of DIY projects for growing them. Not everyone has room to grow a full-sized tomato plant or...
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In hard times, the family can be greatly helped by growing a highly productive food garden, requiring little cash outlay or watering. This book shows that any family with access to 3-5,000 sq. ft. of garden land can halve their food costs using a growing system requiring just the odd bucketful of household wastewater, perhaps two hundred dollars' worth of hand tools.
Gardening When It Counts helps readers rediscover traditional low-input gardening...
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In Backyard Pharmacy you'll find detailed information on the best plants you can grow at home (or indoors!) to treat yourself and your family for everyday ailments. Each featured plant is highlighted with color photos and time-tested preparation methods. The profiles also give details about growing needs, harvesting and storage tips (including the parts of the plant to use), and current scientific research about each plant.--COVER.
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"Watching delicate seedlings sprout from the ground and plucking cute cherry tomatoes at the peak of ripeness--if this is your idea of living the dream, you'll want this friendly guide. Gardening expert Heather Rodino teaches the basics of growing your own vegetables, such as how to choose the right plants for a climate and guarding the crop from hungry critters. Included are 30 profiles of beginner-friendly vegetables and herbs with detailed instructions...
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"Increased awareness of the environment and an ever-present interest in curb appeal means that homeowners are eager for more sustainable, natural landscaping. And why shouldn't they be? In addition to supporting local flora and fauna, ditching grass for lush, native plants helps lower water bills and results in self-sustaining gardens long-term. In John Gidding's At Home with Nature, American homeowners will find thorough blueprints to reap these...
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"Learn how to grow indoors and maintain your regrown plants until they are ready for harvest. The accompanying photos highlight each step of the process, showing you what the root section, seed, leaf, stem, or other plant part should look like when you replant it and then what it should look like when it's ready for harvest. Many of the featured vegetables can be regrown in water or in soil. Full instructions are supplied. A diverse selection of large...
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"Plants, borders, and various horticultural paraphernalia make surprisingly frequent appearances in mystery plots. In this wide-ranging survey of classic and contemporary murder fiction, Marta looks at the detectives, motives, methods, opportunities, and writers that have used the garden as their point of departure. The result is a diverting and eye-opening study that deepens our appreciation of the great crime fiction writers while illuminating the...
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"Comprehensive coverage of passive solar greenhouse design including material selection, building methods and how to store thermal energy using a variety of simple and innovative strategies. Over a dozen case studies provide real-life inspiration, capped off with how-to guidance for building a durable, energy-efficient greenhouse. Variations include underground and aquaponic greenhouses and integrating solar panels to grow off-grid, year-round."--...
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Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier, tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, offers everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes--from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also offers a comprehensive guide to the various pests and diseases of tomatoes and explains how best to avoid them.
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“Home Gardener's Garden Pests & Diseases” is the essential guide to identifying, targeting, and banishing common pests and diseases from the garden. All gardeners know the disappointment of finding their flowers nibbled, or their prized produce riddled with rust. Armed with this essential guide, you can stop the destruction.
Get acquainted with all the common pests and diseases that afflict ornamentals, vegetables, fruits, and houseplants, and...
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Cet ouvrage sur les champignons de couche est paru à l'origine en 1871. Il constitue un véritable traité sur leur culture et vente avec une mine d'informations au sujet qui sont toujours pratiques et utiles aujourd'hui. Recommandé au maraîcher professionnel tout comme le petit jardinier. Table des matières : Introduction ; Vocabulaire ; Mode de formation et de reproduction du champignon ; L'agaric comestible ou champignon de couche ; Culture...
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If you have only a small space that is available for you to do some gardening then this eBook by Janice Gladwell, 'Small Space Gardening', is for you. It will guide you through the various containers you can use to plant small, medium sized and larger plants. It gives you information about the kinds of small space gardens you can have, types of soil among other topics and even has a segment on keeping pests at bay. If you live in an apartment, flat...
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-"Wholesale food prices rose last month by the most in 36 years, and experts can't say how high they'll ultimately go."(Penn State© Live: April 4, 2011)-"Studies estimate that processed food in the United States travels over 1,300 miles, and fresh produce travels over 1,500 miles, before being consumed."-A well-known financial consultant says food prices are skyrocketing now.-The United States has two weeks' worth of stored grain.-Providing for your...