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Do you love living in the city but dream about growing your own wholesome fruit and vegetables? South Africa’s organic gardening guru, Jane Griffiths, shows you just how easy it is to achieve a flourishing food garden, no matter how small your space.
Jane’s Delicious Urban Gardening is packed with inspirational ideas and practical information on all aspects of urban eco living.
In her trademark sensible and easy-to-follow style, Jane provides a wealth of tips and suggestions for:
- growing organic vegetables just about anywhere – from containers to edible walls, from raised beds to rooftops, from community gardens to neglected pavements
- planting and maintaining a space-efficient urban orchard
- converting an existing lawn or tennis court into an instant edible oasis
- keeping urban bees, hens and aquaponic tanks
- harvesting rainwater and recycling grey water
- introducing solar power into your home
- converting a chlorinated swimming pool into a wetland-filtered haven.
Illustrated with hundreds of beautiful colour photographs, Jane’s Delicious Urban Gardening is essential reading for anyone wanting to live a more sustainable, productive and healthy lifestyle in the city.
A beginners' guide to growing wild food in pots, making foraging easy.
The Flowerpot Forager details 30 wild edible plants that can be grown at home in containers with as much effort as you'd put into your tending your herb pot from the supermarket, plus a very simple recipe or two on how to use them—think pink clover lemonade, water mint pesto and dandelion salad. Foraging is a perennially aspirational hobby for gardeners and cooks alike, but it's now entering the mainstream; from supermarkets stocking wild garlic to Fever Tree spiking their tonics with elderflower, wild food is everywhere.
Historically, location has hampered the accessibility of foraging—if you don't live near a wood, riverbed or meadow, it can be difficult to find those lusted-after ingredients in cookbooks and on TV shows. But The Flowerpot Forager is here to solve that.
Jane’s Delicious A–Z of Vegetables is an accessible guide to the
most commonly-grown vegetables, plus many new and unusual ones now
available, with detailed information on how to sow, plant, feed,
water, protect, harvest and eat them, as well as save their seed
for future generations. Written in Jane’s quirky, practical style
and lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs for easy
reference, this is a one-stop guide to growing any type of
vegetable organically.
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The second book by this author. The first was a true life,
historical story of a families tragedies and triumphs. This is a
romp through Rural England, a land of allotmenteers and would be
naughty councillors. Of good triumphing over not so good.
Master the art of edible gardening in the beautiful southwestern
United States."Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening" is
written exclusively for gardeners who want to grow edibles in
Arizona, New Mexico, or Nevada. Author Jacqueline Soule shares her
bountiful knowledge of edibles in general and the Southwest region
in particular, equipping you with all the information you need to
design your edible garden, tend the soil, maintain your plants
throughout their life cycles, and--most importantly--harvest the
delicious foods they produce. So whether you live in the Tucson
suburbs, the New Mexico Bootheel, the Mojave Desert, or anywhere
else in the southwestern tri-state area, you'll discover the best
fruit and vegetable plants for your garden in this beautiful
step-by-step how-to guide . . . and before you know it you'll have
delicious fresh fruits and vegetables on your table.
"I think this book will quickly become an insightful gardening
friend." -- Adam Frost, garden designer and TV presenter Discover
what to do at just the right time to create a garden that's full of
life and colour all year round in this invaluable book, now
shortlisted for the GMG PRACTICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR award. What to
Sow, Grow and Do is a season-by-season guide that brings together
projects, advice, task lists and ideas to help you plan your time
in the garden, inspire your planting and nurture a deeper
relationship with nature. Tracking a year in the garden, it guides
you in what to do through a series of how-to tasks and helpful
checklists. It also celebrates each season, highlighting the plants
to enjoy, the wildlife to spot and the changes you can notice in
the garden and beyond. Seasonal jobs cover everything from pruning
roses to planting summer bulbs, together with ideas on encouraging
and supporting a garden that's full of beneficial insects and
wildlife. Armed with this book, you can create a thriving,
flourishing garden that's a joy to be in. Whether you are a
seasoned horticulturalist or are just starting on your gardening
adventure, this guide is an indispensable companion to your year in
the garden.
You can grow all the fruit and vegetables your family needs, raise
animals for meat and eggs, keep fish and bees, and even produce
firewood on a plot of land of just one acre or less - alongside
your work and family life. Whether you have a garden, a paddock or
perhaps the corner of a field, Sally Morgan guides you through: How
to lay out your plot - including fencing and polytunnels or
greenhouses Managing soil fertility Growing fruit and vegetables
throughout the year Keeping livestock: poultry, pigs, sheep and
goats Producing fish with aquaponics Filled with practical advice,
this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to be more
self-sufficient and live a more sustainable life.
Winner of the Garden Media Guild Practical Book of the Year Award
2022 From the creator of the wildly popular website 'Vertical Veg'
and with over 200k people in his online community of growers, comes
the complete guide to growing delicious fruit, vegetables, herbs
and salad in containers, pots and more - in any space at home - no
matter how small! If you long to grow your own tomatoes, courgettes
or strawberries but thought you didn't have enough space, Mark
Ridsdill Smith, aka the 'Vertical Veg Man,' will show you how. Make
the most of walls, balconies, patios, arches and windowsills and
create rich, beautiful and delicious homegrown food. With proven
results from his ten years of experience growing in all kinds of
containers and teaching people how to grow bountiful, edible crops
in small spaces, Mark will show you how gardening in containers is
more than just a hobby but rather a way of creating a significant
amount of delicious, low-cost, nutritious food. In his second year
of growing in containers, Mark grew over 80kg of food worth GBP900!
Inside The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening, you'll find:
Mark's 'Eight Steps to Success' How to make the most of your space
How to draw up a planning calendar so you can grow throughout the
year Planting projects for beginners and the best plants to start
with Compost recipes and wormery guide for the more experienced
gardener Troubleshoots for the specific challenges of growing in
small spaces Ways to support pollinators and other wildlife in
urban areas How growing food at home can contribute to wellbeing,
sustainability and the local community Don't be confined by the
space you have - grow all the food you want with Mark's Vertical
Veg Guide to Container Gardening.
A Year Full of Veg is a month-by-month guide to cultivating the
best seasonal veg. With her wealth of experience, Sarah Raven
shares the most reliable and bountiful varieties to grow, her
tried-and-tested favourite crops, and unusual vegetables, herbs and
salads that you can't buy in shops. As well as planting
inspiration, Sarah reveals expert tips and techniques for growing
and harvesting flavourful crops from January through to December,
all based on easy, efficient and productive techniques that ensure
you'll always have something fresh to use in the kitchen. No matter
how much outdoor space you have, you'll be inspired to grow at
least a little of what you eat.
Forest Gardening (or agroforestry) is a way of growing edible crops
with nature doing most of the work. A forest garden imitates young
natural woodland, with a wide range of crops grown in vertical
layers. Species are chosen for their beneficial effects on each
other, creating a healthy system that maintains its own fertility,
with little need for digging, weeding or pest control. The result
of this largely perennial planting is a tranquil, beautiful and
productive space. This book is a bible for permaculture and forest
gardening, with practical advice on how to create a forest garden,
from planning and design to planting and maintenance. It explains
how a forest garden is designed from the top down: the canopy layer
first, then the shrub layer, the perennial ground-cover layer, the
annuals & biennials next, the climbers and nitrogen fixers and
finally the clearings, living spaces and paths. Whether in a small
back garden or in a larger plot, the environmental benefits of
growing this way are great. Forest Gardens are a viable solution to
the challenge of a changing climate: we can grow food sustainably
in them without compromising soil health, food quality or
biodiversity. Forest gardens: store carbon dioxide in the soil and
in the woody biomass of the trees and shrubs. enable the soil to
store more water after heavy rains, minimizing flooding and
erosion. boost the health of the ecosystem, ensuring a balance of
predators and beneficial insects because mixed planting is crucial
to the scheme. allows the soil to thrive because it is covered with
plants all year round. Creating a Forest Garden includes a detailed
directory of over 500 trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials,
annuals, root crops and climbers. As well as more familiar plants
such as fig and apple trees, blackcurrants and rosemary shrubs, you
can grow your own chokeberries, goji berries, yams, heartnuts,
bamboo shoots and buffalo currants. Forest gardens produce fruits,
nuts, vegetables, seeds, salads, herbs, spices, firewood,
mushrooms, medicinal herbs, dye plants, soap plants, and honey from
bees. This book tells you everything you need to create your own
forest garden with beautiful illustrations and helpful tips
throughout.
In one affordable polytunnel, kitchen-garden guru Joyce Russell
shows you how to grow vegetables easily, organically and abundantly
so that you have something to eat every month of the year. Whether
you are a beginner or more experienced, this comprehensive,
practical, month-by-month guide to polytunnel gardening has got
everything you need, telling you exactly what to do and when to do
it, in order to grow the best fruit and vegetables all-year-round.
From preparing the site to making a hotbed, from composts and
organic feeds to identifying and coping with pests, plus
information on how to get the best from each crop and
month-to-month planting plans for year-round growing, The
Polytunnel Book provides a wealth of practical tips and techniques
as well as celebrating what can be achieved. Illustrated with 300
stunning colour photographs, this practical guide to polytunnels
hand guides you through each month of the year, ensuring the best
results all year round.
By reimagining how we design and use our gardens, we can all do our
bit to support local wildlife, improve our health and help tackle
the climate crisis. If we all take positive steps in our gardens,
no matter how small, we can all really make a difference in the
world. This book focuses on the activities and planting suitable
for a Scottish climate but also contains lots of useful information
relevant for gardeners throughout the UK. Practical information on
planning is followed by expert guidance on: Planting for wildlife
in nectar-rich borders, wildflower meadows, hedgerows, trees and
shrubs Building for wildlife with bird boxes, bug boxes, feeders
and ponds Green gardening approaches with fruit and veg production,
rain gardens, green roofs, compost making and creating new plants
through propagation Attracting birds, bees, butterflies and other
insects, aquatic life and nightlife
Discover the joy of growing and using plants indoors and outdoors,
no matter how limited your space. This beautifully illustrated book
is a modern, fresh take on gardening that shows how anyone can grow
their own vegetables, create a mini wildflower meadow or learn how
to make the most of their houseplants. And you don't need your own
garden to get started. Creating a thriving window box, choosing
suitable plant pots for a desktop oasis or joining a local
community garden are perfect ways to experience the joys of
gardening. Learn which plants will encourage wildlife, discover
what works best for your space (no matter how small), find
inspiration, experiment with colour, texture and techniques.
Whatever you choose to grow, you'll be doing one of the best
activities there is to enhance your sense of well-being and improve
your physical health - so grab those seeds, pick up the watering
can and get growing!
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