Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for your busy schedule? Would you like to enjoy fresh, home-grown produce every month of the year? 
 Backyard Bounty is like having your own Master Gardener to consult every step of the way. This encyclopedic reference demystifies gardening, bringing it back to the down-to-earth, environmentally practical activity that anyone can enjoy. Learn about: 
<ul>
<li> Planning your garden and preparing the soil </li>
<li> Organic fertilizers and simplified composting </li>
<li> Sowing, growing healthy seedlings, transplanting, watering, easy weeding, and mulching </li>
<li> Planting for winter harvests, intensive planting schedules </li>
<li> Growing fruit, simple pruning methods </li>
<li> Greenhouses, tunnels and containers </li>
<li> Organic pest management, and more. </li>
</ul>
 Packed with a wealth of information specific to the Pacific Northwest, this complete guide emphasizes low-maintenance methods, exposes common gardening myths, includes a monthly garden schedule for year-round planting andharvesting and features plant profiles for everything from apples to zucchini. Perfect for novice and experienced gardeners alike, Backyard Bounty shows how even the smallest garden can produce a surprising amount of food twelve months of the year.

Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gilkeson, Linda

Gardening & Landscape Design

New Society Publishers

Grow more food, with less work, in any yard – now completely revised and expanded! 
 Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for your busy schedule? 
 Now completely updated and expanded, Backyard Bounty will demystify gardening, bringing it back to the down-to-earth, environmentally practical activity that anyone can enjoy. 
 Author and master gardener Linda Gilkeson covers everything you'll need to grow a successful garden, including: 
<ul>
<li> Planning your garden and preparing the soil </li>
<li> Organic fertilizers and simplified composting </li>
<li> Planting for winter harvests and intensive planting schedules </li>
<li> Comprehensive information on pests, diseases, and working with an unstable climate </li>
<li> Greenhouses, tunnels and containers </li>
<li> Organic pest management. </li>
</ul>
 Packed with a wealth of information specific to the Pacific Northwest, this complete guide emphasizes low-maintenance methods, covers problems related to common pests and climate concerns, includes a monthly garden schedule for year-round planting and harvesting, and features plant profiles for everything from apples to zucchini. 
 Perfect for novice and experienced gardeners alike, Backyard Bounty shows how even the smallest garden can produce a surprising amount of food twelve months of the year.

Backyard Bounty - Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition: The Complete Guide to Year-round Gardening in the Pacific Northwest

An illustrated plant problem resource offers A-to-Z coverage of more than 180 plant types, with a field guide to more than one hundred pests and diseases, and provides the latest information on effective organic controls.

Rodale's Pest & Disease Problem Solver: A Chemical-Free Guide to Keeping Your Garden Healthy

Smith, Miranda

Peirce, Pam

Rodale Pr

Provides a field guide to pests and diseases, and recommends organic controls

Rodale's Pest and Disease Problem Solver: A Chemical-Free Guide to Keeping Your Garden Healthy

Peirce, Pamela

Rodale Books

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Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest

Backyard Bounty - Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition: The Complete Guide to Year-round Gardening in the Pacific Northwest

Rodale's Pest & Disease Problem Solver: A Chemical-Free Guide to Keeping Your Garden Healthy

Rodale's Pest and Disease Problem Solver: A Chemical-Free Guide to Keeping Your Garden Healthy