The expanded, updated version of the best-selling classic, with a dozen new projects."A delightfully readable and very useful guide to front- and back-yard vegetable gardening, food foraging, food preserving, chicken keeping, and other useful skills for anyone interested in taking a more active role in growing and preparing...
Aquaponic Gardening: A Step-By-Step...
Author: Sylvia Bernstein
Publisher: New Society Publishers;...
Aquaponics is a revolutionary system for growing plants by fertilizing them with the waste water from fish in a sustainable closed system. A combination of aquaculture and hydroponics, aquaponic gardening is an amazingly productive way to grow organic vegetables, greens, herbs, and fruits, while providing the added benefits...
Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create...
Author: Jessi Bloom
Publisher: Timber Press
Many gardeners fear chickens will peck away at their landscape, and chicken lovers often shy away from gardening for the same reason. But you can keep chickens and have a beautiful garden, too! Fresh eggs aren't the only benefit - chickens can actually help your garden grow and thrive, even as your garden does the same...
Fresh from the Garden: An Organic...
Author: John Whitman
Publisher: University of Minnesota...
Fresh is simply best. To get the tastiest, most nutritious produce, you have to grow your own, and in a cold climate this presents unique challenges. Fresh from the Garden will help you extend the growing season to produce the best vegetables, berries, and herbs, right in your own backyard. The guide includes more than...
Grow Vegetables in Pots
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK ADULT
Packed full of beautiful photography and helpful hints and tips, Grow Vegetables in Pots is the perfect book for people looking to grow a bit of produce in a small space.
From Seed to Table: A Practical...
Author: Janette Haase
Publisher: Insomniac Press
Eating locally grown and seasonal foods addresses many of the social and environmental problems raised by today's energy intensive methods of food production. In From Seed to Table, organic gardener Janette Haase offers a month-by-month guide to growing a significant amount of food in a small home garden. From the earliest...
Grow Your Own Herbs: The 40 Best...
Author: Susan Belsinger
Publisher: Timber Press
Nothing tastes better than herbs harvested fresh from the garden!Grow Your Own Herbs shares everything you need to know to grow the forty most important culinary herbs. You'll learn basic gardening information, including details on soil, watering, and potting. Profiles of 40 herbs - including popular varieties like...
Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion...
Author: Jessica Walliser
Publisher:
Companion planting has a long history of use by gardeners, but the explanation of why it works has been filled with folklore and conjecture. Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for this ever-popular growing technique, offering gardeners dozens of ways they can use scientifically tested plant partnerships...
The Beginner's Guide to Building...
Author: Sally Roth
Publisher: Timber Press
A fresh approach and simple way to transform your yard! The prospect of revamping a yard is daunting. Where do you start? How do all the various areas come together in a beautiful, cohesive way? The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Garden simplifies the process by showing you how to spend fewer hours (and a minimal...
Homegrown Pantry: A Gardener's...
Author: Barbara Pleasant
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Now that you've mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up where beginning gardening books leave off, with in-depth profiles of the 55 most popular crops - including beans, beets, squash, tomatoes, and much more - to keep your pantry stocked throughout...
Low-Maintenance Vegetable Gardening:...
Author: CLARE MATTHEWS
Publisher: CompanionHouse Books
Spend less time in the garden -- and get more results! This book demystifies the growing of fruit and vegetables and shows that, with the right approach, it can be done successfully as a weekend project or slotted into a busy week. Experienced garden designer Clare Matthews explains simple short cuts and unusual low maintenance...
Straw Bale Solutions: Creative...
Author: Joel Karsten
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Half a Million Straw Bale Gardeners Can't Be Wrong From Australia to France to the UK and far beyond, Straw Bale Gardening is making an impact. The revolutionary method of growing food in bales has been on the scene for just a few years, but in that time it has spread across the world with unprecedented speed. The reason?...
Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans...
Author: Niki Jabbour
Publisher: Storey
Follow your zany muse and get creative with your vegetable garden. Niki Jabbour brings you 73 novel and inspiring food garden designs that include a cocktail garden featuring all the ingredients for your favorite drinks, a spicy retreat comprising 24 varieties of chile peppers, and a garden that's devoted to supplying year-round...
Square Foot Gardening: Growing...
Author: Cool Springs Press
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Is It Ripe?Even the most experienced homegrowers get a little apprehensive when harvest time comes around. You've spent so much time and energy and money to grow beautiful produce and now the moment of reckoning is at hand. Savvy shoppers looking for the best produce have similar concerns as they peruse the aisles. It is ripe...
Vertical Gardening: Grow Up, Not Out,...
Author: Derek Fell
Publisher: Rodale Books
The biggest mistake gardeners make each season is starting out too big and then quickly realizingtheir large plot requires too much weeding, watering, and backbreaking labor. Vertical gardening guarantees a better outcome from the day the trowel hits the soil--by shrinking the amount of floor space needed and focusing on climbing...
Storey's Guide to Growing Organic...
Author: Danny L. Barney
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Danny Barney covers everything you need to know to successfully grow and market organic orchard fruits, from selecting the right site and cultivars to meeting organic standards and acquiring certifications; designing, maintaining, pruning, and harvesting an orchard; getting fruits to market; and managing the business side...
