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Storey Publishing
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2024.
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"The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food is a one-stop reference for all the key information food gardeners need to grow a healthy, bountiful garden. The book features a comprehensive companion planting guide and an in-depth review of the most effective organic pest control practices, including recipes for how to make your own pest deterrent sprays"--
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If you have only a small space that is available for you to do some gardening then this eBook by Janice Gladwell, 'Small Space Gardening', is for you. It will guide you through the various containers you can use to plant small, medium sized and larger plants. It gives you information about the kinds of small space gardens you can have, types of soil among other topics and even has a segment on keeping pests at bay. If you live in an apartment, flat...
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Cet ouvrage sur les champignons de couche est paru à l'origine en 1871. Il constitue un véritable traité sur leur culture et vente avec une mine d'informations au sujet qui sont toujours pratiques et utiles aujourd'hui. Recommandé au maraîcher professionnel tout comme le petit jardinier. Table des matières : Introduction ; Vocabulaire ; Mode de formation et de reproduction du champignon ; L'agaric comestible ou champignon de couche ; Culture...
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“Home Gardener's Garden Pests & Diseases” is the essential guide to identifying, targeting, and banishing common pests and diseases from the garden. All gardeners know the disappointment of finding their flowers nibbled, or their prized produce riddled with rust. Armed with this essential guide, you can stop the destruction.
Get acquainted with all the common pests and diseases that afflict ornamentals, vegetables, fruits, and houseplants, and...
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-"Wholesale food prices rose last month by the most in 36 years, and experts can't say how high they'll ultimately go."(Penn State© Live: April 4, 2011)-"Studies estimate that processed food in the United States travels over 1,300 miles, and fresh produce travels over 1,500 miles, before being consumed."-A well-known financial consultant says food prices are skyrocketing now.-The United States has two weeks' worth of stored grain.-Providing for your...
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When someone wants to start growing cannabis, they may be filled with questions: Is it legal? Can it be done inside or outside? It is hard to grow? In this book, you'll find a clear, step-by-step manual to the world of marijuana. Longtime licensed Oregon-based medical-grower Alicia Williamson explains the entire process from choosing seeds or clones to proper curing and storage of harvest. You'll also find:
Information on the legality of growing....
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The Gardener's Guide to Gardening Tools serves as a primer of hand and power tools, for the beginner or veteran gardener. Basic information about most home garden tools such as trowels, pruners and shovels are included as well as some information about garden tillers, weed eaters and blower/vacuums. Garden maintenance is much easier if you have the right tool for the job. Use the Gardener's Guide to Gardening Tools as a primer on yard and garden equipment...
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How to recycle household waste to make quality compost You don't need a science degree or a shed full of sophisticated equipment to make quality compost. What you need to get started is the know-how provided in this basic how-to book along a little elbow grease and the pile of organic materials you regularly throw away. Nature does the rest. Whether you live in the suburbs, country, or city, whether you have a garden or not, you can recycle household...
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Have you wanted to pick up a new hobby? How does saving a few dollars, and eating healthier sound? What if I told you could do all three, all at once? If this sounds good, then keep reading! Why garden, you ask? How about enjoying the best vegetables and fruit you've ever eaten? If you've never tasted garden-fresh food, you will be amazed by the sweet, juicy flavors and vibrant textures. There's absolutely nothing quite like fresh veggies, especially...
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The Magical Garden is a curious little book of magic, charms, spells, and bits of traditional and historical lore from and for magical gardens and the curious gardeners who tend to them. What gardener would not want to know the flower they were born under, the traditional magical meanings of bells and chimes, or the healing power of geraniums? Many of these nuggets of wisdom and magic have been handed down from Sophia's grandparents, who extensively...
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The Gardener's Guide to Starting Seeds is the complete guide to starting seeds. From direct sow to planting under grow lamps this guidebook provides loads of information about growing seeds. Information on LED, incandescent and fluorescent lighting as well. Storing SeedsThe guide also provides information about storing seeds. Most seeds will stay viable for several years, if stored properly.Saving SeedThose into saving seed will find valuable information...
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Discover the definitive guide to cultivating top-quality medicinal Cannabis in greenhouses with Agro4pro's cutting-edge manual. Backed by rigorously reviewed scientific research, this manual demystifies Cannabis cultivation, revealing it as just another crop in the hands of skilled farmers and gardeners.Introducing the Alternative to Organic (ATO) growing system, this guide ensures a consistent chemical profile for Cannabis, vital for patient reliability....
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If you are interested in growing African Violets this book is for you. It contains all the information needed for you to produce beautiful African violets. It tells you about lighting, temperature, soil, and water requirements. It also describes how to duplicate those African Violet plants you love and how to develop new varieties that are all your own.
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Snails and slugs are a huge garden nuisance. They can vastly change the scope of a garden in just one night of foraging. This book truly gives you 29 ways you can get rid of those snails and slugs that tend to devour your garden. Most of these ways are easy to use and inexpensive. Don't wait until they eat everything you planted. Find out how to get rid of them now.
18) All that grows
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"A boy discovers he has much to learn while observing plants with his older sister -- a story about cultivating patience and letting knowledge grow. As a boy walks around the neighborhood with his older, green-thumbed sister, she tells him all about the plants they see -- magnolias that smell like lemon cake, quince trees that will bloom the most beautiful red, daffodils that are the flower of Mother's Day, and even dandelions, whose greens can be...
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* Imagine que usted está en un parque, en el campo o en la montaña y un árbol le llama la atención. Le gustaría conocer su nombre, pero...
* ¿Cómo se puede reconocer un árbol? ¿Existe algún método? ¿Tal vez alguna regla? ¿Hay al menos algún procedimiento práctico?
* Sí. Cada especie tiene unas hojas características, una estructura particular, e incluso las flores y los frutos tienen ciertos rasgos específicos.
* En las páginas...
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Gardener's Guide to Full Sun Perennials includes the best nineteen perennial herbaceous plants for the outdoor flower garden. This guide book includes cultural information for plants you can plant outside in the home garden to provide you with beautiful flowers. Using this guide book you will discover the best flowers that come back year after year and are good grown in full sun. The Table of Contents includes a list of perennial flowers included...