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Books > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods > Organic gardening

Jane's Delicious Urban Gardening - Sustainable City Living (Paperback): Jane Griffiths Jane's Delicious Urban Gardening - Sustainable City Living (Paperback)
Jane Griffiths 1
R360 R321 Discovery Miles 3 210 Save R39 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

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.

Ten Acres Enough - a Practical Experience, Showing How a Very Small Farm May Be Made to Keep a Very Large Family, With... Ten Acres Enough - a Practical Experience, Showing How a Very Small Farm May Be Made to Keep a Very Large Family, With Extensive and Profitable Experience in the Cultivation of the Smaller Fruits (Paperback)
Kaptain Krook
R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ten Acres Enough - a Practical Experience, Showing How a Very Small Farm May Be Made to Keep a Very Large Family With Extensive... Ten Acres Enough - a Practical Experience, Showing How a Very Small Farm May Be Made to Keep a Very Large Family With Extensive and Profitable Experience in the Cultivation of the Smaller Fruits (Paperback)
Kaptain Krook
R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ten Acres Enough - a Practical Experience Showing How a Very Small Farm May Be Made to Keep a Very Large Family With Extensive... Ten Acres Enough - a Practical Experience Showing How a Very Small Farm May Be Made to Keep a Very Large Family With Extensive and Profitable Experience in the Cultivation of the Smaller Fruits (Paperback)
Kaptain Krook
R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Organic Gardening for Beginners - An Eco-Friendly Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs (Hardcover): Lisa Lombardo Organic Gardening for Beginners - An Eco-Friendly Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs (Hardcover)
Lisa Lombardo
R602 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sustainable Garden, Volume 4 - Projects, insights and advice for the eco-conscious gardener (Hardcover, Fourth Edition): Marian... Sustainable Garden, Volume 4 - Projects, insights and advice for the eco-conscious gardener (Hardcover, Fourth Edition)
Marian Boswall; Photographs by Jason Ingram
R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A stylish, inspirational and practical guidebook to maintaining a more environmentally friendly outdoor space, now shortlisted for the GMG GARDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR award! Sustainable gardener Marian Boswall walks us through the process of creating and maintaining a sustainable outdoor space, offering tips, guidance and step-by-step projects designed to help you lead a more low-impact lifestyle. Whether it's by harnessing natural energy, converting to peat-free compost, reducing your consumption of plastic, saving seeds or creating garden areas from reclaimed materials, there are numerous ways - both big and small - to make a difference. Entries cover every aspect of the garden, from how to create a space and draw up a plan for your sustainable garden from scratch, to advice on boundaries and fences, and guidance on how to ethically source materials to make sure your garden is as environmentally friendly as it is beautiful. This book also contains several projects with easy-to-follow instructions that you can replicate at home, such as creating a frame for succulents to grow in out of recycled materials. Projects include: Plant an edible hedge - This berry-laden boundary brings joy into your garden and offers a great way to connect to and notice the seasons for both children and adults, Make a lawn spiral - This innovative approach to lawns will reduce mowing time by half (thereby saving energy) and will create a beautiful, textured swirl of flowering grass which is good for pollinators, Make your own frame for succulents - Using recycled and found materials, create your own vertical planter for a host of succulents, perfect for balconies or other small spaces, Saving your seeds - Collecting seeds from your garden is the perfect way to start planning ahead for your garden next year, all while reducing waste. Sustainable Garden will guide anyone hoping to take informed and intelligent decisions to make a difference, but who perhaps don't know where to begin.

Weeds (Paperback): Charlie Ryrie Weeds (Paperback)
Charlie Ryrie
R39 Discovery Miles 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Gaia Organic Basics series is endorsed by the Soil Association, the UK's principle organisation promoting organic agriculture and horticulture, and the organic organisation - HDRA (Henry Doubleday Research Association). Ideal for town or country gardeners with special topics covering small and urban gardens; Specially commissioned photographs; An original series covering organic gardening in a modern, fresh and vibrant syle; Handy size pocket books provide expert quick reference for practical gardeners; Gaia Organic Basics is an important new series for every gardener who wants to learn how to create a healthy and thriving organic garden. Highly practical, the four books in this series take the mystery out of organic gardening with straightforward explanations of principles and techniques. Designed for beginners as well as more advanced gardeners who want to leave chemicals behind, these titles offer an organic way to cultivate soil, to make one's own compost and to control pests and weeds. Full colour photography illustrates the practical aspects of creating an organic garden and their handy pocket size make these books an expert quick reference for practical gardeners. Whatever the style or size of garden, these books give all the information necessary to take the natural road to a beautiful, lush and fully organic garden.

Grow Organic Salad Leaves and Greens - Indoors or Outdoors, All Year Round (Paperback, 3rd edition): Charles Dowding Grow Organic Salad Leaves and Greens - Indoors or Outdoors, All Year Round (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Charles Dowding; Contributions by Stephanie Hafferty
R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Known as the guru of no-dig, Charles Dowding has updated his definitive book on salad-growing in this beautifully illustrated new edition: how to have tasty salad leaves all year round in a garden, balcony or windowsill; how to grow micro leaves and how to serve them in delicious recipes, all using organic or permaculture principles. Great for food lovers keen to eat tasty food with a low carbon footprint. This compendium of practical methods for growing a wide variety of salads throughout the year, will inspire you to grow your own, whether on a windowsill, in your garden or on the allotment. Here is all the information you need for productive, healthy and tasty salads. Learn the subtleties of salad seasons and virtues of different leaves throughout the year. And when your table is groaning with the abundance of your harvests, there are delicious and imaginative recipes by Stephanie Hafferty, exploiting the fantastic flavours, colour and vitality of home grown salad leaves.

Garden Wildlife on Trial - Verdicts on the garden's friends and foes (Paperback): Ruth Binney Garden Wildlife on Trial - Verdicts on the garden's friends and foes (Paperback)
Ruth Binney 1
R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Are the creatures that visit and live in your garden friends or foes? How can you discourage the bad and nurture the good? And how does each animal fit into the essential garden ecosystem? You'll find the answers in the verdicts, evidence and treatments presented in this innovative new book. Including more than 50 common garden residents - from squirrels to starlings, from ladybirds to leatherjackets, and from frogs to flea beetles - it tells you how to encourage the forces for good and explains how best to deter or get rid of (ideally organically) those that bring damage, disease or even death to your precious plants. And vitally, it pieces together the key links in the garden food chain and shows how to maintain nature's delicate balance on your plot. As well as the key gardening information you need, you'll discover here the extraordinary ways in which garden wildlife is adapted for success, how to encourage vital pollinators and how to plan planting and cultivation to pre-empt problems. You'll see how to use pesticides safely if you must, and there are hints and tips on the best ways to deal with cats and dogs, chickens and geese in the garden. So whether you want your garden to be a haven for hedgehogs and honeybees, to have fewer slugs and snails, or to be know all the pros and cons of crows and cabbage white caterpillars, then these are the verdicts you need. Garden Wildlife on Trial is the sequel and companion volume to Ruth Binney's successful Weeds on Trial published in 2019 (ISBN 9781910821299).

Raised Bed Gardening - An Easy Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables with Your Thriving Raised Bed Garden Month by Month... Raised Bed Gardening - An Easy Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables with Your Thriving Raised Bed Garden Month by Month (Hardcover)
Hannah Roses
R802 R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Save R106 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Raised Bed Gardening - An Easy Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables with Your Thriving Raised Bed Garden Month by Month... Raised Bed Gardening - An Easy Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables with Your Thriving Raised Bed Garden Month by Month (Hardcover)
Hannah Roses
R742 R651 Discovery Miles 6 510 Save R91 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Harvest - An Adventure Into the Heart of America's Family Farms (Paperback): Richard Horan Harvest - An Adventure Into the Heart of America's Family Farms (Paperback)
Richard Horan
R347 R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Save R21 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Novelist and nature writer Richard Horan embarked on an adventure across America to reveal that farming is still the vibrant beating heart of our nation. Horan went from coast to coast, visiting organic family farms and working the harvests of more than a dozen essential or unusual food crops--from Kansas wheat and Michigan wild rice to Maine potatoes, California walnuts, and Cape Cod cranberries--in search of connections with the farmers, the soil, the seasons, and the lifeblood of America.

Sparkling with lively prose and a winning blend of profound seriousness and delightful humor, Harvest carries the reader on an eyeopening and transformational journey across the length and breadth of this remarkable land, offering a powerful national portrait of challenge and diligence, and an inspiring message of hope.

The Polytunnel Book - Fruit and Vegetables All Year Round (Paperback, Flexibound): Joyce Russell The Polytunnel Book - Fruit and Vegetables All Year Round (Paperback, Flexibound)
Joyce Russell; Photographs by Ben Russell 1
R538 R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Save R43 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

CONTAINER GARDENING for Beginners - An Easy Guide to Grow Fresh Organic Vegetables and Ornamental Plants in Pots and Tiny... CONTAINER GARDENING for Beginners - An Easy Guide to Grow Fresh Organic Vegetables and Ornamental Plants in Pots and Tiny Spaces (Hardcover)
Hannah Roses
R724 R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Save R85 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Secrets of Mound Gardening - Harnessing Nature for Healthier Fruits, Veggies, and Environment (Hardcover): Darryl Whitham Secrets of Mound Gardening - Harnessing Nature for Healthier Fruits, Veggies, and Environment (Hardcover)
Darryl Whitham
R531 R496 Discovery Miles 4 960 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Prepping For Profit - From sustainability to prosperity (Hardcover): Dale Bannock Prepping For Profit - From sustainability to prosperity (Hardcover)
Dale Bannock
R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Edible Wild Plants - Over 111 Natural Foods and Over 22 Plant-Based Recipes On A Budget (Hardcover): Joseph Erickson Edible Wild Plants - Over 111 Natural Foods and Over 22 Plant-Based Recipes On A Budget (Hardcover)
Joseph Erickson
R571 R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Save R34 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Foraging in 2020 - The Ultimate Guide to Foraging and Preparing Edible Wild Plants With Over 50 Plant Based Recipes... Foraging in 2020 - The Ultimate Guide to Foraging and Preparing Edible Wild Plants With Over 50 Plant Based Recipes (Hardcover)
Erickson
R619 R575 Discovery Miles 5 750 Save R44 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
CONTAINER GARDENING for Beginners - An Easy Guide to Grow Fresh Organic Vegetables and Ornamental Plants in Pots and Tiny... CONTAINER GARDENING for Beginners - An Easy Guide to Grow Fresh Organic Vegetables and Ornamental Plants in Pots and Tiny Spaces (Hardcover)
Hannah Roses
R805 R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Save R106 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Aquaponics - How to Successfully Grow Aquaponic Plants (Hardcover): Celine Walker Aquaponics - How to Successfully Grow Aquaponic Plants (Hardcover)
Celine Walker
R640 R569 Discovery Miles 5 690 Save R71 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Gardener's Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening for Self-Sufficient Backyard Homesteaders (Hardcover): Elizabeth Grove The Gardener's Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening for Self-Sufficient Backyard Homesteaders (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Grove
R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Spirit of Gardening - Gardening for New Bees The life revealed through gardening! (Hardcover): Robin L Avant The Spirit of Gardening - Gardening for New Bees The life revealed through gardening! (Hardcover)
Robin L Avant
R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Practical Permaculture Project (Hardcover): Sophie Mckay The Practical Permaculture Project (Hardcover)
Sophie Mckay
R678 R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Save R71 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Grow Marijuana Indoors - 3 Manuscripts (Hardcover): Frank Spilotro How to Grow Marijuana Indoors - 3 Manuscripts (Hardcover)
Frank Spilotro
R1,205 R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Save R198 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Grow Marijuana Indoors and Outdoors - 6 Books in 1 (Hardcover): Frank Spilotro How to Grow Marijuana Indoors and Outdoors - 6 Books in 1 (Hardcover)
Frank Spilotro
R1,461 R1,214 Discovery Miles 12 140 Save R247 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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