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This step-by-step bonsai book shows you how to craft super mini
bonsai--the smallest form of bonsai! Miniature Bonsai reveals the
Japanese art of super-mini bonsai gardening. As rewarding as
full-scale bonsai cultivation is, mini bonsai is affordable,
straightforward to learn and kind to your busy schedule. It's a
complete gardening experience--a plant raised from seed or cutting,
carefully potted, grown and maintained over time--a world of green
in a pot no bigger than a demitasse or a thimble. From mixing the
right growing medium to choosing the perfect pot to displaying your
mini bonsai, this Japanese gardening book gives you basic
techniques and valuable tips to help you grow miniature: flowering
trees pines maples oaks junipers and other varieties of tiny trees
and potted plants that are readily available and last for years
With Miniature Bonsai you'll learn how to: Select plants that
thrive as mini bonsai Work with seeds and small cuttings Match the
right plant to the right pot Buy and prepare the growing medium
Maintain and drain your miniature bonsai Display and enjoy your
prized bonsai plants And much more! A pleasant pastime, a perfect
gift, a beautiful addition to spaces small and large--Miniature
Bonsai will show you how to make it happen.
Biochar, charcoal made from wood or another type of biomass, has
become the new darling of organic gardeners, embraced for its
outstanding abilities to enrich the soil and improve plant growth.
Gardening with Biochar is the first comprehensive guide to
understanding, making, and using it effectively in the home garden.
In this highly accessible handbook, long-time garden writer Jeff
Cox explains what biochar is and provides detailed instructions for
how it can be made at home, along with specific guidelines for
using it to enrich soil, prevent erosion, and enhance plant growth.
Now widely available at garden centers, biochar is also being
lauded for its ability to sequester carbon in the soil, making it
good for the health of the planet, as well as the plants.
Organic Gardening in Cold Climates can teach you how to reap a
vegetable bounty despite a short growing season. Gardeners from the
Rocky Mountains to New England can enjoy luscious red tomatoes,
fresh kale, and baby carrots chilled by the damp earth in their own
backyard. Perrin helps you plan your garden and shows you how to
plant, fertilize, water, mulch, and harvest -- without the use of
agricultural chemicals. Special sections explain companion
planting, season extenders, composting, natural pest and disease
control, saving seeds, and the French Intensive method of
gardening. You'll also find hints for cooking and preparing
vegetables, a list of cold climate seed suppliers, and sources for
further information. Includes 64 pen-and-ink drawings, index, 2
appendixes, and 4 charts.
The threat of global mass extinction of bees, and the alarming
decline in many native bird species, are key topics of discussion
today. The main causes of this situation is intensive cultivation
of monocultures, and the wide-scale use of pesticides, that in turn
lead to destruction of traditional habitats and the various food
sources they provide. We know that if just one species in a food
chain is lost - and thus no longer able to perform its particular
function - this will inevitably lead to the extinction of further
species, and a reduction in the stability and productivity of the
entire ecosystem. The preservation of biological diversity is
guaranteed only if pollinators are able to survive - and each of us
can contribute to supporting and strengthening them by creating a
natural garden that welcomes and sustains these species, providing
what they need to flourish. The spirit and magic of a natural
garden stems from the fact that it is not created by human hands -
at least not in the usual sense, with a great deal of effort and
expenditure. A natural garden is about creating an ecologically
balanced slice of nature - one that is not shaped by external
forces, but works with what is already there. Turn your garden into
a wildlife wonderland - and help to save the environment!
This title features organic gardening hints, tips and folklore from
yesteryear, from companion planting to compost, with 150 glorious
photographs. Tried and tested methods for today's organic gardener,
helping to rediscover the wisdom born of an understanding of nature
and the natural rhythms of the seasons. It covers all types of
garden, including cottage gardens, orchards, hedgerows, kitchen
gardens and herb gardens, as well as a range of plants, from
flowers to topiary. It includes traditional techniques for sowing,
planting and harvesting, as well as age-old methods for controlling
pests and diseases, feeding the soil and caring for tools.
Practical projects include creating a bee and butterfly garden,
establishing woodland bulbs, making a scarecrow, collecting your
own seed, and growing fruit in pots. It also features many ancient
folk methods, such as planting by the moon and companion planting.
It is illustrated with 150 beautiful, inspirational photographs.
The skill of gardening and nurturing the land is as old as time.
For gardeners everywhere there can be no greater pleasure than
watching a tiny seed thrive, and to witness plants blooming and
fruiting. This inspirational book offers practical advice for every
gardener, whether your interest is in growing healthy vegetables,
fruit-filled trees, a beautiful flower garden or a delightfully
fragrant herb garden. The book contains a wealth of traditional
gardening hints and tips, from understanding the importance of
age-old crop rotation to creating perfect compost and feeding the
soil. There is helpful advice on basic skills such as sowing and
planting, and invaluable information on developing natural, organic
defences against pests and diseases. You can discover the folklore
and wisdom of yesteryear to bring natural balance, glorious scent
and stunning flowers to your garden.
This title offers 101 practical ideas and projects for stress-free,
low-maintenance senior gardening, shown step by step in more than
500 photographs. It presents ideas and inspiration for older
gardeners wanting to keep healthy and active in the garden for
years to come. It considers the practical decisions that are
required in any garden, strategies to cater for individual
disabilities, and sensory features to stimulate sight, sound,
smell, touch and taste. It explains how different types of garden,
such as flower gardens and fruit and vegetable gardens, can be
designed for good access, low-maintenance and ease of care, as well
as creative impact and productivity. An extensive plant directory
is packed with easy-care options for all types of garden. It
features accessible techniques, step-by-step projects, garden plans
and over 500 photographs. You can discover how easy it is to carry
on gardening into and way beyond retirement. This book shows how to
plan a garden that is suitable for older people. It gives an
overview of plants that will stimulate all five senses, and covers
flower and herb gardens, fruit and vegetable gardens, and gardens
with flexible features, such as containers, upright structures and
raised beds, and indoor gardens. There is an extensive directory of
planting ideas, each with an ease-of-maintenance rating. The book
will give all enthusiasts, whatever their age, the wherewithal to
carry on gardening and enjoying their outside space for as long as
it gives them pleasure - forever.
Hydroponics offers many advantages to traditional soil-based
horticulture. These include greater control over many of the
limiting factors, such as light, temperature, and pests, as well as
the ability to grow plants in all seasons. With instruction from
one of the top recognized authorities worldwide, Hydroponics for
the Home Grower gives you step-by-step guidance on how to grow
tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, arugula, bok choy,
and various herbs year-round within your home or in a backyard
greenhouse. Read an Interview with Dr. Resh here With Dr. Howard
Resh's help, you'll learn: Background information on how
hydroponics evolved The nutritional and environmental demands of
plants and how to control these factors How to provide formulations
of nutrients optimal to the plants you wish to grow The many
different hydroponic systems you can purchase or build for yourself
Designs for different types of greenhouses with components to fit
your personal taste and budget Crop selection and step-by-step
procedures, including seeding, transplanting, training, pest and
disease control, and harvesting-along with when to plant and when
to change crops How you can grow microgreens on your kitchen
counter The book includes an appendix with sources of seeds and
other supplies, along with helpful websites and lists of books,
articles, and conferences on growing hydroponically and caring for
your crops. By following the guidelines in this book, you'll
understand everything you need to know to get your home-growing
operation up and running in no time.
Advice involves immediate 'rapid-response' actions to initiate
containment along with preventative strategies, measures for
control and monitoring requirements post-control. The manual
responds to the GB Non-Native Species Strategy and deals with over
40 species which have been selected from plants listed in Schedule
9 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) for the
UK; invasive alien species of EU concern (as per EU IAS Regulation
1143/2014); and other noteworthy species of the urban environment,
for example butterfly-bush (buddleia). Each species account
includes: a brief description on ecology and identification with
corresponding photographs; a distribution map for the British and
Irish Isles; immediate actions that can be taken once identified;
pathways of spread; lifespan; seed-production age; seed longevity;
growth rate; a 'schematic' of the life-cycle aimed at assisting the
determination of schedules for survey and treatment; prevention and
rapid-response measures; tables of control, management and
herbicide treatment linked to decision-making flow diagrams;
waste-disposal requirements; revegetation post-management; and
continued monitoring. Key references to published data and links to
appropriate websites are also included.
"Lasagna Gardening With Herbs"
Lasagna gardening is sweeping the nation, as more and more
gardeners discover this simple, sensible method of creating healthy
soil for easy-care gardens. Pat Lanza's organic, commonsense
approach takes the backbreaking labor out of preparing and planting
an aromatic, delicious, and low-maintenance herb garden. Discover
Pat's homegrown methods for using more than 50 favorite herbs in
recipes, making herbal wreaths and delicious herbal teas, and
growing and using edible flowers.
"From the first paragraph of "Lasagna Gardening with Herbs" to the
last, I felt as though I had finally found my soil sister. Pat
Lanza writes and gardens with knowledge, passion, and a pioneer
spirit. Her easy-to-implement tips, combined with her encyclopedic
wisdom about plants and soil, make her book indispensable to both
beginning and advanced gardeners."--Sharon Lovejoy, contributing
editor of "Country Living Gardener," a "New York Times" syndicated
contributor, and author of numerous books, including "Trowel &
Error"
"If Pat Lanza sometimes has dirty fingernails, it's because she's a
writer with the hands-on, dig-in-the-dirt passion of a gardener.
When she writes about gardening methods, you know she's tried them.
And with her discovery of lasagna gardening, she's managed to make
it easier for all of us."--Walter Chandoha, animal and garden
photographer and author and illustrator of more than 25 books,
including "The Literary Gardener"
"Pat Lanza is the only one I know who turns the world upside down
when she gardens. She starts with the basics-- dirt first! Her
philosophy is that if you do it right from the garden up and make
it fun and easy, the garden willdo the rest."--Jim Long, columnist
for" The Herb Companion" and" The Herb Quarterly" magazines and
author of books on herbs and history
"Pat Lanza is a true renaissance woman, always inventing new ways
to tackle old tasks. One day she decided to try her lasagna method
of soil improvement with herbs. Did it work? Of course! Her small
garden produced prodigious harvests of delicious aromatic herbs!
"Carpe diem"!"--Jim W. Wilson, horticulturist and author of
numerous books, including "Jim Wilson's Container Gardening"
"About the Author"
Patricia Lanza is a lifelong gardener, a popular speaker, and the
proprietor of the Potager, a garden gift shop and cafe in
Wurtsboro, New York. Her first book about her time-saving garden
methods," Lasagna Gardening," won the prestigious Quill and Trowel
Award from the Garden Writers Association of America.
Revitalise your recipes with the joys and satisfaction of foraged
ingredients from your garden and beyond. In high-end restaurants
and in the home, more and more cooks have unearthed the pleasures
of using natural, foraged ingredients. But, what few realise is
that you don't necessarily have to go rootling in hedgerows or
woodlands to find them. Many of our own gardens contain an
abundance of edible and medicinal plants, grown mainly for their
ornamental appearance. Most gardeners are completely unaware that
what they have actually planted is a rather exotic kitchen garden.
The Garden Forager explores over 40 of the most popular garden
plants that have edible, medicinal or even cosmetic potential,
accompanied by recipes, remedies, and interesting facts, and
illustrated throughout in exquisite watercolours by Lizzie Harper.
This beautifully illustrated book redefines how we look at our
gardens and unleashes the unknown potential of everyday plants -
making it a must-have for anyone interested in gardening, cooking,
or foraging. 'jammed full of fascinating garden lore, culinary
history and clever recipes' Susan Low, Delicious
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