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"Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants - in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide brings papaya, passionfruit, pepper, pineapples, and more out of the tropics and into your home"--
3) Vegetables
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"In Vegetables, early fluent readers learn how to plant and care for a vegetable garden. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how to grow their own fresh vegetables. An infographic illustrates the features of a raised garden bed, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about vegetable gardening using our safe search engine that provides relevant,...
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Going green in the garden has never been easier with Nancy Birtwhistle's sustainable, eco-friendly tips that will help you make the most of your space, and what it can grow. Whether you have a sprawling garden, a modest patch of grass or just a spare windowsill, The Green Gardening Handbook has over 100 tips will help you embrace the joy of growing and eating from your own garden.--
5) Planting
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"In Planting, early fluent readers learn how to begin a garden. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they choose their plants, prepare the soil, and start their crop. An infographic illustrates how a plant grows from a seed, and an experiment offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about planting using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites....
6) Harvesting
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"In Harvesting, early fluent readers learn how gardeners gather the results of their labor. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn how and when to harvest their own home-grown fruits, vegetables, and flowers. An infographic illustrates how a vegetable ripens, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about harvesting using our safe search engine that...
7) Composting
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"In Composting, early fluent readers learn how organic matter breaks down to create a nutritious soil additive. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how compost can be used to help their garden thrive. An infographic illustrates the components of a compost pile, and an experiment offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about composting using our safe search...
8) Flowers
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"In Flowers, early fluent readers learn about how to create and care for a flower garden. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the world of annuals, perennials, bulbs, and seeds. An infographic illustrates a flower's stages of development, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about flower gardening using our safe search engine that provides...
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·Comprehensive chapters on how to get started, growing herbs and spices indoors and outdoors, seeding and transplants, soil, light, warmth, fertilizer, plant profiles, pests and diseases, protecting the herbs, harvesting and storing seeds, cooking, crafting, growing herbs as a business, beauty and skin care, wellness and how to use herbs and spices to help household pets.
·Features comprehensive growing charts including sun exposure, how
...10) Know Your Soil
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Create a beautiful, healthy garden that never ceases to amaze with Know Your Soil!
Your soil is filled with unique properties that determine what you can grow and how well.
Without knowing your specific soil type-clay, silty, peaty, or one of the others-you could be devoting your time, energy, and money to a garden that doesn't bring you results.
Understanding your soil and what's living in it, like microorganisms and insects, provides the foundation...
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"Poet and scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominately white community of Fort Collins, Colorado. When she moved there in 2013, with her husband and daughter, the community held strict restrictions about what residents could and could not plant in their gardens. In resistance to the homogeneous policies that limited the possibility and wonder that grows from the earth, Dungy employs the various...
13) Germinados: La guía definitiva sobre cómo cultivar brotes y germinar casi cualquier cosa en casa
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¡Explore los beneficios de la germinación en casa y convierta su pasión en una empresa próspera!
¿Quiere saber más sobre la germinación?
¿Se ha preguntado cómo puede beneficiarse de ella?
¿Está interesado en conocer el procedimiento exacto para germinar eficazmente?
Los germinados son una forma estupenda de obtener nutrientes, minerales y vitaminas que puede añadir a su dieta. Los germinados son fáciles de cultivar y puede utilizarlos...
15) Microvegetales y Germinados: Cómo cultivar superalimentos orgánicos en interiores y convertirlos
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Dos manuscritos en un libro:
Microvegetales: Cómo cultivar superalimentos orgánicos en interiores y crear su propio negocio rentable
Germinados: La guía definitiva sobre cómo cultivar brotes y germinar casi cualquier cosa en casa
Algunos de los temas y preguntas cubiertos en la primera parte de este libro incluyen:
Entenderá los fundamentos del cultivo de microvegetales desde la comodidad de su propia casa.
Descubrirá información privilegiada...
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Introducing the ultimate gardening guide for beginners. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, this comprehensive book has everything you need to create a thriving garden right in your own backyard.
From selecting the perfect site for your garden, to preparing the soil and planting the perfect selection of flowers, vegetables, and herbs, this guide covers it all. Discover the benefits of gardening, from the joy of nurturing a plant...
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Discover how to grow your own organic fruits, herbs and vegetables all year round with the definitive guide to greenhouse gardening
Are you looking for an alternative way to grow some of your favorite plants without having to wait forever for the right season to arrive? Are you tired of store-bought fruits, veggies and herbs that are raised with the aid of chemicals and synthetic pesticides?
Have you always wanted to own a greenhouse, but can't...
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If you answered "Yes" to at least one of those questions, then keep reading…
There are many great reasons why companion planting is so widespread at the moment. A mix of plants will often have different tolerance levels to disease, which will lower the overall risk of viruses, bacteria, or molds doing a lot of damage to the garden as a whole. Mixing low-growing plants with taller ones can create a natural mulch that will help keep weeds down, minimize...
19) Jardinería en contenedores: Aprenda cómo puede crear su propio huerto pequeño y cultivar hortalizas
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¡Aprenda los secretos de la jardinería en contenedores y cultive sus propios alimentos!
¿Se ha preguntado alguna vez cómo sería tener su propio huerto en contenedores?
¿Le gustaría cultivar todo lo que come en casa?
¿La jardinería en contenedores es una nueva habilidad que quiere desarrollar?
Si la respuesta a alguna de estas preguntas es "Sí", ¡entonces usted está en el lugar adecuado!
Comer sano es el primer paso hacia una vida saludable,...
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Este libro de horticultura es una pequeña guía para el cultivo de vegetales en diferentes entornos, desde el hogar hasta el huerto comercial. Incluye información detallada sobre la selección del sitio y la preparación del suelo, la elección de los cultivos adecuados y la planificación del huerto, así como consejos para el cuidado y mantenimiento de las plantas, la cosecha y el almacenamiento. También se discuten los diferentes tipos de horticultura,...