Vegetables love flowers : companion planting for beauty and bounty / Lisa Mason Ziegler.
Material type: TextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Cool Springs Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 176 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780760357583
- 0760357587
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 635 Z66 | Checked out | 07/05/2024 | 33111009172491 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried-and-true technique!
Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden . Adding flowers to your food garden improves biodiversity, enhances pollination, and increases the numbers of beneficial pest-eating insects--with the bonus of providing beautiful bouquets of cut flowers to brighten your home and give to your family and friends.
Vegetables Love Flowers explains the benefits of interplanting flowers and vegetables; offers detailed advice on how to add a cutting garden of vibrant annuals to your vegetable garden ; gives profiles of a range of pollinators and beneficial predators; and provides plenty of general gardening guidance featuring natural methods.
Alongside gorgeous garden photography , you'll learn about:
Garden planning, seed-starting, growing, and harvesting How to make garden flower bouquets, with "recipes" for various arrangements How to attract beneficial creatures to pollinate your garden and prey on its pests Pesticide-free pest-control measures Composting heaps and bins
With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive --and beautify your garden in the process. For more on growing cut flowers, check out Lisa's other title, The Cut Flower Handbook .
Includes index.
Why do vegetables love flowers? -- How to interplant your vegetable patch -- The cutting garden -- Warm-season tender annuals -- Cool-season hardy annuals -- Pollinators -- Beneficial predators -- Tending the garden -- The yard around the garden.
Pairing up vegetable plants with flowers is a natural way to make the most productive gardens.