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Thirty-four years ago, when they were in their 20s, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave their lives in New York City and move to Christine’s ancestral home in the town of Kiltumper in rural Ireland. In the decades that followed, the pair dedicated themselves to writing, gardening and living a life that followed the rhythms of the Earth.

The new edition of Gardening Basics for Dummies grounds you thoroughly in the fundamentals of soil, flowers, trees, and lawns - and helps you get to know the names of what you're planting along the way. In a friendly, straightforward style, professional horticulturist Steven A. Frowine shows you how to start growing your expertise - from planning out your own mini-Eden and planting your first annuals, bulbs, and perennials through to laying the perfect lawn, raising tasty crops, and even introducing fish to your landscape!

Nordseezauber, Geheimnisse und unerwartete Gefühle … Als Sarah auf Norderney einen verwilderten Garten neu gestalten soll, spürt sie sofort den Zauber des Ortes. Das Grundstück gehörte einst einer Frau namens Frieda, die für ihr Wissen über Heilkräuter bekannt war. Bei ihrer Arbeit stößt Sarah auf ein Notizbuch voller Erinnerungen und geheimer Kräuterrezepte, das sie immer mehr in Friedas Leben eintauchen lässt. Obwohl Sarah die Frau nie kennengelernt hat, spürt sie eine unerklärliche Seelenverwandtschaft.

Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll find chapters detailing each of these four exciting branches of what Stamets has coined “mycorestoration,” as well as chapters on the medicinal and nutritional properties of mushrooms, inoculation methods, log and stump culture, and species selection for various environmental purposes.

Cultivating herbs for medical use is an ancient and powerful practice—ginger to boost your immune system, basil to ease your morning sickness, garlic to soothe your child’s cough—all these are there in your own kitchen closet. Plus, you can have 71 more science-backed ailments and their remedies in your backyard at your fingertips. But that’s just the beginning…your body’s natural wisdom is just waiting to be unlocked. But our modern, harsh chemicals can block that potential from ever being realized.

Compared to Charles' other books, this is more about no dig, eliminating weeds, garden layout, compost making, and using compost. There is also a history of no-dig vegetable gardening in the last 100 years. I want listeners to understand the context and the reasons why no dig has not been much valued until recently, and why it is now. This audiobook has 18 sections, covering the key methods and wonderful results of no dig, from starting with weeds to sowing and planting straightaway, and cropping soon after.

The Garden Jungle is about the wildlife that lives right under our noses, in our gardens and parks, between the gaps in the pavement and in the soil beneath our feet. Wherever you are right now, the chances are that there are worms, woodlice, centipedes, flies, silverfish, wasps, beetles, mice, shrews and much, much more, quietly living within just a few paces of you.

Well-known and loved as a cookery writer and presenter, this is Mary Berry’s deeply personal account of the second great love of her life, gardening. She shares her love of growing plants, visiting gardens, and getting hands-on in her own plot. A passion that was sparked in her childhood, Mary first started gardening with her father and she has been fortunate to meet many inspirational and knowledgeable horticulturalists throughout her life. Full of anecdotes and pearls of wisdom, My Gardening Life is a unique memoir told through the gardens Mary has loved.

Hochbeet-Ratgeber: Mit Anleitungen, Tipps & Tricks für eine reiche Ernte und optimale Pflege das ganze Jahr über Träumen Sie von selbstgezogenem Bio-Gemüse auf Ihrem Teller? Pflanzen, Jäten & Gießen sind genau Ihr Ding? Doch leider fehlt Ihnen der Platz für das Gärtner-Hobby? Dann ist ein Hochbeet die perfekte Lösung – und mit diesem Ratgeber wird der Mini-Garten ein voller Erfolg! Pestizide auf der Gurke, Tomaten ohne Geschmack oder Bio-Ware zu saftigen Preisen: Wer gesundes und schmackhaftes Gemüse genießen will, greift am besten zur Marke „selbstgezogen".

Discover Nature’s Healing Power to Transform Your Mind, Body, and EnergyAre you ready to embrace the natural, time-tested healing wisdom of herbs? In Herbal Remedies: Restore with Herbs, acclaimed herbalist Ngozi Amajuoyi shares the ultimate guide to achieving stress relief, restful sleep, and vitality—all through the power of nature.

In this bestselling book from Rosemary Gladstar, the godmother of modern herbalism, learn how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use the 33 most common and versatile healing plants. Craft a soothing aloe lotion after an encounter with poison ivy, make a dandelion-burdock tincture to fix sluggish digestion, and brew up some lavender-lemon balm tea to ease a stressful day.

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Do you dream of growing a vibrant, thriving garden, even if you're short on space or have struggled in the past? Raised-bed gardening is the perfect solution to common gardening challenges like poor soil, limited space, and unpredictable weather. Whether you're an experienced gardener or a complete beginner, "Raised-Bed Gardening: From Seeds to Harvest, An All-Season Gardening Guide" will guide you step-by-step through every aspect of raised-bed gardening, from building your beds to harvesting delicious crops all year round.

Do you feel overwhelmed by unreliable online information while trying to embark on your dream of self-sufficient living? Are you anxious about navigating the complexities of food production, raising livestock, or emergency preparedness? Feel daunted by the idea of starting with limited space or budget? Worried about balancing time or lacking experience?

This comprehensive guide is your ultimate companion to mastering the art and science of beekeeping, whether you're a curious beginner or an experienced apiarist. Tracey Glenn takes you on a journey through every facet of beekeeping, from understanding bee biology and organic practices to urban setups and native bee conservation. Explore expert insights into seasonal hive management, disease prevention, and sustainable foraging, ensuring healthy bees and a bountiful honey harvest.

Join Poppy Okotcha in her wild little garden in Devon, where, over the course of a year, she shares the inspiring, the mundane and the magical moments that arise from tending a garden through the seasons, and what they can teach us about living more sustainably. Alongside tips for sowing and growing, wild ingredients to be found and delicious seasonal recipes to make, she shows us how the small joys of engaging with the natural world are imperative for our physical and emotional wellbeing.

A much-loved classic of nature writing from environmentalist and the author of Waterlog, Roger Deakin, Wildwood is an exploration of the element wood in nature, our culture and our lives. From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, he embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia, in search of what lies behind man's profound and enduring connection with wood and trees.

The garden has always been a place of peace and perseverance, of nurture and reward. Using contemporary neuroscience, psychoanalysis and compelling real-life stories, The Well Gardened Mind investigates the remarkable effects of nature on our health and well-being. From the science of the brain’s own ‘gardener cells’ to the beauty of flowers and the grounding effects of working with nature’s rhythms of growth, decay and regeneration, Stuart-Smith provides a new perspective on the power of gardening. Prisoners given the chance to grow plants are less likely to reoffend.

In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant—though this time the obsessions revolves around the intoxicating effects of marijuana rather than the visual beauty of the tulip. How could flowers, of all things, become such objects of desire that they can drive men to financial ruin?

Have you ever had compost that would not break down? Or compost that turned into a smelly mess? You are not alone. Millions of people struggle with making compost at home. Composting is such an integral part of gardening that learning to get it right allows you to become a master of your special place. This audiobook will take you on a journey of how the microbial life in your soil and compost play vital roles in your garden. You will learn why specific things happen when making compost and how to solve common problems.

In Susan Orlean's mesmerizing true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy, in spite of the fact that he is missing his front teeth and has the posture of al dente spaghetti. In 1994, Laroche and three Seminole Indians were arrested with rare orchids they had stolen from a wild swamp in south Florida that is filled with some of the world's most extraordinary plants and trees. Laroche had planned to clone the orchids and then sell them for a small fortune to impassioned collectors.