The Backyard Gardener: Simple, Easy, and Beautiful Gardening With Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers

• Autore: Orzel Kelly
• Pubblicazione: Lyons Press
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 635.987
• Soggetto topico: Flower gardening; Herb gardening; Organic gardening; Vegetable gardening
• Nota di contenuto: Gardening from the ground up -- Propagation and planting techniques -- Organic growing practices -- Sowing and growing -- Herbs and flowers -- The garden calendar.
• Sommario/riassunto: A beautiful and simple guide to edible gardeningThe "garden to table" movement is inspiring another generation of gardeners but many of them have questions. How important is composting? Is seed saving really worth it? Focusing on sustainable, organic growing practices and plants, The Backyard Gardener is a comprehensive handbook that will help get them started. Kelly Orzel covers everything from soil selection to growing and harvesting. Sidebars such as "garden center survival tips" offer useful advice to help readers build their confidence and know-how. This guide also features photographs of beautiful plant bed designs, propagation techniques, and much more.
• Titolo autorizzato: The backyard gardener
• ISBN: 1-4930-2658-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910160319703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II