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Seeds from the Grower: A Guide to Growing Citrus and Other Food Trees from Seeds is a comprehensive and practical handbook that takes you on a journey of cultivating your own fruit-bearing trees from tiny seeds. Delve into the fascinating world of citrus and explore a diverse range of other food trees, from fruits to nuts and beyond. Discover the joy and satisfaction of starting from scratch as you learn the art of germinating seeds, fostering healthy seedlings, and nurturing them into mature trees.

Trentasette milioni di anni fa, la rosa compare sulla terra. L'hanno rivelato i fossili ritrovati in Oregon e in Colorado confermandoci che in tempi preistorici crescevano specie diverse di rose, le stesse presenti ancora oggi nell'emisfero settentrionale. La storia del fiore, dalla sua genesi a tutto il Settecento, è un'introduzione al cuore del libro di Anna Peyron, che comincia con una data precisa: il 21 aprile 1799, quando Marie Joseph Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, nata in Martinica in una famiglia creola di coloni bianchi francesi, compra una tenuta circondata da un parco.

Enjoy the fun and satisfaction that comes with gardening as a family. Harvest homegrown fruits, vegetables, and flowers while creating beautiful outdoor spaces and valuable memories that will last a lifetime!

With chapters covering germination, planting and cultivation, feeding and watering, weeds, pests and diseases, and soils and situations, it is full of amazing ideas for banishing slugs, snails, aphids, ants, cats, squirrels, and countless other garden pests, plus many fun, money-saving, and innovative tips for growing healthier plants in your garden. A wonderful listen, and aimed at the millions of people that love to garden and want to do so with a care for the environment.

Welcome to the delightful world of growing strawberries at home! Whether you have a sprawling garden or a small balcony, this book will guide you through the process of cultivating these luscious red gems right at your doorstep.

You don’t need to be an experienced gardener to produce your own food. It all starts with a single step, and you’re about to take it right now. With the right guidance by your side, you can design a thriving vegetable garden unique to your own needs, and create a raised bed growing environment your whole neighborhood will envy. Ready to become the master of a beautiful and productive garden?

In this powerful and comprehensive guide in the spirit of Jambalaya and Sacred Woman, an herbalist celebrates ancient and modern African holistic healing. “The message of this book is: hold onto your yams, your collards, watermelon, and roots. There is magic, mystery, connection, and healing...

Este es el segundo libro de la autora de El Libro Verde de la Bruja Solitaria, un manual breve pero muy completo tanto para principiantes como para brujas y brujos de nivel intermedio que desean practicar la magia en solitario.

Everything you need to grow a thriving raised bed and container garden is right here at your green fingertips–even if you only have 15 minutes a day!

Are you looking to improve your health through the power of medicinal plants? Have you always wanted to grow your own herbs at home? Did you know 80 percent of the population relies on traditional herbal medicine for primary health care? Since ancient times, people have used herbal plants to treat diseases and enhance their general health and well-being.

Etwa 470 Briefe umfasst der Briefwechsel zwischen dem großen Berliner Maler Max Liebermann und dem Direktor der Hamburger Kunsthalle Alfred Lichtwark. Lichtwark, der als einer der Ersten Liebermanns Kunst förderte, hatte einen starken Einfluss auf den Maler. Liebermann wiederum war dem Mentor dankbar für die persönliche Beratung und Freundschaft. Als Liebermann seinen Landsitz in Berlin-Wannsee errichtete, plante er die Gartengestaltung in einer ausführlichen Korrespondenz mit Lichtwark. Er selbst entwickelte für die Gartenlandschaft eine Grundidee und arbeitete sie mit seinem Freund zu einem vielgestaltigen modernen Garten aus.

Whether you live in an apartment or are constantly on the go, container gardening will surely add a splash of greenery to your home. It requires some effort to get started, but with the tips and hacks within this guide, you can master the art of creating and caring for your garden in only 10 minutes each day.

This book is a guide for the first-time gardener, giving a clear guide to starting their own raised bed garden with an eye on space economy and realistic goals. This audiobook will start by explaining the growth cycle before walking the listener through harvest, preparing, and planning for the next growing season.

Welcome to the delightfully damp world of hydroponics! In Soak, Sprout, Smile: The Funny Side of Growing Food in Water, embark on an unforgettable adventure that combines gardening, science, and a hearty helping of humor.

Your soil is filled with unique properties that determine what you can grow and how well. Without knowing your specific soil type—clay, silty, peaty, or one of the others—you could be devoting your time, energy, and money to a garden that doesn’t bring you results.

This audiobook is tailored specifically for beginners like you, to boost your confidence, equip you with the necessary small-space gardening information, and provide you with practical gardening methods you can easily apply in your home. It will get you to think out of the box on how to use what you have.

What if I told you we would have to eat eight oranges today to get the same amount of vitamin C our grandparents received from just one orange? It’s time to take your nutrition into your own hands and start growing your own rich, colourful, and sustainable garden.

Der eigene Garten ist ein ganz persönliches Paradies und wer Hobbygärtner mit Leib und Seele ist, der will das Maximum aus seiner grünen Oase herausholen. Das geht ganz hervorragend mit der Profi-Methode Veredelung: Das Beste zweier Pflanzen vereint in einem perfekten Gewächs, und wie Ihnen das ganz einfach auch Zuhause gelingt, finden Sie in diesem Buch heraus! Schwaches Wurzelwerk, Krankheitsanfälligkeit oder der Erhalt besonderer Pflanzen – die Motivation für die Veredelung eines Gewächses kann unterschiedlich sein, die Vorteile hingegen überzeugen in jedem Fall.

From Katie Vaz, author of Don’t Worry, Eat Cake, the beloved Make Yourself Cozy, and The Escape Manual for Introverts, comes My Life in Plants. Her newest book tells the story of her life through the thirty-nine plants that have played both leading and supporting roles, from her childhood to her wedding day. Plants include a homegrown wildflower bouquet wrapped in duct tape that she carried on stage at age three, to a fragrant basil plant that brought her and her kitchen back to life after grief.

From the hanging gardens of Babylon to that fiddle-leaf fig in your living room, houseplants have been humanity’s companions for a millennia. Taming the Potted Beast explores the history of our air-purifying friends with an entertaining narrative of the peculiar, often dramatic story of the cultivation and domestication of the not-so-humble houseplant. Including entertaining historical vignettes, DIY plant projects, and accessible tips and tricks for caring for your own historical houseplant collection, this book has any plant-curious listener covered.