Download or read book Gardening for the Faint of Heart written by Robin Wheeler and published by Raincoast Book Dist Limited. This book was released on 2001-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you too embarrassed to ask simple questions about gardening? Are you too timid to enjoy, or even start a garden? A non-threatening guide for the novice gardener, Gardening for the Faint of Heart outlines all the basics of backyard botany -- from preparing your soil to reaping the harvest. The wise and witty Robin Wheeler offers tips on growing vegetables, herbs, berry bushes, fruit trees and flowers.
Download or read book Food Security for the Faint of Heart written by Robin Wheeler and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple techniques for securing your food supply in an insecure world. There are books you merely read. There are books you read, recommend to others and pass along. Then there are those books you read, lay aside, jump to your feet, throw your hands in the air, and holler, "Yes!!" Food Security for the Faint of Heart is one of the latter. Robin Wheeler has managed to extract logic from hysteria, package it with a strong environmental perspective, an abundance of practical suggestions and enough good humour to make this a must-have for every soul interested in surviving whatever natural disaster comes along. Wheeler wastes no time in addressing the central theme of her book: Anything can happen so you better be prepared--and here's how. In her impressive list of "Good Things to Have in an Emergency", she catalogues essential items, including lesser touted items such as cooking oil and salt. If Wheeler has done anything by writing this book, she's pulled thr proverbial rug from under our feet when it ocmes to excuses for not eating well through any disaster. — Reviewed by Linda Wegner, Country LIfe in BC Where would you find your groceries if your supermarket’s shelves were suddenly empty? The threat of earthquakes, trucker strikes, power outages, or a global market collapse makes us vulnerable like never before. With spiraling fuel prices and unstable world economies, individuals and communities are demanding more control over their food supply. Food Security for the Faint of Heart is designed to gently ease readers into a more empowered place so that shocks to our food supply can be handled confidently. As well as acquiring new skills and ideas, there are other compelling reasons to get better prepared. The local economy gains support and encouragement to expand, in turn boosting food’s taste and nutritional value, along with the health of people and ecosystems. Community support helps low-income families eat higher quality food, and the preparation provides a psychological edge in an emergency. Chapters are devoted to useful, transferable skills, including: Preserving garden food Saving freezer food during a power outage Managing through an earthquake Preparing quick herbal medicinals Foraging for wild food A humorous treatment of a sometimes threatening topic, this book will appeal to both long-time food security advocates and newcomers to the topic who are wary of it all and would prefer to avoid it. Robin Wheeler teaches traditional skills, sustenance gardening, and medicinals at Edible Landscapes (www.ediblelandscapes.ca), a nursery and teaching garden in Roberts Creek, British Columbia. She is also the author of Gardening for the Faint of Heart (New Catalyst Books).
Download or read book A Tapestry Garden written by Ernie O'Byrne and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a love story about a couple and their relationship with an acre-and-a-half of land. . . with exceptional plant descriptions that read like character references for old friends. . . . beautiful photographs and prose await.” —Library Journal Marietta and Ernie O’Byrne’s garden—situated on one and a half acres in Eugene, Oregon—is filled with an incredible array of plants from around the world. By consciously leveraging the garden’s many microclimates, they have created a stunning patchwork of exuberant plants that is widely considered one of America’s most outstanding private gardens. In A Tapestry Garden, the O’Byrnes share their deep knowledge of plants and essential garden advice. Readers will discover the humble roots of the garden, explore the numerous habitats and the plants that make them shine, and find inspiration in photography that captures the garden’s astonishing beauty. There is something here for every type of gardener: a shade garden, perennial borders, a chaparral garden, a kitchen garden, and more. Profiles of the O’Byrne’s favorite plants—including hellebores, trilliums, arisaemas, and alpine plants—include comprehensive growing information and tips on pruning and care. A Tapestry Garden captures the spirit of a very special place.
Download or read book Gardening for the Faint of Heart written by Robin Wheeler and published by Roberts Creek, BC : Leapfrog Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Listen to the Land written by Louise Agee Wrinkle and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listen to the Land is an engaging, informative, and poignant memoir of a life spent tending one particular property, a woodland garden in Alabama. Louise Agee Wrinkle grew up on this land, returned to it in mid-life, and has tended it with care and creativity for the last 30 years according to her philosophy of letting the land speak for itself. - Publisher's description.
Download or read book In and Out of the Garden written by Sara Midda and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sara Midda's richly illustrated In and Out of the Garden has delighted readers and critics alike: "This is the most gentle of books, a peaceful pastime. The delicacy of Sara Midda's art is enchanting. Anyone who is a gardener, or who has worked with plants in nature, will respond to what she has put forth so exquisitely," wrote Joan Lee Faust, Garden Editor of The New York Times. Diana Vreeland praised it as "delightful and delicious," Time magazine as "Cause for revel," and Laura Ashley called it "pure inspiration." In scores and scores of delicate illustrations and tender reflections, the author recalls the English gardens her childhood and the gardens she tends now, to reveal surprises both dainty and daring. The colorings and imaginings make the fancy soar with pleasure, as she creates the most elegant and subtle of books to give and to have, a book to cherish as dearly as a volume of treasured poetry. Sara Midda's garden is sown with glorious images. Ruby-red radishes are the jewels of the underworld. Myriad colors fall upon warm green moss. Brown leaves drift with sweet scent. And "in the beeman's garden, a host of hives and a swarm of bees bring sticky honey for your teas." Vegetable gardens, herb gardens, flower gardens are illustrated. The pleasures of the orchard are celebrated. Recipes are shared for lotions and potions to cheer the heart and delight the senses." -- Publisher.
Download or read book A Gentle Plea for Chaos written by Mirabel Osler and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the author describes the way her garden evolved and how, without meaning to do so, she let it take over her life. She suggests moving away from planning, regimentation and gardening with the mentality of a stamp-collector. Frequently funny and always stimulating, she writes of the alchemy of gardens, of the 19th-century plant-collectors and plant illustrators and of the gardening philosophers, all fertilizing great thoughts along with their hollyhocks. She won the 1988 Sinclair Consumer Press Garden Writer of the Year Award.
Download or read book Organic Gardening written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organic Gardening magazine inspires and empowers readers with trusted information about how to grow the freshest, most healthful food, create a beautiful, safe haven around their homes, use our natural resources wisely, and care for the environment in all aspects of their lives.
Download or read book The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Mountain States written by Mary Ann Newcomer and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to grow your own food in the Rockies! Growing vegetables requires regionally specific information—what to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are based on climate, weather, and first frost. The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Mountain States tackles this need head on, with regionally specific growing information written by local gardening expert, Mary Ann Newcomer. Monthly planting guides show exactly what you can do in the garden from January through December. The skill sets go beyond the basics with tutorials on seed saving, worm bins, and more. For home gardeners in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, eastern Washington and Oregon, northern Nevada, and the southernmost parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Download or read book Organic Gardening written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organic Gardening magazine inspires and empowers readers with trusted information about how to grow the freshest, most healthful food, create a beautiful, safe haven around their homes, use our natural resources wisely, and care for the environment in all aspects of their lives.
Download or read book The Gardener s Bedside Reader written by Kari Cornell, Diane Ackerman, Michael Pollan and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rocky Mountain Gardener s Handbook written by John Cretti and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rocky Mountain Gardener's Handbook is an all-inclusive gardener's reference book. It includes plant information as well as when-to-do-it information. Covering decorative landscape plants and edible plants, this handbook is a thorough introduction to gardening in the Rocky Mountains.
Download or read book HowExpert Guide to Gardening written by HowExpert and published by HowExpert. This book was released on with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to learn how to garden, improve your gardening skills, and become a better gardener, then check out HowExpert Guide to Gardening. HowExpert Guide to Gardening: 101 Tips to Learn How to Garden, Improve Your Gardening Skills, and Become a Better Gardener is a complete handbook of everything you need to know to grow the garden of your dreams. In this guide, you’ll learn how to grow fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and houseplants. Included are detailed descriptions of some of the best plants you can grow, as well as how to maintain them so that they thrive in your garden. You’ll learn about proper care and maintenance, ideal growing requirements, and how to avoid some of the most common problems that plague gardeners everywhere. Also included are a plethora of tips and tricks that can help to make gardening fit your budget, needs, and lifestyle. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to choose the right style of gardening for you. No matter where you live--on acres of property or in a college dorm room--there is a type of gardening that suits you. Everyone should have the chance to garden and foster plant life, and this guidebook will show you how to set your garden up for success. Get ready to dive into the world of gardening in this all-inclusive guide! Check out HowExpert Guide to Gardening to learn how to garden, improve your gardening skills, and become a better gardener. About the Expert Emma Grace is a lifelong writer, gardener, and lover of the outdoors. Her agricultural expertise comes from working on a farm where she cares for sprawling orchards and flower patches. Her own garden contains vegetables, herbs, flowers, and two apple trees, and it continues to expand every year. Marrying her expertise with her love of writing has allowed her to educate others on the world of gardening and helped them on their “green-thumb journey.” It is her firm belief that gardening is for everyone--even two tiny houseplants are a garden! She lives in New Jersey with her family and credits the garden state for sparking her love of the outdoors. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides by everyday experts.
Download or read book The Beginner s Guide to Vegetable Gardening written by Daniel Johnson and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to harvest produce from your own backyard garden, The Beginner's Guide to Vegetable Gardening has everything you need to know about growing healthy veggies, herbs, and popular fruits such as strawberries and raspberries. Tips and techniques are described in easy-to-follow advice that a gardener of any skill or age will be able to follow and master. The information in the book includes the following:* Understanding your climate and growing season* Choosing and constructing a garden space* Starting from seeds or seedlings* Preparing the soil properly* Weeding, watering, and other daily garden care
Download or read book Your Natural Garden written by Kelly D. Norris and published by . This book was released on 2024-12-03 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your Natural Garden is an authoritative, practical, and beautiful guide to tending a naturalistic garden"--
Download or read book Through the Gardener s Year 52 Weekly Thoughts on Gardens Gardeners and the Gardening Life written by Mary A Agria and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling novelist and garden columnist shares her reflections on gardening throughout a year.
Download or read book Flower Gardening in the Hot Midwest written by L. L. Hillegass and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Midwest presents special challenges to the aspiring flower gardener. This title outlines the author's tried-and-true strategies for outmaneuvering the midwestern climate to cultivate a thriving garden. It offers guidance on enriching the soil, composting, planting and transplanting, watering, pinching and pruning, and combating pests.
