Author: Angie Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781460759554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Our bestselling practical gardening book fully revised and updated. This new edition of the ever popular Yates Garden Guide has been fully revised and updated to help today's gardeners tame big backyards, create stylish retreats, tend productive and decorative plantings, and get the most out of smaller spaces. With chapters on planning gardens, choosing decorative plants, growing trees, shrubs, fruit, vegetables and lawns, the new Yates Garden Guide provides details on more than 1000 exotic and native plants, advice on soils, climate, planting, feeding and maintaining gardens, and comprehensive problem-solving charts help you identify and deal with all kinds of pests and diseases. Sections on water-saving gardens, community gardens, keeping chooks, encouraging bees, growing native plants, kitchen gardens and keeping healthy indoor plants have been expanded and updated to cater for modern living arrangements, in apartments and smaller spaces, with increased awareness of the goodness of homegrown and environmentally friendly growing. Full of comprehensive, reliable and practical gardening advice for old hands and keen beginners, Yates Garden Guide is the essential companion for every gardener.
Yates Garden Guide 79th Edition (NZ Edition)
Author: Arthur Yates & Co
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781460753125
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
One of the oldest New Zealand books in continuous publication remains the most comprehensive, reliable and practical source of advice for all New Zealand gardeners. Detailing hundreds of plant species, this new and fully revised edition of the Yates Gardening Guide contains everything you need to know about growing trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit. The new 79th edition includes: - New recommendations for pest and disease control and updated problem-solving charts - Recommendations on keeping chickens - How to establish a community garden - Encouraging bees in the garden - Growing microgreens - Transplanting - A new herb planting and growing chart - New and revised hints from some of New Zealand's top gardeners.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781460753125
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
One of the oldest New Zealand books in continuous publication remains the most comprehensive, reliable and practical source of advice for all New Zealand gardeners. Detailing hundreds of plant species, this new and fully revised edition of the Yates Gardening Guide contains everything you need to know about growing trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit. The new 79th edition includes: - New recommendations for pest and disease control and updated problem-solving charts - Recommendations on keeping chickens - How to establish a community garden - Encouraging bees in the garden - Growing microgreens - Transplanting - A new herb planting and growing chart - New and revised hints from some of New Zealand's top gardeners.
Yates Garden Guide 2015
Author: Yates
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780732289874
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
"For keen beginners and green thumbs alike, covering everything today's gardener wants to know, whether your garden is on a tiny balcony or in a big backyard. Fully illustrated and detailing more than 1000 plant species, this book contains everything you need to know about growing trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit. Including new ideas for today's gardener - such as adding chooks to your backyard; establishing a community garden; encouraging bees in the garden; growing microgreens; transplanting established plants with success; and a new herb-planting chart - the Guide also retains all its tried-and-true features."--Publisher's description.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780732289874
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
"For keen beginners and green thumbs alike, covering everything today's gardener wants to know, whether your garden is on a tiny balcony or in a big backyard. Fully illustrated and detailing more than 1000 plant species, this book contains everything you need to know about growing trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit. Including new ideas for today's gardener - such as adding chooks to your backyard; establishing a community garden; encouraging bees in the garden; growing microgreens; transplanting established plants with success; and a new herb-planting chart - the Guide also retains all its tried-and-true features."--Publisher's description.
Yates Top 50 Indoor Plants And How Not To Kill Them!
Author: Angela Thomas
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1460711076
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The top 50 indoor houseplants for brightening your interiors - what's best and how to keep them alive. Bring the outdoors in and breathe new life to your home with plants! House plants are well and truly back on trend - they instantly lift an area, make a room feel fresh and welcoming, and brighten your mood. On top of this, indoor plants are great for purifying the air and creating a healthier home.Together with microbes in the soil, plants work wonders to reduce harmful pollutants released from indoor furniture. (It's true: look at the study conducted by the University of Technology, Sydney.) If you feel like your rooms need a splash of colour and a breath of life, there's no better starting point than this book. Whether your style is dramatic jungle plants or to sweetly shaped succulents, you'll find something to suit. With loads of glorious illustrations for inspiration, data on which plants are suitable where, and clear advice on how to pot, prune and pet your plants, this is the perfect guide for bringing the outdoors in - no matter what your level of gardening skill!
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1460711076
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The top 50 indoor houseplants for brightening your interiors - what's best and how to keep them alive. Bring the outdoors in and breathe new life to your home with plants! House plants are well and truly back on trend - they instantly lift an area, make a room feel fresh and welcoming, and brighten your mood. On top of this, indoor plants are great for purifying the air and creating a healthier home.Together with microbes in the soil, plants work wonders to reduce harmful pollutants released from indoor furniture. (It's true: look at the study conducted by the University of Technology, Sydney.) If you feel like your rooms need a splash of colour and a breath of life, there's no better starting point than this book. Whether your style is dramatic jungle plants or to sweetly shaped succulents, you'll find something to suit. With loads of glorious illustrations for inspiration, data on which plants are suitable where, and clear advice on how to pot, prune and pet your plants, this is the perfect guide for bringing the outdoors in - no matter what your level of gardening skill!
Yates Top 50 Edible Plants for Pots and How Not to Kill Them!
Author: Yates
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1460713311
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
How to grow your own food in the smallest spaces - in pots on balconies, courtyards and windowsills Increasingly people are keen to grow some of their own food, giving them fresh, delicious and healthy ingredients right on their doorstep. Homegrown food also means reduced food miles and packaging, and reminds us where food comes from and how plants grow. With backyards shrinking and more people living in apartments, we need to find a range of fruit, vegies and herbs that will grow and thrive in small spaces. Whether you love lush leafy greens, tangy citrus, crunchy carrots or vine-ripened tomatoes, there are lots of edible plants that can be grown in pots, hanging baskets and vertical gardens on sunny balconies, verandas, courtyards and windowsills, opening up the wonderful world of homegrown to everyone. This book provides the best information on which edible plants to grow in pots and how to care for them, no matter what your skill level. With loads of glorious photographs for inspiration, it puts 'patio to plate' within reach of everyone, whatever their gardening space.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1460713311
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
How to grow your own food in the smallest spaces - in pots on balconies, courtyards and windowsills Increasingly people are keen to grow some of their own food, giving them fresh, delicious and healthy ingredients right on their doorstep. Homegrown food also means reduced food miles and packaging, and reminds us where food comes from and how plants grow. With backyards shrinking and more people living in apartments, we need to find a range of fruit, vegies and herbs that will grow and thrive in small spaces. Whether you love lush leafy greens, tangy citrus, crunchy carrots or vine-ripened tomatoes, there are lots of edible plants that can be grown in pots, hanging baskets and vertical gardens on sunny balconies, verandas, courtyards and windowsills, opening up the wonderful world of homegrown to everyone. This book provides the best information on which edible plants to grow in pots and how to care for them, no matter what your skill level. With loads of glorious photographs for inspiration, it puts 'patio to plate' within reach of everyone, whatever their gardening space.
Yates Garden Problem Solver
Author: Yates New Zealand Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781869506148
Category : Garden pests
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The name Yates has been synonymous with successful gardening in New Zealand for well over a hundred years, and since its publication in 1990, the Yates Garden Problem Solver has been a popular guide for gardeners with problems. Divided into four colour-coded sections for easy reference, the book covers a wide variety of disorders affecting flowers, fruit, vegetables and trees. The new updated edition allows gardeners to confidently identify problems affecting their plants at a glance. Once again, clear, unambiguous text describes symptoms, probable causes and the most effective steps to remedy the problem. These have been updated to include new and improved products and organic solutions that have been developed since the book was first published in 1990. Superb full colour illustrations provide perfect identification tools and the new cover design will focus on the healthy integrated garden, featuring vegetables and flowering plants.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781869506148
Category : Garden pests
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The name Yates has been synonymous with successful gardening in New Zealand for well over a hundred years, and since its publication in 1990, the Yates Garden Problem Solver has been a popular guide for gardeners with problems. Divided into four colour-coded sections for easy reference, the book covers a wide variety of disorders affecting flowers, fruit, vegetables and trees. The new updated edition allows gardeners to confidently identify problems affecting their plants at a glance. Once again, clear, unambiguous text describes symptoms, probable causes and the most effective steps to remedy the problem. These have been updated to include new and improved products and organic solutions that have been developed since the book was first published in 1990. Superb full colour illustrations provide perfect identification tools and the new cover design will focus on the healthy integrated garden, featuring vegetables and flowering plants.
New Zealand Books in Print 2004
Author: Thorpe-Bowker Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781864520552
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Directory containing updated bibliographic information on all in-print New Zealand books. 33nd edition of an annual publication. The 12,500 book entries are listed by title, and there is an index to authors. Also provided are details of 975 publishers and distributors, and local agents of overseas publishers. The book trade directory includes: contacts for trade organisations, booksellers, public libraries and specialised suppliers; NZ literary awards and past winners; and sources of financial assistance for writers and publishers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781864520552
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Directory containing updated bibliographic information on all in-print New Zealand books. 33nd edition of an annual publication. The 12,500 book entries are listed by title, and there is an index to authors. Also provided are details of 975 publishers and distributors, and local agents of overseas publishers. The book trade directory includes: contacts for trade organisations, booksellers, public libraries and specialised suppliers; NZ literary awards and past winners; and sources of financial assistance for writers and publishers.