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Cool Springs Press
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English
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Create simple solutions for growing organic gardens! The word "hack" has a multitude of meanings these days, but if you ask garden author Shawna Coronado what a hack is, she might just wave her hand toward her own back yard. She could be pointing at the garden bench she created from leftover wood posts and a few cinder blocks, or the rows of wine bottles buried soldier-style along a winding pathway, or even the garden soil itself, which is blended...
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Kangaroo Press
Language
English
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A manual of practical permaculture, a step-by-step guide on how to assess and then design a permaculture garden of any size, whether it is a small inner-city balcony, a garden in the suburbs, or a large rural property. Included in this new edition are chapters on seedsaving, permaculture at work, integrated pest management, information about domestic as well as rural water usage, a non-destructive approach towards dealing with weeds and wildlife,...
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English
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Healthy gardens bursting with delicious organic vegetables are within everyone's reach, even if you have never opened a seed packet or staked a tomato. Barbara Pleasant's easy-to-follow garden plans include precise instructions on what to buy, where to plant, and how to care for your favorite vegetables." --Cover, p. 4.
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English
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Can you really have a productive garden without plowing, hoeing, weeding, cultivating, and all the other bothersome rituals that most gardeners suffer through every growing season? "Sure," says Ruth Stout, a prolific author and writer at 80 years young. The reason that Ruth can throw away her spade and hoe and do her gardening from a couch is a year-round mulch covering, 6 to 8 inches thick, that covers her garden like a blanket. Thousands of curious...
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Publisher
Permanent Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
No dig organic gardening saves time and work. It requires an annual dressing of compost to help accelerate the improvement in soil structure and leads to higher fertility and less weeds. No dig experts, Charles Dowding and Stephanie Hafferty, explain how to set up a no dig garden. They describe how to: Make compost, enrich soil, harvest and prepare food and make natural beauty and clean ing products and garden preparations. These approaches work as...
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Publisher
Familius LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"Tired of tilling your garden? Why till, when Mother Nature can do it for you, saving you time and money? Caleb Warnock, self-sufficiency expert provides a foolproof method to toss your tiller and have the best garden in the neighborhood. Armed with fifteen reasons you'll never have to till your garden again and still have the bumper crop that will be the envy of Farmer John, [This book] teaches a better, simpler way to garden"--Amazon.com.