Learn to grow your own produce, free of chemicals and pesticides. Complete with 135 vegetables and 75 herbs, this guide includes tips for growing many varieties of tubers, corn, tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas, melons, berries, and much more. Helpful advice on harvesting vegetables and herbs is also included.
This Taylor's Guide sorts out the best heirloom vegetables and tells readers where to find them. 200 color photos. 25 drawings.
For whatever reasons gardeners plant herbs, they will find in this book the answers to all their questions, plus an encyclopedia of 400 herbs and a gallery of 260 color photos and 60 black-and-white drawings.
Enjoy the fruits—and veggies and herbs—of your own labor! This comprehensive guide teaches you how to grow bigger and better-quality produce and manage pest problems either conventionally or by organic methods.
Rye (cereal or elbon rye). Non-legume widely grown in she horfheaso. Rye tolerates many soil types, even very poor ones. It is easily cultivated and adaptable to any Cool, dry climate. Recommended for nematode control when planted as a ...
The New Vegetable & Herb Growing Guide: Back to the Basics
This is the companion volume to Discovering Fruit & Nuts, making these two books the complete reference work on gardening with edible plants.
Although the Shakers are best known today for their furniture and their innovative approach to design, the nineteenth-century Shaker communities were especially successful in two businesses: growing and selling vegetable...
This short book, "Sow, Grow, and Nourish," is your ticket to experiencing the joy of cultivating fresh, organic produce right in your backyard or on your balcony.
Winter savory ( S. montana ) can make it through Zone 4 winters with some protection , especially from wind ; give it good drainage . ... Winter savory likes lean soil on the sandy side , and summer savory likes it rich .
W Wampee : Also called wampi , it is a small tree native to China . The fruits are small , spherical , and ... WATERMELONS Watermelon : Dr. David Livingston discovered watermelons growing wild in the Kalahari desert in Central Africa .