A complete seed-saving guide of 160 vegetables, including detailed info on each vegetable.
Whether interested in simply saving seeds for home use or working to conserve rare varieties of beloved squashes and tomatoes, this book provides a deeper understanding of the art, the science, and the joy of saving seeds.
Seed Sowing and Saving is packed with solid advice and information that teaches you how to: * Successfully harvest seeds from more than 100 common vegetables, annuals, perennials, herbs, and wildflowers * Dry and store seeds, and test seeds ...
. . This book can serve as a bridge to lead skilled gardeners, who are already saving their own seed, into the idea of growing seed commercially.
A young boy plants a seed that, with water, sunlight, care, and patience, grows into a strong, tall tree.
Marcy and Miss Rosa start a campaign to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a community garden.
The Seed Underground pays tribute to time-honored and threatened varieties, deconstructs the politics and genetics of seeds, and reveals the astonishing characters who grow, study, and save them.
Vegetables Love Flowers walks you through the ins and outs of companion planting, from how it works to which plants go together and how to grow the best garden for your climate.
Microgreens:A Guide to Growing NutrientPacked Greens. Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2009. Market gardeners tell how to grow and use microgreens. McLaughlin, Chris. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Heirloom Vegetables. New York: Alpha, 2010.
Presents the biography of the conservationist who began the Seed Savers Exchange with her ex-husband in order to save seeds passed down through generations and maintain horticultural diversity.
Founder of the UK Heritage Seed Programme and founders of the Australian Seed Savers' Network have collaborated to show how gardeners can protect our global food hertitage -- and eat...