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Unleash the potential of your yard by transforming it into a
beautiful and vibrant space offering a continuous supply of food
Journey into the good food movement by unleashing the potential of
your yard, transforming it into a beautiful and vibrant space that
offers a continuous supply of food. Using dozens of beautiful color
photographs and watercolor planting charts, infographics, and
landscaping designs, Your Edible Yard is the comprehensive how-to
guide you need to turn your yard into a bountiful feast. It
features: Practical gardening methods and maintenance from weeding
to wintering, including foodscaping, container gardening, and
saving seeds Permaculture principles including soil building
techniques, garden preparation, raised beds, and natural/non-toxic
DIY pesticide alternatives How to integrate culinary and medicinal
herbs, edible flowers, mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, and wild
edibles Gardening resources: where to go for help, buy seeds, and
source supplies on a budget Instructions on preserving, fermenting,
freezing, drying, and making simple medicines General tips, such as
how to find loopholes in laws preventing edible front yards.
Whether you're a beginner or experienced gardener in the city, the
suburbs, or the country, this manual is the A-Z guide for how to
make use of the space you have, highlighting the colorful and
abundant array that edible landscapes promise.
Fertilize your garden naturally--a guide to growing your plants in
healthy, happy soil People want to know where their food comes
from, who grows it and how it is grown. Interest in permaculture,
backyard composting, and gardening in general, is growing. So how
does the budding gardener ensure that his soil is healthy and
nutrient-rich enough to support all the produce he intends to grow?
Here's a hint--think worms! Vermiculture is the healthiest and most
cost-effective way to ensure that your soil receives the
nourishment that it needs. A simple vermicompost bin can produce
the completely natural , nutrient-rich fertilizer that can be used
to boost soil health and, in turn, increase your crop yield. In
true Crystal Stevens' fashion, Worms at Work is a practical,
easy-to-implement guide to fertilizing your garden naturally. It
discusses the vital role worms play in boosting soil health, and
the reasons why every gardener should use vermicompost in order to
decrease reliance on toxic synthetic fertilizers. Coverage
includes: Simple designs to build your own vermicompost bin Caring
for your worms Garden applications for your worm castings Lesson
plans to incorporate vermicomposting into the school science
curriculum Whether you're tending to a small backyard garden or
managing a large farm, Worms at Work can show you how to start
vermicomposting today in order to grow healthy plants in healthy,
happy soil. Crystal Stevens is the author of Grow Create Inspire
and has been co-manager of La Vista CSA Farm for the past 7 years.
She teaches regular Vermiculture 101 workshops.
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