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"This 1802 work describes the means by which fruits and kitchen-garden staples such as grapes, mushrooms, salad greens, and herbs, among others, can be forced by use of greenhouses and other means."

Samuel Wood's 1881 book provides the home gardener with all the information needed to create a forcing garden.

"Focusing on the techniques of gardening rather than the selection of specific species, this 1886 work by Thomas Bridgeman is a vital source of information for gardeners on how to get the best results from their plants."

This informative guide tells readers everything they need to know about growing marijuana. Packed with over 700 full-colour illustrations and photographs detailing more than 150 affordable grow set-ups, it is ideal for beginners and aficionados alike.

"Designed to aid the time-limited gardener, Rockwell's 1917 work provides seasonable and clear directions for tasks to be accomplished each month in the garden."

Containing Complete Practical Directions For The Cultivation Of Vegetables, Flowers, Fruit Trees, And Grapevines.

"In this 1860 work, Thomas Brehaut provides detailed instructions on cordon training of fruit trees, for both open-air culture and greenhouse environments."

Containing Complete Practical Directions For The Cultivation Of Vegetables, Flowers, Fruit Trees, And Grapevines.

One in this series of charming stories about Mary Frances and her discoveries about the world around her. She meets the Garden People and learns the pleasures and wonders of gardening through many adventures with them. The illustrations on almost every page make this a pleasurable reading experience for children and parents alike, and a wonderful gift for children.

This 1916 book provides gardeners and nurserymen with information on the fundamental principles of plant propagation.

"This 1913 volume provides complete directions on intensive vegetable culture, helping home gardeners to get the most production out of their available land while maintaining high soil fertility."

A fun and environmentally sound method of using forgotten soil for your garden

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

This is not another coffee table book about lavender. There is only useful and proven guidelines for the successful growth and production of lavender. If you want a book that will give you hands on, practical, and entertaining insights, one that will become supple and well worn from use: you have it in your hands. Everything in this book comes from decades of experience growing lavender. If you want to, you can set your coffee cup on this when you need to.

Written by an author with forty years gardening experience and a leading expert of his time, although originally published in the 1940s it is still relevant today and explains in clear language and with illustrations all those practical operations which contribute to success in town and country gardening with flowers, shrubs and vegetables. In its re-mastered format it is a valuable, concise and practical guide to British gardening and horticulture. This work remains highly relevant to horticultural historians and gardening enthusiasts alike.

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

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How to turn your backyard garden into a Green Machine. There is something supremely satisfying about pulling out of the backyard garden a big head of crisp lettuce, a half-dozen ripe, red tomatoes, a basketful of Sugar Snap peas, or any one of the dozen or more fresh vegetables growing there. Well, you too can turn your backyard into a cornucopia of plenty from spring through summer and fall, and you don't need a green thumb. All you need is a little know-how.

This book can bring you there. In exacting detail, it will take you step-by-step into the world of gardening, teaching you how to:

* Build your own plant incubator and cold frame.
* Start your own seedlings in the middle of winter.
* Harness the sun.
* Turn poor soil into gardener's gold.
* Collect and use rainwater.
* Stretch out your garden space.
* Grow super sized vegetables.
* And utilize dozens of tricks to turn your little plot of land into a Green Machine.

With this book, new gardeners can learn how to do it, and experienced gardeners can learn how to do it better.

If you like fresh veggies, you'll love this book.

This book will enable you to get the best from your garden using nature to help you: choose the perfect plants for your soil and situation; feed them with your own natural compost; attract bees and butterflies. There are scores of full-color photographs and the author is an expert organic horticulturalist who will inspire you to garden nature's way.

God's Garden My Life is a unique blend of gardening techniques developed through years of experience and training as a Master Gardener, and inspirational lessons gleaned from applying that experience to a spiritual life. Bonnie J. Lee has expertly applied all she has learned about gardening from the preparation of the soil to deciding what to plant and designing a garden to discovering the challenges of nature, to the garden of a person's life. Her spiritual applications of gardening knowledge will lift spirits and bring us closer to what God created us to be. This easy to read book will be an essential garden tool for everyone from those who have ever dreamed of having a garden to the most experienced gardener. It will also be an essential tool to all of us who want our lives to be filled with beauty and fruit.