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Here are 73 garden designs from horticulturalists, community gardeners, bloggers and print writers, television and radio hosts, and other professional gardeners. Contributions include design illustrations, plant lists, and stories explaining the personal quirks and motivations behind the garden. There's a plan to satisfy every craving.
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"GrowVeg offers simple recipes for gardening projects that are both attainable and beautiful"--
Vanheems shows how to get your fruits and vegetables off to the very best start. He offers gardening projects that are both attainable and beautiful. From growing salad in a basket to starting a miniature orchard, the projects are suitable for even the first-time gardener. -- adapted from back cover and page 5.
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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...
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Prescott Valley Public Library
Pub. Date
2022-
Language
English
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Culture: Sow as early as ground can be worked for best yields. Minimum soil temperature for pea seed germination: 40 degrees. Optimal range 50-75 degrees. Peas are legumes with moderate fertility requirements. Avoid excess nitrogen: they can fix their own. Use Legume Inoculant at planting. They prefer cool, moist weather and dislike dry heat. All peas produce more when staked; varieties over 2 feet must be supported. Use either Trellis Netting or...
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Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Best-selling author Niki Jabbour invites you to shake up your vegetable garden with an intriguing array of 224 plants from around the world. With her lively "Like this? Then try this!" approach, Jabbour encourages you to start with what you know and expand your repertoire to try related plants, many of which are delicacies in other cultures. Jabbour presents detailed growing information for each plant, along with fun facts and plant history. Be prepared...
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The Taunton Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"This book is a true beginner's guide to growing vegetables easily and productively and contains great tips and techniques for even practiced gardeners. These surprisingly easy basics will have your garden filled to the brim with tomatoes, squash, peppers, and so many more favorites." --
19) Blue ribbon vegetable gardening: the secrets to growing the biggest and best prizewinning produce
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Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"Win the blue ribbon every time! Master Gardener Jodi Torpey (WesternGardeners.com) 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,...