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While the act of pruning is simple enough, knowing where and
when to prune can confound even experienced gardeners. For more
than half a century, Robert Sanford Martin's "How to Prune Fruit
Trees" has been the go-to guide for pruners of all levels of
expertise. As one reviewer noted, "This book simplifies what other
books complicate. It has a small amount of text paired with line
drawings that help break pruning tasks down into something you can
easily understand." Martin has judiciously pruned his words to make
his advice as clear and simple as possible. His guidance in the art
of cutting back and thinning out has been responsible for the
preservation of countless healthy trees and orchards. Maximize your
fruit production-whether you are growing apples, almonds, plums,
pomegranates, or any of over 40 varieties of fruit trees discussed
in this book-by making the right cut every time.
In this enhanced edition, additional information from H. H.
Thomas's "Pruning Made Easy" explores the treatment of roots, side
shoots, sub-laterals, standards, cordon trees, and other aspects of
plant care. Well illustrated and clear, this book will become your
indispensable guide for year-round pruning success and should have
a place in the library of both seasoned and amateur gardeners.
Simple Pleasures Throughout the Year "Simple Pleasures has become
my go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little
things in life." -Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass
Affirmations, The Book of Awesome Women, and more An abundant
sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and soothing
activities, Simple Pleasures of the Garden shows you how to
appreciate the simple things within your daily activities. The
secret to living well year round can be found in the abundance of
your home garden, so get to planting those seeds of simple joys and
herbal healing! Nurture your mind, body, and soul. Sometimes
finding the positive can be hard, but it doesn't have to be. From
the recipe for a homemade herbal bath for a spa day to quick and
easy recommendations for an instant room makeover, the suggestions
and home recipes collected in this book offer a new appreciation
for the everyday activities that nurture and comfort you. Simplify
your emotional self care. Taking care of yourself doesn't have to
be expensive, unrealistic, or inaccessible. It can be as easy as
tending to a green garden, making healing herbal tonics, sipping
calming teas, or spending time with other natural energy boosters.
Pleasures are made, not bought, so unlock new secrets to happiness
with these touching stories, practical tips, and satisfying crafts.
Inside this positive attitude book you'll find: Ways to decorate
your home with nature crafts, growing herbs, and an air of magic
Advice on how to foster a routine for a rejuvenating self care year
Tips on how to become the gardener of your moods and emotions If
you liked seasonal self care books like A Year of Self-Care, Grow
Your Own Medicine, or A Woman's Garden, you'll love Simple
Pleasures of the Garden.
This guide is designed to walk the reader through all aspects of
growing Cannabis indoors hydroponically. Topics such as safety,
acquiring seeds, building the system, and pulling everything
together are covered.
Once a fringe topic, permaculture is moving to the mainstream as
gardeners who are ready to take their organic gardening to the next
level are discovering the wisdom of a simple system that emphasizes
the idea that by taking care of the earth, the earth takes care of
you.
"The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture" teaches
gardeners of every skill -- with any size space -- how to live in
harmony with both nature and neighbors to produce and share an
abundant food supply with minimal effort. Permaculture teacher
Christopher Shein highlights everything you need to know to start
living off the land lightly, including how to create rich, healthy,
and low-cost soil, blend a functional food garden and decorative
landscape, share the bounty with others, and much more.
This inspiring, easy-to-follow, information-packed, practical
guide will help you transform your garden into a food forest that
feeds you for years to come.
Readers will learn about the relationships between people and the
gardens of Earth, seed preservation, Native diets and meals,
natural pest control, and the importance of the Circle of Life.
One of House & Garden's book picks for 2020: 'Whether you dream
of a Mediterranean oasis, a rose-filled retreat or a tropical
jungle, Green will help you to make the most of your space, proving
that small can indeed be beautiful.' One of Daily Mail's best books
of the year: 'Can a really small space ever be turned into a
beautiful garden? Fashionable garden designer Ula Maria shows how
even the tiniest balcony or courtyard can become something special.
Featuring numerous case histories and practical advice on storage,
paving, furniture and lighting, this is an excellent reference
source for anyone with limited space and big dreams.' 'Garden
designer Ula Maria takes us on a safari through small but perfectly
formed oases...to inspire your very own Eden.' - Elle Deco 'Urban
garden design has inspired books ever since the Victorians started
to green their sprawling new neighbourhoods. But where Maria's
Green differs is that it focuses on the possibilities of growing in
small spaces rather than the restrictions. The 22 gardens she has
brought together (by various designers) erupt with potential...In
Green urban gardens, so often prone to a twinge of pity from those
who tend larger, more rural spaces, become deeply aspirational.' -
Alice Vincent, the Daily Telegraph 'A must for apprehensive city
gardeners and for anyone wanting to make the most out of their
outdoor space, no matter how small it might be. [...] Flicking
through it feels almost as enjoyable and relaxing as sitting in the
garden.' - Gardens Illustrated 'The first book from rising star Ula
Maria tackles the perennial challenge of how to create a garden in
a small space. [...] Whether you dream of a Mediterranean oasis, a
rose-filled retreat or a tropical jungle, Green will help you to
make the most of your space, proving that small can indeed be
beautiful.' - House & Garden 'Spending so much time outdoors in
my childhood made me think of a garden as a natural extension of my
home - an inseparable part of everyday life. It wasn't until I
moved into a rented property in the city that I felt an undeniable
urge to make the most of the little exterior space that we had and
re-evaluate it. In time, creating outdoor spaces that people truly
care for, no matter how small or large, became much more rewarding
than perfecting any indoor space. Many say that a home is a true
reflection of self, but I believe it is the garden, where
personalities and relationships with our surroundings truly
blossom.' - Ula Maria In Green, Ula Maria takes a completely fresh
look at creating a garden in whatever outdoor space is available -
be it a roof terrace, balcony, small back yard or patio. Perfect
for first-time gardeners, the book approaches creating a garden as
if decorating a room - exploring how to work with scale, colour and
texture, to choosing the plants that will thrive in an urban space.
At the heart of the book are 22 genuinely small and innovative
gardens with a dazzling range of ideas to copy - from a small
backyard garden using reclaimed timber, evergreens and grasses to a
rental rooftop terrace in the heart of the city where a
cottage-style garden has been created in simple containers. Using
low-maintenance plants and affordable furniture, lighting and
containers, Green offers simple solutions that don't involve major
structural work but will quickly result in a stylish and hugely
rewarding urban sanctuary. The book was shot by award-winning
photographer, Jason Ingram.
Gardening with the Moon & Stars brings biodynamics to the
ordinary gardener. Elen Sentier is passionate about biodynamics.
She feels it's vital to make organics and biodynamics available to
as many people as possible if we are to help our earth cope with
the increasing demands we humans place upon her. Biodynamics is
easy, simple, cheap and super-effective; it's seriously good
horticulture too, and it works in whatever size of garden you have,
from a window box to several acres. This book is written in plain
down-to-earth language with lots of tips and hints to help you
learn how easy it is to use the preparations and work with the star
calendar.
With carbon farming, agriculture ceases to be part of the climate
problem and becomes a critical part of the solution "This book is
the toolkit for making the soil itself a sponge for carbon. It's a
powerful vision."-Bill McKibben "The Carbon Farming Solution is a
book we will look back upon decades from now and wonder why
something so critically relevant could have been so overlooked
until that time. . . . [It] describes the foundation of the future
of civilization."-Paul Hawken In this groundbreaking book, Eric
Toensmeier argues that agriculture-specifically, the subset of
practices known as "carbon farming"-can, and should be, a linchpin
of a global climate solutions platform. Carbon farming is a suite
of agricultural practices and crops that sequester carbon in the
soil and in above-ground biomass. Combined with a massive reduction
in fossil fuel emissions-and in concert with adaptation strategies
to our changing environment- carbon farming has the potential to
bring us back from the brink of disaster and return our atmosphere
to the "magic number" of 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide.
Toensmeier's book is the first to bring together these powerful
strategies in one place. Includes in-depth analysis of the
available research. Carbon farming can take many forms. The
simplest practices involve modifications to annual crop production.
Although many of these modifications have relatively low
sequestration potential, they are widely applicable and easily
adopted, and thus have excellent potential to mitigate climate
change if practiced on a global scale. Likewise, grazing systems
such as silvopasture are easily replicable, don't require
significant changes to human diet, and-given the amount of
agricultural land worldwide that is devoted to pasture-can be
important strategies in the carbon farming arsenal. But by far,
agroforestry practices and perennial crops present the best
opportunities for sequestration. While many of these systems are
challenging to establish and manage, and would require us to change
our diets to new and largely unfamiliar perennial crops, they also
offer huge potential that has been almost entirely ignored by
climate crusaders. Many of these carbon farming practices are
already implemented globally on a scale of millions of hectares.
These are not minor or marginal efforts, but win-win solutions that
provide food, fodder, and feedstocks while fostering community
self-reliance, creating jobs, protecting biodiversity, and
repairing degraded land-all while sequestering carbon, reducing
emissions, and ultimately contributing to a climate that will
remain amenable to human civilization. Just as importantly to a
livable future, these crops and practices can contribute to broader
social goals such as women's empowerment, food sovereignty, and
climate justice. The Carbon Farming Solution is-at its root-a
toolkit and the most complete collection of climate-friendly crops
and practices currently available. With this toolkit, farmers,
communities, and governments large and small, can successfully
launch carbon farming projects with the most appropriate crops and
practices to their climate, locale, and socioeconomic needs.
Toensmeier's ultimate goal is to place carbon farming firmly in the
center of the climate solutions platform, alongside clean solar and
wind energy. With The Carbon Farming Solution, Toensmeier wants to
change the discussion, impact policy decisions, and steer
mitigation funds to the research, projects, and people around the
world who envision a future where agriculture becomes the
protagonist in this fraught, urgent, and unprecedented drama of our
time. Citizens, farmers, and funders will be inspired to use the
tools presented in this important book to transform degraded lands
around the world into productive carbon-storing landscapes.
Step outdoors and let your space nourish all of your senses and
settle a busy mind. Discover how to garden to enliven all five
senses - touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste - to build a
connection with the world around you and bring joy and wonder into
the everyday. Find out how simply being outside can help to ground
and calm you, and learn what plants to grow to nourish both your
mental and physical wellbeing. Ideas on planting and maintaining
your garden, which you can put into practice quickly and easily,
show how you can improve the sensory enjoyment of your outside
space - no matter where you live and no matter what size your plot.
Whether you want to fill a space with an uplifting fragrance,
create a calming colour scheme, grow richly aromatic herbs, or
select trees and shrubs for their soothing sounds, you can turn
your plot into a sensory delight as a way to connect to the natural
world around you.
For those without the time or stamina to spend hours maintaining a
garden, well-known experts Alan and Gill Bridgewater offer an
easy-care method with minimal digging and weeding. They show how to
make raised beds, build up soil with mushroom compost, cover weeds
with mulch, and protect plants with nets and plastic--all using
organic methods whenever possible. A must for every gardener.
In order to be a successful gardener you have to know how to prune
- whether to improve growth, increase fruiting qualities or to
enable the plant to grow in space-restricted areas or cold
environments. This practical book provides advice on pruning garden
plants, from infancy to maturity.Included is detailed advice on
renovating neglected plants, from shrubs and climbers to fruit
trees and bushes. There is also a fun element, with instructions
for creating topiary in the garden.
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