Celery Culture
This comprehensive text by William Beattie offers information on all aspects of the cultivation and use of celery.
Amateur Fruit Growing
Prolific gardening writer and educator Samuel Green published this 1894 work to aid the amateur fruit grower in cultivating fruits for personal use and to sell. Covering the most widely available and stable varieties known, the work provides descriptions of the fruits as well as advice on the best way to grow each variety.
Practical Fruit Grower
This concise 1894 handbook of fruit culture was designed to aid both the beginning farmer and the established farmer who hadn't the time for extensive research in successfully cultivating common fruits.
Home Fruit Grower
This 1918 work by Maurice Kains provides home growers of fruit with practical information to help them increase their production and enhance their lives.
Pear Culture
Thomas Field's 1858 work covers all aspects of the culture of pears.
New Horticulture
H.M. Stringfellow, in this 1896 work, aims to show that the principles of horticulture, as they were put into practice at the time, are wrong and that there is a more natural, easier, and inexpensive way to grow fruit than was commonly done.
Grow Your Own Vegetables
Allotment and small-scale gardeners seeking to gain the most productivity from their land will benefit from the advice in this 1918 work.
Small Fruit Culturist
Andrew Fuller's 1867 work provides practical guidance on all aspects of the cultivation of small fruits and berries.
Practical Fruit Culture
From 1892, this work by Joseph Cheal is a practical introduction to the growing of fruit for the amateur gardener.
Fruit Culture and Country Home
William Strong's 1885 work is a concise guide to landscape design for the country home, with an emphasis on designs incorporating fruiting plants.
Practical Landscape Gardening
Robert Cridland's 1922 work is a comprehensive source of information on all aspects of landscape gardening.
Forcing Garden
Samuel Wood's 1881 book provides the home gardener with all the information needed to create a forcing garden.
Some English Gardens - After Drawings by George S. Elgood - With Notes by Gertrude Jekyll
Some English Gardens is vintage collection of watercolour paintings whose subjects are real contemporary English gardens. The English Garden is a style of landscape garden that first appeared in England in the early eighteenth century and categorised by a idealized view of nature. For each painting in this volume there is provided interesting information about the location, with descriptions of the garden, its flowers, how and why it was laid out, and much more. This volume will appeal to lovers of watercolour and those with an interest in traditional English gardens. Contents include: "Brockenhurst", "Hollyhocks at Blyborough", "Great Tangley Manor", "Bulwick Hall", "Bramham", "Berkley Castle", "Summer Flowers", "The Yew Alley, Rockingham", "Brympton", "Balcaskie", "Crather Castle", "Kellie Castle", "Hardwick", "Montacute", "Ramscliffe", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.
The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual
It's a whole new world of houseplants, so make yourself at home in it! If you love the idea of keeping houseplants, but struggle to care for them, you'll find solace and invaluable advice in this comprehensive guide from expert gardener Barbara Pleasant. Even experienced houseplant enthusiasts will benefit from Pleasant's expansive knowledge of indoor gardening, which includes personality profiles, growing needs, and troubleshooting tips for 160 blooming and foliage varieties. Create a greener world, one houseplant at a time.
Grow Your Own Booze
In homes, garages and sheds all over the UK, a home-brew revolution is taking place. Make your own wine, beer, cider mead and liqueurs for a fraction of the cost of commercial alternatives.With a glut from the garden, a supermarket special or a hedgerow forage you can have ready to drink alcohol in one week!Grow Your Own Booze shares the easy way to grow, forage and make alcoholic drinks with many recipes to get you started.
Aquaponics for Profit
This valuable resource will show you how to make extra money with your aquaponic system, create a successful profitable aquaponic business, and barter your harvest surplus.All methods, and the best approaches, for making money through aquaponics are thoroughly addressed in this 400+ page book. Fish species that generate the most revenue per pound. Vegetables that provide the highest profit margin. The fish species and vegetables that are in the highest demand by consumers. Non-vegetable plants which provide greater revenue than vegetable plants. The costs involved in setting-up and operating an aquaponic system. How to minimize your costs. Best places and methods for selling your fish and plant harvest. Regulations and legalities involved in setting-up and operating an aquaponic business. Other aquatic species that can be grown in aquaponics which can generate more revenue than the commonly grown aquaponic fish species. Best ways and places to barter your aquaponic surplus. How to legally label your harvest as 'organic'. Best approaches to having a successful aquaponics business. Cost-benefit analysis of an aquaponic operation. How to generate the largest profit margin. How to earn extra money with a small backyard aquaponic system. Which aquaponic systems - Media-Bed/Flood-and-Drain, Nutrient Film Technique (NFT), Raft System / Deep Water Culture (DWC) - are the most profitable. Pros and cons to each of these types of aquaponic systems. Numerous other ways in which you can earn revenue from your aquaponic system, beyond selling your fish and plant harvest products. Time management strategies: automation options, mechanical fish feeders, how to obtain free labor, and much more.This book is an excellent investment that will reward you greatly with the knowledge needed to earn extra money through aquaponics, show you the best methods for bartering your surplus harvest, and how to transform your aquaponic system into a very lucrative operation with consistent generous profits. Feed your family healthy organic low-cost food and make as much extra money as desired.
Fruit and Veggies 101
Begin your journey to growing the freshest, organic and ripest salad vegetable, with simple and beginner-friendly guidance.Do you want to grow delicious, home-grown, year-round vegetables but are worried that you don't have enough space, money, tools, experience, or even confidence to do so? Then continue reading....I'm sure a gardener will never forget when they first tasted the sweet, succulent and crunchy carrot from their first harvest, or the ingredients used from their very own garden to serve a fresh salad. These are the moments we want you to experience.This guide demonstrates how easy it is to plan, build, and grow your very own salad vegetables, whilst addressing key practises and techniques for the best possible outcomes. Outcomes that will have inexperienced gardeners questioning their level of experience, (of course, in a positive light).After all, successful gardening only requires careful planning, smart planting choices, and easy maintenance.What sets this guide aside from the rest is the spectrum of information it has to offers. It's a common assumption that gardening's only benefits are the organic, cost-effective, and convenient results it produces; while these are certainly among the greatest, gardening has much more to give than just physical produce.We're talking about how gardening can be used as a tool to maintain and enhance your mental, physical and social well-being.We meant it when we said this guide offers a "spectrum of information". From assisting you in selecting the best gardening space, to advising you on how to protect your produce during the growing process.The list of valuable and timeless information in this guide can go on and on, so here are some key points you'll discover in Fruit and Veggies 101: A detailed guide on gardening soil: Understanding the various types of soil, how to identify what soil type you have, how to prepare it for planting, comparisons between store bought vs homemade soil treatment and which plants thrive in each type of soil (down to the pH levels and required nutrients).Choose where you garden will grow: Pros and Cons of the various gardening spaces available to use and what's best suited for your gardening journey.Valuable maintenance advice on how to keep your produce safe from pests, weeds, diseases and other threats, as well as keeping your garden clean and healthy all year round.Sowing, Growing and Harvesting tips and tricks. Including in-depth information on sowing techniques, extraction and preserving seeds for future growing seasons.Key information that will help determine which veggie is most suited to your gardening aims and desires. With mini-guides on when to plant your vegetables, crop spacing and measurements, watering schedules, required sunlight, optimum temperatures and fertilizationAnd much more...
An Illustrated Brief History of Chinese Gardens
There are many books published in English on Chinese gardens, but the majority are primarily picture books with little informative content. With a large number of illustrations of Chinese gardens, ancient paintings, block prints, and other artefacts, this book is a social history of Chinese gardens and focuses on how gardens have functioned and been used in Chinese society through the ages. Apart from the aesthetic or philosophical aspects of Chinese gardens, you may see how gardens functioned as real estate, how they gave opportunities of employment to skilled artisans, how they opened up outdoor space to both elite and lower-class women, and how they allowed men of different social classes and of different ethnicities to interact and gain mutual benefit; in short, how the existence of gardens exerted an influence on society as a whole. At the same time, the reader can find how the wider society, and even socio-economic changes beyond China's own borders, had an impact on how gardens in China developed.
Troy the Tree Guy!
Have you ever wondered how trees grow, make food, function, and live? Would you like to learn more about tree anatomy? Do you know how to properly plant trees? About selecting trees for your yard or landscape? About care and maintenance of trees, including fertilization and pruning? Would you like to know about the kinds of nursery stock that can be purchased from a nursery and garden center, including bare root, containerized, container grown, and balled and burlapped (B&B) trees? TROY THE TREE GUY! is a book about trees. It is written and explained in simple terms, for middle to upper age youth and adults, based on fact, about tree anatomy, how trees grow, make food, and function. The book also describes kinds of trees, tree selection, nursery stock, planting procedures, and care and maintenance of trees and shrubs including pruning and fertilization. Information about trees is explained using a "bottoms-up" approach, from ground level to the top, from seed, roots, trunk, to crown and points in-between. This book emphasizes the significant importance of trees to people, our health, the economy, animals, birds, all living things, and the environment including helping to slow global warming and climate change.
Worm Farming
Curious in what worm farming is? What it takes to get started? How you can make it Fun and Profitable?This is just a few of the questions that are answered within "Worm Farming: Everything You Need to Know To Setting up a Successful Worm Farm"! The ULTIMATE guide to worm farming...Discover the many benefits of what is also known as, vermicomposting. You can get free fishing bait, use as source of food for wild birds, fish and chickens, create a nutrient rich potting soil that is a fun hobby while teaching you about the environment.Here's just a little of what you will discover inside...What worms are the best choice for your farm.What you can safely feed your hungry worms.The 12 things you can definitely NOT put in your worm farm.How to create highly valuable "worm tea". The basics to starting a profitable business through worm farming.Trouble shooting guide... If anything goes wrong, this is how to fix it.... and much, much more.Worm farming is a really fun hobby and a great way to produce a high quality compost you can use on your plants. The resulting compost is highly beneficial to your plants and is often the secret sauce for prize winning gardeners.Enjoy your adventure into worm farming as "Worm Farming - Creating Compost At Home With Vermiculture explains all about this exciting method of composting. Discover today how you can produce your own high quality compost from kitchen waste!
Western Fruit Gardening
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.
Western Fruit Gardening
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.
The Kitchen Garden
Focusing on plants destined for the dinner plate, The Kitchen Garden is an illustrated guide to growing edible plants from sowing to harvesting. Learn when to sow, what to grow, and how to make your delicious harvest into a meal.The book features fifty-five plant profiles ranging from the everyday to the unique. Each profile is illustrated and has an easy-to-comprehend table detailing the most important information: when to sow and harvest; growing time; space needed between plants; optimal soil pH; whether the plant will tolerate pots and frost; and each plant's companions and dislikes.A planting chart summarizing the most useful information from the plant profiles is also included, along with guidance on the different climate zones and how best to start your kitchen garden. With an emphasis on seasons rather than months, the book is a beautiful and practical gift for a garden enthusiast, whether they live in the northern or southern hemisphere.
New York Green
This beautifully photographed guidebook celebrates New York City's most exceptional--and often overlooked--parks and gardens, all open to the public! New York City is filled to the brim with beautiful, unique green spaces--if you know where to look. From the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in the West Village to the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm in the Navy Yard, the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Queens to New York's Chinese Scholar's Garden in Staten Island, celebrated photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo takes readers on a tour of the most exceptional gardens and parks across the five boroughs in this lushly illustrated guidebook. Through Ngoc's beautifully photographed and well-researched profiles, readers will not only discover parks and gardens they never knew existed, but they will also learn the fascinating history of green spaces in New York and about the innovative new projects being undertaken to ensure we all can enjoy them for years to come. Head up to the nearly century-old Met Cloisters to discover a garden filled with plants depicted in the museum's medieval art collection, and an herb garden planted exclusively with species known in the Middle Ages. Then travel to Brooklyn to visit the Gil Hodges Community Garden, a tiny oasis along the Gowanus Canal and a critical piece of the city's green infrastructure: storm water is absorbed, filtered, and diverted to the garden, relieving pressure on the sewer system and thereby protecting the local waterways from contamination. The book features wildlife preserves and community vegetable patches, sprawling old-growth forests and vest-pocket parks of less than five thousand square feet. Each one tells a story, and offers a wonderful refuge from the hustle and bustle of the concrete jungle.
The Cannabis Cultivaton
The third edition of this popular book has been fully revised and is now in full color! Throughout, excellent illustrations and photographs illustrate how to set up anything from a closet grow to a full-scale marijuana farm. There is extensive information provided on both lighting and the corresponding power use, including all of the most recent breakthroughs in lamp technology and off-grid electricity generating.
Garden Planner Journal and Log Book
Are you looking for a practice way to get organized with your gardening, keep records and grow your dream garden? Then, our handy and easy-to-use Garden Planner Journal and Log Book is perfect for you! This book will help you plan and organize your future garden projects. In addition, our book will help you keep track of what you've planted and when, take notes on what to do better, so you won't repeat mistakes, and allow you to track each plant you choose, from its beginnings in your garden through the growing season.
Columella
[THE COMPLETE TEXT] to Columella's De Agricola, written during the second half of the first century of our era, is our most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman farming. He is throughly versed in the writings of his predecessors and contemporaries and refers tothem frequently in his work. The large Roman farm or latifundium was a complete and self sufficient community; it supplied all of its own needs. In a world increasingly concerned about the future petroleum agriculture and the necessities of feeding a burgeoning population, it is hoped this treatise, written before there was any need to create organic and holistic farming may be of interest. Columella was one of a number of distinguished Spanish Latin writers including Seneca, Martial, Quintilian and others who dominate the literature of this period.The text here translated into English, for Books I-II, VI-VII, X-XI, XXII, is based on that of Lundstr繹m, with some changes in orthography, punctuation, and capitalization to conform more nearly to English usage. For the remaining six books the translators have attempted to construct a reasonably comparable text by the collation of five important manuscripts with the latest printed edition, that of Schneider (1794). I have retained the line numbers from the original as the best way to locate the Latin text.
Worm Farming Business Handbook
A Guide To Starting A Profitable Worm Farming BusinessThe demand for worm compost is rapidly increasing as part of driving environmental sustainability and as fertilizers for the plants and soil. In light of this among many other reasons, venturing into a business like worm farming is the ideal thing to do.This book is for you if: You are completely new to worm farming and want to know everything about it.You already have an idea of what worm farming is about and want to increase your knowledge of the business.You are looking for a new profitable agricultural business to venture into.You are looking for productive ways to recycle your kitchen waste materials and food scraps.You want to know how worm farming is profitable and more ways to make money as a worm farmer.In this book, I carefully explain worm farming and the business aspect in the simplest terms possible with the necessary tips and secrets to help your worm farm to thrive as a worm farmer.The Worm Farming Business Handbook gives a detailed and informative guide on: The importance of worm farmingTypes of worms for worm farming, their attributes, and which is most widely used Planning your worm farm vis-?-vis getting your worm, setting up your worm bin, feeding your worms, troubleshooting worm bin issues, maintaining your worm bin, etc.Methods of harvesting worm compostWorm farming FAQsTransforming your worm farming hobby into a profit-making ventureAnd so much more!So, what more are you waiting for?Ready to get started? Then simply get a copy of this book RIGHT NOW
Worm Farming Business Handbook
A Guide To Starting A Profitable Worm Farming BusinessThe demand for worm compost is rapidly increasing as part of driving environmental sustainability and as fertilizers for the plants and soil. In light of this among many other reasons, venturing into a business like worm farming is the ideal thing to do.This book is for you if: You are completely new to worm farming and want to know everything about it.You already have an idea of what worm farming is about and want to increase your knowledge of the business.You are looking for a new profitable agricultural business to venture into.You are looking for productive ways to recycle your kitchen waste materials and food scraps.You want to know how worm farming is profitable and more ways to make money as a worm farmer.In this book, I carefully explain worm farming and the business aspect in the simplest terms possible with the necessary tips and secrets to help your worm farm to thrive as a worm farmer.The Worm Farming Business Handbook gives a detailed and informative guide on: The importance of worm farmingTypes of worms for worm farming, their attributes, and which is most widely used Planning your worm farm vis-?-vis getting your worm, setting up your worm bin, feeding your worms, troubleshooting worm bin issues, maintaining your worm bin, etc.Methods of harvesting worm compostWorm farming FAQsTransforming your worm farming hobby into a profit-making ventureAnd so much more!So, what more are you waiting for?Ready to get started? Then simply get a copy of this book RIGHT NOW
No Dig
Work in partnership with nature to nurture your soil for healthy plants and bumper crops - without back-breaking effort! Have you ever wondered how to transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden? Well now you can! By following the simple steps set out in No Dig, in just a few short hours you can revolutionize your vegetable patch with plants already in the ground from day one! Charles Dowding is on a mission to teach that there is no need to dig over the soil, but by minimizing intervention you are actively boosting soil productivity. In fact, The less you dig, the more you preserve soil structure and nurture the fungal mycelium vital to the health of all plants.This is the essence of the No Dig system that Charles Dowding has perfected over a lifetime growing vegetables.So put your gardening gloves on and get ready to discover: - Guides and calendars of when to sow, grow, and harvest.- Inspiring information and first-hand guidance from the author- "Delve deeper" features look in-depth at the No Dig system and the facts and research that back it up.- The essential role of compost and how to make your own at home.- The importance of soil management, soil ecology, and soil health. Now one of the hottest topics in environmental science, this "wood-wide web" has informed Charles's practice for decades, and he's proven it isn't just trees that benefit - every gardener can harness the power of the wood-wide web. Featuring newly- commissioned step-by-step photography of all stages of growing vegetables and herbs, and all elements of No Dig growing, shot at Charles's beautiful market garden in Somerset, you too will be able to grow more veg with less time and effort, and in harmony with nature - so join the No Dig revolution today! A must-have volume for followers of Charles Dowding who fervently believe in his approach to low input, high yield gardening, as well as gardeners who want to garden more lightly on the earth, with environmentally friendly techniques like organic and No Dig.
Creating Your Permaculture Heaven
You've probably seen news reports about how humans are ruining the environment and how, if we don't take action soon, the impacts of global warming will be permanent. The Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research claims that modern agriculture is one of the main sources of carbon dioxide emissions, accounting for up to a third of all emissions when combined with forests. The weather is becoming more erratic than you recall it being when you were a child, and cracks are beginning to appear. You are aware that to address this, we must move quickly and together. You've reduced your consumption of meat and plastic. Yet you feel like doing more. You are concerned about the environment and are aware that humans are ruining the earth. What else might you do to assist? "Though the problems of the world are more complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple," as noted permaculturist Bill Mollison once put it. Permaculture is a method of using natural systems and processes to help you get the most out of your garden while using nature to take care of the majority of the watering, fertilizing, and pest management for you. Permaculture principles can help you get the most out of your garden whether you live in an apartment or are the proud owner of a sizable piece of land. However, permaculture is not simply about gratification for oneself. Additionally, saving the environment is a concern. This summer, even if you can only grow your own strawberries and tomatoes, you can still reduce your carbon footprint because there is no need for transportation, logistics, pesticides, or fertilizers-just your own organic fruit and veggies. You can achieve your goal of living sustainably and doing your part to protect the planet's future by learning about permaculture and adopting it into your life. You'll discover the following in "Creating your Permaculture Heaven" the fundamental ideas behind permaculture;how to utilise all of the water that is provided to us;Why soil is essential to human life and how we may feed it the nutrients it needs to produce all of our beautiful fruit and vegetables;How to prevent those obnoxious slugs from eating your gorgeous green crops;certain plants coexist peacefully and which are repulsed by one another's presence;How to achieve your goal of creating a food forest with your favorite fruits and vegetablesHow to increase the benefits of your garden so that you can earn a little additional pocket money;how to make honey or how to get bees into your gardenAnd a lot more.....You can use the enjoyable exercises at the conclusion of each chapter as a free bonus to put what you've learned into practice.You could believe that you lack the time or resources to launch a significant permaculture project. However, permaculture doesn't have to be intimidating. You can move at a speed that works for you and start as slowly or as quickly as you'd like. Don't feel as though you need to learn everything at once and race to clear an entire wilderness in a single year. Deal with things in small bits, and you'll be OK. All it takes is a little time, patience, and experience to become an expert gardener, even if all you've done is take care of a few tomato plants on your window ledge. And keep in mind that we have all erred at some point. That is how we develop and get better at gardening. One day, it's possible that we'll be able to assist others, which would be a wonderful bonus.
Secrets of Mound Gardening
Discover the ancient magic of mound gardening-and watch it work wonders in your garden!Your garden is only as good as your technique. If water shortages, excess rainfall, lack of space, or a limited green thumb prevents you from growing the garden you want, a plant- and planet-friendly solution could be the key to unlocking a landscape worth envying.No matter your gardening goals or challenges, you can master this groundbreaking gardening secret learned from history and our best teacher: nature!Secrets of Mound Gardening is your step-by-step training manual to a proven framework that will benefit your health and contribute to our environment. Have limited time? No green knowledge? No problem. Whether you're a novice or experienced gardener, devoted gardening instructor Darryl Whitham will teach you how to tune into the cycles of nature, reduce waste, and maximize your landscaping space through ancient mound gardening philosophy.In this guide, you'll discoverEasy, practical mound gardening techniques so you can start working with nature, rather than against it.A simple way to produce healthy fruits and vegetables without the hours of labor often needed by conventional gardening.How to enjoy less weeding, soil feeding, and overall work by as much as 80 percent.Lessons passed down from around the globe, including traditional Native American methods, Hugelkultur basics, and raised bed styles from Africa and the Americas.How to grow and harvest your own natural foods, organic produce, and herbs.Design your garden into a beautiful and functional work of permaculture art. Get Secrets of Mound Gardening to improve your garden and the world with wisdom from the ages.
Wild, the Naturalistic Garden
'This extraordinarily useful compendium should be required reading for anyone aspiring to ... a gorgeous garden.' - New York Times Book ReviewA stunning exploration of one of the hottest trends in garden design, nature-based planting with an eco-aware approach, featuring the work of leading designers such as Sean Hogan, Piet Oudolf, and Dan PearsonForget the mild, manicured gardens of the past: planting today is undergoing a revolution in taste and aesthetics. This is the first comprehensive overview of a new planting approach that is wild and natural by nature, reflecting the global turn towards sustainability and the current zeitgeist in garden design. Featuring over 40 gardens - from a perennial meadow in East Sussex, England to a private, drought-resistant garden in Australia - each garden in this stunning book is brought to life with beautiful photography and insightful text.
The Complete Greenhouse Gardening For Beginners
This book is for you if you have little or no experience constructing greenhouses or gardening in general. It contains 200 pages of information and recommendations on everything you need to know about putting up a greenhouse and gardening.This book will answer all of your questions regarding designing the greenhouse construction as well as planning, planting, and nurturing the plants.
The 2022s Microgreens Guidebook
The minimal amount of space required to cultivate microgreens (a porch, patio, deck, or balcony would suffice) enables anybody to easily include them into their regular meals, and the nutritional power of the greens makes them a must-eat in a healthy diet. Amaranth, arugula, basil, beet, broccoli, celery, chard, cilantro, cress, endive, mustard, pac choi, pea, purple cabbage, radish, and Tokyo Bekana are among the microgreens included.
Embracing the Spirit of Nature
Nature Spirits and fairies have become increasingly common topics. Embracing the Spirit of Nature will invite you into a world of magic few have experienced by sharing actual raw photography of fairies, gnomes, and more. Embracing the Spirit of Nature will alter how people experience nature and how they directly impact the life of all of nature's elements. This experience is similar to that of Masaru Emoto's work, demonstrating the life force that is present in every drop of water. His book shows how words of love and compassion cause drops of water to form clear crystal shapes. My book will draw attention to nature spirits that have likely never been seen before, yet which surround and support us in our daily life. The primary audience includes the spiritual community, people who currently interact with the fairy realm, people who love fantasy and the realms of magic, those who are interested in gardening, those who love nature, and children of all ages. This book offers a unique opportunity to view actual raw photography of nature spirits including dialogs with the nature spirits. It also offers ways to communicate and receive guidance from the Nature spirits. I have had the great pleasure of not only experiencing the fairies but have been blessed with the opportunity to view them through my photography.
The Healing Garden
A comprehensive and lushly photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes, from the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal MedicineThis is the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the beauty and therapeutic properties of plants into their garden, kitchen, and home apothecary. Both informative and accessible, it covers how to plan your garden (including container gardening for small spaces); essential information on seed propagation, soil quality, and holistic gardening practices; 30 detailed profiles of must-know plants (including growing information, medicinal properties, and how to use them); foundational principles of herbalism; step-by-step photographic tutorials for preparing botanical medicine and healing foods; and 70 recipes for teas, tinctures, oils, salves, syrups, and more. Packed with sumptuous photography, this book will appeal to home gardeners who want to branch out to culinary and medicinal herbs, home cooks and those interested in natural wellness, and novice and skillful herbalists alike.
Kalm’s Account of His Visit to England on His Way to America in 1748
Kalm's Account of His Visit to England on His Way to America in 1748 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
A History of Groves
Groves are both literal and metaphorical manifestations, ways of defining spaces and ecologies in our cultural life. Since they can add meaning to urban forms and ecologies and contribute meaningfully to the significance of place, critical examination is long overdue
Succulents Made Easy
Raising healthy and beautiful succulents has never been easier! This essential beginner's guide provides a complete introduction to growing and combining succulents in ways that are healthy for the plants and pleasing to the eye. It also gives an overview of the most popular succulent and cacti varieties. Succulent specialists Tokiiro (Yoshinobu Kondo) explains how the plants' appearances shift with the seasons, and give advice about how to combine them creatively to take full advantage of their seasonal changes in shapes and colors. This fascinating book includes tips and advice on all the critical topics you need to know, including: Selecting, preparing and potting your succulents Creating attractive combinations that can be enjoyed year-round Detailed information on over 200 succulent and cacti varieties And much more! Hundreds of color photographs provide new ideas that will inspire you to tell a unique story through your plants. With this book as your guide, you'll be able to create a beautiful personalized garden that will impress your friends and bring joy to your life!
The Vegetable Gardening Book
The award-winning television and podcast host Joe Lamp'l is here with insider tips and next-level insight for creating a lush, fruitful, and resilient vegetable garden. *Winner of the GardenComm 2023 Laurel Media Awards Silver Award in the Book Publisher/Producer General Readership Category* Just when you think you have a secure grip on what it takes to grow a vegetable garden, a pro like Joe comes along to surprise you with a wheelbarrow full of new-to-you information to knock your gardening socks right off. In The Vegetable Gardening Book, Joe distills insight from years interviewing highly experienced growers for public television's Growing a Greener World and The joe gardener(R) Show Podcastalong with his own extensive, hands-on knowledge of the craft to present practical and useful info on everything from starting seeds and selecting varieties to building the perfect tomato cage, encouraging pollinators, and creating biodiversity-rich soil in a 100% organic food garden. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in growing the best edible garden their backyard (or balcony!) has ever seen. Inside you'll find: Ideas for designing and laying out your garden for the greatest yields in the smallest amount of spaceA sure-fire plan for reducing maintenance and trimming down the traditional workload of a gardenDetailed growing profiles of 40 of Joe's favorite cropsA handy reference chart with an easy-to-follow crop rotation planAdvice and tips for extending the growing season, building raised beds, setting up a potting station, and deciding which garden tools are worth your time and moneyStrategies to grow anywhere and everywhere--from in-ground garden beds and containers to grow bags and raised-bed plantersAmong the most trusted, recognizable, and sought-after voices in the gardening world, Joe Lamp'l is here to help you "Grow like a pro - no experience required!(TM)"
Gardening at Longmeadow
Monty Don made a triumphant return to our screens as presenter of Gardeners' World. A firm favourite with viewers, Monty's infectious enthusiasm for plants, attention to the finer details of gardening technique and easy charm have seen the ratings soar. Here Monty invites us into the garden at Longmeadow, to show us how he created this beautiful garden, and how we can do the same in our own. Following the cycle of the seasons, Gardening at Longmeadow will introduce readers to the garden from the earliest snowdrops of January through the first splashes of colour in the Spring Garden, the electric summer displays of the Jewel Garden, the autumn harvest in the orchard, and on to a Christmas feast sourced from the vegetable gardens. Describing the magic of each area at different times of the year, Monty will explain the basics of what to do when and how to get the most from each plant. He'll talk through the essential techniques and more complex processes, accompanied by easy-to-follow, step-by-step photography. Longmeadow is a gardeners' garden, but this will be a book for gardening enthusiasts of all skill levels who have been inspired by what they've seen, and who would like to achieve something similar for themselves.
Easy Composting for Organic Gardeners
Composting doesn't need to be difficult! You can learn to compost and feed your garden with the bestEasy Composting for Organic Gardeners will help you get the humus you need to transform your soil and your crops. Don't worry about fertilizer shortages or supply line disruptions - let Steve Solomon show you how to compost in this re-release of his classic book, now with a new introduction by David The Good.This book is the perfect addition to any prepper or survival gardening library, as well as a valuable resource for anyone interested organic gardening. Start making compost today - let Steve Solomon show you how.
The Farming Guide
With each chapter focusing on a different vegetable, you'll learn about varietal selection, nutritional benefits, how to get started, unique growth pointers, and how to deal with certain pests and illnesses, as well as one or two inventive recipes to get you started. This honest, clear book is a must-have for any vegetable mini-farmer, with over 150 of Markham's own images guiding you every step of the way.
THE 2022s BEGINNERS GUIDE TO GROW HEALTHY VEGETABLES
The book explains which fruits and vegetables to pick and how to produce them to maximize their health-promoting benefits. It brings together the most recent scientific data on various organic growing, harvesting, and processing processes, allowing the reader to reclaim control over the nutritious worth of the food they consume.
Millennial Homesteading
A How-To on starting your own backyard homestead! Showing that sustainable living can be done with the average backyard and a little bit of know how. You provide the yard, I'll provide the know how, in this no nonsense guide to growing, preserving, and storing your own food. Formatted in lists, tips, and tricks there's no space for confusion and with a little bit of humor we'll have your backyard blooming in no time!
