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Vertical gardening : grow up, not out, for more vegetables and flowers in much less space / text and photograph by Derek Fell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, 2011.Description: xi, 372 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781605290829
  • 1605290823
  • 9781605290836
  • 1605290831
Subject(s):
Contents:
What is vertical gardening? -- Choosing the site and preparing the soil -- Arbors, arches, pergolas, and trellises -- Planters and supports -- Containers and hanging planters -- Composting -- Seed starting and propagating -- Controlling pests and diseases -- Controlling weeds, watering, fertilizing, and pruning -- Vegetables for vertical gardens -- Fruits for vertical gardens -- Ornamental annual vines -- Ornamental perennial and woody vines -- Designing with ornamental vines.
Summary: Derek Fell has tried and tested thousands of varieties of vegetables, flowers, and fruits and recommends the best plants for space-saving vertical gardening. His grow-up, grow-down system also shows which ground-level plants make good companions underneath and alongside climbing plants. Many of Fell's greatest climbers and mutually beneficial plants are available in seed packets in every local garden center. --from publisher description.
List(s) this item appears in: Seed Library Reads
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 635 F317 In transit from Dr. James Carlson Library to Main Library since 05/08/2024 33111009717782
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-357) and index.

What is vertical gardening? -- Choosing the site and preparing the soil -- Arbors, arches, pergolas, and trellises -- Planters and supports -- Containers and hanging planters -- Composting -- Seed starting and propagating -- Controlling pests and diseases -- Controlling weeds, watering, fertilizing, and pruning -- Vegetables for vertical gardens -- Fruits for vertical gardens -- Ornamental annual vines -- Ornamental perennial and woody vines -- Designing with ornamental vines.

Derek Fell has tried and tested thousands of varieties of vegetables, flowers, and fruits and recommends the best plants for space-saving vertical gardening. His grow-up, grow-down system also shows which ground-level plants make good companions underneath and alongside climbing plants. Many of Fell's greatest climbers and mutually beneficial plants are available in seed packets in every local garden center. --from publisher description.

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