Название: Gardens for All Seasons
Автор: Mary Horsfall
Издательство: CSIRO Publishing
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 55 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Gardens for All Seasons is a gardening lifestyle book by bestselling author Mary Horsfall, celebrating the role of gardens in our lives and advising on the timing of jobs in the gardening year throughout Australia. Monthly chapters include topics such as planning, bushfire preparation, watering, pot plant care, mulching, weeding, fertilising, pruning, propagating, pest control, what to plant for different climate zones and what garden venues and events to visit. Mary details her own gardening year, including jobs done, fruits and vegetables harvested, food cooked based on the harvest, what was in flower and wildlife observations – all on a month by month basis. Each chapter includes a special topic of the month, such as fun for kids in the garden, biodiversity, manipulating microclimate, and fragrance and first aid. Covering both edible and decorative gardens, and including colour photographs as well as some of Mary’s own recipes, Gardens for All Seasons is sure to please all types of gardeners.

Название: Ultimate Garden Projects
Автор: Editor Teresa Conway
Издательство: Future PLG
Год выхода: 2022
Страниц: 132
Формат: True PDF
Качество: хорошее
Язык: английский
Размер: 37,7 MB

The beauty of gardening is that there is something new to see and do in each and every season. Whether that’s tending to a brimming pot of hyacinths and daffodils in spring or knocking up some incredible DIY furniture to add extra seating to your summer patio. Even autumn and winter have their own special jobs, despite the traditional ‘peak’ season coming to a close. The leaves changing and falling gives you the opportunity to make leaf mould, which can be used as a soil improver in the years ahead. And, of course, winter means it’s time to get festive with decorations made from foliage. So, have a look inside and find a fun project to do in the garden, no matter the time of year...

Название: Backyard Chickens' Guide to Coops and Tractors: Planning, Building, and Real-Life Advice
Автор: David Thiel
Издательство: Betterway Home
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 13 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Keeping chickens isn't just for farms! The backyard chicken revolution has coops popping up in neighborhoods all over. Home-raised chickens provide a great source of superior, organic eggs that are as close as your backyard. Chickens also make good pets and provide free fertilizer—and lots of fun. Backyard Chickens Guide offers plans and photos for 16 custom coops built by real chicken owners, (including three portable designs known as tractors). Read their stories and learn from their experiences, then head out to the backyard to start your own flock.

Название: Cut Flower Growing: A Beginner's Guide to Planning, Planting and Styling Cut Flowers, No Matter Your Space
Автор: Marianne Slater
Издательство: Hardie Grant
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 34 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Cut Flower Growing will show you how to grow and harvest your own cut flowers at home, no-matter your space or skill-level. Split into three sections: Planning & Preparing, From Seed to Cutting and Creating with Blooms, this book takes you through the very basics of cut flower growing: how to plan your space and what you want to grow, what varieties to look for as well as feature some essential tips and tricks for maintaining healthy plants. Featuring simple ideas on how you can enjoy the spoils of your hard work with 12 beautifully inspiring, seasonal and stylish cut-flower arranging projects this stunning guide provides all the information you need to get started with your own cutting garden.

Название: The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, 2nd Edition
Автор: Lynn Byczynski
Издательство: Chelsea Green Publishing
Год: 2008
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 28 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers helped thousands of small growers start successful cut-flower businesses. This expanded and thoroughly revised second edition has become equally influential for backyard novices and experienced growers alike. This updated edition also includes revised profiles of successful growers, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the operation of some of the most cutting-edge flower farmers in the country. Because of the extensive revisions and enhanced content, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition is essential reading for those already in the flower business, as well as those who dream of growing flowers for enjoyment or profit.

Название: Amish Garden: A Year In The Life Of An Amish Garden
Автор: Laura Anne Lapp
Издательство: Good Books
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 53 Мб
Язык: английский / English

An Amish Garden: A Year in the Life of an Amish Garden takes you to six working Amish gardens, from January through December. Matchless photos show the garden asleep, the Amish women putting together their orders for seeds, the preparation of the soil, parents and children planting, the emerging plants, the lush harvest, the food being preserved. This close-up of a world seldom seen shows how the seasons and Amish life work rhythmically together. Laura Anne Lapp lives with her husband and three young sons in a tucked-away valley. Gardening is simply the highpoint of her year. Step apart and enter this pastoral world of hard work, sturdy families, the freshest of flowers and produce, all in harmony with the seasons.

Название: The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself
Автор: Carla Emery
Издательство: Sasquatch Books
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 32 Мб
Язык: английский / English

From craft culture to survivalists, preppers, homesteaders, urban farmers, and everyone in between there is a desire for a simpler way of life—a healthier, greener, more self-sustaining and holistic approach to modern life. The knowledge you need to survive and thrive off the grid is at your fingertips in The Encyclopedia of Country Living, the best-selling resource for the homesteading movement. With its origins in the back-to-the-land effort of the late 1960s, Carla Emery’s landmark book has grown into a comprehensive guide to building your sustainable country escape haven, while lowering your carbon footprint in the process. The 40th anniversary edition offers up-to-date and detailed information on the fundamentals of topics like homegrown food; raising chickens, goats, and pigs; beekeeping; food preservation; mail-order supply sourcing; foraging; and much, much more (even how to deliver a baby)—everything you need to lead a self-sufficient lifestyle in the 21st century.

Название: The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening: How to Grow an Abundance of Herbs, Vegetables and Fruit in Small Spaces
Автор: Mark Ridsdill Smith
Издательство: Chelsea Green Publishing
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 82 Мб
Язык: английский / English

From the creator of the wildly popular website "Vertical Veg" and with over 200k people in his online community of growers, comes the complete guide to growing delicious fruit, vegetables, herbs, and salad in containers, pots, and more--in any space, from window boxes to garden yards, no matter how small! If you long to grow your own tomatoes, zucchini, or strawberries, but thought you didn't have enough space, Mark Ridsdill Smith, aka the "Vertical Veg Man," will show you how to make the most of walls, balconies, patios, arches, and windowsills. Ridsdill Smith has spent over ten years teaching people to grow bountiful, edible crops in all kinds of containers in small spaces. With quick, proven results from his own tests, failures, and successes, Mark will show you how gardening in containers is not just a hobby, but a way of creating a significant amount of delicious, low-cost, high nutrition food.

Название: Овощеводство
Автор: Г.И. Тараканов, В.Д. Мухин, К.А. Шуин идр.; Под ред. Г.И. Тараканова и В.Д. Мухина
Издательство: М.: КолосС
Год: 2003 - 2-е изд., перераб. и дополн.
Cтраниц: 472
Формат: pdf
Размер: 52 мб
Язык: русский

Приведены классификация, биологические особенности и происхождение овощных растений. Рассмотрены технологии выращивания овощных культур в защищенном и открытом грунте. Овощеводство — отрасль растениеводства, занимающаяся производством овощей — сочных органов (плодов, корневых образований, клубней, луковиц, листьев, стеблей, соцветий) однолетних, мало- и многолетних травянистых растений, употребляемых в пищу в сыром и переработанном виде, а также съедобных грибов. Второе издание (первое вышло в 1993 г.) переработано и дополнено - описаны новые сорта, пестициды и т. п. Для студентов вузов, обучающихся по агрономическим специальностям.

Название: Все о саде и огороде. 500 самых важных вопросов, 500 самых полных ответов
Автор: Ганичкина О., Ганичкин А.
Издательство: М.: Оникс
Год: 2008
Cтраниц: 416
Формат: pdf
Размер: 68 мб
Язык: русский

Каждый у кого есть дачный участок, время от времени нуждается в опытном советчике. Как подобрать почву и удобрения? Как правильно посадить цветущие и плодово-ягодные культуры? Как использовать плоды своего труда в кулинарии и косметологии? Эта книга ответит на множество вопросов садоводов и огородников – как начинающих, так и опытных.