Common Gardening Tools Soil
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Discovery reveals earthworms more diverse than first thought
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Allotment Gardening For Dummies $18.61 Dust off your wellies and get ready for reams of delicious allotment produceWhether you’re hoping to get a foot on the allotment ladder or need to rejuvenate a flagging patch, this essential guide will get you on track in no time. The step-by-step advice and useful illustrations will help you organise your plan of attack and grow healthy veg, fruit, herbs and flowers. With handy tips on how to cook the things you’ve grown and useful info on growing organically, allotment gardening doesn’t get easier than this!Get to grips with the basics – unearth the perfect plot, swot up on allotment rules and regs and prepare your tools for actionLay the groundwork for success – map out your space, banish weeds and learn how to look after your soilGrow your favourite vegetables – take your pick from potatoes, carrots, parsnips, broccoli, onions, tomatoes, salad leaves, peas, beans, sweetcorn, artichokes, peppers, aubergines and moreExtend your allotment repertoire – move beyond veg to cultivate delicious fruit, zesty herbs and attractive flowersGet the most out of your allotment – involve the kids, enjoy allotment social life and impress your mates with giant vegetablesOpen the book and find:What tools and equipment you’ll needAn allotment calendar, helping you decide what to grow, whenThe best ways to kill weeds, fight disease and deter pestsHow to keep your soil healthyCooking tips for allotment produceAdvice on creating your own compost heapSimple and safe projects for kidsHow to prevent common allotment disastersWays to revive a tired allotmentLearn to:Navigate waiting lists and find the best patch for you Prepare your soil to encourage tip-top growthPlant a huge range of fruit, veg, herbs and flowersGrow organically and get the most |
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Allotment Gardening For Dummies $26.5 Dust off your wellies and get ready for reams of delicious allotment produceWhether you’re hoping to get a foot on the allotment ladder or need to rejuvenate a flagging patch, this essential guide will get you on track in no time. The step-by-step advice and useful illustrations will help you organise your plan of attack and grow healthy veg, fruit, herbs and flowers. With handy tips on how to cook the things you’ve grown and useful info on growing organically, allotment gardening doesn’t get easier than this!Get to grips with the basics – unearth the perfect plot, swot up on allotment rules and regs and prepare your tools for actionLay the groundwork for success – map out your space, banish weeds and learn how to look after your soilGrow your favourite vegetables – take your pick from potatoes, carrots, parsnips, broccoli, onions, tomatoes, salad leaves, peas, beans, sweetcorn, artichokes, peppers, aubergines and moreExtend your allotment repertoire – move beyond veg to cultivate delicious fruit, zesty herbs and attractive flowersGet the most out of your allotment – involve the kids, enjoy allotment social life and impress your mates with giant vegetablesOpen the book and find:What tools and equipment you’ll needAn allotment calendar, helping you decide what to grow, whenThe best ways to kill weeds, fight disease and deter pestsHow to keep your soil healthyCooking tips for allotment produceAdvice on creating your own compost heapSimple and safe projects for kidsHow to prevent common allotment disastersWays to revive a tired allotmentLearn to:Navigate waiting lists and find the best patch for you Prepare your soil to encourage tip-top growthPlant a huge range of fruit, veg, herbs and flowersGrow organically and get the most |
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Complete Vegetable and Herb Gardener: A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically (Burpee American Gardening Series) $16.46 This information-packed reference contains everything a gardener needs to know to produce bumper crops of succulent tomatoes, spicy peppers, melt-in-your-mouth lettuce, and fragrant, flavorful herbs. Whether you are a first-time gardener or a seasoned expert, you will find clear, knowledgeable answers to all your vegetable- and herb-growing questions.Over 280 full-color photographs and 30 line drawings make this essential reference as beautiful as it is useful. Easy-reference charts put a wealth of information at your fingertips, including the amount of water each crop requires for best growth, application rates of common organic fertilizers, and first-and-last frost dates for locations across the country.Part One, Vegetable Gardening from the Ground Up, contains the information gardeners need to plan, plant, and care for a healthy, bountiful, all-organic garden. Topics covered include how to select a suitable garden site, what tools make gardening easier and more rewarding–and how to fill your tool shed with an arsenal of sturdy tools that will last a lifetime–plus how to make compost and transform any soil into fertile "fat earth." Chapters on laying out and planting the garden include details on how to use space-saving, harvest-enhancing techniques such as intercropping, succession cropping, and trellising, and also cover how to determine planting dates and extend the season. Care through the season–including mulching, watering, midseason, planting, and harvesting–as well as pest and disease control are also covered.Part Two, Plant Portraits, features descriptions of over 100 plants, including information on growing hundreds of herbs and vegetables–from common to exotic. Entries on popular crops such as tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans, and lettuce are accompanied by information on unusual, yet easy-to-grow, edibles such as bok choy, corn salad, New Zealand spinach, salad burnet, and shallots. These portraits |
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