Basic Gardening

Basic Gardening
Author: Jane McMorland Hunter
Publisher: Teach Yourself
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2010-07-30
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1444131540

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Teach Yourself - the world's leading learning brand - is relaunched in 2010 as a multi-platform experience that will keep you motivated to achieve your goals. Let our expert author guide you through this brand new edition, with personal insights, tips, energising self-tests and summaries throughout the book. Go online at www.teachyourself.com for tests, extension articles and a vibrant community of like-minded learners. And if you don't have much time, don't worry - every book gives you 1, 5 and 10-minute bites of learning to get you started. ""Basic Gardening"" features step-by-step guidelines to every aspect of garden care. It covers all the basics, taking nothing for granted, in addition to lots of information on areas of topical interest, such as how to save water during a drought period and how to compost. With straightforward guidelines for growing your own fruit and vegetables, ""Basic Gardening"" shows you how to turn a patch of muddy ground into an easily maintainable garden, whatever the size of your plot and however busy you are. From lawn care and watering to creating patios and growing vegetables, it is packed with easy-to-follow, practical advice.

Gardening with Nature - How to Grow Your Own Vegetables, Fruit and Flowers by Natural Methods

Gardening with Nature - How to Grow Your Own Vegetables, Fruit and Flowers by Natural Methods
Author: Leonard Wickenden
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1447498224

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“Gardening With Nature” is a classic guide to growing fruit, vegetables and flowers with a focus on using mainly natural means. With simple, step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams, this volume is ideal for the eco-friendly gardeners with little previous experience. Contents include: “Fundamentals”, “Preparing and Repairing the Soil”, “The Care of Seedlings”, “Beginning the Young Plant Through Infancy”, “Vegetables – What to Grow”, “Vegetables – How to Grow Them”, “The Flower Garden – The Lawn”, “Small Fruits”, “Large Fruits – Reclaiming Old Orchards”, “Herbs – How t Grow Them”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.