Offers advice on selecting and planting fruit, harvesting, propagtion, pruning, and coping with diseases and pests, and describes popular varieties of fruits, from apples to strawberries

Growing Fruit in Your Backyard (Burpee American Gardening Series)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Reich, Lee

Gardening & Landscape Design

Macmillan General* Reference

Unleash your inner geek and let this irreverent romp through the wonders of the garden yield practical results. 
 Curious why caressing your cucumber plants will help them bear more fruit? Or why you should grow oranges from seed even if the fruit is inedible? Or why trees need to sleep and how to help them? 
 Join acclaimed gardener, scientist, and author Lee Reich on a journey through the delights of your garden in this laugh-out-loud treatise on the scientific wonders of plants and soil. Offering eye-opening insight and practical guidance, coverage includes: 
<ul>
<li> How to maximize both flavor and nutrition in your garden bounty </li>
<li> Helping plants thrive during drought </li>
<li> Outwitting weeds by understanding their nature </li>
<li> Making the best use of compost </li>
<li> Tips on pruning and orchard care </li>
<li> Why the dead language of Latin can make you a better gardener. </li>
</ul>
 The Ever Curious Gardener is an irreverent romp through the natural science of plants and soil, ideal for newer gardeners moving beyond back-of-the-seed-pack planting to experienced gardeners whose curiosity at the wonders of cultivation grows deeper and stronger with each season.

The Ever Curious Gardener: Using a Little Natural Science for a Much Better Garden

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

New Society Publishers

Product Description 
From Minnesota to Moscow ― how to grow fresh figs in cold climates 
Growing Figs in Cold Climates is a complete, full-color, illustrated guide to organic methods for growing delicious figs in cold climates, well outside the traditional hot, arid home of this ancient fruiting tree. Coverage includes: \nFive methods for growing figs in cold climates including overwintering 
Cultivar selection for cool and cold climates 
Pruning techniques for a variety of methods of growing figs in cold climates 
Pest problems and solutions 
Harvesting, including ways to speed ripening, identify ripe fruit, and manage an overabundance 
Small-scale commercial fig production in cold climates. \nFresh figs are juicy, full-bodied, and filled with a honey-sweet flavor, and because truly ripe figs are highly perishable, they are only available to those who grow their own. 
By choosing the right cultivars and techniques, figs can be grown across cool and cold growing zones of North America, Europe, and beyond, putting them within reach of almost every gardener. Easy and delicious ― if you can grow a houseplant, you can grow a fig. 
 Review 
"Growing Figs in Cold Climates is a welcome addition to our library from Lee Reich, our fruit guru. We have grown this delicious fruit on Maine's chilly coast, but Lee shows us how to do it even better." —Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman, farmers, Four Season Farm, authors 
"How far insightful horticultural knowledge can take us! Lee Reich has just talked me into trying to grow figs. Plant wisdom thrives in Growing Figs in Cold Climates. Clear instruction, backed with appropriate choice of methods for one's location, opens the doors on fig potential. Truly, to eat a fresh fig is to dine with the gods." —Michael Phillips, Holistic Orchard Network, author, The Apple Grower and The Holistic Orchard 
"All gardeners need to take a look at Growing Figs in Cold Climates by Lee Reich. There is so much information applicable to growing any fruit that even if you don't want to grow figs, you won't regret the read. Here is an example of the perfect "how-to" gardening book. It is clearly written, with so many beautiful photos and expertly drawn illustrations, it could be a coffee table book and not just the next have-to-have gardening book. By all means, add Growing Figs in Cold Climates to the Lee Reich shelf in your bookcase. If you don't have such a collection get on it, ASAP!" —Jeff Lowenfels, Lord of the Roots, author,DIY Autoflowering Cannabis 
"For those who like to push the standard boundaries of suggested growing zones, Lee Reich's tribute to the mighty fig is a monumental and easily digestible resource. From pruning to pests to pairings, Reich's open love letter to the fig is full of insider tips on how to bring the familiar taste of the Mediterranean closer to home. Warning: There may be a Brown Turkey or Italian Honey in your hoop house future!" —Jules Torti, editor-in-chief, Harrowsmith magazine, author,Trail Mix: 920km on the Camino de Santiago 
"Happily for fruit lovers, expert grower Lee Reich has turned his attention to figs. This latest volume offers multiple methods for producing a bountiful fig harvest in frigid climes, even without a greenhouse. You'll learn how to grow the luscious fruit in containers or in the ground, how to prune judiciously, choose the right cultivar, and much more. This detailed guide is yet another of Reich's indispensable additions to the gardener's bookshelf. Be sure to add it to your own library." —Rebecca Martin, Mother Earth News magazine 
"Finally, a complete book about Growing Figs in Cold Climates. Lee Reich is a master at growing food, especially fruits, and his extensive personal knowledge about figs comes through clearly in his writings. This book covers every aspect and even shows you how to grow figs in five different ways to meet every gardener's needs. I've been following Lee's work for some time and trust what he says. He has a rare kna

Growing Figs in Cold Climates: A Complete Guide

Provides guidelines for growing apples, cherries, strawberries and eighteen other popular fruit and nut crops and includes a directory that features fifty-six unusual crops

Fruits and Berries (Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening)

McClure, Susan

Rodale Pr

Taking the guesswork out of planting, growing, and maintaining popular fruit and nut crops, an organic gardening guide provides a colorful encyclopedia section that features fifty-six out-of-the-ordinary, edible items. Simultaneous.

Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening: Fruits and Berries

Lee Reich provides a valuable guide to uncommon fruits and berries, which add an adventurous flavor to any garden. Though names like jujube, juneberry, maypop, and shipova may seem exotic at first glance, these fruits offer ample rewards to the gardener willing to go only slightly off the beaten path at local nurseries. Reliable even in the toughest garden situations, cold-hardy, and pest- and disease-resistant, they are as enticing to the beginner as to the advanced gardener. This expanded sequel to the author's celebrated Uncommon Fruits Worthy of Attention offers new fruits, new varieties, and new photos and illustrations to entice the reader into an exciting world of garden pleasure.

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

Timber Press

Includes specific pruning methods for ornamental bushes, evergreens, ornamental vines, and edible fruit and nut trees. Not only covers specialized pruning methods such as bonsai and topiary, but takes a fresh look at such routine pruning chores as mowing a lawn.

The Pruning Book

Reich, Lee A.

The Taunton Press

Every gardener knows that pruning makes plants healthier, more fruitful, and more beautiful. But most gardeners wince at the thought of pruning. In The Pruning Book, master horticulturist Lee Reich provides a remedy for "fear of pruning, " making this dreaded task almost fun. In easy-to-read, engaging language, Reich gives specific methods for pruning hundreds of species from the cold climates to the tropics. He covers every type of plant, from ornamental bushes, evergreens, ornamental vines, and edible fruit and nut trees to houseplants. For those with special pruning interests Reich also gives time-tested advice for bonsai, topiary, espalier, and pleaching. He even takes a fresh look at such routine chores as mowing a lawn, including his own strategy for creating "lawn nouveau." With this witty and useful reference, any gardener can learn to like pruning.

Taunton Press

Here's the brand new edition of our award-winning reference book on pruning ―revised to include lots of additional information and enhanced illustrations. With expert advice on the latest techniques and valuable insights on new plants, this updated version of The Pruning Book deserves a prominent place in your gardening library. From humble houseplants to the most amazing exotics, author Lee Reich explains all the dos and don'ts of cutting back. So you'll always make the right cut the first time ― every time. Reich demystifies even the most complex pruning strategies by providing the precise timing and exact techniques you'll need to guarantee healthy growth and beautiful form. In great detail, he walks you through the process of pruning everything from ornamental trees and bushes to topiaries and bonsai. And all his insights are delivered with clear, straightforward prose and supported by 250 colorful photos and 135 drawings. Whether you're a professional gardener, a landscape veteran ―or pruning for the very first time ―this essential reference gives you everything you need to master the subtle art of pruning.

The Pruning Book: Completely Revised and Updated

Take your pick: apples, pears, peaches, blueberries? For health- and money-conscious consumers, homegrown edibles are the way to go. While vegetable gardening has been the hot trend, fruit growing is now taking a bite out of the market. This timely and comprehensive book, Grow Fruit Naturally, from gardening expert Lee Reich shows the way to successfully grow fruits that are delicious and nutritious, with information on over 30 fruits and how to reap the most of their bounty. Covering all topics from planning and planting to pruning and harvesting, this essential reference also discusses natural pest-control and fertilization methods, pollination, irrigation, and special techniques such as espalier and growing fruit in containers. A handy, encyclopedic listing of fruits provides in-depth information on individual fruit needs, care, and varieties, with a focus on all-natural growing techniques. With 150 photos and over 50 illustrations, this highly visual guide is the book to pick up to keep your fruit crops thriving.

Grow Fruit Naturally: A Hands-On Guide to Luscious, Homegrown Fruit

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Books by Reich, Lee

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Growing Fruit in Your Backyard (Burpee American Gardening Series)

The Ever Curious Gardener: Using a Little Natural Science for a Much Better Garden

Growing Figs in Cold Climates: A Complete Guide

Fruits and Berries (Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening)

Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening: Fruits and Berries

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

The Pruning Book

The Pruning Book

The Pruning Book: Completely Revised and Updated

Grow Fruit Naturally: A Hands-On Guide to Luscious, Homegrown Fruit