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The backyard homestead guide to growing organic food : a crop-by-crop reference for 62 vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs / Tanya Denckla Cobb.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Backyard homesteadPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2024]Description: ix, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781635867909
  • 1635867908
Other title:
  • Guide to growing organic food
  • Crop-by-crop reference for 62 vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs
  • Crop-by-crop reference for sixty-two vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Creating a self-sustaining garden -- Chapter Two. -- Vegetables -- Chapter Three. -- Fruits & nuts -- Chapter Four. -- Herbs -- Chapter Five. -- Organic remedies -- Chapter Six. -- Allies & companions.
Summary: "The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food is a one-stop reference for all the key information food gardeners need to grow a healthy, bountiful garden. The book features a comprehensive companion planting guide and an in-depth review of the most effective organic pest control practices, including recipes for how to make your own pest deterrent sprays"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 635.0484 C653 Checked out 05/28/2024 33111011251580
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This essential guide to growing a bountiful food garden includes detailed seed-starting, growing, and harvesting information for 62 vegetables, fruits, and herbs, a complete companion-planting guide, and organic pest-control handbook.

The latest addition to Storey's bestselling Backyard Homestead series, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food is a one-stop reference for all the key information food gardeners need to grow a healthy, bountiful garden. Author Tanya Denckla Cobb presents key information based on extensive research and years of experience, including when to start seeds for each type of crop (and at what temperature), how far apart to space seedlings, how to tell when a crop is ready to harvest, and notes on preservation. The book features a comprehensive companion planting guide and an in-depth review of the most effective organic pest control practices, including recipes for how to make your own pest deterrent sprays.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-303) and index.

Chapter One. -- Creating a self-sustaining garden -- Chapter Two. -- Vegetables -- Chapter Three. -- Fruits & nuts -- Chapter Four. -- Herbs -- Chapter Five. -- Organic remedies -- Chapter Six. -- Allies & companions.

"The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food is a one-stop reference for all the key information food gardeners need to grow a healthy, bountiful garden. The book features a comprehensive companion planting guide and an in-depth review of the most effective organic pest control practices, including recipes for how to make your own pest deterrent sprays"-- Provided by publisher.

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