Download or read book Gardening in Your Nineties written by Doreen Wendt-Weir and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nonagenarian (who wrote the successful book Sex in Your Seventies) tells of her efforts at gardening after a life of some experience in tilling the soil. She deals with everyday problems and reveals her own solutions. But as she works away, her thoughts wander to her past long life. She talks of her childhood on the dairy farm on the Logan, and remembers her many subsequent adventures, which will keep her readers enthralled as they travel this interesting journey with her. Through it all, there is woven a love story which may, or may not be resolved.
Download or read book Gardening in Your Nineties written by Doreen Wendt-Weir and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alan Titchmarsh s Avant gardening in the 90s written by Alan Titchmarsh and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Easy Home Growing written by Melissa Austin and published by Izzard Ink. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Complete Guide to Gardening Whether you’re interested in hydroponic gardening in your apartment, growing herbs on your windowsill, or starting a vegetable plot in your backyard, you’ll find a wealth of knowledge here that you can put to immediate use. Easy Home Growing is a valuable resource to increase your food independence and self-reliance, no matter where you live. Written in a personable and easy-to-follow style, it’s highly comprehensive and full of practical instructions. Both the beginner and experienced gardener will find inspiration as Austin shares valuable tips on selecting plants, ordering seeds, preparing garden beds, climate considerations, composting, mulching, permaculture, niche gardens, community gardens, and much more. You won’t find a better source for step-by-step information on how to prepare, plant, and care for your garden. Highlights include the importance of sustainable and organic practices. This is a book that you will be referring to for many years to come.
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.
Download or read book Gardening with the Moon Stars written by Elen Sentier and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardening with the Moon & Stars brings biodynamics to the ordinary gardener. Elen Sentier is passionate about biodynamics. She feels it’s vital to make organics and biodynamics available to as many people as possible if we are to help our earth cope with the increasing demands we humans place upon her. Biodynamics is easy, simple, cheap and super-effective; it's seriously good horticulture too, and it works in whatever size of garden you have, from a window box to several acres. This book is written in plain down-to-earth language with lots of tips and hints to help you learn how easy it is to use the preparations and work with the star calendar.
Download or read book Growing Your Own Freedom A Collection of 4 Classics On Rural suburban Homesteading written by Edmund Morris and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Garden written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All New Square Foot Gardening Second Edition written by Mel Bartholomew and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapidly increasing in popularity, square foot gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books describing how to become a successful DIY square foot gardener. Now, with the publication of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition, the essential guide to his unique step-by-step method has become even better. Mel developed his techniques back in the early 1980s and has been teaching them throughout the world ever since. In the process, he has made improvements and refinements and continually adapted his practices to keep pace with modern times. In this new volume, Bartholomew furthers his discussion on one of the most popular gardening trends today: vertical gardening. He also explains how you can make gardening fun for kids by teaching them the square foot method. Finally, an expanded section on pest control helps you protect your precious produce. Rich with new full-color images and updated tips for selecting materials, this beautiful new edition is perfect for brand-new gardeners as well as the millions of square foot gardeners who are already dedicated to Mel’s industry-changing insights.
Download or read book The Container Victory Garden written by Maggie Stuckey and published by Harper Celebrate. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even if all you have is a postage stamp's worth of space on a balcony, patio, or front stoop, The Container Victory Garden equips you to dig into the joys of container gardening, right where you are. Imagine this: In the morning, you pluck a few mint leaves from your backdoor herb garden and add them to your tea. A few hours later, you step out onto your patio and collect a handful of lettuce leaves for your lunch salad. Just before dinner, you harvest a few basil leaves and cherry tomatoes for a delicious caprese pasta. In her trademark warm and informative style, bestselling author and expert gardener Maggie Stuckey shares everything you need to know to succeed with container gardening: planning, gearing up, planting, nurturing, and harvesting. In The Container Victory Garden, you will find: detailed line art drawings that illustrate many gardening techniques and set-ups first-person stories of World War II Victory Gardens and their inspiration for today's gardeners beautiful full-color paintings of diverse people enjoying their container gardens This is the promise of container gardening: a fresh bounty of vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers you can enjoy in every season.
Download or read book California Gardener s Handbook written by Bruce Asakawa and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVWith over 100 years of combined gardening experience, renowned California horticulturalists Bruce and Sharon Asakawa bring you the perfect when-to, how-to, and what-to plant guide for gardening in the Golden State./divDIV/divDIVPerhaps you’ve always entertained the idea of cultivating a garden in your California landscape, but have never quite known where to begin. Perhaps you’ve stood helplessly by as your once-beautiful calico flowers withered beneath the persistent western sun. Don’t despair! Fortunately, there’s a specialized gardening guide to the rescue, tailored exclusively to the needs of California residents./divDIV/divDIVIn California Gardener’s Handbook, beloved California gardening duo Bruce and Sharon Asakawa walk you through 350 plant species destined to flourish amid the varied climates and environmental challenges of California. With the help of gorgeous photography and foolproof instructions, they’ll teach you how to plant, prune, water, control pests, and care for your personal outdoor oasis. Fifteen plant categories give you hundreds of choices, letting you find the flora that best fit your microclimate. Even better, the Asakawas provide twelve full months of when-to advice for each plant category, allowing you to successfully enjoy this peaceful pastime all year round. Whether you’re craving the sweetness of the dragon fruit or longing for the cheery visual splendor of the blue marguerite daisy, California Gardener’s Handbook will equip you to confidently awaken your inner gardening enthusiast./div
Download or read book The Elegant and Edible Garden written by Linda Vater and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to partner ornamental plants with edible ones for a garden that offers both storybook appeal and a plethora of culinary delights. Stylish and celebratory, The Elegant and Edible Garden takes food growing to a higher plane. Host of The Potager Blog (@potagerblog), author and garden stylist Linda Vater, shares her vision for creating a garden space where food and flowers grow side by side. Known as a potager, these gardens are formal in their framework yet flexible and personal in their edible yields. A potager garden is both lovely to look at and productive. Doubling as an outdoor living area, it is also the perfect place to entertain family and friends. Inside you’ll learn: How to grow flowers, fruits, veggies, and herbs together en masse The function of symmetry in a potager garden Ways to create visual harmony and match the style of the garden to its surroundings Tips for blending your family’s needs and lifestyle into the garden Advice on how to utilize focal points and garden ornaments in your garden’s layout The importance of rhythm, repetition, and harmony in potager design How to position garden structures with practicality and purpose in mind Where to put your potager for not just convenience but also to create a destination Best practices for growing your beautiful new garden organically Create a garden that rejoices in seasonality while still allowing your style and personality to shine. The Elegant and Edible Garden is a vision of the very best things a garden can offer: food, beauty, connection, and a place to breathe.
Download or read book Natural Beauty From The Garden written by Janice Cox and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents more than two hundred special step-by-step recipes for home beauty treatments using such ingredients as common grasses, flowers, and trees.
Download or read book The Reverse Garbage Mulch Book written by Sandra Clayton and published by Hyland House Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers something pretty down-to-earth: mulch. Plastic, hay, wool, manure, woodchips, peanut shells, leaves, worm castings, paper, carpet -- even human and animal hair can be mulch! In her chatty, informal style, Clayton gives you all the information you need to pamper your plants with recycled garbage. The definitive Australian book on mulching.
Download or read book All New Square Foot Gardening written by Mel Bartholomew and published by . This book was released on 2006-02-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to grow more vegetables and flowers in less space then All New Square Foot Gardening is for you. Author Mel Bartholomew takes you through his proven Square Foot Gardening method adopted by satisfied gardeners for more than twenty-five years. Mel unveils ten new improvements that save you more time and more money - all with a lot less work. And with All New Square Foot Gardening, you no longer have to worry about weeds and fertilizer! Gardeners everywhere enthusiastically endorse Mel Bartholomew's revolutionary Square Foot Gardening method. The best feature is that anyone, anywhere can enjoy a Square Foot garden. Children, adults with limited mobility, even complete novices can achieve spectacular results.
Download or read book The Lifelong Gardener written by Toni Gattone and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The secret to making the most of later life is to keep doing what you love. With practical advice and gentle inspiration, Gattone shows us how gardening can work for people of any age.” —Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness You can keep gardening for life, you just need to make adjustment as you age. In The Lifelong Gardener, adaptive gardening expert Toni Gattone shares her proven methods for making your favorite hobby easier on your aging body—techniques that that will help you garden smarter, not harder. This helpful guide includes dozens tried-and-true methods that help eliminate the physical strain of gardening, like buying ergonomic tools, using raised beds, and moving tools around in bins on wheels. The Lifelong Gardener celebrates the joy of gardening, and Gattone’s message of empowerment will stir you to find joy in your garden for years to come.
Download or read book Garden To Save The World written by Joe Clark and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter your space, this planet-friendly introduction to gardening will get you growing your own fruit, veg and flowers in no time! Gardening expert and social media sensation Joe Clark of @joesgarden shares everything he has learned about the power of gardening to bring you joy, save you money and help the planet. You will: Learn when and how to grow your own food, even in small spaces like containers or raised beds Find advice on attracting garden-friendly insects and wildlife, including a how-to guide for building your own hedgehog hotel and rewilding tips Make your own organic pest controls, plant food and rainwater collector so you can nourish your garden while being kind to the planet Discover useful food sustainability tips, from extending the shelf life of your produce to avoiding food waste and preserving your food Find ideas on how you can use you gardening to improve your mental and physical health With beautiful illustrations and easy-to-understand instructions and growing tips, this is the perfect book for budding or seasoned nature lovers who want to use their green-fingers to make a difference.
