Easy Edibles : How to Grow and Enjoy Fresh Food
Veteran gardener and author Judy Barrett's book dispels the idea that growing plants we can eat is harder than growing plants we can't eat and introduces readers to the idea of placing plants that can produce in an ordinary landscape, a harvest of herbs, vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Wheth...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Ch. 1 Is This Going to Be Hard?; History is Long; Memory is Short; Why Bother?; Ch. 2 Working with What You've Got; Adding Vegetables to Existing Landscapes; Choosing Herbs as Shrubs, Borders, and Ground Covers; Growing Food in the Kitchen; Ch. 3 Aw, Grow up!; Planting on Trellises, Fences, and Walls; Veggie Vines; Espaliered Trees; Grape Arbors; Ch. 4 Put in in a Pot, or a Bucket, or a Bag, or ... ; Traditional Containers; Nontraditional Containers; Ch. 5 Food Just Grows on Trees; Fruit; Nuts; Ch. 6 Free Foods: Stalking the Wild Whatever; Foraging for Fun and Flavor.
- Forest GardeningCh. 7 If You Want to do More, Go to Bed(s); Raised Beds; Sheet Composting; Variations on a Theme; Hydroponics and Aquaponics; Ch. 8 Taking the Show on the Road; Community Gardens; Gardens Here, There, and Everywhere; Ch. 9 Just Get It!; Pick Your Own; Farmers' Markets; Farm Stands; Community Supported Agriculture; Resources; Index.