The conscientious gardener : cultivating a garden ethic / / Sarah Hayden Reichard ; foreword by Peter Raven

• Autore: Reichard Sarah H
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 635/.048
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable horticulture; Native plant gardening; Pests - Integrated control
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- INTRODUCTION. The Land Ethic -- CHAPTER ONE. The Skin of the Earth -- CHAPTER TWO. Water, Our Most Precious Resource -- CHAPTER THREE. Should You Go Native? -- CHAPTER FOUR. Aliens among Us -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Wild Kingdom -- CHAPTER SIX. Preventing and Managing Pests -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Confronting Climate Change -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose -- EPILOGUE. Toward a Garden Ethic -- Acknowledgments -- APPENDIX. Global List of Invasive Garden Plants -- Glossary -- Resources -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In his influential A Sand County Almanac, published at the beginning of the environmental movement in 1949, Aldo Leopold proposed a new ecological ethic to guide our stewardship of the planet. In this inspiring book, Sarah Hayden Reichard tells how we can bring Leopold's far-reaching vision to our gardens to make them more sustainable, lively, and healthy places. Today, gardening practices too often damage the environment: we deplete resources in our own soil while mining for soil amendments in far away places, or use water and pesticides in ways that can pollute lakes and rivers. Drawing from cutting edge research on urban horticulture, Reichard explores the many benefits of sustainable gardening and gives straightforward, practical advice on topics such as pest control, water conservation, living with native animals, mulching, and invasive species. The book includes a scorecard that allows readers to quickly evaluate the sustainability of their current practices, as well as an extensive list of garden plants that are invasive, what they do, and where they should be avoided.
• Altri titoli varianti: Cultivating a garden ethic
• Titolo autorizzato: The conscientious gardener
• ISBN: 1-283-27724-7; 9786613277244; 0-520-94728-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817764403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II