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CBD and other cannabis-based products are widely available and
popular, with the number of dispensaries increasing exponentially
every month. But not all products are equal in terms of quality.
The best rule of thumb to know the grower or, even better, grow a
small quantity of the plant in the home garden and make your own
medicines. This beginner-friendly guide, written by a herbalist who
specializes in every aspect of making and using cannabis medicine,
teaches how to grow healthy cannabis plants outdoors for personal
use, and make your own customized remedies for addressing a range
of common ailments and chronic conditions. With step-by-step
photography taken in her own garden, author Tammi Sweet, shows the
growing phases of the plant and details techniques for planting,
caring for, harvesting, drying, and curing the plant. A complete
how-to guide to medicine-making shows the reader how easy it is to
make potent, safe, and affordable whole-plant tinctures, salves,
edibles, and oils.
Piet Oudolf is renowned for his exceptional use of perennials and
grasses. His deep knowledge of plants and skill in choosing and
grouping them is brilliantly displayed at Hauser & Wirth
Somerset in an immersive, botanically rich garden which enthralls
visitors in every season. The garden piqued the interest of
plantsman and garden designer Rory Dusoir who undertook regular
visits over the course of a year. In this book he describes the
beautiful, dependable plants used to striking effect, scrutinizes
the classic Oudolf planting techniques and marvels at the
sporobolus meadow which Piet has described as "wilder than wildness
itself". Oudolf fans will delight in this book which gives full
access to the plant lists, planting combinations and horticultural
know-how. More than 300 exceptional quality photographs capture the
very special quality of the gardens and, combined with the text,
offer a unique insight into planting the Oudolf way.
No-till - a method of growing crops and providing pasture without
disturbing the soil - has become an important alternative to
standard farming practices. In this comprehensive guide to
successful no-till vegetable farming for aspiring and beginning
farmers, author Daniel Mays, owner and manager of an organic
no-till farm in Maine, outlines the environmental, social, and
economic benefits of this system. The methods described are
designed for implementation at the human scale, relying primarily
on human power, with minimal use of machinery. The book presents
streamlined planning and record-keeping tools as well as marketing
strategies, and outlines community engagement programs like CSA,
food justice initiatives, and on-farm education.
Conventional wisdom says to garden from the bottom up, turning over
the soil every spring until your back aches. Ironically, this does
such a good job aerating that gardeners spend the rest of the
season pulling weeds and replacing the suddenly energized (and
easily used up) nutrients. Mother nature, on the other hand,
gardens from the top down-layering undisturbed soil with leaves and
other organic materials. In following this example and synthesizing
the work of other perceptive gardeners, Lee Reich presents a
compelling new system called weedless gardening.
"The Weedless Garden" is good for plants and it's good for people.
It protects the soil, contributes to plant health, reduces water
needs, cuts down on a gardener's labor, encourages earthworms and,
of course, mitigates weed problems by keeping the seeds dormant.
Four basic tenets form the system's backbone-minimize soil
disruption; protect soil surface; avoid soil compaction; use drip
irrigation-and the way to get there is simple. For a new bed or
established garden, layering is key, and the perfect material to
use is also among the most common-newspaper. Add organic mulch and
compost on top, and plants are growing in rich, self-generating
humus. From vegetable gardening to flower gardens to planting
trees, shrubs, and vines, "The Weedless Garden" works
everywhere-allowing the gardener to work quite a bit less.
The colours, shapes, and scents of flowers are as ravishing to the
senses as to the soul. But it's all too easy get things wrong:
colours that clash, flowers that bloom at the wrong time, plants
that fail to thrive. Enter The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Guide by
expert gardener Jenny Rose Carey. She tells you exactly how to get
started, how to combine plants for the most spectacular effects,
and how to keep your garden going from year to year. Whether you're
interested in dramatic color combinations, how best to use a
favorite flower, or how to create a garden for a specific purpose,
such as nourishing pollinators, you'll find the answers in this
friendly, information-packed book. As Jenny herself says, "Don't be
afraid - just have a go!"
Learn how to de-stress, relax and connect with the wildness you can
find on your doorstep even in urban and suburban settings
Increasing workload, nervous tension, trouble sleeping? Wondering
whether there is more to life? You're not having a mid-life crisis.
Like so many others, you are feeling the call of the wild. Today's
urban living makes it easy for us to feel divorced from nature.
This practical book is filled with 52 varied and inspiring
activities illustrated with beautiful colour photographs that will
get you out and about whatever the weather. Featuring a combination
of creative, culinary, herbal and mindful projects, all with nature
at their heart, you'll be surprised how much wildness you can find
on your doorstep when you know where to look. Organised by month,
Urban Wild's simple, seasonal, step-by-step activities open the
door to nature in urban and suburban landscapes to help you
increase your potential for health and wellbeing and take your
first steps on a journey of discovery towards a lifelong connection
with the natural world.
The Informed Gardener Blooms Again picks up where The Informed
Gardener left off, using scientific literature to debunk a new set
of common gardening myths. Once again, Linda Chalker-Scott
investigates the science behind each myth, reminding us that urban
and suburban landscapes are ecosystems requiring their own
particular set of management practices. The Informed Gardener
Blooms Again provides answers to questions such as: --* Does using
drought-tolerant plants reduce water consumption?-* Is it more
effective to spray fertilizers on the leaves of trees and shrubs
than to apply it to the soil?-* Will cedar wood chips kill
landscape plants?-* Should I use ladybugs in my garden as a form of
pest control?-* Does aerobically brewed compost tea suppress
disease?--Every year Chalker-Scott receives hundreds of e-mails
from around the world on these and related topics. Her advice,
based on more than twenty years of experience in the field of plant
physiology, has helped home gardeners, landscape architects, and
nursery and landscape professionals to develop scientifically based
sustainable landscaping practices.--Linda Chalker-Scott is an urban
horticulturist and associate professor at Puyallup Research and
Extension Center, Washington State University. She is the author of
The Informed Gardener, winner of the Best Book Prize from the
Garden Writers Association. She is the editor and co-author of
Sustainable Landscapes and Gardens, the Washington State editor of
MasterGardener magazine, and author of the online column
"Horticultural Myths." She has a new blog at
gardenprofessors.com.--"Buy this book and I guarantee you'll save
money. Linda Chalker-Scott prunes the advertising hype behind many
garden additives -- Epsom salts, peat mulch, gypsum, water
crystals, compost tea, and more. Her commonsense approach,
heralding scientific rigor and challenging 'junk science' is a must
read for every serious gardener." -Suzy Bales, author of Garden
Bouquets and Beyond--"An essential tool in deciphering both
eco-myths and advertising copy. It helped me to distinguish the
greenwashing from the truly 'green.' And to be guided by actual
research findings? What a concept One that advertising copy writers
and eco-advocates alike don't want us to follow." -Susan Harris,
author of Sustainable-Gardening.com and GardenRant.com--"Linda
Chalker-Scott is a scientist with a mission -- evidence-based
gardening. Happily she is also the most interesting, entertaining,
knowledgeable, and useful garden writer I've come across. Home
gardeners will learn practices that are more effective, safer, and
-- believe me, this is no small thing -- cheaper." -Constance
Casey, former New York City Parks Department gardener and regular
gardening and natural history contributor to Slate.com---Praise for
The Informed Gardener: --"A no-nonsense, no-hype,
nothing-to-sell-but-the-truth voice that straddles an important
line between hearsay gardening and scientific fact in ornamental
horticulture." -Ketzel Levine--"This enjoyable book should find its
way into the hands of almost every gardener. Highly recommended for
public libraries with gardeners ready to tackle the literature, as
well as academic and special libraries with interests in
horticulture and gardening." -Library Journal--"A succinct and
easy-to-navigate resource . . . Chalker-Scott's instructions are
clear enough for even a first-time gardener to follow." -The
Bloomsbury Review--"Chalker-Scott's approach is unique in that she
speaks about gardening as a genuine expert-with academic
credentials-who debunks numerous myths.... in a manner that is easy
for us laypeople to understand and absorb...Her conclusions are
good advice for all of us to follow." -Washington State Grange
News--"In her first book she takes on common garden myths about
fertilizer, mulch, transplanting, staking, compost tea, watering
and many more potentially confusing topics. She skillfully debunks
them with current research as well as her experience in extension
horticulture." -Seattle Times--"An informative, helpful guide to
sustainable landscaping, with valuable emphasis on cutting through
many of the myths and misunderstandings that now surround this
increasingly hot topic." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer--" Linda
Chalker-Scott's] book does great service in helping the urban
gardener move past common practices that hinder instead of help,
looking to nature itself as the ultimate teacher of truths."
-Cascadia Weekly--"Linda Chalker-Scott is gardening's version of
television's MythBusters. Ok, so she isn't so keen on blowing
things up, but she does use scientific research to explain why many
traditional horticultural practices aren't suitable for urban
landscapes." -Tacoma News Tribun
The vast North Woods, a land magnificently arrayed in the deep
greens of pine, spruce, and fir and the brilliant blues of crystal
clear lakes, spans the area from Minnesota to Maine and from
Michigan to Hudson Bay. With a little help fromCanoe Country Flora,
keen explorers will discover a world full of life and wonder in the
plants that thrive in this beautiful lake country. Canoe Country
Flora, a friendly field guide, introduces you to ninety-six of the
most common trees, shrubs, wildflowers, fungi, ferns, lichens, and
other plants you're likely to encounter during your travels north.
Detailed line drawings and brief plant profiles help you recognize
what you're seeing, while "Sparky" Stensaas's intriguing tales draw
you into a deeper study of the plants's natural and cultural
histories. Each plant is made identifiable and memorable by
fascinating facts, handy checklists, diagrams and charts, and
interesting activities that help adults and children learn by
discovery. Use this book as a companion to Canoe Country Wildlife
or alone as your guide to a unique North Woods adventure.
Nature on the Doorstep reveals the simple pleasures of paying
attention to the natural world in one's own backyard over the
course of a year. In weekly letters, Angela Douglas shares the joys
and curiosities of a decidedly ordinary patch of green in upstate
New York cultivated through the art of "strategic
neglect"-sometimes taking a hand to manage wildlife, more often
letting nature go its own way. From the first flowers of spring to
cardinals singing in the winter, Douglas shows us the magic of
welcoming unexpected plant and animal life into one's backyard. A
paean to the richness we find when we stop to look and let be,
Nature on the Doorstep celebrates the role humble backyards play
both in conservation efforts and in an expanded appreciation of the
living world.
As the number of visitors to historic gardens has increased
dramatically in recent years, demand has grown for information
about the history both of individual gardens and of garden styles.
This alphabetical glossary of over five hundred entries explains
and illustrates such terms so that readers of garden literature and
visitors to gardens may appreciate more fully what they are reading
about or seeing. A final chapter outlines the work of leading
British garden designers from John Evelyn to Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe.
In this book the author describes the way her garden evolved and
how, without meaning to do so, she let it take over her life. She
suggests moving away from planning, regimentation and gardening
with the mentality of a stamp-collector. Frequently funny and
always stimulating, she writes of the alchemy of gardens, of the
19th-century plant-collectors and plant illustrators and of the
gardening philosophers, all fertilizing great thoughts along with
their hollyhocks. She won the 1988 Sinclair Consumer Press Garden
Writer of the Year Award.
If you are one of those people who haven't got time to hang around
waiting for your garden to mature, then this is the book for you.
It offers stylish and desirable rapid results for the time-poor and
is ideal for anyone starting to garden or tackling a long-neglected
plot. Look inside for garden facelifts you can achieve in a couple
of hours - or a weekend at most. Discover the designer tips that
will win your garden first-in-show prize every time. Find speedy
garden fixes for instant results as well as long-term pleasure. See
how to add maximum drama with minimum effort. Find out which plants
your garden needs to pack a punch. Learn the simplest ways to keep
your garden looking good all year long. No matter whether your
garden's cricket-pitch size or just a window box, these handy tips,
quick fixes and pearls of wisdom are exactly what you need to make
your plot the envy of your friends.
Do you know every gardening technique and rule of thumb off pat? Or
do you occasionally straighten up from your digging to try and
remember exactly what you're meant to be doing? How deep should you
plant these bulbs? Was it now you were supposed to prune this rose,
or in February? Can you compost this weed? Is it OK to plant out
these seedlings now? It's such a pain having to go indoors, kick
off your boots, shed your outdoor clothes and start looking up the
answer to your question in some great gardening tome. And that's
where The Gardener's Pocket Bible comes in. Now, you can stay in
the garden and look up all those essential facts and figures in an
instant. At your fingertips you'll have all the answers to your
on-the-spot questions such as: Which plants do you need to protect
from frost? When should you cut the hedge? What plants need
staking, and when? How can you get rid of greenfly without using
pesticides? This indispensible little guide will tell you what you
need to know, when you need to know it - and will save you thumbing
through gardening encyclopedias when what you actually want to do
is get on with the gardening. This beautiful hardback edition has
both dust-cover and gold embossing on the spine making it the
perfect gift. Every Pocket Bible is lovingly crafted to give you a
unique mix of useful references, handy tips and fascinating trivia
that will enlighten and entertain you at every page. There is a
Pocket Bible for everyone... Other titles in the series: The
Outdoor Pocket Bible, The Camping Pocket Bible, The London Pocket
Bible, The Camping Pocket Bible and The Railway Pocket Bible.
An entertaining and practical collection of tips and tricks to
outsmart all kinds of garden pests, written by one of Britain's
most influential gardeners. If you have ever waged war against
squirrels to prevent them from ransacking your garden, you will
know that they are wily beasts, who can find loopholes in the most
cunning of defences. In this comprehensive guide, Anne Wareham
recommends a host of ingenious anti-pest stratagems to protect your
garden from a range of foes. Includes: * advice on dealing with all
kinds of creatures, from rabbits, deer, snails and slugs to mites,
beetles and bacteria - as well as weeds, the weather, people and
much more * Advice is also offered on how to resist fatuous
horticultural trends and ignore so-called experts. * Admitting that
some pests can't be beaten, the book also advises when you should
grow a different plant rather than prolonging the fight. * Author
Anne Wareham is a well-known gardening expert and has been
described by the Telegraph as one of Britain's most influential
gardeners. Entertaining and practical, this is an honest book of
advice that will be appreciated and enjoyed by amateur and
professional gardeners alike. Ideal for father's day.
Adored for their charming shapes and colors, respected for their
resilience and adaptability, and just plain fun to have
around--succulents are the hottest home gardening trend today. A
Beginner's Guide to Succulent Gardening is a friendly guide to
popular succulents, walking novices through all the basics, like:
Choosing your succulents--from Hens and Chicks (Echeveria) to
bristly flowering cactus varieties Mixing the right soils for your
succulents and preparing the growing environment Easy potting and
transplanting techniques Succulent care--including watering,
fertilizing and providing the right amount of sun for each variety
Understanding peak periods as well as seasonal traits and needs, so
you can have a beautiful succulent garden year-round This book
contains all sorts of helpful tips on what to look for when buying
a plant, how to troubleshoot when your succulent shows signs of
distress, how to trim the leaves and stems, and how to start new
plants from cuttings. Clear diagrams and at-a-glance fact sheets
for each variety, as well as inspirational photos of attractively
and happily-housed succulents, fill the pages of this book. Now is
the time to give succulents a try! Let A Beginner's Guide to
Succulent Gardening be your guide to get you started and grow your
indoor garden one succulent at a time.
A practical, easy-to-follow manual, Gardener's Fitness includes
conditioning exercises, postural guidance for moving correctly and
safely, therapeutic stretches to relieve discomfort, and a variety
of gentle exercises designed to relax tired muscles and restore
energy after laboring in the garden. Pearlman explains each
exercise through simple directions and photographs. She also
provides solid information on precautions to take in the gardening
environment, where both major and minor dangers lurk: the sun,
insect bites and bee stings, inclement weather, and many others.
A swimming pond is beautiful all year round, for it lives and
changes with the seasons. Plants, animals, and the water make it an
experience for young and old. A swimming pond has practical
advantages: it is easy to care for and needs no expensive
technology or chemicals. The swimming-pond ecosystem regenerates
itself. Swimming ponds fit into every type of garden, whether
natural or structured design. The pond should suit the style of
your garden and blend into the surroundings. In this book,
swimming-pond owners speak from experience, tell of the planning
and building phases and how swimming ponds enrich their garden
pleasure. This book becomes a source of inspiration for all who
dream of having a swimming pond.
Hierdie titel bevat 'n magdom tyd- en kostebesparingsidees om 'n
pragtige en funksionele tuin te skep sonder dat dit 'n fortuin kos.
Daar is 'n uitgebreide lys waterbesparende plante en
waterbesparingswenke, 'n menigte voorstelle vir herwinning, en
volledige inligting oor die natuur se eie verdedigingsmeganismes en
hoe jy geld kan spaar deur snyblomme in jou tuin te kweek.
"Explains how your garden can be a thriving, balanced community
that gives more to your landscape than it takes." --Douglas W.
Tallamy, author of The Nature of Oaks and Nature's Best Hope The
birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that inhabit our yards and
gardens are overwhelmingly on our side--they are not our enemies,
but instead our allies. They pollinate our flowers and vegetable
crops, and they keep pests in check. In Garden Allies, Frederique
Lavoipierre shares fascinating portraits of these creatures,
describing their life cycles and showing how they keep the garden's
ecology in balance. Also included is helpful information on how to
nurture and welcome these valuable creatures into your garden. With
beautiful pen-and-ink drawings by Craig Latker, Garden Allies
invites you to make friends with the creatures that fill your
garden--the reward is a renewed sense of nature's beauty and a
garden humming with life.
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