Starting & saving seeds : grow the perfect vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers for your garden / Julie Thompson-Adolf.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Cool Springs Press, 2018Description: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780760360798
- 0760360790
- Starting and saving seeds
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Grow fabulous food and flowers from seeds, then save seeds to make next year's garden even better.
Creating dinner from food you've grown provides a fantastic sense of accomplishment. Now, imagine the pleasure of starting plants from seeds , tending them, planting them in your garden, harvesting their fruits, and enjoying a delicious meal or bouquet. But that's not the end of the journey. Now you can turn around and save the best seeds for next year's garden . Suddenly, you're self-sufficient; you've grown your own garden from seed to seed.
In this book, you'll find the tools you need to become a seed starting and saving champion . Author and gardening expert Julie Thompson-Adolf walks you through every step of the journey, making the entire process a joy. You'll find hints to encourage stubborn seeds to germinate, lists of varieties to add to your garden, charts for quick growing reference, and simple DIY projects to aid your seed starting and saving adventure. (Learn how to make seed bombs and an indoor seed-starting station.) The extensive plant entries inside cover all the most popular vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers . Get started with tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and melons, or chamomile, cosmos, sweet peas, and poppies--accompanied by beautiful photography from Libby Williams.
Whether you're an experienced gardener new to seed starting and saving or a brand-new grower, you'll soon have healthy, productive, beautiful plants for your garden .
Includes index.
Introduction -- Part I: How to start, grow, and save seeds. Getting started ; Starting seeds ; From seedlings to plants to saving seeds -- Part II: Meet the plants. Fruits and vegetables ; Herbs and flowers.
"Are you ready to become a seed-starting and -saving champion? Author and gardening expert Julie Thompson-Adolf will walk you through every step of the journey, making the entire process a joy. In this book you'll find: Extensive plant entries that cover all the most popular vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers; Tips and hints, such as how to encourage stubborn seeds to germinate; Lists to help you find the best plants to add to your garden, whether you want heirloom tomatoes for hot, humid climates or a rainbow of eggplants; Simple DIY projects to aid your seed-starting and -saving adventure; And much more! Whether you're an experienced gardener new to seed starting and saving or a brand-new grower, you'll soon have health, productive, beautiful plants for your garden"--Page 4 of cover.