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Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Harvest tomatoes on a patio, produce a pumpkin in a planter, and grow broccoli on a balcony! Best-selling author Ed Smith shows you everything you need to know to successfully create and care for an edible container garden, from choosing the right plants and selecting appropriate containers through controlling pests without chemicals and harvesting fresh vegetables. You'll discover that container gardening is an easy and fun way to enjoy summer's...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"How to plan your garden carefully, maximize production in every bed, get the most out of every plant, scale up systems to maximize efficiency, and expand the harvest season with succession planting, intercropping, and season extension"--
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Strega Nona tries to teach Big Anthony about gardening and the importance of order, but when Anthony does not follow her directions and uses her growing spell, his small vegetable patch turns into an uncontrollable jungle.
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Designed for readers with no experience and applicable to most areas in the English-speaking world except the tropics and hot deserts, 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 waste water, perhaps two hundred dollars worth of hand tools, and about the same amount spent on supplies - working an average of two hours a...
Author
Publisher
Cool Springs Press, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Filled with easy-to-employ ideas and lessons for improving your food self-sufficiency no matter how much land you have, The Modern Homestead Garden focuses on planting, growing, harvesting, and preserving food"--
Homesteading is a lifestyle based on simple living, producing more than you consume, and treading lightly on the land. Pilarchik provides easy-to-employ ideas and lessons for improving your food self-sufficiency, no matter how much land...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xi, 241 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: There is a fantastic array of vegetables you can grow in your garden, and not all of them are annuals. In Perennial Vegetables the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice on less common edibles that will make any garden a perpetual, low-maintenance source of food. Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as the flowers in your perennial beds and borders-no annual tilling...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2002, c1991
Physical Desc
xv, 203 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A story about dirt--and about sun, water, work, elation, and defeat. And about the sublime pleasure of having a little piece of French land all to oneself to till.
Richard Goodman saw the ad in the paper: "SOUTHERN FRANCE: Stone house in Village near Nimes/Avignon/Uzes. 4 BR, 2 baths, fireplace, books, desk, bikes. Perfect for writing, painting, exploring & experiencing la France profonde. $450 mo. plus utilities." And, with his girlfriend, he...
10) Grow vegetables
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
352 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
11) Grow it, cook it
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shows how to grow plants and then use them in delicious recipes.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
169 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Like having your own personal gardening mentor at your side, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food is the story of Mia, an eager young professional who wants to grow her own vegetables but doesn't know where to start, and George, her retired neighbor who loves gardening and walks her through each step of the process. Throughout the book, "cheat sheets" sum up George's key facts and techniques, providing a handy quick reference for anyone starting...
13) The greenhouse and hoophouse grower's handbook: organic vegetable production using protected culture
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
264 pages; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
247 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated guide to producing over thirty different crops year-round using unheated or minimally heated greenhouses; and offers tips on greenhouse construction, planting schedules and crop management, harvesting, and marketing.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 194 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A celebration of life together, a tribute to an utterly unique garden, a wonderfully idiosyncratic guide for cooks and gardeners interested in exploring the possibilities of farm-to-table living—To Eat is all of these things and more. In 1974, Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd moved from Boston to southern Vermont, where they became the proprietors of a twenty-eight-acre patch of wilderness. The land was forested, overgrown, and wild, complete...
18) Snail has lunch
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Pix
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Snail never wants to leave his beloved bucket. But one day, Snail's bucket topples over and his comfy life takes a topsy-turvy, dangerous turn.
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
English-language ed.
Physical Desc
343 p. : col.ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This authoritative guide brings together the experience of experts in the field who have found, through careful trialing, how to reliably maximize seed quality and yield for more than 100 crop plants. Clear information on such critical issues as pollination, isolation distances, cultivation, harvest, storage, and pests and diseases is provided. The Manual of Seed Saving is an essential reference for all food producers from vegetable growers to small-scale...
20) Small-space vegetable gardens: growing great edibles in containers, raised beds, and small plots
Author
Publisher
Timber Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
213 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vegetable gardening is happening everywhere-in cities and suburbs, in farms and schools, in community gardens and at the White House. And it's happening in houses and apartments, on balconies and porches, and anywhere else people can find the space. 'Small-Space Vegetable Gardens' explains the basics of growing a bounty of edibles in a minimal amount of space. Andrea Bellamy, author of the award-winning blog 'Heavy Petal,' shares all the knowledge...
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