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Books : Home & Garden : Gardening : Organic Gardening
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In the fourth River Cottage handbook, Mark Diacono tells us everything we need to know to create our own productive, organic garden, no matter where we live
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For generations, people in the countryside have kept chickens, mainly for the eggs. Focusing initially on the very first steps, this book goes on to deal with feeding and rearing chickens and covers matters relating to the health and disease.
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Tells the reader everything they need to know to create a forest garden.
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Includes * a detailed crop-by-crop guide to the growing year * dedicated chapters on growing for each season, including the 'hungry gap' * a sowing and harvesting calendar to help with planning.
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Bonus Chapter Included: Common Gardening Mistakes!
In this brief, but amazing book, you will find some incredible detail on organic gardening and on how you can save your veggies from harmful chemicals. You will learn what organic gardening really is and how it differs from the conventional ways of horticulture.
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It will share the reasons why organic methods are used
How organic gardening is sustainable
How using the natural process offer the greater benefits
Synthetic products
How to maintain viability and fertility
Further, you will find out about the top benefits to going organic and how it can benefit your health and how you can reduce your spending.
For example:
Healthy eating
Better exercise because horticulture brings you outdoors
How to save money
In addition to this, the book provides you with a host of illustration surrounding the certain topics. For example, it will depict actual pictures of harmful bugs, insects, and pesticides that are no good for the body. It goes into detail about some of the harmful effects and how to avoid them.
This illustrative book also includes some detail ways in which you can use the "act of" organic gardening as a mental way to escape and find peace & relaxation for those weary moments in your life. For example, you c
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Charles Dowding, who started the first vegetable box scheme in 1983, shares the philosophy, tips and techniques which have enabled him to run a successful organic garden supplying local restaurants and shops for over 25 years.
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As environmental issues move into the mainstream and the popularity of organic food increases, people are more aware than ever about the importance of the quality of the food they eat, as well as being more concerned about how food is produced.
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Looks at all aspects of polytunnel use from planning your purchase to harvesting the rewards, and includes a step-by-step guide detailing how polytunnels are put up and maintained.
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The One-Straw Revolution Paperback
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Brand New Item, Fast Dispatch
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Brand New Item, Fast Dispatch
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Sets out what you need to know in order to look after your garden. This title shows you how to care for wildlife, the environment and your own well-being. It shows you how to choose the right plants for the right place, and how to plant and care for flowers, trees, shrubs, fruit, vegetables and wild flowers.
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This beginner gardening brief is an excerpt from Vegetable Gardening 101. In about 20 pages, we cover common problems that home gardeners face each year and we look at easy, inexpensive ways to solve those problems without using toxic chemicals and pesticides. Topics include:
Challenges
• Diseases
• Too much/little water
o Drainage
o Irrigation
• Bugs
• Critters
• Climate /temps
Solutions
• Water Harvesting
o Rainwater
o Gray Water
o Runoff
• Strategic Planting
o Companions
o Intercropping
(Extended article, approximately 3000 words)
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Discusses various aspects of organic gardening. This book reveals the secrets of growing abundant flowers and vegetables, plants and produce while respecting the needs of the environment.
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Here is all the information you need for productive, healthy and tasty salads. Learn the subtleties of salad seasons and virtues of different leaves throughout the year.
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This beginner gardening brief is an excerpt from Vegetable Gardening 101 and Raised Bed Gardening 101. In about 25 pages we explore both the pros and cons of common gardening techniques.
We start with an overview of organic gardening, and then delve into positive and negative aspects of weeding, watering, mulching and using chemicals.
The perspective you’ll find in this booklet is somewhat unique. My hope is that it helps make gardening more enjoyable, easier and less intimidating for beginners.
Topics include:
Introduction
Organic Gardening: A Getting Started Guide
Pros & Cons of…
Weeds
Water
Mulch
Chemicals
(Extended article, approximately 4000 words)
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