Author: Lisa Mason Ziegler
Publisher:
ISBN: 0760357587
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried and true technique! Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden; but there's more to the method than you might think. Vegetables Love Flowers walks you through the ins and outs of companion planting, from how it works to which plants go together and how to grow the best garden for your climate. Alongside gorgeous garden photography, you'll also learn about: Seed-starting, growing, and harvesting How to make garden flower bouquets, with "recipes" for various arrangements How to attract beneficial creatures to pollinate your garden and prey on its pests Pesticide-free pest-control measures Composting heaps and bins With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive—and beautify your garden in the process.
Vegetables Love Flowers
Author: Lisa Mason Ziegler
Publisher:
ISBN: 0760357587
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried and true technique! Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden; but there's more to the method than you might think. Vegetables Love Flowers walks you through the ins and outs of companion planting, from how it works to which plants go together and how to grow the best garden for your climate. Alongside gorgeous garden photography, you'll also learn about: Seed-starting, growing, and harvesting How to make garden flower bouquets, with "recipes" for various arrangements How to attract beneficial creatures to pollinate your garden and prey on its pests Pesticide-free pest-control measures Composting heaps and bins With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive—and beautify your garden in the process.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0760357587
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried and true technique! Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden; but there's more to the method than you might think. Vegetables Love Flowers walks you through the ins and outs of companion planting, from how it works to which plants go together and how to grow the best garden for your climate. Alongside gorgeous garden photography, you'll also learn about: Seed-starting, growing, and harvesting How to make garden flower bouquets, with "recipes" for various arrangements How to attract beneficial creatures to pollinate your garden and prey on its pests Pesticide-free pest-control measures Composting heaps and bins With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive—and beautify your garden in the process.
Green Power
Author: Meredith Sayles Hughes
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Describes the history, growing requirements, uses, and food value of various leafy green vegetables and vegetable flowers, including cabbage, broccoli, artichokes, spinach, Belgian endive, and lettuce. Includes recipes.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Describes the history, growing requirements, uses, and food value of various leafy green vegetables and vegetable flowers, including cabbage, broccoli, artichokes, spinach, Belgian endive, and lettuce. Includes recipes.
Gardening Complete
Author: Editors of Cool Springs Press
Publisher:
ISBN: 076035765X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Gardening Complete is the most up-to-date and complete guide to gardening for homeowners. Explore 19 areas of critical interest to anyone who wants to learn or broaden gardening skills.
Publisher:
ISBN: 076035765X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Gardening Complete is the most up-to-date and complete guide to gardening for homeowners. Explore 19 areas of critical interest to anyone who wants to learn or broaden gardening skills.
Cool Flowers
Author: Lisa Mason Ziegler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989268813
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents simple techniques for an early spring garden of color profiling 30 hardy annual flowers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989268813
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents simple techniques for an early spring garden of color profiling 30 hardy annual flowers.
Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener
Author: Joseph Tychonievich
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604695374
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Brighter zinnias, fragrant carnations, snappier green beans Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener makes it easier than ever to breed and grow your own varieties of vegetables and flowers. This comprehensive and accessible guide explains how to decide what to breed, provides simple explanations on how to cross plants, and features a basic primer on genetics and advanced techniques. Case studies provide breeding examples for favorite plants like daffodils, hollyhocks, roses, sweet corn, and tomatoes.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604695374
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Brighter zinnias, fragrant carnations, snappier green beans Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener makes it easier than ever to breed and grow your own varieties of vegetables and flowers. This comprehensive and accessible guide explains how to decide what to breed, provides simple explanations on how to cross plants, and features a basic primer on genetics and advanced techniques. Case studies provide breeding examples for favorite plants like daffodils, hollyhocks, roses, sweet corn, and tomatoes.
Easy Container Combos
Author: Pamela Crawford
Publisher: Color Garden Incorporated
ISBN: 9780971222090
Category : Container gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Attractive, easy vegetable/flower combinations"--Cover.
Publisher: Color Garden Incorporated
ISBN: 9780971222090
Category : Container gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Attractive, easy vegetable/flower combinations"--Cover.
The Ornamental Vegetable Garden
Author: Diana Anthony
Publisher: Warwick House Publishing
ISBN: 9781894020558
Category : Edible landscaping
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Louis the XIV commissioned a landscape gardener to design the Potager de Roi at Versailles. Many of the fruit and vegetable pruning systems developed by this gardener are still in use today. This beautiful book illustrates the design and planting of the ornamental vegetable garden, where aesthetics and practicality combine to create edible gardens.
Publisher: Warwick House Publishing
ISBN: 9781894020558
Category : Edible landscaping
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Louis the XIV commissioned a landscape gardener to design the Potager de Roi at Versailles. Many of the fruit and vegetable pruning systems developed by this gardener are still in use today. This beautiful book illustrates the design and planting of the ornamental vegetable garden, where aesthetics and practicality combine to create edible gardens.
Planting a Rainbow
Author: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152046330
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. Lois Ehlert's bold collage illustrations include six pages of staggered width, presenting all the flowers of each color of the rainbow.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152046330
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. Lois Ehlert's bold collage illustrations include six pages of staggered width, presenting all the flowers of each color of the rainbow.
Production of Vegetables, Strawberries, and Cut Flowers Using Plasticulture
Author: John W. Bartok
Publisher: Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher: Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Plant Partners
Author: Jessica Walliser
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635861330
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Companion planting has a long history of use by gardeners, but the explanation of why it works has been filled with folklore and conjecture. Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for this ever-popular growing technique, offering dozens of ways you can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit your whole garden. Through an enhanced understanding of how plants interact with and influence each other, this guide suggests specific plant combinations that improve soil health and weed control, decrease pest damage, and increase biodiversity, resulting in real and measurable impacts in the garden.
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635861330
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Companion planting has a long history of use by gardeners, but the explanation of why it works has been filled with folklore and conjecture. Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for this ever-popular growing technique, offering dozens of ways you can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit your whole garden. Through an enhanced understanding of how plants interact with and influence each other, this guide suggests specific plant combinations that improve soil health and weed control, decrease pest damage, and increase biodiversity, resulting in real and measurable impacts in the garden.