Author: John Jeavons Publisher: Ten Speed Press ISBN: 0399579192 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 264
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The world's leading resource on biointensive, sustainable, high-yield organic gardening is thoroughly updated throughout, with new sections on using 12 percent less water and increasing compost power. Long before it was a trend, How to Grow More Vegetables brought backyard ecosystems to life for the home gardener by demonstrating sustainable growing methods for spectacular organic produce on a small but intensive scale. How to Grow More Vegetables has become the go-to reference for food growers at every level, whether home gardeners dedicated to nurturing backyard edibles with minimal water in maximum harmony with nature's cycles, or a small-scale commercial producer interested in optimizing soil fertility and increasing plant productivity. In the ninth edition, author John Jeavons has revised and updated each chapter, including new sections on using less water and increasing compost power.
Author: Howard Garrett Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing ISBN: 1589794818 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 233
Book Description
This book shows you how to have healthy soil and recommends environmentally safe products and even some homemade remedies to control pests and diseases in your garden. It describes more than 100 food plants and gives specific information on the growth habits, culture, harvest, and storage of each.
Author: Acadia Tucker Publisher: ISBN: 9780998862330 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 0
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A handbook for growing a victory garden when the enemy is global warming Written by regenerative farmer Acadia Tucker, Growing Good Food calls on us to take up regenerative gardening, also known as carbon farming, for the good of the planet. By building carbon-rich soil, even in a backyard-sized patch, we can capture greenhouse gases and mitigate climate change, all while growing nutritious food. To help us get started, and quickly, Tucker draft plans for gardeners who have no space, a little space, or a lot of space. She offers advice on how to prep soil, plant food, and raise the most popular fruits and vegetables using regenerative methods. She shares the gardening tools you need to get started, the top reasons gardens fail and how to fix them, and how to make carbon farming count when the only dirt you have is in pots. The book includes calls to action and insights from leaders in the regenerative movement, including David Montgomery, Gabe Brown, and Tim LaSalle. Aimed at beginners, the book is designed to inspire an uprising of citizen gardeners. Growing Good Food suggests what could happen if more of us saw gardening as a civic duty. By the end of it, you'll know how to grow some really good food and build a healthier world, too. Growing Good Food: A citizen's guide to backyard carbon farming is part of Stone Pier's "Growing Good Food" series. It joins Growing Perennial Foods: A field guide to raising resilient herbs, fruits, and vegetables, also written by Acadia Tucker.
Author: Kim Pezza Publisher: Hatherleigh Press ISBN: 1578264596 Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 97
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Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here! A bountiful vegetable garden is a mainstay of the backyard farm; when done right, it can form the foundation for all your future farming successes. Whether you’re aiming at self-sufficiency or just looking to add the freshest ingredients possible to your own kitchen table, starting your own backyard vegetable garden is the best possible first step. Backyard Farming: Growing Vegetables & Herbs is your guide to ensuring that your first garden is a success. Intended to serve as a comprehensive primer for first-time gardeners, detailed illustrations and informative photographs help to eliminate confusion and ease new homesteaders into the world of backyard farming. Growing Vegetables & Herbs takes you from start to finish: from planning out your garden, to planting and nurturing, to enjoying your first home harvest. Growing Vegetables & Herbs shows you: • How to design the best gardening layout for your space • The ins and outs of weeding, watering, and pest control to keep your garden fresh and healthy • Ways to organize your plantings to take advantage of natural complements • The equipment you will need to make your garden a success • How to harvest your vegetables and prepare your garden for the coming winter …and many more tips and tricks from experienced growers to help you avoid the most common mistakes. Join the growing movement of homemakers and homesteaders looking to make a return to a healthier, happier way of life—right in your own backyard. Growing Vegetables & Herbs will show you how. Backyard Farming is a series of easy-to-use guides to help urban, suburban, and rural dwellers turn their homes into homesteads. Whether planning to grow food for the family or for sale at the local farmers market, Backyard Farming provides simple instruction and essential information in a convenient reference.
Author: Megan Bryant Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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If you're looking for a way to grow your own food, reduce your carbon footprint, and lead a more sustainable lifestyle, backyard farming is the good solution. The Art of Backyard Farming is an essential guide for anyone interested in growing their own vegetables and herbs at home. This book provides a step-by-step plan to help you transform your backyard into a thriving mini-farm. Whether you have a small yard, a patio, or just a balcony, you can grow fresh, healthy produce right at home. The Art of Backyard Farming is written by experienced gardeners who understand the challenges and rewards of growing your own food. The book starts by discussing the benefits of backyard farming. The authors explain how growing your own vegetables and herbs can lead to a healthier lifestyle, reduced grocery bills, and a closer connection to nature. They also delve into the environmental benefits of growing your own food, including reduced carbon emissions and less waste. Next, the book provides a comprehensive guide to backyard farming. The authors offer practical advice on everything from choosing the right plants and preparing the soil to watering, fertilizing, and pest control. They also provide tips on how to design a backyard farm that works for your space and your needs. The book then moves on to specific vegetables and herbs that are easy to grow in a backyard farm. The authors provide detailed information on each plant, including planting instructions, growing tips, and harvesting advice. They also discuss the nutritional benefits of each plant, making it easy to choose the good plants for your diet and health. Finally, the book provides guidance on how to use your homegrown produce. The authors offer delicious recipes for using fresh vegetables and herbs in salads, soups, stews, and more. They also provide tips on how to preserve your produce for later use, ensuring that your harvest lasts all year round. Throughout the book, the authors provide real-life examples of their own backyard farming experiences. They share their successes and challenges, offering a relatable and supportive voice to backyard farmers who are just starting out. Overall, The Art of Backyard Farming is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in growing their own vegetables and herbs at home. The book provides a clear, actionable plan for creating a thriving mini-farm in your backyard, no matter the size. The authors offer practical advice, delicious recipes, and a supportive voice to help you achieve your backyard farming goals. By following the guidance in this book, you can lead a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle while enjoying the rewards of growing your own food.
Author: Kelly Orzel Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1493026585 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 257
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A beautiful and simple guide to edible gardening The “garden to table” movement is inspiring another generation of gardeners but many of them have questions. How important is composting? Is seed saving really worth it? Focusing on sustainable, organic growing practices and plants, The Backyard Gardener is a comprehensive handbook that will help get them started. Kelly Orzel covers everything from soil selection to growing and harvesting. Sidebars such as “garden center survival tips” offer useful advice to help readers build their confidence and know-how. This guide also features photographs of beautiful plant bed designs, propagation techniques, and much more.
Author: Huw Richards Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0744023939 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to grow his own fruit and veg for free for a year. He succeeded and now wants to help you do the same. Can't afford a raised bed? Try repurposing an old wooden pallet. Don't want to spend money on buying plants? Look in the fridge and your kitchen cupboards for food that you can plant. Need a particular tool? Barter or borrow from a neighbor. Don't have a garden? See if someone in your area has an untended patch you can turn into a well-loved veg plot. Huw's Grow Food for Free has the inspiration and practical advice you need to start, grow, love, propagate and harvest your own fruit and veg organically and at zero-cost. This is real sustainability!
Author: Nicole Johnsey Burke Publisher: Cool Springs Press ISBN: 0760366861 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 211
Book Description
Elevate your backyard veggie patch into a work of sophisticated and stylish art. Kitchen Garden Revival guides you through every aspect of kitchen gardening, from design to harvesting—with expert advice from author Nicole Johnsey Burke, founder of Rooted Garden, one of the leading US culinary landscape companies, and Gardenary, an online kitchen gardening education and resource company. Participating in the grow-your-own movement is important to both reduce your food miles and control what makes it onto your family’s table. If you’ve hesitated to take part because installing and caring for a traditional vegetable garden doesn’t seem to suit your life or your sense of style, Kitchen Garden Revival is here to show you there’s a better, more beautiful way to grow food. Instead of row after row of cabbage and pepper plants plunked into a patch of dirt in the middle of the yard, kitchen gardens are attractive, highly tailored food gardens consisting of easy-to-maintain raised planting beds laid out in an organized geometric pattern. Offering both four seasons of ornamental interest and plenty of fresh, homegrown fruits, vegetables, and herbs, kitchen gardens are the way to grow your own food in a fashionable, modern, and practical way. Kitchen gardens were once popular features of the European and early American landscape, but they fell out of favor when our agrarian roots were displaced by industrialization. With this accessible and inspirational guide, Nicole aims to return the kitchen garden to its rightful place just outside of every backdoor. Learn the art of kitchen gardening as you discover: What characteristics all kitchen gardens have in common How to design and install gorgeous kitchen garden beds using metal, wood, or stone Why raised beds mean reduced maintenance What crops are best for your kitchen garden A planting, tending, and harvesting plan developed by a pro Season-by-season growing guides It's time to join the Kitchen Garden Revival and start growing your own delicious, organic food.
Author: Acadia Tucker Publisher: ISBN: 9780998862354 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Acadia Tucker's long love affair with perennial foods has produced this easy-to-understand guide to growing and harvesting them. A regenerative farmer who is deeply concerned about global warming, Tucker believes there may be no better time to plant these hardy crops. Perennials can weather climate extremes, promote healthy soil, mitigate drought conditions, and thrive without chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Many can be harvested year round. They taste good, pack lots of nutrients, and require little tending. In short, the world is a better place with more perennials in it and this book intends to get us there. Tucker inspires action by first laying the groundwork for tending an organic, regenerative garden. She highlights the 10 steps she recommends gardeners take to help perennial foods thrive. But most of the book is dedicated to profiles of popular perennial herbs, fruit, and vegetables, with explicit instructions on how to plant, grow, and harvest them. Tucker also offers suggestions on how to store and preserve perennials. Growing Perennial Foods is illustrated with dozens of pen & ink drawings and ends with a short chapter on frequently asked questions. And since this is a field guide, each profile gives readers enough space to write in any additional notes. While designed for gardening novices, this book is also for experienced gardeners who want to grow more resilient crops, and could use a little guidance. Growing Perennial Foods is part of our Growing Food book series and a companion guide to Growing Good Food: A Citizen's Guide to Backyard Carbon Farming, which is also written by Acadia Tucker and set to publish in the summer of 2019.
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