Download or read book 1001 Old time Garden Tips written by Roger B. Yepsen and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timeless bits of wisdom on how to grow everything organically, from the good old days when everyone did Old-time gardeners were ahead of their time! Their ideas for wildflower gardens, children's gardens, organic pest controls, decorating with houseplants, healing with herbs, and more are at the forefront of modern gardening trends. Take a look back to the future of gardening with this incredible collection of gardening advice from successful 17th-, 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century gardeners. Early gardeners knew what they were doing--they had to, since they depended on their plants for food, medicine, home decorations, and recreation! Whether you're growing vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruits, trees, shrubs, wildflowers, houseplants, or lawn grass, these old-time tips will help you get the most out of your plantings. Do you want a lusher lawn? How about more beautiful flowerbeds or hints for making your yard look bigger? You'll find all that and more in 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips. Learn how to read weather signs, improve your soil organically, hide landscape eyesores with ease, decorate your home with flowering vines, and soothe sore joints with herbal remedies. Discover creative ways to landscape your home with fanciful topiary tree houses or practical hedges and windbreaks. From fruits to nuts and artichokes to watermelons, you'll find recommendations for healthier harvests--not to mention recipes for unique and tasty side dishes, drinks, and herbal seasonings. Plus: hundreds of organic techniques that have been proven effective by generations of great gardeners! Look for these special features and more: * "Old-Time Wisdom" boxes present early gardeners' best planting notions. * Tried-and-true recipes from early kitchens will tickle your tastebuds. * "Strange but True" boxes reveal weird, wacky, and wonderful gardening techniques. * A source list makes it easy to locate wonderful old-time plants. * Authentic old-time illustrations take you back to a time when garden tips were on everyone's lips. * A "Recommended Reading" list guides you to more great ideas from the past.
Download or read book 1 001 Old Time Garden Tips written by Roger Yepsen and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2003-05-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips, edited by Roger Yepsen Timeless Bits of Wisdom on How to Grow Everything Organically, from the Good Old Days When Everyone Did Old-time gardeners were ahead of their time! Their ideas for wildflower gardens, children's gardens, organic pest controls, decorating with houseplants, healing with herbs, and more are at the forefront of modern gardening trends. Take a look back to the future of gardening with this incredible collection of gardening advice from successful 17th-, 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century gardeners. Early gardeners knew what they were doing--they had to, since they depended on their plants for food, medicine, home decorations, and recreation! Whether you're growing vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruits, trees, shrubs, wildflowers, houseplants, or lawn grass, these old-time tips will help you get the most out of your plantings. Do you want a lusher lawn? How about more beautiful flowerbeds or hints for making your yard look bigger? You'll find all that and more in 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips. Learn how to read weather signs, improve your soil organically, hide landscape eyesores with ease, decorate your home with flowering vines, and soothe sore joints with herbal remedies. Discover creative ways to landscape your home with fanciful topiary tree houses or practical hedges and windbreaks. From fruits to nuts and artichokes to watermelons, you'll find recommendations for healthier harvests--not to mention recipes for unique and tasty side dishes, drinks, and herbal seasonings. Plus: hundreds of organic techniques that have been proven effective by generations of great gardeners! Look for these special features and more: * "Old-Time Wisdom" boxes present early gardeners' best planting notions. * Tried-and-true recipes from early kitchens will tickle your tastebuds. * "Strange but True" boxes reveal weird, wacky, and wonderful gardening techniques. * A source list makes it easy to locate wonderful old-time plants. * Authentic old-time illustrations take you back to a time when garden tips were on everyone's lips. * A "Recommended Reading" list guides you to more great ideas from the past.
Download or read book 1001 Hints Tips for Your Garden written by and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 1996 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to plant a tree, choose a climber, grow fragrant flowers, or learn how to apply the various types of fertilizer, this comprehensive A-to-Z book will help you get the job done. And because topics are cross-referenced, you will find it easy to use. Inside are samplers of varieties of the best-loved plants - flowers, vegetables, trees, and shrubs - and a list of tulips that will take turns blooming all spring long. And for lovers of lilies, there is a guide for three months of blossoms. A month-by-month calendar provides a handy checklist for taking care of trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables, lawns, and container plants. Also included are tips on how to attract butterflies and ladybugs to your garden, easy ways to compost, and a list of good patio plants. 1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden offers secrets for siting plants and strategies for coping with weeds, wind, drought, and frost. Here, too, are plants which are best for creating privacy and baffling noise. An illustrated 20-page section on common pests and diseases shows how to diagnose and deal with problems in the garden. And tips on hedges, fences, trellises, and fountains help the gardener achieve a finished look in the garden. Twelve special features cover such topics as heirloom vegetables and roses, wildflower meadows and period gardens.
Download or read book 1 001 Old Time Household Hints written by Editors of YANKEE MAGAZINE and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonder what Grandma would have used to clean greasy kitchen walls? Cure a sore throat? Conquer insect pests in her vegetable garden? Wonder no longer! Whatever your grandma did to fix and maintain things around the house and garden, it probably worked. That's because the old ways are often the best ways when it comes to solutions for everyday problems, ideas for saving time, and handy advice for getting the job done. And that's where 1,001 Old-Time Household Hints comes in. Find the best hints, tips, and secrets for everything from cooking, cleaning, and home maintenance to pet care, gardening, and holiday celebrations. You'll also find ways to adapt and improve some old-time methods. Discover an amazing variety of useful and clever ideas, including how to: Clean copper pans, using buttermilk and salt Make real sourdough bread the way the pioneers did Fight wrinkles and create kissable lips Use natural ingredients to repair your hair Create your own unique perfume Organize common space in your home Use ivory soap for polishing silver and insect control Safely separate drinking glasses that have been stuck together And more! With 1,001 Old-Time Household Hints on your kitchen table or nightstand, you're always in the good company of an old-timer who's ready to dispense a helpful hint, encouraging word, or sage secret at the turn of a page. 310 color photographs
Download or read book 1 001 Old Time Household Hints written by Editors of YANKEE MAGAZINE and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonder what Grandma would have used to clean greasy kitchen walls? Cure a sore throat? Conquer insect pests in her vegetable garden? Wonder no longer! Whatever your grandma did to fix and maintain things around the house and garden, it probably worked. That’s because the old ways are often the best ways when it comes to solutions for everyday problems, ideas for saving time, and handy advice for getting the job done. And that’s where 1,001 Old-Time Household Hints comes in. Find the best hints, tips, and secrets for everything from cooking, cleaning, and home maintenance to pet care, gardening, and holiday celebrations. You’ll also find ways to adapt and improve some old-time methods. Discover an amazing variety of useful and clever ideas, including how to: • Clean copper pans, using buttermilk and salt • Make real sourdough bread the way the pioneers did • Fight wrinkles and create kissable lips • Use natural ingredients to repair your hair • Create your own unique perfume • Organize common space in your home • Use ivory soap for polishing silver and insect control • Safely separate drinking glasses that have been stuck together • And more! With 1,001 Old-Time Household Hints on your kitchen table or nightstand, you’re always in the good company of an old-timer who’s ready to dispense a helpful hint, encouraging word, or sage secret at the turn of a page. 310 color photographs
Download or read book 1 001 Gardening Tips Tricks written by Mary Rose Quigg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 1,000 Tips for Planting Vegetables, Flowers, Houseplants, Shrubs, Herbs, and Trees! This comprehensive collection of practical tips covers all aspects of gardening, from flowers and houseplants to planting shrubs, vegetables, herbs, and trees. In addition, find advice for dealing with garden pests, learn about the tools that will make your life much easier, and find valuable ways to avoid the aches and pains that often go along with the hard work of gardening. Woven throughout are poems and proverbs, legends and lore, making this an enjoyable read and a perfect gift for the gardener in your life. "Put broken eggshells in a watering can, fill with water, and leave overnight. This will extract the nutrients making an excellent and cheap plant feed." "To improve the growth of leeks, add a little soot to the soil." "Weeding between onion rows should be done by hand, as hoeing will damage the shallow roots." "An old wheel rim makes an ideal storage place for a garden hose when not in use. Hang on a garage or shed wall." "For organic insecticide spray, boil a whole bulb of chopped garlic until it's soft. Put it into 1 gallon of water and add 1 tablespoon of biodegradable detergent. Leave for a day, strain, and use as required." Full of fascinating tidbits and brilliant suggestions, this book may transform the way you garden! Complete with lovely color illustrations throughout, this is a delightful and useful read for new and seasoned gardeners alike.
Download or read book Yankee Magazine s Panty Hose Hot Peppers Tea Bags and More For the Garden written by Yankee Magazine Yankee Books and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where better to recycle, reuse, repurpose, and reinvent than in the garden, where innovation and frugality go hand in hand? Throughout these pages, you'll discover more than 1,000 ideas for using common household items or things you'd normally toss out in unique and unusual ways in your vegetable and flower beds. Why make a special trip to the garden center or home supply store when the solution might be lurking right in your garage, your closet, or your pantry? Using these clever hints, you'll learn how to win the war against weeds, banish bad bugs, grow tasty fruits and vegetables, establish low-care lawns, create fantastic flower gardens, cook up terrific compost - and even attract birds, butterflies, and other beneficials.--COVER.
Download or read book 1001 Best Gardening Tips written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Thousand and One Hints Tips for Your Garden written by Reader's Digest Australia Staff and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensable guide to gardening has been given a complete overhaul for the 21st century. In addition to thousands of tried and- tested classic techniques, this must-have book, now available in paperback, offers invaluable new tips for sustainable gardening and water-saving methods, organic techniques for creating rich healthy soils and important information on managing pests and diseases without chemicals. Using easy, step-by-step instructions and pictures, it covers all the fundamentals of planning and growing a striking garden. In addition, a calendar is included to give advice on planning, planting and maintaining a garden, month by month. There are also special full-length features that provide inspiring ideas on water-wise gardening, water tanks, weed management, using native plants and more.
Download or read book 1001 Hints and Tips for Your Garden written by Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty, Limited and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-have manual for every gardener, with expert advice on growing lawns, flowers, shrubs, fruits, and vegetables, plus hundreds of solutions for common problems. Organized in an A-to-Z format, with easy-to-understand entries, over 1,500 illustrations and photos, and over 200 handy charts and checklists, this guide combines basic information with tips and shortcuts.
Download or read book Old Time Farm and Garden Devices and How to Make Them written by Rolfe Cobleigh and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handy tips for building everything from a cheese press, hog house, and bicycle-powered washing machine to advice on the proper way to split wood, sharpen scissors, and paper a room. 200 black-and-white illustrations.
Download or read book Gardening Hacks written by Jon VanZile and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From indoor herbs and container gardens to backyard vegetables, annuals, and perennials, gardening is a rewarding endeavor. You can liven up your home-- and cut down on your grocery list. VanZile provides hundreds hacks to help you go from seed to harvest, whether you're just getting started or trying to improve your output.
Download or read book The Garden Crypt Exploring the Other Side of Gardening written by Nikki S. Phipps and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book that explores the 'other side' of the gardening realm, from the darker side to the more uplifting, yet ominous and unusual side of gardening. Everything from unusual garden styles and factoids to gardening lore, superstitions and more can be found within the pages of The Garden Crypt.
Download or read book Cannabis Grower s Handbook written by Ed Rosenthal and published by Ed Rosenthal. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Rosenthal has been teaching people how to grow marijuana for decades. Let him help you cultivate bountiful buds, and lots of them. The techniques and tools for growing cannabis have changed over the past five years. Ed shows you the most productive and easiest methods in his new, most comprehensive book. Cannabis Grower’s Handbook features the latest innovations in marijuana cultivation that will save you time, money, and energy, including: How to set up different types of home gardens, indoors and out The newest, most efficient LED lights including adjustable spectrum fixtures How to use sustainable regenerative gardening techniques Fast, reliable drying and curing methods Comprehensive integrated pest management Choosing what to grow—find out more about high THC, autoflowers, and CBD varieties Many more tools, tips, and techniques! Cannabis Grower’s Handbook is the definitive guide for all cultivators. First-time home growers will learn how to get started and enjoy a successful first harvest. Experienced growers will find new information about lighting, flowering, outdoor CO2, stimulating growth, and harvesting. This book is an essential reference for developing standard operating procedures, whether for micro-operations or large-scale commercial cannabis operations. 600 PAGES OF FULL-COLOR PHOTOS, DIAGRAMS, AND CHARTS. ED ROSENTHAL is a legend—a veteran educator and an outspoken proponent of Full Legalization and The Right to Grow. His books are beloved by growers for their accessible style, accuracy, and innovative content. Ed wrote Cannabis Grower’s Handbook with a team of botanists, industry consultants, and scientists to ensure that you have the most up-to-date, accurate information to help you grow. This is the most extensively researched book about marijuana cultivation available. It will be your handy guide, like having an expert in your garden.
Download or read book New Complete Guide to Gardening written by Susan A. Roth and published by Better Homes & Gardens Books. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For: Mary A. Reid.
Download or read book Marijuana Grower s Handbook written by Ed Rosenthal and published by Ed Rosenthal. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Rosenthal's legacy handbook contains the foundational knowledge, tools, and methods to enable you to grow great marijuana—inside and out. All aspects of cultivation are covered, from the selection of varieties, setting up of the garden, through each stage of plant growth all the way to harvesting. Use efficient technology and save time, labor, and energy. Photographs throughout clarify instructions and show the stunning results possible by following Ed's growing advice. This classic guide was groundbreaking when it was first released in 2010. For the very latest in technologies, tips, and techniques, including advances in LED lighting, garden design, genetics, and sustainability, the author recommends his new title: Cannabis Grower's Handbook, just released in October 2021.
Download or read book Yankee Magazine s Pantyhose Hot Peppers Tea Bags and More for the Garden written by Editors of Yankee Magazine and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers discover how some old-fashioned Yankee ingenuity combined with household items that are ready to be tossed out will help them create a gorgeous and bountiful garden Why make a special trip to the garden center when the solution to those thorny gardening problems might be lurking right at home? Always on the lookout for inventive new ways to save money, time, and trouble while pursuing their horticultural activities, gardeners will eagerly embrace this clever idea-filled treasury from the editors of Yankee magazine. The great ideas that readers will find include: Eliminating powdery mildew with a spray made out of baking soda, water, and liquid soap. Turning an old wicker basket into a flower planter Mixing packing peanuts with soil to help drainage and minimize weight so the containers can be moved easily. With more than a thousand suggestions for growing better flowers, winning the weed war, controlling insects, and much more, Yankee Magazine's Pantyhose, Hot Peppers, Tea Bags, and More-for the Garden is sure to become a well-worn favorite for the avid, thrifty gardener.
