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Gardening

History

Nabu Press

Starting with the basics and the author's secrets of successful, time-efficient food gardening learned over a lifetime of gardening, this book is the complete vegetable gardening system for busy people who want to grow fresh produce to save money and ensure their food is safe.

Homegrown Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs: A Bountiful, Healthful Garden for Lean Times (Creative Homeowner) Expert Gardening Advice: Reduce Costs, Save Time, & Grow Safe, Delicious Food for Your Family

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

How-To

Vegetable

Jim W. Wilson

Gardening & Landscape Design

Design Originals

Fast, Fresh Garden Edibles shows homeowners how to use every square inch of available space to grow fresh vegetables in the shortest possible time. Guides to growing in small gardens, in containers, and in window boxes. How to select and plant the quickest growing varieties of vegetables.

Fast, Fresh Garden Edibles: Quick Crops for Small Spaces (Creative Homeowner) Expert Gardening Tips for Fast-Growing Vegetables, Fruits, & Herbs, Improving Your Soil, Fighting Pests, Harvesting & More

Jane Courtier

Creative Homeowner

Backyard Homesteading will help you turn your yard—no matter how small it may be—into a productive area that provides homegrown food, including fruits, vegetables, honey, eggs, milk, and meat! Inside Backyard Homesteading, learn all about: GETTING STARTED <ul>
<li>Benefits of pure food</li> <li>Family recreation</li> <li>Local regulations for backyard homesteaders</li> <li>Potential yields and savings</li> </ul>
RAISING VEGETABLES AND HERBS <ul>
<li>Garden planning/layout</li> <li>Structures/irrigation</li> <li>Vegetable profiles</li> <li>Planting techniques</li> <li>Composting/healthy soil</li> <li>Seasonal gardening</li> </ul>
GROWING FRUITS, BERRIES, AND NUTS <ul>
<li>Planting fruit trees and bushes</li> <li>Fruit profiles</li> <li>Organic pest control</li> <li>Grafting and pruning</li> <li>Harvesting methods</li> </ul>
RAISING CHICKENS <ul>
<li>The joy of chickens</li> <li>Collecting eggs</li> <li>Care and feeding tips</li> <li>Other small animals</li> </ul>
RAISING GOATS <ul>
<li>Benefits of goat milk</li> <li>Structures/fencing</li> <li>Care and feeding tips</li> <li>Other large animals</li> </ul>
BEEKEEPING <ul>
<li>Benefits of beekeeping</li> <li>Care and harvesting</li> <li>Building hives</li> <li>Collecting honey</li> </ul>
HARVEST HOME <ul>
<li>Canning/drying/freezing</li> <li>Making beer, wine, cider</li> <li>Making jerky, sausage</li> <li>Making jams, jellies</li> <li>Pickling/salting/smoking</li> <li>Building root cellars</li> </ul>
If you want to take control of the food you eat and the products you use, Backyard Homesteading will help you learn how to do it—even if you live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. Backyard Homesteading shows homeowners how to turn a yard into a productive and wholesome "homestead" that allows you to grow your own fruits and vegetables and raise farm animals, including chickens and goats. In addition to covering the topics of growing fruits and vegetables and raising common farm animals, this handy and informative guide covers the laws and regulations of raising livestock in populated areas, and demonstrates how to use and preserve the bounty your land produces. Richly illustrated with more than 400 color photographs and artist's renderings, this back-to-basics guide will get you started on your path to self-sufficiency!

Backyard Homesteading: A Back-to-Basics Guide to Self-Sufficiency (Creative Homeowner) Learn How to Grow Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts & Berries, Raise Chickens, Goats, & Bees, and Make Beer, Wine, & Cider

David Toht

You don't have to have a green thumb to have a healthy thriving garden! Inside The Beginner's Guide to Gardening, you'll learn: <ul>
<li>
Skills and Techniques: Valuable expert guide to developing new gardens and taking care of those you already have</li> <li>
Getting Started: How to choose healthy plants and build productive soil</li> <li>
Garden Care: Easy-to-follow, time-saving methods and the least toxic disease &amp; pest controls</li> <li>
Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs: Advice on growing, propagating, and caring for flowers in containers and the garden, with plant encyclopedias</li> <li>
Roses: How to select, grow, and prune healthy roses, as well as control pests &amp; diseases</li> <li>
Ground Covers, Trees, Shrubs: Fundamentals on planting, growing, and maintaining, plus detailed plant directories</li> <li>
Vegetables and Herbs: Introduction to growing and care, including informative directories</li> <li>
Specialty Gardens: Basics on creating water gardens, butterfly gardens, and gardens for birds</li> </ul>
A beautifully illustrated and photographed book that will serve both the novice and experienced gardener well, The Beginner's Guide to Gardening contains all the basics on garden design, how to select healthy plants, how prepare the soil, garden maintenace, and so much more! In addition, there is everything you need to know about growing annuals and perennials, roses, flowering bulbs, herbs, ground covers, trees and shrubs, vegetable gardens, and creating specialty gardens—all in one concise book! Few pastimes are as rewarding as gardening. With a little bit of ground and a few seeds or plants, anyone can be a gardener, and almost any collection of plants can be a garden. Gardening can be a refreshingly simple activity in an increasingly complex world. But you'll have greater success and more fun if you start with an understanding of basic gardening practices. The techniques in this book are easy to follow and suitable for all gardeners—from beginners to advanced. Ecologically friendly methods are included so that you can create a garden that eventually helps to sustain itself. The tools and materials you'll need are included with each step-by-step project, and each is rated for difficulty. With well over 300 photos and illustrations to guide you through each step of the process, this is your essential starter's guide to beginning gardening!

The Beginner's Guide to Gardening: Basic Techniques - Easy-to-Follow Methods - Earth-Friendly Practices

Computers & Technology

Editors Of Creative Homeowner

Programming

Chickens are back! More-relaxed suburban and urban ordinances on raising and housing chickens, plus the desire for homeowners to become more self-sufficient as "backyard homesteaders," has led to renewed interest across the country in keeping chickens.Chickens for the Backyard Homesteader is packed with tips, strategies, and advice that gives readers the confidence to look after their hens and avoid common problems.

Chickens for the Backyard Homesteader (Gardening)

Engineering & Transportation

Suzie Baldwin

Engineering

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