Download or read book Circle Gardening written by Kenneth E Spaeth and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As more people become concerned with food safety as well as the environment, vegetable gardening offers an opportunity to grow produce at home. Not everyone has the time, money, or energy to take on the challenge of starting a vegetable garden, however. In Circle Gardening, Kenneth E. Spaeth Jr., a soil and ecosystem specialist, provides a fresh approach and thorough guide to vegetable gardening for all gardeners, experienced and beginner alike. Through years of experimentation, Spaeth has found circle gardening, an ancient method “as old as agriculture,” to be not only an efficient but also an aesthetically pleasing way to grow plants. By arranging them in a concentrated circle rather than in rows, gardeners are able to conserve compost, fertilizer, and water. Depending on the number of vegetables planted, this design can save time and be less physically demanding. The rationale for planting your veggies in a circle is scientific, too—many plants clump together in nature and thrive in groups, and so planting in circles actually mimics natural plant distribution. There are other questions that befuddle expert and beginner gardeners, too: What is the difference between organic and conventional gardening? Are there significant pros and cons to each? What makes up the soil in a garden? Spaeth provides clear answers to these complex questions. The book also includes quick vegetable guides in the back along with information on composting, calculating fertilizer rates, and gauging soil health.
Download or read book The Humane Gardener written by Nancy Lawson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Download or read book Your Garden and Home written by Dean Halliday and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes preliminary number dated Apr. 1927.
Download or read book Circles Stars and Squares written by Jane Brocket and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diamonds, cubes, rings, and cylinders—shapes are all around us. How many shapes can you find pictured in this book?
Download or read book The Book of the Garden written by Charles MACINTOSH (Botanist.) and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of the Garden written by Charles McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Century Supplement to the Dictionary of Gardening written by George Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wool Appliqu Heirlooms written by Mary A. Blythe and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fans of handmade crafts will find much to enjoy in this slim but lovely volume . . . Wool lovers won’t be able to pass this one up.” —Publishers Weekly Add warmth and texture to your home with wool appliqué. Sewing in the popular folk-art style, you’ll stitch fifteen projects, including thirteen heirloom-worthy table mats and two versions of an Advent calendar. Learn how reverse appliqué brings depth and color to your handwork without the bulk of additional layers. This guide offers advice on choosing and using wool (even scraps!), plus valuable techniques and tips for wool hand stitchers. Make heirlooms your family will treasure Be inspired by beautiful styled photos with seasonal themes Choose the best tools and get advice on stitches
Download or read book City Bountiful written by Laura J. Lawson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-05-30 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The social history of American cities would not be complete without a full account of the rise of community open spaces. Lawson does exactly this by providing a compelling and poetic account of the history and making of urban gardens. Combining solid scholarship with engaging images of the gardens and stories of their makers, this book sheds new light on the value of urban open space. More important, it explains why community gardens need to stand alongside city parks as permanent open spaces. Essential reading for community developers and landscape architects as well as anyone who ventures outside, enthusiasm and shovel in hand, to improve their local environment.—Mark Francis, author of Urban Open Space and Village Homes "The definitive history of the past hundred years of America's experience with community gardens. A labor of love by a garden activist, the book appears at a most appropriate time—today our city dwellers and suburbanites are retreating onto carpets of passive open space tended by homeowner associations and lawn care outfits. Lawson thoughtfully analyzes the weaknesses of community gardens when used as a response to social crises and, by contrast, investigates community gardens as an alternative to today's managed care of open space. Her history clearly presents a way of community living that we can elect if we choose her wisdom."—Sam Bass Warner, Jr, author of To Dwell Is to Garden "An important book about how the urban gardening movement is transforming our landscape and reconnecting us to the land."—Alice Waters, Owner, Chez Panisse
Download or read book A Year in the Enchanted Garden written by Monica Crosson and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step onto the Garden Path with a Year of Spells, Stories & Soil Dig into your Witchcraft with month-by-month gardening guidance for flowers, herbs, vegetables, trees, and more. Featuring dozens of spells, charms, and activities, this hands-on book helps you select, grow, and harvest the best plants for your region and shows you how to use them in your magickal practice. Monica Crosson devotes three chapters to each month, sharing both practical and magickal tips on timely garden tasks. Her inviting collection blooms with stories, recipes, and crafts as well as correspondences for stones, colors, animals, zodiac signs, and more. Deepen your connection to Mother Nature with thirteen Celtic tree month full moon rituals. Revel in the rich folklore, sabbat celebrations, and garden-based deities. Whatever hardiness zone you hail from, A Year in the Enchanted Garden will nurture your love of plants and guide you through growing your most plentiful garden yet.
Download or read book Archaeologies of Violence and Privilege written by Christopher N. Matthews and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence is rampant in today's society. From state-sanctioned violence and the brutality of war and genocide to interpersonal fighting and the ways in which social lives are structured and symbolized by and through violence, people enact terrible things on other human beings almost every day. In Archaeologies of Violence and Privilege, archaeologists Christopher N. Matthews and Bradley D. Phillippi bring together a collection of authors who document the ways in which past social formations rested on violent acts and reproduced violent social and cultural structures. The contributors present a series of archaeological case studies that range from the mercury mines of colonial Huancavelica (AD 1564-1824) to the polluted waterways of Indianapolis, Indiana, at the turn of the twentieth century--a problem that disproportionally impacted African American neighborhoods. The individual chapters in this volume collectively argue that positions of power and privilege are fully dependent on forms of violence for their existence and sustenance.
Download or read book The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza 1656 1665 written by Ada V. Segre and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sir Thomas Browne written by Reid Barbour and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reid Barbour brings the historical evidence of Browne's life together for the first time, allowing readers to contextualise his most celebrated works.
Download or read book Radio Garden Club written by and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Giant Encyclopedia of Circle Time and Group Activities for Children 3 to 6 written by Kathy Charner and published by Gryphon House, Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than six hundred circle time and group activities designed by teachers to use with children three to six years old, each including a suggested age, a list of materials, and step-by-step directions, and features lists of related books, songs, and poems.
Download or read book Singapore City of Gardens written by William Warren and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although best known as a sprawling metropolis, most visitors to Singapore marvel at the greenness of it all. Wide boulevards shaded by venerable Rain Trees, interconnecting parks displaying a huge variety of tropical plants, roadside plantings in every shade of green, red and yellow, and great expanses of junglescape alongside the office skyscrapers and apartment blocks. It is truly a garden city, in all senses of the word. In this travel pictorial, the authors showcase many of the Lion City's green spaces, be they the Botanical Gardens and national parks, or plantings of bougainvillea tumbling down the crash-barriers on the super-highways. Orchard Road, the world-renowned Zoological Gardens, the ground-breaking Mandai Orchid Gardens, and many more, are portrayed, along with other lesser-known parks and private and hotel gardens. Sumptuous full-colour photographs by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni and texts by botanical expert William Warren literally take one down the garden path on a discovery tour of Singapore's cityscapes, landscapes, hardscapes and few remaining "wild-scapes."
