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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
1998
Language
English
Formats
Description
Plant parsley and asparagus together and you'll have more of each, but keep broccoli and tomato plants far apart if you want them to thrive. Utilize the natural properties of plants to nourish the soil, repel pests, and secure a greater harvest. With plenty of insightful advice and suggestions for planting schemes, Louise Riotte will inspire you to turn your garden into a naturally nurturing ecosystem. For over 30 years, this classic companion-gardening...
4) The gardener
Author
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
cp1998
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (11 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 v. (unpaged : col. ill. ; 28 cm.)
Language
English
Description
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
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...
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
Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Updated edition.
Physical Desc
208 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Written by Joel Karsten, the originator of Straw Bale Gardening, this exciting update contains detailed, start-to-finish instructions for growing vegetables in straw anywhere, plus many new ideas and projects to help you enjoy your straw bale experience... Among the new subjects: cultivating mushrooms in straw ; how to grow plants in non-straw bales, including hay ; tips and ideas for making your straw bale garden more attractive ; how to make a seasonal...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Janet Lembke loves to garden. But when she moved into her urban home in Virginia, she only had one-eighth of an acre to work with: a small front yard and a small backyard. How she traded a postage-stamp lawn for an edible cornucopia is what this enchanting book is all about.
Lembke joyfully guides us on her gardening journey, in chapters called:
"Tomato Haven"
"The Grass Extermination Project"
"Tools of the Trade"
"How a Garden Grows"
"Herbs"
"Flowers"
"Vegetables"
"Outwitting...
9) The cannabis grow bible: the definitive guide to growing marijuana for recreational and medical use
Author
Publisher
Green Candy Press
Pub. Date
c2017.
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 690 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The most comprehensive guide to marijuana gardening ever written is back with all new information and updated advice for cannabis enthusiasts. Over 200 additional pages of all new information are included in this book, from all new lighting equipment and techniques, to highly advanced cannabinoid extraction techniques and detailed, step-by-step gardening guides for novice and professional growers alike."--Amazon.com.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hemenway, a permaculture expert and associate editor of The Permaculture Activist, explains how gardens can function as ecosystems, describes the basic parts of an ecological garden (soil, water, plants, and animals), and shows how to create backyard ecosystems through guilds.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
323 p., 16 p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Scientist/gardener Carol Deppe combines her passion for gardening with newly emerging scientific information from many fields - resilience science, climatology, climate change, ecology, anthropology, paleontology, sustainable agriculture, nutrition, health, and medicine. In The Resilient Gardener, Deppe extends these principles with detailed information about growing and using five keystone crops that are especially important for anyone seeking greater...
Author
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
176 pages 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Want to do your part in helping your local pollinators flourish? Pollinator Friendly Gardening makes it easy. Are you interested in growing a naturally healthy garden? How about making sure your local environment helps bees, butterflies, and birds survive and thrive? If you are a beekeeper, are you looking for the ideal plants to keep your colony happy? Pollinators such as monarch butterflies and bees are under threat, and more and more gardeners...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
From deterring insect pests with hot peppers to encouraging strawberries by bordering them with chrysanthemums, Louise Riotte shows you how to use the natural qualities of common plants to increase your garden's productivity. Roses Love Garlic profiles hundreds of plants, features sample garden designs, and includes recipes for using your harvest to make herbal cosmetics, medicinal mixtures, and plant-based dyes. You'll enjoy learning about the fascinating...
Author
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Firefly Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
83 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how farming in the city is important for the planet and describes how to grow food with modern inventions or grow food in old buckets on a balcony.
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The book will feature 235 northeastern natives that are the easiest for the home gardener to find and grow. Introductory chapters will address the why and how of growing native plants. Two-thirds of the book will consist of the plant entries that focus on the must-have information that readers are looking for. The geographic area covered will be Maine south to Delaware, west to Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, including all of NY State and the New...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
Includes chicken-keeping basics, simple garden plans to get you started, tips on attractive fencing options, the best plants and plants to avoid, and step-by-step instructions for getting your chicken coop up and running.
Author
Publisher
Harmony/Rodale
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the inspiration hits to start an organic garden, many novices could benefit from a guidebook that speaks directly to their enthusiasm, their goals, and, of course, their need for solid information that speaks a newbie's language—from the most trusted source for organic gardening methods.
In Rodale's Basic Organic Gardening by Deborah L. Martin, general garden-building skills (from "Do I need to dig?" to "Where do I dig?") and specific techniques...
Author
Publisher
Storey Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
ix, 309 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A committed organic gardener, Smith is a proponent of staggered planting in raised, wide and deep beds that provide conductive root systems and produce abundant harvests. He explains his system, from optimum siting and soil preparation (he prefers broad-forking over rototilling or double-digging) to companion planting and compost ('The path to the garden of your dreams leads right through the middle of a compost pile'). For beginners, he takes the...
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...
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