The backyard gardener : simple, easy, and beautiful gardening with vegetables, herbs, and flowers / Kelly Orzel.
Material type: TextPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2017]Description: 245 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781493026579
- 1493026577
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 635.987 O79 | Available | 33111008845188 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Focusing on sustainable, organic growing practices and plants, The Backyard Gardener is a comprehensive handbook for everyone who wants to grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers in their own backyard. With beautiful photographs, planting suggestions, and tried-and-true techniques, Master Gardener Kelly Orzel covers everything you need to know about: Raising the healthiest vegetables, Controlling pests with homemade remedies, Starting and saving seeds, Maximizing the space in your garden, Making the best compost, Enhancing your vegetable garden with flowers and herbs, And so much more! Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gardening from the ground up -- Propagation and planting techniques -- Organic growing practices -- Sowing and growing -- Herbs and flowers -- The garden calendar.
The "garden to table" movement is inspiring another generation of gardeners but many of them have questions. How important is composting? Is seed saving really worth it? Focusing on sustainable, organic growing practices and plants, The Backyard Gardener is a comprehensive handbook that will help get them started. Kelly Orzel covers everything from soil selection to growing and harvesting. Sidebars such as "garden center survival tips" offer useful advice to help readers build their confidence and know-how. This guide also features photographs of beautiful plant bed designs, propagation techniques, and much more.