Author: Carron Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782404811
Category : Garden ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What is hidden in the world around us? For ages 3 and up, the uniquely designed Shine-A-Light series of books uncovers the facts behind a diverse range of places and topics through hidden images that are revealed by light. First, view a full-colour scene and read about what is pictured - but what else is there? Shine a torch behind the page, or hold it up to the light, to reveal what is hidden. Turn the page to read fun facts about the hidden image in black and white. A world of surprises awaits! Discover the hidden wonders of the vegetable garden, with this gorgeously illustrated book that reveals nature's secrets. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a torch behind each page, young children will be able to discover the animals and plants that live in and around a vegetable patch, from the worms in the soil, to the birds in the treetops. Other titles in the 'Shine-A-Light' series: Shine-A-Light: Secrets of the Rainforest Shine-A-Light: Secrets of Winter Shine-A-Light: Secret of our Earth
Secrets of the Vegetable Garden
Author: Carron Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782404811
Category : Garden ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What is hidden in the world around us? For ages 3 and up, the uniquely designed Shine-A-Light series of books uncovers the facts behind a diverse range of places and topics through hidden images that are revealed by light. First, view a full-colour scene and read about what is pictured - but what else is there? Shine a torch behind the page, or hold it up to the light, to reveal what is hidden. Turn the page to read fun facts about the hidden image in black and white. A world of surprises awaits! Discover the hidden wonders of the vegetable garden, with this gorgeously illustrated book that reveals nature's secrets. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a torch behind each page, young children will be able to discover the animals and plants that live in and around a vegetable patch, from the worms in the soil, to the birds in the treetops. Other titles in the 'Shine-A-Light' series: Shine-A-Light: Secrets of the Rainforest Shine-A-Light: Secrets of Winter Shine-A-Light: Secret of our Earth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782404811
Category : Garden ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What is hidden in the world around us? For ages 3 and up, the uniquely designed Shine-A-Light series of books uncovers the facts behind a diverse range of places and topics through hidden images that are revealed by light. First, view a full-colour scene and read about what is pictured - but what else is there? Shine a torch behind the page, or hold it up to the light, to reveal what is hidden. Turn the page to read fun facts about the hidden image in black and white. A world of surprises awaits! Discover the hidden wonders of the vegetable garden, with this gorgeously illustrated book that reveals nature's secrets. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a torch behind each page, young children will be able to discover the animals and plants that live in and around a vegetable patch, from the worms in the soil, to the birds in the treetops. Other titles in the 'Shine-A-Light' series: Shine-A-Light: Secrets of the Rainforest Shine-A-Light: Secrets of Winter Shine-A-Light: Secret of our Earth
Secrets of the Garden
Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0385753640
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Depicts a family of four who make their garden their summer home as they prepare the soil, plant seeds, water the garden, and watch for a harvest of vegetables.
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0385753640
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Depicts a family of four who make their garden their summer home as they prepare the soil, plant seeds, water the garden, and watch for a harvest of vegetables.
Blue Ribbon Vegetable Gardening
Author: Jodi Torpey
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1612123945
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Win the blue ribbon every time! Master Gardener Jodi Torpey offers all the information you need to grow champion vegetables — beans, beets, cabbages, cucumbers, eggplants, onions, peppers, pumpkins, squash, and tomatoes — covering everything from choosing the right varieties and scheduling planting dates to harvesting, preparing, and transporting your produce. She also walks you through every aspect of competitive showing, with useful tips for thinking like a judge. This book will delight you with lively photos of mammoth pumpkins, truly gigantic onions, perfectly pear-shaped eggplants, and the farmers and gardeners who grow them. Filled with the excitement of a county fair, it’s a fun read as well as a solid guide to growing the biggest, tastiest, best-looking vegetables for miles around.
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1612123945
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Win the blue ribbon every time! Master Gardener Jodi Torpey offers all the information you need to grow champion vegetables — beans, beets, cabbages, cucumbers, eggplants, onions, peppers, pumpkins, squash, and tomatoes — covering everything from choosing the right varieties and scheduling planting dates to harvesting, preparing, and transporting your produce. She also walks you through every aspect of competitive showing, with useful tips for thinking like a judge. This book will delight you with lively photos of mammoth pumpkins, truly gigantic onions, perfectly pear-shaped eggplants, and the farmers and gardeners who grow them. Filled with the excitement of a county fair, it’s a fun read as well as a solid guide to growing the biggest, tastiest, best-looking vegetables for miles around.
The Book of Garden Secrets
Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552091043
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Explains how plants grow and offers tips on special techniques for growing better vegetables
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552091043
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Explains how plants grow and offers tips on special techniques for growing better vegetables
The Ultimate Book of Vegetables
Author: Editors at Reader's Digest
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621452239
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
The Editors of Reader’s Digest present the definitive A-Z guide to vegetables and how to grow and use them. This complete illustrated guide to vegetables unlocks the secrets of nature’s bounty with comprehensive information on the planting, harvesting, and storing of vegetables, together with a wealth of great ideas for using them in cooking, healthcare, crafts, vegetable dyes, home products, beauty treatments, and more.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621452239
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
The Editors of Reader’s Digest present the definitive A-Z guide to vegetables and how to grow and use them. This complete illustrated guide to vegetables unlocks the secrets of nature’s bounty with comprehensive information on the planting, harvesting, and storing of vegetables, together with a wealth of great ideas for using them in cooking, healthcare, crafts, vegetable dyes, home products, beauty treatments, and more.
Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver
Author: Fern Marshall Bradley
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 160529618X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
With a wealth of information and tested advice, this problem-solving treasure gives gardeners every-thing they need to do battle with garden pests, diseases, and weeds—with safe, natural solutions. Combining a troubleshooting approach with encyclopedic coverage and drawing on the most up-to-date research on biological and non- or low-toxic controls, Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver features: • more than 60 vegetables, organized alphabetically from asparagus to zucchini • individual pest entries on the 30 most common insect pests and how to combat them • individual disease entries on the 30 most common vegetable plant diseases—including symptoms and causes and ways to keep plants disease-free • a problem-solving approach to such favorite gardening topics as seed-starting, soil, weather, watering, crop rotation, fertilizing, transplanting, and season extension • "Beyond the Basics" sidebars for those willing to go the extra mile to eradicate a problem in the garden in a safe and natural way With numerous tips on prevention so gardeners can spend less time putting out fires and focus instead on producing higher-yielding and more attractive gardens, this will quickly become the trusted companion of every vegetable gardener.
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 160529618X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
With a wealth of information and tested advice, this problem-solving treasure gives gardeners every-thing they need to do battle with garden pests, diseases, and weeds—with safe, natural solutions. Combining a troubleshooting approach with encyclopedic coverage and drawing on the most up-to-date research on biological and non- or low-toxic controls, Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver features: • more than 60 vegetables, organized alphabetically from asparagus to zucchini • individual pest entries on the 30 most common insect pests and how to combat them • individual disease entries on the 30 most common vegetable plant diseases—including symptoms and causes and ways to keep plants disease-free • a problem-solving approach to such favorite gardening topics as seed-starting, soil, weather, watering, crop rotation, fertilizing, transplanting, and season extension • "Beyond the Basics" sidebars for those willing to go the extra mile to eradicate a problem in the garden in a safe and natural way With numerous tips on prevention so gardeners can spend less time putting out fires and focus instead on producing higher-yielding and more attractive gardens, this will quickly become the trusted companion of every vegetable gardener.
Great Garden Companions
Author: Sally Jean Cunningham
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9780875968476
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Designed to help readers make organic gardening easy and productive by using plants themselves instead of chemical care, a gardener offers a system that encourages pest-free growth
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9780875968476
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Designed to help readers make organic gardening easy and productive by using plants themselves instead of chemical care, a gardener offers a system that encourages pest-free growth
The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book
Author: Ruth Stout
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927458365
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Can you really have a productive garden without plowing, hoeing, weeding, cultivating, and all the other bothersome rituals that most gardeners suffer through every growing season? "Sure," says Ruth Stout, a prolific author and writer at 80 years young. The reason that Ruth can throw away her spade and hoe and do her gardening from a couch is a year-round mulch covering, 6 to 8 inches thick, that covers her garden like a blanket. Thousands of curious gardeners have visited her Redding, Connecticut garden, including university scientists and horticulture experts. The experts have been dazzled by the technique used by the queen of mulch! But the results of 41 years of gardening experience can't be denied. The Ruth Stout No-Work Gardening Book gives Ruth's unique advice on growing techniques and tells how she has escaped the bugaboos that haunt most gardeners. Her poison-free method of combating slugs and other insects, her scheme for growing tasty vegetables all year, her method of foiling both drought and frost -- these and many other growing secrets are revealed -- secrets that have brought this perky organic gardener season after season of growing pleasure. If you're tired of being a slave to your garden, yet still want to enjoy it without the bother of sprays, weeding, hoeing or other toilsome garden chores, The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Books has the information you need. It's completely tested gardening method, perfected during more than 40 years experience and reported in the pages of Organic Gardening magazine, eliminates gardening strain and toil, and does it organically with no dangerous chemical fertilizers or toxic sprays. Take it easy. Put nature to work in your garden.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927458365
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Can you really have a productive garden without plowing, hoeing, weeding, cultivating, and all the other bothersome rituals that most gardeners suffer through every growing season? "Sure," says Ruth Stout, a prolific author and writer at 80 years young. The reason that Ruth can throw away her spade and hoe and do her gardening from a couch is a year-round mulch covering, 6 to 8 inches thick, that covers her garden like a blanket. Thousands of curious gardeners have visited her Redding, Connecticut garden, including university scientists and horticulture experts. The experts have been dazzled by the technique used by the queen of mulch! But the results of 41 years of gardening experience can't be denied. The Ruth Stout No-Work Gardening Book gives Ruth's unique advice on growing techniques and tells how she has escaped the bugaboos that haunt most gardeners. Her poison-free method of combating slugs and other insects, her scheme for growing tasty vegetables all year, her method of foiling both drought and frost -- these and many other growing secrets are revealed -- secrets that have brought this perky organic gardener season after season of growing pleasure. If you're tired of being a slave to your garden, yet still want to enjoy it without the bother of sprays, weeding, hoeing or other toilsome garden chores, The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Books has the information you need. It's completely tested gardening method, perfected during more than 40 years experience and reported in the pages of Organic Gardening magazine, eliminates gardening strain and toil, and does it organically with no dangerous chemical fertilizers or toxic sprays. Take it easy. Put nature to work in your garden.
Fast and Easy Vegetable Gardening
Author: Jerry Baker
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN: 9780452281042
Category : Vegetable gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explains the fundamentals of vegetable gardening, from selecting the right spot and planning the right layout to organic gardening and frost protection.
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN: 9780452281042
Category : Vegetable gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explains the fundamentals of vegetable gardening, from selecting the right spot and planning the right layout to organic gardening and frost protection.
What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?
Author: David Deardorff
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604691840
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
From the bestselling authors of What’s Wrong with My Plant? comes the perfect companion for the edible gardener We seek the satisfaction of nurturing amazing plants that become our platter of gourmet vegetables. We crave that moment when the flavor of a freshly picked tomato explodes in our mouths. Above all, by growing our own food, we know it is safe, clean, and chemical-free. The authors offer detailed plant portraits of popular vegetables complete with growth habit, growing season, planting techniques and temperature, soil, light, and water requirements. Rounded out with problem identification and organic solutions to these common problems, What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden? will quickly become one of your most essential garden tools.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604691840
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
From the bestselling authors of What’s Wrong with My Plant? comes the perfect companion for the edible gardener We seek the satisfaction of nurturing amazing plants that become our platter of gourmet vegetables. We crave that moment when the flavor of a freshly picked tomato explodes in our mouths. Above all, by growing our own food, we know it is safe, clean, and chemical-free. The authors offer detailed plant portraits of popular vegetables complete with growth habit, growing season, planting techniques and temperature, soil, light, and water requirements. Rounded out with problem identification and organic solutions to these common problems, What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden? will quickly become one of your most essential garden tools.