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Gardening for Everyone is a sustainable guide to growing vegetables
in five simple steps: planning, building, planting, tending and
harvesting. With the same wisdom and stunning aesthetic as Simply
Living Well, Julia's beautiful new book is a guide to creating and
growing a garden simply and sustainably with profiles of essential
vegetables and herbs, ecological tips, and fun and creative
projects. Growing food in your backyard (or even on a porch or
windowsill!) is one of the simplest and most rewarding ways to
nourish yourself, be self-sufficient and connect with nature in a
hands-on way. Here sustainability expert Julia Watkins shares
everything you need to know to grow your own vegetables, fruits and
herbs, as well as wildflowers and other beneficial companion
plants. The book covers all the nuts and bolts of creating and
caring for your garden - planning, building, planting, tending and
harvesting - followed by a deeper dive into the plants themselves:
demystifying annuals vs. perennials, cold-weather vs. warm-weather
veggies, and profiles of favorite crops. Throughout, Julia offers
tips for creating an eco-friendly and sustainable garden (such as
vermicomposting, no-till 'lasagna' gardening, and attracting
pollinators), plus some fun and unexpected hands-on projects like
how to build a bean teepee, make wildflower seed paper, and enjoy
refreshing herbal lemonade ice pops.
Joel Morrow was editor of the journal Biodynamics for over thirty
years, in which he published regular 'biographies' of vegetables.
The 76 biographies in this book address all aspects of the
vegetables, including how to grow them, their climate of origin,
their transformation over time, and their nutritional and
therapeutic potential. Arranged alphabetically -- from Asian
Brassicas to Winter Squash -- this unique book is more than just a
gardening guide. Inspired by Rudolf Steiner's spiritual view of
nature, it offers a complete understanding of the vegetables,
revealing their inner characteristics and helping growers to
improve plant health and yields.
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