Growing Food In A Short Season
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Growing Food In A Short Season
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Author : Melanie Watts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Growing Food In A Short Season written by Melanie Watts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Organic gardening categories.
Those fortunate enough to live in northern climes celebrate the warm summers blessed with some of the longest days of anywhere on earth -- albeit for only a short season. This combination of a short temperate season and long hours of daylight presents a unique challenge for northern gardeners with hopes of harvesting before the autumn frosts arrive.Melanie J. Watts, long-time resident of the B.C. Peace Region and a Master Gardener, explains that with the right gardening practices the short northern summer can lead to an explosion of life, producing enough colour and food to see anyone through the dark days of winter. Providing helpful hints and wise gardening philosophy for a productive food garden, Watts begins at ground level with instruction on how to use compost and manure to create fertile soil that will lend its life to plants. A variety of seed options and planting methods are presented -- including start times and placement -- taking into account microclimates that occur in each garden as well as the benefits of companion planting. Additionally, plants that are easily grown in zones 2 and 3 are listed with concise how-to-grow information. Watts provides full chapters on garden maintenance and harvesting, as well as tips on cooking and preserving your bounty with great recipes that focus on eating seasonally. A gardening journey from the ground to the plate, Growing Food in a Short Season emphasizes success through working with nature and using sustainable, organic practices. Watts provides a valuable resource -- even for those gardeners who don't have to endure the seven long winter months of the Canadian north.
Growing Food In A Short Season
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Author : Melanie J Watts
language : en
Publisher: D & M Publishers
Release Date : 2014
Growing Food In A Short Season written by Melanie J Watts and has been published by D & M Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Gardening categories.
Those fortunate enough to live in northern climes celebrate the warm summers blessed with some of the longest days of anywhere on earth--albeit for only a short season. This combination of a short temperate season and long hours of daylight presents a unique challenge for northern gardeners with hopes of harvesting before the autumn frosts arrive. In Growing Food in a Short Season, Melanie J. Watts--long-time resident of the British Columbia Peace Region and a Master Gardener--explains that with the right gardening practices the short northern summer can lead to an explosion of life, producing enough color and food to see anyone through the dark days of winter. Providing helpful hints and wise gardening philosophy for a productive food garden, Watts begins at ground level with instruction on how to use compost and manure to create fertile soil that will lend its life to plants. A variety of seed options and planting methods are presented—including start times and placement—taking into account microclimates that occur in each garden as well as the benefits of companion planting. Additionally, plants that are easily grown in zones 2 and 3 are listed with concise how-to-grow information. Watts provides full chapters on garden maintenance and harvesting, as well as tips on cooking and preserving your bounty with great recipes that focus on eating seasonally. A gardening journey from the ground to the plate, Growing Food in a Short Season emphasizes success through working with nature and using sustainable, organic practices. Watts provides a valuable resource--even for those gardeners who don’t have to endure the seven long winter months of the north.
Homegrown Pantry
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Author : Barbara Pleasant
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-05-02
Homegrown Pantry written by Barbara Pleasant and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-02 with Gardening categories.
Now that you’ve mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up where beginning gardening books leave off, with in-depth profiles of the 55 most popular crops — including beans, beets, squash, tomatoes, and much more — to keep your pantry stocked throughout the year. Each vegetable profile highlights how many plants to grow for a year’s worth of eating, and which storage methods work best for specific varieties. Author Barbara Pleasant culls tips from decades of her own gardening experience and from growers across North America to offer planting, care, and harvesting refreshers for every region and each vegetable. Foreword INDIES Silver Award Winner GWA Media Awards Silver Award Winner
Grow Food For Free
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Author : Huw Richards
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2020-03-03
Grow Food For Free written by Huw Richards and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-03 with Gardening categories.
Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to grow his own fruit and veg for free for a year. He succeeded and now wants to help you do the same. Can't afford a raised bed? Try repurposing an old wooden pallet. Don't want to spend money on buying plants? Look in the fridge and your kitchen cupboards for food that you can plant. Need a particular tool? Barter or borrow from a neighbor. Don't have a garden? See if someone in your area has an untended patch you can turn into a well-loved veg plot. Huw's Grow Food for Free has the inspiration and practical advice you need to start, grow, love, propagate and harvest your own fruit and veg organically and at zero-cost. This is real sustainability!
No Dig
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Author : Charles Dowding
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2022-09-01
No Dig written by Charles Dowding and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-01 with Gardening categories.
Work in partnership with nature to nurture your soil for healthy plants and bumper crops - without back-breaking effort! Have you ever wondered how to transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden? Well now you can! By following the simple steps set out in No Dig, in just a few short hours you can revolutionise your vegetable patch with plants already in the ground from day one! Charles Dowding is on a mission to teach that there is no need to dig over the soil, but by minimising intervention you are actively boosting soil productivity. In fact, The less you dig, the more you preserve soil structure and nurture the fungal mycelium vital to the health of all plants. This is the essence of the No Dig system that Charles Dowding has perfected over a lifetime growing vegetables. So put your gardening gloves on and get ready to discover: - Guides and calendars of when to sow, grow, and harvest. - Inspiring information and first-hand guidance from the author - "Delve deeper" features look in-depth at the No Dig system and the facts and research that back it up. - The essential role of compost and how to make your own at home. - The importance of soil management, soil ecology, and soil health. Now one of the hottest topics in environmental science, this "wood-wide web" has informed Charles's practice for decades, and he's proven it isn't just trees that benefit - every gardener can harness the power of the wood-wide web. Featuring newly- commissioned step-by-step photography of all stages of growing vegetables and herbs, and all elements of No Dig growing, shot at Charles's beautiful market garden in Somerset, you too will be able to grow more veg with less time and effort, and in harmony with nature - so join the No Dig revolution today! A must-have volume for followers of Charles Dowding who fervently believe in his approach to low input, high yield gardening, as well as gardeners who want to garden more lightly on the earth, with environmentally friendly techniques like organic and No Dig.
Four Season Food Gardening
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Author : Misilla dela Llana
language : en
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Release Date : 2022-02-15
Four Season Food Gardening written by Misilla dela Llana and has been published by Cool Springs Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-15 with Gardening categories.
Four-Season Food Gardening hands you all the know-how you need to make growing food 365 days a year your new superpower! Unlike most other vegetable gardening books on the market, this one approaches the subject through the lens of what you can grow during each of the four seasons, even if you live in a cold climate. Using season-extension techniques, such as cold frames, mini hoop houses, and thick mulches, combined with a thoughtful mixture of annual and perennial crops, you’ll discover that eating from your backyard through all 12 months is possible. With a hearty dose of enthusiasm and expertise, author Misilla dela Llana of YouTube’s Learn to Grow channel presents this season-by-season guide to growing edible plants, covering everything from what tasks and what crops are best for each harvesting season to step-by-step DIY projects for structures and methods to temper weather extremes. With Four-Season Food Gardening you can keep on growing, no matter what challenges Mother Nature presents. Inside, you’ll find info on: Veggies you can harvest in the dead of winter Foods that come from perennial plants you harvest from for many years How to build and use cold frames and other season extenders to prolong your harvest Tips for incorporating layers of edible plants to maximize space Pruning, planting, and maintenance advice for dozens of crops Seasonal maintenance and harvesting know-how from a pro Build a forest of food in your backyard and reap the delicious rewards for years to come!
The Year Round Vegetable Gardener
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Author : Niki Jabbour
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-12-14
The Year Round Vegetable Gardener written by Niki Jabbour and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-14 with Gardening categories.
Even in winter’s coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from years of growing vegetables in Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour shares her simple techniques for gardening throughout the year. Learn how to select the best varieties for each season, the art of succession planting, and how to build inexpensive structures to protect your crops from the elements. No matter where you live, you’ll soon enjoy a thriving vegetable garden year-round.
Growing Food In Winter
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Author : James Paris
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-10-28
Growing Food In Winter written by James Paris and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-28 with categories.
Growing vegetables out of season, and more especially throughout the cold winter months, can be a challenge for most people. However most Chefs working in top class restaurants are aware of the importance of fresh produce throughout the year - even over the winter periods. This is where the knowledge of winter vegetable gardening comes in! This book will provide an introduction to winter and autumn vegetable gardening, along with how to plant, protect, and store your crop during the harshest conditions. What you will find in this book... Introduction: What is winter? Preparation for the Fall Autumn Planting Food Crops that Actually Grow in Winter Food Crops that Over-Winter well Winter/Autumn Vegetables Hot Bed Gardening Planting Times Protecting Winter Vegetables My favourite Method For Growing Winter crops Some Handy Tips: Preparing For Winter
The Prairie Homestead Cookbook
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Author : Jill Winger
language : en
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date : 2019-04-02
The Prairie Homestead Cookbook written by Jill Winger and has been published by Flatiron Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with Cooking categories.
Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table. With a foreword by bestselling author Joel Salatin The Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all—or even any—of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious traditional American comfort food recipes with whole ingredients and shows that you don’t have to use obscure items to enjoy this lifestyle. And as a busy mother of three, Jill knows how to make recipes easy and delicious for all ages. "Jill takes you on an insightful and delicious journey of becoming a homesteader. This book is packed with so much easy to follow, practical, hands-on information about steps you can take towards integrating homesteading into your life. It is packed full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes and heartwarming stories of her unique adventure into homesteading. These recipes are ones I know I will be using regularly in my kitchen." - Eve Kilcher These 109 recipes include her family’s favorites, with maple-glazed pork chops, butternut Alfredo pasta, and browned butter skillet corn. Jill also shares 17 bonus recipes for homemade sauces, salt rubs, sour cream, and the like—staples that many people are surprised to learn you can make yourself. Beyond these recipes, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook shares the tools and tips Jill has learned from life on the homestead, like how to churn your own butter, feed a family on a budget, and experience all the fulfilling satisfaction of a DIY lifestyle.
Container Gardening
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Author : Mel Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Charlie Creative Lab Limited
Release Date : 2020-10-22
Container Gardening written by Mel Edwards and has been published by Charlie Creative Lab Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-22 with categories.
Do you want to grow vegetables and fresh fruit but have no space? Or is your land not suitable?If yes, then keep reading. Unfortunately, not all of us have large plots of land in which to start a vegetable garden. Or it may be that your land is not suitable for cultivation. In addition, starting and maintaining a vegetable garden on land requires a lot of physical effort and time. But, there is a type of gardening where all this is no longer a problem! Even if you live in a small apartment, you can still grow food using containers. The containers take up little space and are easy to transport, so you can place them wherever you want. Even if you live in a climate with a very short growing season, you can continue to grow your vegetables indoors. Besides, it will only take you a few minutes to plant the vegetables in the containers and a few seconds a day to check them. You will learn: what is the best mix of soil? the right time to transplant the seedling into the pot and how to do it the right depth for planting different types of plants what is the right number of plants for each container? which plants can be planted together and which cannot (including a user-friendly table) which containers to use for different types of plants which materials to use for the containers how to get the seedlings used to the outside temperature how often to water your plants and what are the best irrigation technique what are the best methods of water drainage? what is the right amount of light for optimal growth? what is the profile of 22 vegetables that you can grow in your container garden (including a table with all the information about their growth) how to protect plants from heat why you should prune the leaves of your plants regularly vertical gardening technique how to take care of plants when you're away from home for a few days how to manage fungi and plant diseases how to prepare natural pesticides to get rid of aphids, gnats, ants and other insects If you read this book carefully to the end and apply the information contained in it, you will be able to grow a lot of food wherever you are, even if you have no idea how to garden. So, BUY NOW your copy and start harvesting the lettuce, herbs and tomatoes