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Would your garden, small or large, in town or country, win a prize? Is there room for improvement? Everybody has favourite plants, but the ability to put them all together to ensure a splendid show throughout the year is a skill that must be acquired. The Well-Chosen Garden will guide you to making the most of your available space, help you avoid untimely gaps, colour clashes and many other pitfalls of garden planning.

In this gardening classic, the forever adventurous Christopher Lloyd takes us on a tour through the garden, to encourage, to reveal and to overturn the old and accepted when experience prompts him. He advises on cuttings, pruning, the art of compromise and takes another look at Miss Jekyll. Gardening was a passion, and throughout his life, he developed Great Dixter to be one of Britain's greatest gardens.

Kindred means “tribe” or “family”, and at a time when we’ve lost many of the rhythms that connect us meaningfully to the human experience, The Kindred Life offers an invitation to cultivate a life of rich simplicity in the midst of difficult circumstances. In this collection of stories, photos, recipes, and gathering ideas from her home on Kindred Farm in Santa Fe, Tennessee, organic farmer Christine Bailey shares the moments that have shaped, challenged, and changed her.

Journalist and self-proclaimed “crappy gardener” Tamar Haspel is on a mission: to show us that raising or gathering our own food is not as hard as it’s often made out to be. When she and her husband move from Manhattan to two acres on Cape Cod, they decide to adopt a more active approach to their diet: raising chickens, growing tomatoes, even foraging for mushrooms and hunting their own meat. They have more ambition than practical know-how, but that’s not about to stop them from trying…even if sometimes their reach exceeds their (often muddy) grasp.

An altogether different kind of book on English gardens - the first of its kind - a look at the history of England’s magnificent gardens as a history of Britain itself, from the 17th-century gardens of Charles II to those of Prince Charles today.

Public Gardens and Livable Cities uses a prescriptive approach to synthesize a range of public, private, and nonprofit initiatives from municipalities throughout the country. In doing so, the authors examine the initiatives from a practical perspective to identify how they were implemented, their sustainability, the obstacles they encountered, the impact of the initiatives on their populations, and how they dealt with the communities' underlying social problems.

Greenhouses give newbies the best way to practice their own gardening without worrying about external factors and the soil quality. The book discusses how to get started and how you don't have to be an architect to have your own greenhouse built. This book will help you create your own planting beds, how to design your greenhouse, and how to manage different climatic plants. You'll learn how to grow everything from herbs to vegetables and various fruits.

Imagine walking out of your back door, greeted by a beautiful garden full of flowers, and even more important: Food! No more grocery shopping for GMO and pesticide grown vegetables, but your own, organic and nutritious vegetables and fruits for a healthy family. The truth is, traditional gardening can be hard, extremely hard. But what if there is a better strategy one that eliminates many of the challenges that traditional planting brings to the table? Meet raised bed gardening - gardening that uses less space, is controlled, and is easily accessible.

Ahórrate más de la mitad de los problemas con los que tienen que lidiar la mayoría de los agricultores principiantes y avanzados. Hay una variedad de razones por las que la gente se está dedicando a la agricultura en tal cantidad. La primera es que se puede asegurar la calidad y la nutrición de tus frutas y verduras. También se mantiene el control sobre dónde y cómo se producen para que sepas que son seguras. Además, la agricultura casera puede ahorrarte mucho dinero.

Do you want to learn how to transform your household waste into black gold-dust? Do you feel the need to be more environmentally responsible? This beginners guide will break down vermiculture in an easy-to-understand and apply manner, so that you can get started right after listening. Geoff makes this environmentally responsible hobby so simple that even a 5 year-old could start worm composting!

The psilocybin mushrooms are known to be magic mushrooms for a reason; they are highly effective in bringing out of this world user experiences whether used for psychedelic, edible, research, or medicinal purposes! And what better way to have a steady supply of these magic mushrooms than to grow your very own! Indeed, growing your own is hard work but the entire process is incredibly fun and rewarding!

When we think of gardening, what we often see in our heads is a man or a woman on all fours crouched over a plot of dirt. They dig a hole, place in a seed or even a whole plant which they have bought, close it up, and there you go. Or, maybe, we think of gardening in line with farming and we picture the same thing.

Have you considered organic gardening but don't know where to start? Are you interested in growing fruits and vegetables in your backyard? This audiobook will teach you everything you need to know about mini farming, from the planning stage right up to bringing in your first harvest. Being self-sustainable and growing your own food has many benefits that you can now reap. So, use the tips given here and start working on your garden. With a little effort and consistency on your part, you will soon see your plants give you healthy and delicious produce.

In his debut book, Martin Summer aims to help listeners find nature in an urban world. He discusses how our modern lives differ from the lifestyles of our ancestors. He then proceeds to cover six big problems of urbanization and their destructive impact on our lives. Practical solutions follow each discussed danger. In the next part of the book, the author reveals what connecting with nature means in today's world and why it's possible to do so even in a big city. He discusses the tricky subject of finding a compromise between technology and nature.

The truth is that not everyone can grow cannabis outdoors. Nowadays, people choose to grow their weed indoors where they can enjoy privacy and the discretion of cultivating the best cannabis strains within the safe confines of their homes. You may be thinking – indoors or outdoors? The good news is that there is a large variety of top strains of cannabis that can be cultivated with ease indoors.

Have you ever been to a lush old forest and wondered how those majestic trees and thick bushes grow so happily without any help...while your garden threatens to die out within weeks if you don't feed your plants with chemical fertilizers? Well, nature is wise. A forest fertilizes itself with dead leaves and grass and all kinds of organic materials that turn into delightfully nutritious compost. It contains the exact nutrients that plants need for healthy growth - without the weird (and expensive) chemicals that contaminate the soil.

In The Backyard Garden: A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Sufficient Mini Farming, you’ll learn everything you need to get started on your journey toward full self-sufficiency.

You are about to discover how to develop a highly productive garden that supplies you with fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables all year round by leveraging the power of greenhouse gardening and hydroponics! Now more than ever, people are increasingly looking for efficient ways of growing fruits and vegetables – ways that are not at the mercy of the environment; ways they can create ideal environmental conditions for growth of plants within the growing area even when the surrounding is hostile or unsuitable for such plants.

Imagine growing any plant without the need for soil. Imagine being able to better manage the spaces of your garden by increasing the number of plants that grow there. Imagine breeding vegetables and fish at the same time. All this is not only possible, but it is also elementary, thanks to this step-by-step guide, consisting of three books.

It’s no secret that, as the global population keeps growing steadily, food and other resources like space (land) and finances are becoming scarcer. The traditional systems of agriculture have been getting more and more obsolete by the day due to the scarcity of some of these factors (space, water, labor, time, and finances) and individuals and communities are struggling to find sustainable alternatives to feed themselves, make money off farming, or even indulge in their “agri-hobbies”.