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Publication Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xv, 166 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Great compost is one of the most important secrets of successful organic gardening. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about the various methods of composting and how to adapt them to your home and garden.
Author
Publication Date
1991
Physical Desc
xii, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Description
The first garlic book written specifically for organic gardeners and small-scale farmers. Growing Great Garlic is the definitive grower's guide written by a small scale farmer who makes his living growing over 200 strains of garlic. Commercial growers will want to consult this book regularly.
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Imagine savoring fresh-picked strawberries on a weekend morning, plucking plump figs from your mini-orchard to quarter and serve at a farm-to-table meal with friends, or harvesting and sautéing the edible stalks of garlic bulbs. If the size of your space is bringing you back to reality, here's the best part: you don't need a big backyard to grow your own food. In fact, you don't need a yard at all.
Andrea Bellamy, founder of the acclaimed blog
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Publication Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
256 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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The founder of Gardenerd offers step-by-step strategies and scientific tips to maximize home gardening in small or unconventional spaces, enabling gardeners to grow abundant, thriving crops with minimal effort and on a budget.
Author
Publication Date
c2009
Physical Desc
351 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Description
The invaluable resource for home food gardeners! Ed Smith's W-O-R-D system has helped countless gardeners grow an abundance of vegetables and herbs. And those tomatoes and zucchini and basil and cucumbers have nourished countless families, neighbors, and friends with delicious, fresh produce. The Vegetable Gardener's Bible is essential reading for locavores in every corner of North America!
Author
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
543 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Danny Barney covers everything you need to know to successfully grow and market organic orchard fruits, from selecting the right site and cultivars to meeting organic standards and acquiring certifications; designing, maintaining, pruning, and harvesting an orchard; getting fruits to market; and managing the business side of farming. This is a straightforward, easy-to-follow blueprint for a thriving orchard and a profitable business.
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Publication Date
2022.
Physical Desc
288 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"Stop digging and start to truly understand the needs of your soil for bumper harvests of healthier crops. Charles Dowding has spent a lifetime perfecting his no dig sysem of growing. At its core is an awareness that soil vitality is a dynamic process involving a web of organisms which we can easily feed and support, enabling our plants to grow strong and healthy, in a weed-free environment. With clear, step-by-step instructions on how to set up a...
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Publication Date
c2010
Physical Desc
256 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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"This definitive month-by-month guide brings gardeners into the delicious world of edible landscaping and helps take a load off the planet as we achieve greater food security. Full of illustriative colour photos and step-by-step instructions, 'The Zero-Mile Diet' shares wisdom gleaned from 30 years of food growing and seed saving with comprehensive advice on: How to boost your family's health with year-round organic food ; The most productive and...
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