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Dig into eco-gardening and cultivate your green thumb. Discover how
to care for the planet while you care for your garden. This is your
no-fuss guide to planet-friendly gardening. Do you want a beautiful
and productive garden that won't cost the earth but don't know
where to start? This wildlife gardening book for beginners will
introduce you to all aspects of sustainable gardening. It includes
a wide selection of recommended plants including trees, climbers,
and wildflowers, to help encourage local biodiversity in your
garden. Whether you're growing in pots on your patio or have a
fully-fledged garden, this organic gardening book explores
everything you need to know to create your own eco-garden. Discover
how to minimise garden waste and make soil-building compost. Learn
how to do your bit to reduce your carbon footprint and make a
positive contribution to slowing down climate change. You don't
have to be a horticulture expert to get started, this indispensable
reference book will take you through every single step! It
includes: - Tips on how to turn your outdoor space into a refuge
for local wildlife - Packed with practical, jargon-free know-how
and simple gardening techniques - Easy-to-follow format to help
grow your gardening knowledge Let It Grow! Gorgeous, full-colour
photography provides plenty of inspiration and
environmentally-friendly ideas. Expert tips and step-by-step
instructions on every page guide you on how to be more sustainable
and why it's important. Grow Eco Gardening covers everything you
need to work in harmony with nature. It's the perfect book for
beginner gardeners who want to do their bit for the climate.
Complete the Series: Make your green-fingered dreams a reality with
the Grow series from DK. Learn how to brighten up even the
trickiest areas in Grow Containers, or discover how to prune your
garden in Grow Pruning & Training. Alternatively, there are
more titles to explore such as Grow Easy Veg and Grow Houseplants.
Millions of people are interested in natural and holistic health,
yet many are missing out on the key ingredient: Nature itself!
Rekindle your connection with the earth as you craft your own
herbal medicine with 75 delicious recipes and powerful healing
remedies. Herbalists Rosalee de la Foret and Emily Han expertly
guide you through the benefits of two dozen of the most important
and commonly found wild plants-many of which you can easily grow in
your own garden, if foraging isn't right for you. Detailed
illustrations and beautiful photography ensure that you won't make
a plant-identification misstep as you learn how to tend and
properly harvest the plant medicine growing right in your own
neighborhood. After reading Wild Remedies, you'll never look at
your backyard, a public park, or any green space in the same way
again. Instead of "weeds," you'll see delicious foods like
Dandelion Maple Syrup Cake, Nettle Frittata, and Chickweed Pesto.
You will revel in nature's pharmacy as you make herbal oils,
salves, teas, and many more powerful remedies in your own kitchen.
With growing consumer awareness about the dangers of garden
chemicals, readers can turn to "The Organic Gardener's Handbook Of
Natural Pest and Disease Control" as the most reliable and
comprehensive guide on the garden shelf. Rodale has been the
category leader in organic methods for decades, and this thoroughly
updated edition features the latest science-based recommendations
for battling garden problems. With all-new photos of common and
recently introduced pests and plant diseases, readers can quickly
identify whether they've discovered garden friend or foe and what
action, if any, they should take. No other reference includes a
wider range of methods for growing and maintaining an organic
garden. The plant-by-plant guide features symptoms and solutions
for 200 popular plants, including flowers, vegetables, trees,
shrubs, and fruits. The insect-and-disease encyclopaedia includes a
photo identification guide and detailed descriptions of damage
readers may see. The extensive coverage of the most up-to-date
organic control techniques and products, presented in order of
lowest impact to most intensive intervention, makes it easy to
choose the best control.
What is Buddhism? According to Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto
Shiro, the answer lies in neither Ch'an nor Zen; in neither the
Kyoto school of philosophy nor the non-duality taught in the
Vimalakirti Sutra. Hakamaya contends that "criticism alone is
Buddhism." This volume introduces and analyzes the ideas of
"critical Buddhism" in relation to the targets of its critique and
situates those ideas in the context of current discussions of
postmodern academic scholarship, the separation of the
disinterested scholar and committed religious practitioner, and the
place of social activism within the academy. Essays critical of the
received traditions of Buddhist thought-many never before
translated-are presented and then countered by the work of
respected scholars, both Japanese and Western, who take contrary
positions.
Brighten your garden all year round with a wide variety of bulbs.
Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Bulbs contains everything you
need to bring year-round colour into your garden with bulbs. Learn
how to plant, care for, and divide your bulbs, create stunning
displays including naturalistic drifts and eye-catching containers,
and choose from a huge range of bulbs, corms, and tubers with the
book's handy seasonal directory. Packed with practical, jargon-free
know-how, this easy-to-use guide has everything you need to know to
help your garden Grow.
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