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"The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food is a one-stop reference for all the key information food gardeners need to grow a healthy, bountiful garden. The book features a comprehensive companion planting guide and an in-depth review of the most effective organic pest control practices, including recipes for how to make your own pest deterrent sprays"--
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A celebration of the healing nature and delights of gardens, written by well-known garden writer Lynda Hallinan, beautifully photographed by Sally Tagg, and packaged in a stunning hardback.
Gardens teach us to live in the moment. They nourish us, provide solace in grief and offer sanctuary from the stresses of modern life.
In a celebration of the healing power of nature, New Zealand gardening guru Lynda Hallinan focuses on the gentle delights that...
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The Gardener Says invites readers to a festive garden party where guests ranging from Gertrude Jekyll and Henry David Thoreau to Michelle Obama and Michael Pollan share their insights and words of inspiration. Ranging from the humorous to the poignant, these quotes from gardeners, poets, philosophers, and landscape designers highlight both the joys and challenges of gardening-the exhaustion at the end of a long day's work, the satisfaction of seeing...
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"A Year in a Lancashire Garden" by Henry Arthur Bright. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to...
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My Vegetable Love is a daily record of a growing season in Iowa-but it's about much more than planting peppers, tending tomatoes, or harvesting eggplants. It's about all the things that influence this gardener: the weather, the neighborhood, his wife's possibly recurring cancer, the changing nature of the academic community. It's about the last months of his twenty-year-old cat, about his dog, and about all the other humans and animals in his gardening...
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“Home Gardener's Garden Pests & Diseases” is the essential guide to identifying, targeting, and banishing common pests and diseases from the garden. All gardeners know the disappointment of finding their flowers nibbled, or their prized produce riddled with rust. Armed with this essential guide, you can stop the destruction.
Get acquainted with all the common pests and diseases that afflict ornamentals, vegetables, fruits, and houseplants, and...
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If you have only a small space that is available for you to do some gardening then this eBook by Janice Gladwell, 'Small Space Gardening', is for you. It will guide you through the various containers you can use to plant small, medium sized and larger plants. It gives you information about the kinds of small space gardens you can have, types of soil among other topics and even has a segment on keeping pests at bay. If you live in an apartment, flat...
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Cet ouvrage sur les champignons de couche est paru à l'origine en 1871. Il constitue un véritable traité sur leur culture et vente avec une mine d'informations au sujet qui sont toujours pratiques et utiles aujourd'hui. Recommandé au maraîcher professionnel tout comme le petit jardinier. Table des matières : Introduction ; Vocabulaire ; Mode de formation et de reproduction du champignon ; L'agaric comestible ou champignon de couche ; Culture...
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Discover the definitive guide to cultivating top-quality medicinal Cannabis in greenhouses with Agro4pro's cutting-edge manual. Backed by rigorously reviewed scientific research, this manual demystifies Cannabis cultivation, revealing it as just another crop in the hands of skilled farmers and gardeners.Introducing the Alternative to Organic (ATO) growing system, this guide ensures a consistent chemical profile for Cannabis, vital for patient reliability....
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Home Gardener's Herb Gardens is the essential guide to growing herbs and designing, planting, improving, and caring for herb gardens. People now use herbs in their cooking on an everyday basis and there's nothing nicer than being able to go out into your garden, snip some fresh herbs and put them straight into the pot. The beauty of an herb garden is that it does not have to be big - it can be part of a larger garden or it can merely be a window box....
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No matter what the type of garden or outdoor space, trees and shrubs are usually featured. This is because they are so versatile. Depending on the species chosen, shrubs and trees can form the background to a garden, be a focal point or add height to an overlooked garden. Whatever your garden needs, a tree or shrub can provide it. This book details the basics of choosing, buying, planting establishing and transplanting. A comprehensive plant directory...
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What could be tastier than fruit, picked straight from your back garden? Growing your own fruit can be a rewarding pastime and you don't need a big garden or allotment to cultivate your favourite fruit, as they can grow well in containers and even hanging baskets.This beautiful and practical guide, now released as eBook, marks a unique collaboration between the National Trust and Country Living magazine, celebrating the produce of orchards, allotments...
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When someone wants to start growing cannabis, they may be filled with questions: Is it legal? Can it be done inside or outside? It is hard to grow? In this book, you'll find a clear, step-by-step manual to the world of marijuana. Longtime licensed Oregon-based medical-grower Alicia Williamson explains the entire process from choosing seeds or clones to proper curing and storage of harvest. You'll also find:
Information on the legality of growing....
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Buying individual plants can be expensive-but raising your own saves money and gives lots of gardening satisfaction. Every aspect of the art of propagation is covered, from the philosophy behind creating plants to the easiest species to grow to the best materials and equipment. All the major methods receive well-illustrated, in-depth, and easy to follow explanations, including seeds and cuttings, division and layering, and budding and grafting, and...
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This ebook has a fixed layout and is best viewed on a widescreen, full-colour tablet.
Everyone needs flowers in their life. This is an easy guide to growing your own.
Here are forty of the most beautiful and easiest flowers to grow for any space, for any budget, for tricky climates. From bearded irises and roses to pelargoniums and zinnias, there is a flower for every pot, planter box or garden. Learn how to care for your new flower friends with...
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Learn how to make a Californian home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping, 4th Edition. This must-have resource is an updated edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping California-style. The 48 featured landscape designs are created by professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in California's climate. Detailed instructions for projects, such as paths, patios,...
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The Gardener's Guide to Starting Seeds is the complete guide to starting seeds. From direct sow to planting under grow lamps this guidebook provides loads of information about growing seeds. Information on LED, incandescent and fluorescent lighting as well. Storing SeedsThe guide also provides information about storing seeds. Most seeds will stay viable for several years, if stored properly.Saving SeedThose into saving seed will find valuable information...
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Keeping garden soil in good health is an essential part of gardening, and compost is the home gardener's most effective way to maintain fertile, well aerated, and moisture-retentive soil. This abundantly illustrated book gives gardeners all the guidance they need to start making, storing, and using their own compost. It offers information on the different types of compost and their ingredients, advice on constructing a compost bin, and detailed explanations...
20) Apples
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Information on apples for every occasion, covering dessert, cooking and cider varieties. Delicious recipes on everything from apple crumble to making cider. Packed with practical advice on growing and picking your own apples. Everyone wants to eat local, home-grown fruit and vegetables and this helpful guide is a wonderful sourcebook of the quintessential English fruit – the apple. Covering a range of apple varieties that can be found growing in...
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