Vegetable Gardening For Beginners
Do you have what it takes to be a gardener? Don't think too hard about this question because the answer is yes. Everyone has the capability to grow beautiful, healthy plants, no matter where they live or what type of space they have to work with. If you've got the desire to nurture, everything else can be learned. That's one of the best things about gardening- once you've got the basics figured out, you can add to your knowledge base forever. You can read all four chapters or just the sections that pertain to your needs, but no matter what you're looking for, Gardening will teach you: ✓ On Basic Botany and Being a Gardener✓ The Four Elements of Basic Botany✓ Traditional Vegetable Gardening✓ Designing and Building a Traditional Garden✓ How to design and build the garden that fits your space and funds✓ How to read plant tags and seed labels✓ How to choose, till, install, and maintain healthy soil ✓ How to find tools and materials without blowing your whole budget✓ How to plant, water, and maintain any size or type of garden✓ How to use fertilizer, compost, pesticides, and herbicides responsibly ✓ How to choose the right plants for your style of gardening ✓ How to prevent and treat insect and pathogen problemsAnd much more! You'll move from beginner to novice to experienced gardener as each section takes you from planning on paper to planting your dream garden. The only limit is your imagination and your willingness to learn. Pick up your copy of the book right now by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!
The Shortest Path To Heaven Is Through A Garden Gate
Are You a Vegetable Gardener or Do you know one?If so you certainly do know all the answers to the following questions, right?What are the best veggie gardening hacks?How to keep a vegetable gardening journal?What Is High Yield Vegetable Gardening?What are the most important fall garden seeds?What are the best wood raised garden beds for vegetables?What are the most effective grub killers for a vegetable garden?Well if you knew about these answers then then you definitely qualify for the serious gardening league and this journal is missing in your collection of wicked books.In addition to the fact that this book makes a great gift here are some practical facts whyyou need this for your family, friends, or for yourself.With the cost of living going up and up, more and more people are looking at creating a more self-sustainable lifestyle. This Log Book helps you keep a written record of your vegetable gardening plans before you start, your budget and seed inventory.Beautifully designed 330 page journal with space to track your planting every month and every newseason.A gardener can write in this journal about: - Personal Experiences- Stories, Poems, Quotes- How To Knowledge & Secrets- Financial related data- annuals, biennials and perennials, with the location of each plant- Keep track of the life-cycle of all your flowers, herbs, vines- Fill in the times to prune, trim and tidy which plants by season, depending on your area- Make a plan - Draw out garden plots for beds- Keep records of landscaping, weather, formulas, pests and diseases, cultivation and propagation, bloom and harvest times, flowers, bulbs, fruit, vegetables, herbs, vines, shrubs & trees- Homesteading or self-sustainability hacks to living a holistic & healthy lifestyleThis journal is artistically and scientifically designed to increase your productivity, effectiveness & efficiencyin a beautiful way. Keeping this journaling experience throughout your planting seasons like a scientific journaling process and you will see your success with every veggie you are planting. Features: 330 Pages of Vegetable Gardening Journaling Pages Makes a great gift idea for a serious vegetable gardener6"9" Inches DimensionCover: Soft, MatteBinding: Perfect binding, non-spiralHeavy PaperPages Include the following content: Annual Vegetable Garden GoalsVegetable Garden WishlistNurseries and SuppliersVegetable Friendly FlowersPests and Diseases LogAnnual Rainfall ChartSeasonal Garden Layout PlannerGarden Layout NotesSeasonal Planter PlannerSeasonal Potting PlannerSeasonal Garden Tasks & Expense LogNotesMonthly Garden PlannerPlanting TrackerMonthly Harvest CalendarProgress & NotesWeekly Garden TasksProfile SheetsRecipeNotesUse the look inside feature (Amazon website users) or see the back cover Image (Mobileapp users) to get a feel for the stunning interior of this beautiful wedding guest book.Exclusively Designed & Shipped Fast.Click Add to Cart to get your stunning book now.
Survival 101 Raised Bed Gardening AND Food Storage
What happens when you head to the grocery store, and everything is sold out?Have you ever had the realization that your money can't buy you something that isn't for sale?Are you wondering how you are going to feed your family?Do you know how to secure a steady supply of high-quality foods that will provide you with optimal nutrition?Are you ready to be hands-on in your food supply chain, so you no longer have to rely on a fragile system?If you answered yes to any of these questions, then keep reading.The first step in taking your food supply chain into your own hands is learning about raised bed gardening.The second step is learning about food storage.Survival 101: Raised Bed Gardening and Food Storage, will show you everything you need to know to help you grow your food with raised bed gardens AND preserve and stockpile your food as well!Taking your food supply into your own hands does not have to be challenging. In fact, it can be one of the easiest and smartest things you ever do in your life!Some of what we discuss in Survival 101: Raised Bed Gardening and Food Storage includes: ★The basics of raised bed gardening, including what growing conditions you need and how to determine an appropriate size for your garden★10+ preservation methods with unique recipes for food preservation★A step-by-step guide for building raised bed garden structures, including how to prepare your area, choose your materials and put them together for long-lasting garden beds★How to locate food to preserve, and how to save as much money as possible★Steps to starting your garden, including where to buy the best quality seeds, how to space your plants, where to place them, and more★Methods for planning how much food you need to purchase and preserve for your family★How to grow, maintain, and nurture your garden★How to store your preserved foods for optimal freshness★Steps for winterizing your garden★A step-by-step plan that walks you through exactly what needs to be done so you can preserve plenty of food for your family★Plant profiles for common backyard garden plants★Tips on how to make preservation less overwhelmingAnd more!Survival 101: Raised Bed Gardening and Food Storage truly is the ultimate go-to guide for anyone looking to engage in practical self-sufficiency through the power of gardening and food preservationIf you don't want to worry about how you will feed yourself and your family if the supply changes shut down during quarantine then scroll up and click Add to Cart!
The Gardener’s Chairside Reader
A great companion to have while sitting next to a cozy fire and dreaming of gardening! The Gardener's Chairside Reader is a collection of short stories, tips, gardening wisdom, and advice. Bud has years of gardening experience and his sometimes humorous views of country life make for entertaining as well as informative reading. Trying out the latest gardening ideas and techniques while stubbornly holding on to the traditions of the past has created some interesting observations that will keep you smiling and saying, "Maybe I should try that too!" Bud's childhood memories and stories are sprinkled throughout, along with a few spine-chilling descriptions of days gone wrong. Throw in some useful tips and advice and you have a book to settle in with while drinking a cup of coffee each day!
Gosford Edogawa Commemorative Garden by Ken Lamb
This is a wonderful book that guides you through the amazing Gosford Edogawa garden - internationally regarded as the best example of " hide and reveal" of any Japanese garden outside of Japan. Discover the origin of the history of the buildings, travel through centuries of tradition to understand this classic culture, revealed in the garden. This book is a simple and readable introduction to Japanese gardens in Australia!
Huertos urbanos para principiantes
聶Quieres aprender a cultivar tus propios alimentos?Cultivar tu propia comida te da poder. Una vez que lo tienes, es algo que nunca te podr獺 ser quitado.En Huertos urbanos para principiantes, descubrir獺s: C籀mo llevar verduras y hierbas desde la plantaci籀n hasta la cosecha.Porque reciclar los residuos dom矇sticos es lo mejor que puedes hacer por este planeta y es la segunda mejor cosa que puedes hacer por tu huerto.C籀mo sacar el m獺ximo provecho de cualquier pedazo de tierra desde las aceras a los tejados hasta las macetas.C籀mo determinar cu獺l es el mejor espacio para llevar a cabo tu proyecto.C籀mo plantar semillas de la manera m獺s f獺cil posible.5 proyectos f獺ciles paso a paso que te ayudar獺n a aprender los fundamentos de la jardiner穩a y a empezar a cultivar alimentos.C籀mo convertir un suelo pobre en nutrientes en un terreno f矇rtil para plantas saludablesC籀mo mantener una pila de abono.Las herramientas esenciales que todo jardinero necesita.C籀mo convertir un peque簽o patio o balc籀n en un huerto floreciente, para que puedas tener comida casera en cualquier lugar.C籀mo reciclar art穩culos dom矇sticos comunes para convertirlos en hermosos recipientes y macetas.Aprende c籀mo mantener adecuadamente las plantas y c籀mo diagnosticar los problemas comunes para garantizar el fruto de tus esfuerzosY mucho, mucho m獺s!Incluso si tu espacio o tiempo es limitado, puedes crecer tus propios alimentos en casa.Aunque este libro tiene todo lo que un nuevo jardinero necesita para comenzar, los jardineros experimentados no se sentir獺n decepcionados.Si deseas cultivar tus propios alimentos entonces despl獺zate hacia arriba y haz clic en el bot籀n "A簽adir a la cesta".
The Art of Flowers
The Art of Flowers, the latest lush volume from the editors of Victoria magazine, invites readers to savor quiet moments amid nature's most cherished gifts: flowers.Divided into three enticing sections, this exquisitely photographed volume offers page after page of floral pageantry. Beginning with "Scents and Sensibility," we celebrate the romantic charms of beloved blossoms. Scattered among gorgeous images, find helpful guidelines for growing and displaying such favorites as roses, tulips, and peonies. In this chapter, the reader can while away the afternoon roaming the Nova Scotia paradise cultivated by noted Canadian gardener Carolyn Aiken. "A Gardener's Palette" provides inspiration for developing a signature scheme, whether highlighting a single hue or showcasing a vibrant array of colors. Meet Erin Benzakein, the owner of Floret Flower Farm in Washington's Skagit Valley, recognized as the leading farmer florist in the United States.Discover a treasure trove in "Bountiful Bouquets," a section brimming with ideas for creating glorious arrangements. Teresa H. Sabankaya, a pioneer of the slow flower movement, conveys the sweetest of sentiments through the language of floriography. Along with a medley of the California floral designer's prettiest posies, find a variety of other stylists' expressions in centerpieces ideal for gracing the table, adorning a guest room, or adding interest to the veranda. Wherever they are placed, these fresh and lovely accents lend a breath of life to their surroundings.Beautifully bound and pure bliss to peruse, The Art of Flowers is certain to delight anyone captivated by botanical splendor.
Greenhouse Gardening
Greenhouse gardening is a unique hobby that can produce stunning results for any level of gardener. Having a greenhouse means that you don't have to abide by some of the 'rules' of regular gardening because you can use a greenhouse to garden year-round and grow things that might not be considered common for your area. Although having a greenhouse can mean that you also have some additional maintenance chores, it's a rewarding undertaking for all those that attempt it.Greenhouse gardening is a big commitment, because not only do you have to take care of the plants inside, you also need to take care of the structure itself. Take care to check your building for any structural damage, especially after storms. Replace any cracked glass or plexiglass as soon as you can, and if you've got a plastic greenhouse, look for any tears in the sheeting. By taking care of small issues before they become big ones, you'll save yourself lots of time, money, and frustration. In This Book You Will Learn: ✓ How to read plant tags and seed labels✓ How to choose, till, install, and maintain healthy soil ✓ Siting and Building an Affordable Greenhouse✓ Plant Varieties for Greenhouses and Hothouses✓VTips and Techniques for Easy Maintenance✓ Crop Rotation for Year-Round Growing✓ Structural Upkeep for Long-term Use✓ How to design and build the garden that fits your space and funds✓ How to find tools and materials without blowing your whole budget✓ How to plant, water, and maintain any size or type of garden✓ Easy Planting and Maintenance Techniques✓ How to prevent and treat insect and pathogen problemsBONUS!✓ Designing and Building a Traditional Garden✓ How to use companion planting for the benefit of your garden ✓ How to attract beneficial insects and other organisms to your plants and soil ✓ How to keep a garden journal to record your activities for future planning ✓ How to harvest food and flowers for use in the home✓ Fertilizer and Compost for Optimum Growth✓ Maximize Space with Vertical Growing✓ Harvesting and Overwintering✓ On Basic Botany and Being a GardenerAnd much more! Pick up your copy of the book right now by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!
Gardening For Beginners
Have you ever wanted to get started with a hobby in gardening, but you weren't sure where to begin? Do you think that you don't have to space to create a beautiful garden, or are you afraid you don't live in the right environment for it? Good news! Everyone can garden, no matter where they live, or the size of their available space, and Gardening can show you how! This revolutionary book walks you through the basics of botany that you'll need for every type of gardening and then breaks down into four separate sections on: Traditional Vegetable GardeningRaised Bed Gardening Urban GardeningGreenhouse GardeningIn This Book You Will Learn: ✓ On Basic Botany and Being a Gardener✓ The Four Elements of Basic Botany✓ Traditional Vegetable Gardening✓ Designing and Building a Traditional Garden✓ Choosing Seeds and Plants for Beginners and Novices✓ Planting and Maintenance✓ Sowing and Transplanting✓ Troubleshooting Weeds, Pests, and Disease✓ How to prevent and treat insect and pathogen problems✓ How to use crop rotation, vertical gardening, and succession planting to maximize space✓ How to harvest food and flowers for use in the home✓ How to use companion planting for the benefit of your garden ✓ How to attract beneficial insects and other organisms to your plants and soil ✓ How to keep a garden journal to record your activities for future planning And much more! So if you're ready to open your eyes to a whole new perspective on gardening and the natural world, you need to open up Gardening, today. If you want to learn the whys and the hows of being a great gardener, then this is the book for you. What are you waiting for? The joys, challenges, and rewards of having an amazing garden are right at your fingertips, so get your copy and see for yourself how incredible Gardening can be. Pick up your copy of the book right now by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!
Microgreens
If You Don't Know Where to Start, or Want to Start Growing Your Microgreens NOW Then Keep Reading...Avoid the fatal pitfalls & mistakes Green Thumbs make with this essential guide to growing microgreens.Insider grower secrets, strategies, & tactics are shared within.Everything from strategic growing conditions for successfully cultivating your grows (that you may not have yet discovered) to inventive & mouthwatering Microgreen recipes are treated in this book.Whatever your goals for Microgreens are, you're looking at the answer. It DOES NOT matter how much or little you know about microgreens, you're covered.Prepare yourself...This will be the most profitable and enjoyable book you've read all year. Inside You Will Discover...Microgreen Growing Essentials (you may have previously overlooked...) (Page 8)These Surprising Microgreen Health Risks & What You Can Do About Them (Page 9)The TRUE Nutritional Values of These Specific Microgreens (Page 21)These FATAL Microgreen Mistakes You Do Not Want to Make (Page 23)Pro Growth Troubleshooting Mastery (Page 25)The Green Thumbs Home Grow Must-Know Methods (Page 29)The Extreme Health Issue Microgreens Can Prevent That You Won't Believe... (Page 32)How This Cookie Utensil Can Be The Answer to the BEST Microgreen Care... (Page 35)Light Exposure Strategies You Simply Must Implement (Page 37)The REAL Reason Your Crops Are Growing Slowly... (Page 40)Inventive Microgreen Recipes That Your Dinner Guest Won't Believe! (Page 45) And much, much More!FREE BONUS INSIDE!This essential guide is aimed to help you even if you have failed time & time again, or if you have never planted a seed in your life.Imagine how beautiful your microgreens will look once you master what is inside these pages. So if you want your vibrant grows to be the envy of your neighbours then click "add to cart".
Hydroponic Gardening For Beginners
If You Don't Know Where to Start, or Want to Start Growing Your Hydroponic Garden NOW Then Keep Reading...Avoid the FATAL pitfalls & mistakes Green Thumbs make with this essential guide to Hydroponic Gardening!Insider grower secrets, strategies, & tactics are shared within!Everything from strategic growing conditions for successfully cultivating your grows (that you may not have yet discovered!) to Hydroponic Gardening myths BUSTED (Page 74) are treated in this book.Whatever your goals for having a vibrant & glowing hydroponic garden are, you're looking at the answer. It DOES NOT matter how much or little you know about Hydroponic Gardening, you're covered.Prepare yourself...This will be the most profitable and enjoyable book you've read all year. Inside You Will Discover...Hydroponic Gardening Advantages (you may have previously overlooked...) (Page 7)These Surprising Hydroponic Gardening Facts That ALL Green Thumbs Must Know (Page 4)These Fatal Hydroponic Gardening Disadvantages That May End Your Grows! (Page 11)How This Easily Overlooked Insulation Technique Can Protect Your Plant's Roots (Page 15)The TRUTH behind these Hydroponic Growing Mediums & What You Need To Know About Them (Page 16)How This Simple Soda Bottle Strategy Can Lead To Growing Mastery (Page 21)How To Avoid Wasting Your Time By Picking The Right Growing System For You (Page 23)How AIR ! Can Maximize Results With The Easiest Hydroponics System For Beginners (Page 27)The System that Can potentially Cause A Toxic Buildup Of Nutrients (Page 29)Inexpensive Beginners Systems & How To Use Them The Right Way (Page 30)Inventive & Strategic Beginners Growing Secrets You Won't Believe! (Page 31) Step By Step Simple & Unique Hydroponic System Set Ups (Including ALL The Parts You Need!) (Page 45)How To Become a Plant Nutrient Master & Ensure Booming Grows Before You Have Even Planted a Seed (Page 58)Hydroponic Troubleshooting Hacks For Growing Mastery (Page 64)Hydroponic Garden Myth Busting & Why You Have Been Failing (Page 71)* FREE BONUS INSIDE!* And much, much More!Imagine how beautiful your Hydroponic Garden will look once you master what is inside these pages. So if you want your vibrant grows to be the envy of your neighbours then click "add to cart".
Microgreens & Hydroponic Gardening For Beginners
If Your Microgreens or Hydroponic Garden Has Failed Before Then Keep Reading...Avoid the FATAL pitfalls & mistakes Green Thumbs so often make with this essential guide to Microgreens & Hydroponic Gardening.Insider grower secrets, strategies, & tactics are shared within.Everything from strategic growing conditions for successfully cultivating your grows (that you may not have yet discovered) to Hydroponic Gardening myths BUSTED are treated in this essential guide.Whatever your goals for having vibrant & glowing Microgreens or a beautiful hydroponic garden, you're looking at the answer. It DOES NOT matter how much or little you know about Hydroponic Gardening or Microgreens, you're covered.Inside You Will Discover...These Fatal Hydroponic Gardening Disadvantages That May End Your Grows!Hydroponic Gardening Advantages (you may have previously overlooked...)These Surprising Hydroponic Gardening Facts That ALL Green Thumbs Must KnowHow This Easily Overlooked Insulation Technique Can Protect Your Plant's RootsThe TRUTH behind these Hydroponic Growing Mediums & What You Need To Know About ThemHow This Simple Soda Bottle Strategy Can Lead To Growing MasteryHow To Avoid Wasting Your Time By Picking The Right Growing System For YouHow AIR ! Can Maximize Results With The Easiest Hydroponics System For BeginnersThe System that Can potentially Cause A Toxic Buildup Of NutrientsInexpensive Beginners Systems & How To Use Them The Right WayInventive & Strategic Beginners Growing Secrets You Won't BelieveStep By Step Simple & Unique Hydroponic System Set Ups (Including ALL The Parts You Need)How To Become a Plant Nutrient Wizard & Ensure Booming Grows Before You Have Even Planted a SeedHydroponic Troubleshooting Hacks For Growing MasteryHydroponic Garden Myth Busting & Why You Have Been FailingMicrogreen Growing Essentials (you have likely previously overlooked)These Surprising Microgreen Health Risks & What You Can Do About ThemThe TRUE & ACTUAL Nutritional Values of These Specific MicrogreensThese FATAL Microgreen Mistakes You Do Not Want to MakeThe Green Thumbs Home Grow Must-Know MethodsHow This Cookie Utensil Can Be The Answer to the best Microgreen CareLight Exposure Strategies You're Missing Out OnThe REAL Reason Your Crops Are Growing SlowlyInventive Microgreen Recipes That Your Dinner Guest Won't BelieveThe Extreme Health Issue Microgreens Can Prevent That You Don't know AboutAnd much, much More!* FREE BONUS INSIDE*This essential guide is aimed to help you even if you have failed time & time again, or if you have never planted a seed in your life.Imagine how your Hydroponic Garden & Microgreens will look once you master what is inside these pages.If you want your vibrant grows to be the envy of your neighbours then click "add to cart".
Garden Journal
If you're planning a garden, this Garden Journal diary/ tracker is a must have. It will help you plan & organize your garden. Designed for gardeners or a gardener who will want to grow a garden, whether it's a vegetable plants or a flower garden or both. Enough spaces for 5 year planting or 5 gardening seasons.The interior includes space to write & writing prompts for: Monthly Harvest Calendar - Undated to keep track of harvest through the gardening season.Gardening Projects - Record your goals for new projects, including techniques.Produce Budget - Plan for your fruit/ vegetable budget shopping.Planting Tracker - Track your planting activities.Garden Wish List - List those fruits, vegetables or flowers you would like to grow.Garden Budget - Detailed budget planner data.Seedlings - Log your seedlings information.Weekly To Do - Record your tasks for the week. Pest Control Record - Log any pests and treatment to rid them. Sowing Tracker - Track your sowing.Seed Inventory Log - Record all the important info about your seeds, vegetable or flowers.Seed Purchase - Where you bought the seeds, price & quantity.Garden Organizer - Plan where everything will go.Succession Sowing Tracker - Track you succession sowing.Harvest Tracker - Track your harvest, weight, quantity, variety & value.Crop Rotation Log - Log where your crop will be planted for the following season.Growing Notes - Important information you need to write.Seed Packet Info Tracker - Record variety, sowing depth, days to germinate, days to maturity & harvest window.Planner (Square Foot) - Grid to sketch out your garden plans.Gardening Expense Tracker - Items, description, qty, price, notes, total expense.Plant List - Track most important crops, crops to preserve & fast growing crops.Gardening To Do List - Blank lined to record tasks & notes.Seasonal To Do List - To Do List for spring, summer, winter, fall.Gardening Page Notes - Any important information you need to record and know or ideas you need for the following year to look back on. Will also make a great gift for garden lovers. Makes a super birthday or Christmas present. They will love it! Easy to use. Can be used daily for journaling your successes. When gardening time comes, you'll be glad you have this organizer. Journals are just a perfect way for keeping all your important information all in one spot. Get yours today! Size is 8.5x11 inches, 86 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback.
Raised Bed Gardening
Are you thinking about building a garden, but you don't have the time, space, or inclination to till up a patch of open ground? Maybe you've always wanted to grow fresh, healthy food or beautiful flowers at home, but you've got mobility concerns or physical limitations that won't allow you to bend and twist in a traditional garden. Or maybe you live on a rental property where you want a garden, but it can't be a permanent installation. No worries! You can be a gardener, and you can do it with raised beds! Raised bed gardens are a great way to address any of these restrictions, and with the development of compact varieties of many common garden plants, you can grow almost anything you'd normally see in a traditional native soil garden. By definition, a raised bed garden is any garden that utilizes materials to create a planting space that sits above the elevation of the ground, and the only limit on what you can build is your imagination. Raised bed gardens can be built from a variety of materials, eliminate much of the guesswork of soil quality, and will provide a rewarding hobby you'll enjoy for years to come. In This Book You Will Learn: ✓ Raised Bed Gardening✓ Designing and Building a Raised Bed Garden✓ Choosing Plant Varieties That Thrive in Raised Beds✓ Easy Planting and Maintenance Techniques✓ Planting Your Seedlings✓ Watering for Maximum Plant Health✓ Fertilizer and Compost for Optimum Growth✓ Dealing with Weeds, Pests, and Pathogens✓ Maximize Space with Vertical Growing✓ Harvesting and Overwintering✓ On Basic Botany and Being a Gardener✓ The Four Elements of Basic BotanyBONUS!✓ Traditional Vegetable Gardening✓ Designing and Building a Traditional Garden✓ Choosing Seeds and Plants for Beginners and Novices✓ Troubleshooting Weeds, Pests, and Disease✓ How to prevent and treat insect and pathogen problems✓ How to use crop rotation, vertical gardening, and succession planting to maximize space✓ How to harvest food and flowers for use in the home✓ How to use companion planting for the benefit of your garden ✓ How to attract beneficial insects and other organisms to your plants and soil ✓ How to keep a garden journal to record your activities for future planning And much more! So if you're ready to open your eyes to a whole new perspective on gardening and the natural world, you need to open up Gardening, today. If you want to learn the whys and the hows of being a great gardener, then this is the book for you. What are you waiting for? The joys, challenges, and rewards of having an amazing garden are right at your fingertips, so get your copy and see for yourself how incredible Gardening can be. Pick up your copy of the book right now by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!
Urban Gardening
If you live in an urban setting, you might think that you can't be a gardener, but nothing could be further from the truth. As long as you can find some sunshine, you can be a gardener, whether you've got a balcony, a courtyard, or an entire empty lot to work with. Urban gardening can be an exercise in creativity and will reward you with food and flowers you can enjoy with family and friends, no matter how much or how little space you have. Let's start by taking a look at the special design considerations for creating a beautiful garden oasis in a concrete landscape. You'll move from beginner to novice to experienced gardener as each section takes you from planning on paper to planting your dream garden. The only limit is your imagination and your willingness to learn. With comprehensive, easy-to-read information on soil health, trouble-shooting, and learning basic techniques, Gardening is the book that all beginners should have on their shelves. In This Book You Will Learn: ✓ Planning and Building an Urban Garden✓ Choosing Plants for Food and Fun✓ Planting and Maintenance Methods for Urban Settings✓ Using Small Spaces to Your Advantage✓ Planning for Continued Success✓ Community Gardening Considerations✓ Easy Planting and Maintenance Techniques✓ Planting Your Seedlings✓ Watering for Maximum Plant Health✓ Choosing Seeds and Plants for Beginners and Novices✓ Troubleshooting Weeds, Pests, and Disease✓ How to prevent and treat insect and pathogen problems✓ How to use crop rotation, vertical gardening, and succession planting to maximize spaceBONUS!✓ Traditional Vegetable Gardening✓ Designing and Building a Traditional Garden✓ How to use companion planting for the benefit of your garden ✓ How to attract beneficial insects and other organisms to your plants and soil ✓ How to keep a garden journal to record your activities for future planning ✓ How to harvest food and flowers for use in the home✓ Fertilizer and Compost for Optimum Growth✓ Dealing with Weeds, Pests, and Pathogens✓ Maximize Space with Vertical Growing✓ Harvesting and Overwintering✓ On Basic Botany and Being a Gardener✓ The Four Elements of Basic BotanyAnd much more! Pick up your copy of the book right now by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!
Killer Plants
Explore the darker side of nature with this accessible guide to choosing, growing, and caring for carnivorous and predatory plants like Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews, and other spooky guys.Carnivorous plants: they're weird, they're gorgeous, and they're the perfect addition to your urban jungle of pothos, snake plants, and succulents. However, they can also be intimidating to grow and care for. Let Killer Plants be your guide as it walks you through the different types of carnivorous plants and how to keep each variety alive and well. The book answers the many questions you may have surrounding these freaks of nature, such as: Where the heck do I buy a pitcher plant? Can I grow it from a seed?Do I need to feed my carnivorous plant flies, or can it survive on water and light alone?What carnivorous plants are safe to have around pets and kids?I have a gnat problem -- what predatory plant can help?
Beginner’s Guide to Aquaponics
Ecologically friendly farming, anywhere-a complete guide for aquaponics beginners Discover a sustainable and ecologically friendly way to grow your food-while using a fraction of the water, land, and labor conventional gardens require. The Beginner's Guide to Aquaponics makes starting your first system simple with easy-to-follow instructions that teach you the basics and offer clear step-by-step instructions. Combine the benefits of fish farming with hydroponics to grow food in new and efficient ways. Whether it's understanding how to balance water chemistry, pick your optimal fish and plants, or assemble aquaponic setups, you'll find tables, blueprints, and practical tips to walk you through each part of the process. The Beginner's Guide to Aquaponics includes: Step-by-step guidance-This guide breaks down the most essential aquaponics information with checklists, system design plans, fish/plant charts, and more.Cost analysis-Use price estimates and approximate timelines to help you stay on budget and effectively plan out the proper build for your needs. Aquaponics troubleshooting-Get expert advice for dealing with any trouble spots you might encounter while building or maintaining your systems. Start things off on the right foot with The Beginner's Guide to Aquaponics.
Royal Gardens of the World
This book is a stunning exploration of 21 of the world's most celebrated royal gardens, from the delightful Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and the organic, sustainable Highgrove to the Castle of Mey in Scotland. In mainland Europe, you can journey from the formal splendour of Het Loo in the Netherlands and Versailles in France to the Baroque World Heritage Site of the Royal Palace of Caserta in Southern Italy. Further afield, lies the Taj Mahal, the Tokyo Imperial Palace and Peter the Great's Summer Palace and Gardens in St Petersburg. Each featured garden includes the history, plantings and evolution of the garden as well as portraits of key plants and information about the design and layout of each. Countries included are: England, Scotland, Austria, Bali, Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and Sweden. This inspiring global selection of royal gardens is a perfect gift for any gardening enthusiast or armchair traveller and takes the reader on a journey of architecturally significant houses and their gardens as well as providing inspirational planting ideas.
Introduction To Raised Bed Gardening
End your reliance on grocery store fruits and veggies for good by starting your own garden in 5 dummy-proof steps.Paperback version has over 40 amazing black and white images, for colour images please choose the Hardback or eBook versions that have all images in glorious colour.Imagine making a delicious salad for your family in the evening. You open the fridge just to find that you've run out of cucumbers. Closing the fridge door gently, you go out in the backyard and walk by your raised bed garden. There, fresh, delicious, and crispy homegrown cucumbers await you. All you have to do is pick them off the plant, wash them, and chop them up.Does this idyllic picture seem too out of reach? It shouldn't be! Raised bed gardening is the perfect simple approach for beginners who want to grow their own food.You'll be free from having to worry about weeds, pests, and extensive soil manipulations.Not only that, but raised bed gardening also offers ideal conditions for growing a wide range of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers.You may now be thinking: So, what does it take to get started?All you will need to do is complete 5 simple steps to put together your raised bed garden, plant your fruits and veggies, and ensure optimal yields. In an Introduction to Raised Bed Gardening, you will discover: ● Why a raised bed garden is the right choice for your family● The most optimum places you can position a raised bed garden● Secrets for optimal yield that cost nothing to implement● A comprehensive list of tools and supplies you'll need to get your plants to thrive● Instructions for constructing your raised beds from scratch, even if DIY isn't your forte● 10 kinds of plants that beginners can master from their first growth season● When to plant your cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, and greens if you want maximum yield● Completely organic fertilization and pest control strategies to keep your plants healthy and increase the quality of the produce● The best soil care practices to give you amazing crops one season after the other● 7 raised bed gardening challenges newbies will face, and simple strategies to eliminate each oneAnd much more!
Farmers of Forty Centuries
Professor Franklin Hiram King made important contributions in soil science -- soil physics and soil fertility in particular. This book, perhaps the first on sustainable organic agriculture, is of great interest today, when we are able to assess the truth of what King stated a hundred years ago. This edition is complete and unabridged.
Microgreens
If You Don't Know Where to Start, or Want to Start Growing Your Microgreens NOW Then Keep Reading...Avoid the fatal pitfalls & mistakes Green Thumbs make with this essential guide to growing microgreens.Insider grower secrets, strategies, & tactics are shared within.Everything from strategic growing conditions for successfully cultivating your grows (that you may not have yet discovered) to inventive & mouthwatering Microgreen recipes are treated in this book.Whatever your goals for Microgreens are, you're looking at the answer. It DOES NOT matter how much or little you know about microgreens, you're covered.Prepare yourself...This will be the most profitable and enjoyable book you've read all year. Inside You Will Discover...Microgreen Growing Essentials (you may have previously overlooked...) (Page 8)These Surprising Microgreen Health Risks & What You Can Do About Them (Page 9)The TRUE Nutritional Values of These Specific Microgreens (Page 21)These FATAL Microgreen Mistakes You Do Not Want to Make (Page 23)Pro Growth Troubleshooting Mastery (Page 25)The Green Thumbs Home Grow Must-Know Methods (Page 29)The Extreme Health Issue Microgreens Can Prevent That You Won't Believe... (Page 32)How This Cookie Utensil Can Be The Answer to the BEST Microgreen Care... (Page 35)Light Exposure Strategies You Simply Must Implement (Page 37)The REAL Reason Your Crops Are Growing Slowly... (Page 40)Inventive Microgreen Recipes That Your Dinner Guest Won't Believe! (Page 45) And much, much More!FREE BONUS INSIDE!This essential guide is aimed to help you even if you have failed time & time again, or if you have never planted a seed in your life.Imagine how beautiful your microgreens will look once you master what is inside these pages. So if you want your vibrant grows to be the envy of your neighbours then click "add to cart".
All My Secrets of Organic and Container Gardening (So Far), or, Bucket Mania Meets Solar Cooking!
This book offers valuable tips on seed starting, indoor and container gardening, homemade soil mixes and compost, season extending and passive temperature control, conserving water, insect and weed control methods, planting zones and weather, seed saving and amateur plant breeding, old-fashioned stump removal, and more! It includes a section on how to save money through solar canning, dehydration, and cooking with your own homemade solar cooker. With information and topics that are seldom even mentioned in other gardening books, there is something to think about (and try!) for gardeners at every level of experience.
Haies 矇pineuses d矇fensives
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Garden Planning and Improvement - With a Supplement The Pleasures of Garden Making
"Garden Planning and Improvement" is a vintage book on gardening written by Walter Brett Line. Within it, Line offers simple, beginner-friendly information on a range of aspects related to gardening ranging from planning and designing to planting, edging, construction, and beyond. Written in simple language and full of helpful diagrams and photographs, this volume is highly recommended for keen gardeners and would make for a fantastic addition to gardening collections. Contents include: "Pergolas, Arches, and Arbours", "Paths as an Aid to Garden Beauty", "Edgings as an Ornament", "Terraces and Steps", "Rock Gardens and Rockeries", "The Garden Pool", "Ornamental Walls", "The Value of Brickwork", "Trellises, Gates, and Fences", "The Sunken Garden", "Features Old and New", "Summer-houses and Seats", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on gardening.
Houseplants for All
Danae Horst's Houseplants for All is a beautiful guide to selecting and growing the right plants for your home, complete with a plant profile quiz! Turn over a new leaf with Houseplants for All, and actually keep all your plant babies happy and healthy. Use the plant profile quiz to easily find your perfect match instead of picking up whatever catches your eye at the store and hoping that it'll survive your home and lifestyle. Whether you're always busy and can't remember to water, get unobstructed natural light all day, or live in the shadow of a skyscraper, a tropical oasis or arid winter-land, there is a plant that'll thrive with you.After finding the right plants for your home, this book will help you to master plant care, complete with projects and tips for which containers work best, the best plants for small places, how to live together with pets and plants, and solutions to problems like pests, root rot, and lack of nutrients. Whether you're an experienced plant parent or have never owned anything other than a fake ficus, this book is the perfect guide for happy plants in your home.
Growing Herbs
You don't need a green thumb to start gardening. If you have never tried your hand at gardening, it can seem intimidating. However, as with anything else in life, a little planning and preparation are needed. The first step to start gardening is to learn more about it. Irrespective of whether it is the balcony, terrace, or even the windowsill, you can create your little corner of paradise with an herb garden.
Growing Your Lavender Garden
Learning to plan, plant and care for your lavender garden can be rewarding and quite easy. This book will take you through all the steps start to finish. It will tell you how you decide where to plant your garden, how to care for it easily, and what you can do with your harvested lavender. The author writes in a comprehensive and easy format to follow. You will also learn how to create your own products from your harvested lavender right in your own kitchen. Keeping your garden easy and without fuss is what this author is all about.
Microgreens & Hydroponic Gardening For Beginners
If Your Microgreens or Hydroponic Garden Has Failed Before Then Keep Reading...Avoid the FATAL pitfalls & mistakes Green Thumbs so often make with this essential guide to Microgreens & Hydroponic Gardening.Insider grower secrets, strategies, & tactics are shared within.Everything from strategic growing conditions for successfully cultivating your grows (that you may not have yet discovered) to Hydroponic Gardening myths BUSTED are treated in this essential guide.Whatever your goals for having vibrant & glowing Microgreens or a beautiful hydroponic garden, you're looking at the answer. It DOES NOT matter how much or little you know about Hydroponic Gardening or Microgreens, you're covered.Inside You Will Discover...These Fatal Hydroponic Gardening Disadvantages That May End Your Grows!Hydroponic Gardening Advantages (you may have previously overlooked...)These Surprising Hydroponic Gardening Facts That ALL Green Thumbs Must KnowHow This Easily Overlooked Insulation Technique Can Protect Your Plant's RootsThe TRUTH behind these Hydroponic Growing Mediums & What You Need To Know About ThemHow This Simple Soda Bottle Strategy Can Lead To Growing MasteryHow To Avoid Wasting Your Time By Picking The Right Growing System For YouHow AIR ! Can Maximize Results With The Easiest Hydroponics System For BeginnersThe System that Can potentially Cause A Toxic Buildup Of NutrientsInexpensive Beginners Systems & How To Use Them The Right WayInventive & Strategic Beginners Growing Secrets You Won't BelieveStep By Step Simple & Unique Hydroponic System Set Ups (Including ALL The Parts You Need)How To Become a Plant Nutrient Wizard & Ensure Booming Grows Before You Have Even Planted a SeedHydroponic Troubleshooting Hacks For Growing MasteryHydroponic Garden Myth Busting & Why You Have Been FailingMicrogreen Growing Essentials (you have likely previously overlooked)These Surprising Microgreen Health Risks & What You Can Do About ThemThe TRUE & ACTUAL Nutritional Values of These Specific MicrogreensThese FATAL Microgreen Mistakes You Do Not Want to MakeThe Green Thumbs Home Grow Must-Know MethodsHow This Cookie Utensil Can Be The Answer to the best Microgreen CareLight Exposure Strategies You're Missing Out OnThe REAL Reason Your Crops Are Growing SlowlyInventive Microgreen Recipes That Your Dinner Guest Won't BelieveThe Extreme Health Issue Microgreens Can Prevent That You Don't know AboutAnd much, much More!* FREE BONUS INSIDE*This essential guide is aimed to help you even if you have failed time & time again, or if you have never planted a seed in your life.Imagine how your Hydroponic Garden & Microgreens will look once you master what is inside these pages.If you want your vibrant grows to be the envy of your neighbours then click "add to cart".
Gardening for the Soul
Gardening for the Soul is an eloquent tribute to the wonders of the garden, a place where we are able to feed our souls, refresh our spirits, and cultivate the humble glory of nature. This moving collection of poems, quotes, and reflections, complemented by stunning photographs of gardens and the flowers within them, reminds us of the significance of gardens and the beauty they bring to our lives here on earth. Contents include reflections on the Beauty of Gardens, the Joy of Gardens and Gardening, Love and Appreciation of Gardening, Mystical and Profound, Things to Contemplate, and Garden Humour. Featured contributors include Alexander Pope, Sir Walter Scott, George Cavendish, E.B. White, Jonathan Swift, William Shakespeare, Truman Capote, Martin Luther, John Steinbeck, Thomas Jefferson, and many other brilliant minds of our time. It is the hope of the author that this book inspires, illuminates, and brings to mind the similitude ofhorticulture and the lifelong cultivation of the human spirit: "As the garden grows, so shall the gardener."
The Formal Garden in England
First published in 1901, this book explores the traditional formal English garden in all its majesty, looking at its history, contemporary state, styles, techniques, and much more. Beautiful-illustrated and full of interesting information, this classic volume will appeal to all with an interest in gardening and its vibrant history. Contents include: "The Formal Method and the Landscape Gardener", "The Formal Garden in England", "The Formal Garden in England", "The Formal Garden in England", "The Formal Garden-continued", "The End of the Formal Garden and the Landscape School", "The Courts, Terraces, Walks", Knots, Parterres, Grass-Work, Mounts, Bowling-Greens, Theatres", 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.
Window and Indoor Gardening - The Cultivation and Propagation of Foliage and Flowering Plants in Rooms, Window Boxes, Balconies and Verandahs; also on Roofs, and on the Walls of the House
Window and indoor gardening has long been a popular and fascinating hobby with those who possess an enthusiastic love of floriculture, and who have no facilities for indulging in the latter pursuit except in the home, on the window-sill, or in the balcony or veranda. First published in 1936, "Window and Indoor Gardening" is a charming guide to the care and maintenance of house plants, with chapters on propagation, potting, watering, common problems, and much more. Written in simple, clear language and full of helpful illustrations and photographs, this classic guide will be of considerable utility to all green-fingered enthusiasts, especially those interested in keeping house and potted plants or all varieties. Contents include: "Soil and Culture", "Propagation", "Potting and Watering", "Geraniums", "Begonias", "Bulbs", "Unusual Plants", "Hanging Pots", and "The Personal Side". 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 Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening - An Encyclopaedia of Horticulture for gardeners and Botanists Division IX - Supplement
"The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening" is a comprehensive guide to horticulture, with chapters on botanical information, equipment, tips and tricks, transplanting, and much more. This extensive encyclopedia will be of utility to green-fingered amateurs and professionals alike, and it would make for a fantastic addition to horticultural collections. Contents include: "January-Hardy", "Half-hardy", "Tender", "January (Tender Perennials", "February-Hardy", "February (Hardy Shrubs)", "Half-hardy"
The Dahlia
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Gardening For Profit; A Guide To The Successful Cultivation Of The Market And Family Garden. Entirely New And Greatly Enlarged
First published in 1901, this volume contains a detailed guide to gardening, with a focus on making money. It looks at everything form how to prepare the land and what to buy, to planting, propagating, and profiting. This timeless volume contains fantastic tips that will be of considerable utility for those with an interest in selling fruit and vegetables or simple producing for their own consumption. Contents include: The Men Fitted for the Business of Gardening, The Amount of Capital Required and Working Force per Acre, Profits of Market Gardening, Location, Situation and Laying Out, Soil, Drainage and Preparation, Manures, The Use and Management of Cold Frames, Forcing-Pits for Greenhouses, Wide Greenhouses for Forcing Vegetable Crops, 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.
Old Fashioned Gardening a History and a Reconstruction
"Old-Fashioned Gardening" is a 1913 work by Grace Tabor that looks at the history of gardening and how to reproduce different examples of traditional gardens from Europe and beyond. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in the evolution of the garden and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Of Beginnings", "Spanish Gardens of the Semi-Tropics", "Gardens of the English Gentlemen Adventurers", "New Amsterdam Housewives' Gardens", "Austere Puritan Gardens", "Catholic and Quakers' Gardens", "The Presidents' Gardens", "Reconstruction", "The Old-Fashioned Garden", 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
Garden Carpentry - Span, Roof, Greenhouse, Toolshed, Wheelbarrow, Gates, Garden Lights, Summer House, Shelter Etc.
Contained within this antique book is a comprehensive and easy-to-follow handbook for the designing and construction of garden furniture out of wood. A wonderful text full of handy tips and helpful illustrations, this guide is perfect for the novice and will also be of value to those with previous carpentry experience. Containing information on tools, materials, and technique, this text provides everything a novice could possibly need to know on the subject. The chapters of this book include: Spin-roof Greenhouse, Summerhouse, Garden Seat, Lawn Table, Trellis Screen, Garden Shelter, Garden Lights, Rabbit Hutches, Garden Frames, Basket, Chairs and Tables for Lawn, Field Gates, Picnic Table, Fencing, Trellis, Observation Beehive, Garden Steps, Bird-nesting House, et cetera. We are proud to republish this antiquarian book now complete with a new introduction on woodworking.
Collecting Fungi - With Chapters on Identification and Methods of Collection
A guide to all aspects of collecting fungi. Contents Include: When and Where to Find Mushrooms; How to Collect and Examine Mushrooms; Gathering of Mushrooms; The Selection of Edible Mushrooms; How to Collect, Study, and Prepare Mushrooms for the Herbarium; Fungi for the Herbarium; Field Study of Mushrooms and Other Fungi; Method of Identification; Hints to Collectors; Methods of Collection and Preservation of Fungi; Glossary of Terms. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
The English Garden
"The English Garden" is a detailed and interesting account of the history of the English garden from 1066 to the twentieth century by Ralph Dutton. Ralph Stawell Dutton (1898-1985) was the 8th and last Baron Sherborne famous for creating the gardens at Hinton Ampner near Alresford in Hampshire, England. When he died, he left the house and garden to the National Trust, and today it is open for the public to enjoy. This volume is highly recommended for gardening enthusiasts and those with an interest in the history of gardening. Contents include: "Introduction", "The Search for Sustenance (1066-1500)", "The Age of Symmetry (1500-1720)", "The Return to Nature (1720-1900)", "Features and Follies", 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.
Grapes
This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to growing grapes, peaches, and melons. Complete with helpful illustrations and information on all related aspects, this volume constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in growing fruit, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "History of the Vine", "Vineries--Lean-to--Three-Quarter Span--Span Root--Heating", "Vine Borders--Making--Manures for--Composts for", "Propagation--By 'Eyes'--By Cuttings--By Seeds-By Grafting--By Inarching", "Planting--Time to Plant--How to Plant", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.
Kitchen Garden and Allotment - A Simple Practical Guide to Home Food Production
This antiquarian text contains a simple and practical guide to home food production, containing all the information an amateur gardener could possibly need to know about starting and managing their own vegetable garden. This text was originally produced during the Great War period to supply owners of small gardens and plots with practical guidance in the successful cultivation of essential food crops in a time when an urgent need of making use of every available space existed. Much of the information contained herein is timeless, and will be of much value to those with an interest in the topic. The chapters of this book include: 'The Soil and its Treatment', 'Manures and Fertilisers', 'How to Crop an Allotment', 'A Year's Supply of Vegetables', 'Vegetables and Their Culture', 'Salad Vegetables', 'Herb and How to Grow Them', 'Culture of Food Crops', 'How to Exhibit Vegetables', etcetera. This text was originally published in 1919, and is being proudly republished now complete with a new introduction on growing vegetables at home.
The Flower Garden
This early work by T. W Sanders is on the subject of horticulture. It deals with the best methods for growing different varieties of flowers and the ways of designing a successful garden. This is a fascinating work for those with an interest in plant cultivation.
Gardening With Herbs for Flavor and Fragrance
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Encyclopaedia of Gardening - A Dictionary of Cultivated Plants, Giving in Alphabetical Sequence the Culture and Propagation of Hardy and Half-Hardy Plants, Trees and Shrubs, Fruit and Vegetables,
"The Encyclopaedia of Gardening" is a comprehensive dictionary of hardy and half-hardy plants, trees, shrubs, orchids, ferns, fruits, vegetables, hothouse and greenhouse plants, and much more. For each plant it provides simple descriptions, common names and atin names, origin, season, temperatures, soil types, and much more. This wonderful book constitutes a must-have for serious gardeners and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Abaca", "Abelia", "Abeliophyllum", "Abobra", "Abroma", "Abrus", "Absinthium", "Abutilon", "Abyssinian Banana", "Acacallis", "Acacia", "Acaena", "Acalypha", "Acampe", "Acantholimon", "Acanthopanax", "Acanthophoenix", "Acanthophyllum", 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.
Dahlias, Gladioli and Begonias - The Amateur Gardener’s Guide to Their Cultivation
This 1926 gardening handbook focuses on the growing of three types of flower: Begonias, Gladioli, and Dahlias. Dahlias and Gladioli are popular summer and autumn flowering plants, whereas the Begonia is suited to summer outdoors and winter under glass. This vintage book includes a wealth of useful information related to these particular flowers, as well as step-by-step instructions and expert tips for their successful growing. Profusely illustrated throughout and written in simple language, this vintage guide is perfect for amateurs and would make for a worthy addition to collections of gardening literature. Contents include: "The Dahlia's Progress", "How to Grow Dahlias", "How the Dahlia is Increased", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. 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.
Bulb Growing for Amateurs
First published in 1915, this vintage book contains a timeless guide to gardening, with a special focus on growing plants from bulbs. From seasonal considerations and general planting rules to avoiding pests and diseases and beyond, this fantastic guide contains everything the gardener needs to know before planting bulbs to guarantee success. Contents include: "On Planting Bulbs", "Bulbs to Plant in Autumn", "Bulbs to Plant in Summer", "Bulbs to Plant in Spring", "Bulbs to Plant in the Greenhouse", "Bulbs in Pots and Bowls of Fibre", "Treatment of Bulbs after Flowering", "Bulbs for Naturalizing", "Insect Pests and Diseases of Bulbs", etc. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in growing bulbs and it would make for a handy addition to gardening collections. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. 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.
Growing Tomatoes on a Smallholding - A Selection of Classic Articles on the Methods and Equipment of Tomato Cultivation (Self-Sufficiency Series)
This volume contains three classic articles on growing tomatoes on a smallholding, including information on plot size, planting, harvesting, pests and diseases, and many other related aspects. These articles have been specially selected for the modern reader, and will be of considerable utility to novice growers. Contents include: "The Profitable Culture of Vegetables - For Market Gardeners, Small Holders and Others, by Thos Smith", "Pictorial Practical Vegetable Growing - A Practical Manual, by Walter P. Wright", and "Cloche Gardening, by J. L. H. Chase". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.
The Tobacco Plant and Its Cultivation - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Varieties, Growth and Harvesting of Tobacco Plants
"The Tobacco Plant and its Cultivation" is a collection of classic articles on the subject of tobacco. The articles cover a variety of topics including the history of the plants use, its cultivation, contemporary industry, popularity, effects on the body, and more. This vintage book will appeal to those with an interest in the history of tobacco use and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "The Soverne Herbe - A History of Tobacco, by W. A. Penn", "Home Tobacco-Craft", "About Tobacco and Deleterious Effects - A Book for Everybody, Both Users and Non Users", and "The American Farm Book; Or, Compend of American Agriculture, by R. L. Allen". 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 agriculture and agronomy.
Wall and Water Gardens
This vintage book contains a fantastic guide to gardening, concentrating on wall and water gardens. It contains chapters on the plants native and most favourable to walls and ponds, giving instructions for their planting and propagations as well as common problems, pests, and much more. Contents include: "The Dry-Walled Terrace Garden", "Dry-Walling and Rock-Garden Constructions", "The Rock-Wall in Shade", "Native Plants in the Rock-Wall", "Terrace and Garden Walls", "Some Problems in Wall-Gardening", "When to let the Wall Alone", etc. Gertrude Jekyll (1843 - 1932) was a British garden designer, horticulturist, photographer, craftswoman, artist, and writer. She is responsible for designing and creating over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, as well as writing more than 1,000 articles for related magazines. She is credited with having had a significant influence on gardening by both British and American enthusiasts. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. 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.
