Growing Figs in Cold Climates

Growing Figs in Cold Climates
Author: Lee Reich
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1550927507

From Minnesota to Moscow — how to grow fresh figs in cold climates Growing Figs in Cold Climates is a complete, full-color, illustrated guide to organic methods for growing delicious figs in cold climates, well outside the traditional hot, arid home of this ancient fruiting tree. Coverage includes: Five methods for growing figs in cold climates including overwintering Cultivar selection for cool and cold climates Pruning techniques for a variety of methods of growing figs in cold climates Pest problems and solutions Harvesting, including ways to speed ripening, identify ripe fruit, and manage an overabundance Small-scale commercial fig production in cold climates. Fresh figs are juicy, full-bodied, and filled with a honey-sweet flavor, and because truly ripe figs are highly perishable, they are only available to those who grow their own. By choosing the right cultivars and techniques, figs can be grown across cool and cold growing zones of North America, Europe, and beyond, putting them within reach of almost every gardener. Easy and delicious — if you can grow a houseplant, you can grow a fig.

Veg in One Bed

Veg in One Bed
Author: Huw Richards
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1465499032

Gardening YouTube sensation Huw Richards shows how to inexpensively grow year-round vegetables from just one raised bed. Keyed to a temperate coastal climate but adaptable to variations in temperature and rainfall, Huw's clear, practical advice will help you produce a bountiful harvest with minimal space and effort. In just one raised bed, green thumb wunderkind Huw Richards shows you how to grow vegetables easily, organically, abundantly, and inexpensively so you have something to harvest every month of the year. Month by month, discover what you need to do and how to do it. Try it in your yard, a small garden, or even on a roof terrace. Everything is explained in clear, photographed steps: building your bed, growing from seed, planting, feeding, and harvesting. Huw shows how to guarantee early success by starting off young plants on a windowsill. He suggests what to grow in each part of the bed and provides alternative vegetables to swap in or out depending on what you like eating. No-dig gardening methods remove most of the back-breaking work, too. Veg in One Bed goes beyond the inspiring demonstrations on his YouTube channel Huw's Nursery. In this book, he organizes all of his ideas and suggestions into a blueprint for growing your own vegetables month by month. Very little growing experience? Only a small space? No matter--with Veg in One Bed, you can still eat food you have grown throughout the year.

The Gardener's Perpetual Almanack

The Gardener's Perpetual Almanack
Author: Martin Hoyles
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1997
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780500017630

Did you know that red herrings or garlic could rid your garden of moles, or that rosemary is supposed to make the heart merry and drive fantasies from the brain? Or when is the best time to start a beehive?

We Are the Gardeners

We Are the Gardeners
Author: Joanna Gaines
Publisher: Tommy Nelson
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1400215412

Teach children that the greatest rewards come from patience, hard work, and learning from mistakes! In the #1 New York Times bestseller We Are the Gardeners, Joanna Gaines and the kids chronicle the adventures of starting their own family garden. From their failed endeavors, obstacles to overcome (bunnies that eat everything), and all of the knowledge they gain along the way, the Gaines family shares how they learned to grow a happy, successful garden. We Are the Gardeners is a whimsical picture book perfect for: Ages 4-8 Parents, libraries, classroom story times, and discussions focusing on springtime and gardening Households that enjoy watching HGTV's Fixer Upper Young children and families interested in gardening and plants After reading, children will learn: Trying something new isn't always easy, but the hardest work often yields the greatest reward The basic steps and process of starting a garden The importance of patience and how it is possible to learn from your mistakes You and your children will learn all about the Gaines family's story of becoming gardeners in Joanna's first children's book--starting with the first little fern Chip bought for Jo. Over the years, the family's love for gardening has blossomed into what is now a beautiful, bustling garden.

The Virago Book Of Women Gardeners

The Virago Book Of Women Gardeners
Author: Deborah Kellaway
Publisher: Virago
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780349008653

From diggers and weeders, to artists and colourists, writers and dreamers to trend-setters, plantswomen to landscape designers, women have contributed to the world of gardening and gardens. Here Deborah Kellaway, author of The Making of an English Country Garden and Favourite Flowers , has collected extracts from the 18th century to the present day, to create a book that is replete with anecdotes and good-humoured advice. Colette, Margery Fish, Germaine Greer, Eleanor Sinclair Rohde, Vita Sackville-West, Rosemary Verey, Edith Wharton and Dorothy Wordsworth are some of the writers represented in this book.

The Big Book of Gardening Skills

The Big Book of Gardening Skills
Author: Garden Way Publishing
Publisher: Storey Books
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1993
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

A comprehensive, generously illustrated guide for both beginners and advanced gardeners on how to grow flowers, fruits, herbs, vegetables, lawns, and shrubs.

365 Days of Gardening

365 Days of Gardening
Author: Christine Allison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1995
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780060170325

With more 1,000 gardening tips arranged by season and by day, this indispensable how-to guide for gardeners of all levels of expertise has the same popular design and functional format as the other books in the 365 Ways series. Line drawings and black-and-white photos throughout.

Gardener's Day Book

Gardener's Day Book
Author: Laura Stoddart
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2003-08-07
Genre: Blank-books
ISBN: 9781842552858

An enchanting gift book in which to write your thoughts

The Untamed Garden

The Untamed Garden
Author: Sonia Day
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0771025068

In this charming gift book, master gardener Sonia Day brings together delicious tidbits from myth, history, botany, and plant lore to reveal how plants have seduced our hearts, minds, and bodies throughout the ages. Organized in thematic chapters that loosely follow the arc of a love affair, the book journeys from "Innocence" through such stages as "Flirtation," "Seduction," "Lust," "Deception," and "Rapture." Scattered throughout are love potions, examples from the Victorian "language of flowers," and charming anecdotes, all told in Day's delightfully irreverent and conversational voice. Gorgeously designed and featuring full-colour photos and illustrations throughout, this is a sumptuous tribute to our enduring fascination with plants.