Títulos en Jardinería y horticultura

Herbs are some of the most versatile plants in the world. They grow in the worst type of soil, are drought tolerant, and require very little maintenance. Use them to flavor all kinds of foods, make skin and hair care products of your own, enhance your vegetable garden, cure common ailments, clean your home, and make it smell wonderful. It sounds almost too good to be true, but this audiobook will give you the inside story on how to use these wonderful plants and save money along with keeping harmful chemicals away from your home, children, pets, and yourself.

One of the most important things gardeners can do is to build up the soil in their garden. Soil building is a process. As humus is devoured by microorganisms, worms, and plants, more organic material must be added constantly in order to keep the soil biomass well fed and happy for strong soil structure. Learn all the various ways to get organic material into your soil to improve soil health and soil fertility to improve plant health for better gardens, higher yields, and more gorgeous flowers.

Many people think of homesteaders and older folk canning away in their kitchen, but increasingly younger people and urban gardeners are interested in preserving the produce they have grown or even making their own healthy preserves from fresh fruit and vegetables bought from the supermarket.

This book guides you through the complete process of preserving fresh produce from start to finish. You will learn everything for methods such as freezing, canning, dehydrating, pickling, jamming, making fruit leathers and cordials and more. This complete guide turns you into an expert preserver!

In Push the Zone: The Good Guide to Growing Tropical Plants Beyond the Tropics, David the Good shares his successes and failures in expanding plant ranges, and equips you with the knowledge you need to add a growing zone or two to your own backyard. Based on original research done in North Florida, Push the Zone is useful for northern gardeners as well. Discover microclimates in your yard, use the thermal mass of walls to grow impossible plants, and uncover growing secrets that will change your entire view of what can grow where!

In today's modern world our lives are full of stress and daily pressures, and there isn't time to look after our health and well-being as much as we should, since we are pulled in different directions at the same time. We have an ever-growing level of responsibilities at home, work, and with the kids. The list is endless. It is not surprising that with our bodies working in overdrive that our health starts to suffer, which in turn can lead to serious health issues, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes.

Have you ever wondered what composting is all about? Have you ever wondered what planet Earth is going to do with all our waste products? Would you like to do your part to help clean up our planet? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this book is for you. 50 Things to Know About Home Composting is all about the composting process: how it happens and why it’s important.

Traditional gardening can be hard. It requires a lot of space, and problems like drought, weeds, and rotting often result in very bad yields. But what if there is a better strategy, one that eliminates many of the challenges that traditional planting brings to the table? Meet raised bed gardening - gardening that uses less space, is controlled, and is easily accessible.

Imagine walking out of your back door, greeted by a beautiful garden full of flowers, and even more importantly, food! But for most of us, it all just sounds a bit too good to be true. The truth is, traditional gardening can be hard, extremely hard. You need a lot of space, and problems like drought, weeds, and rotting often result in very bad yields.

Imagine walking out of your back door, greeted by a beautiful garden full of flowers, and even more important: Food! No more grocery shopping for GMO and pesticide grown vegetables, but your own, organic and nutritious vegetables and fruits for a healthy family. The truth is, traditional gardening can be hard, extremely hard. But what if there is a better strategy one that eliminates many of the challenges that traditional planting brings to the table? Meet raised bed gardening - gardening that uses less space, is controlled, and is easily accessible.

There are 20 million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost. However, viewed through a different lens, they can also be seen as a tremendous source of opportunity. Access to land is a major barrier for many people who want to enter the agricultural sector, and urban and suburban yards have huge potential for would-be farmers wanting to become part of this growing movement.

How did people eat before giant corporations stocked grocery stores? It's a complex question that many people are facing now more than ever. In recent years, we've seen trends in panic-buying, chemicals infiltrating our produce, and our foods being processed with artificial products. What's happened to the food we eat? What purpose is the land in our backyard serving? Homesteading is having a new surge in popularity as people look for more ways to become self-sustaining.

Gardening is not only beautiful, but also a very useful hobby. Nothing quite fills you up with a sense of pride like when you see your first plants growing and thriving. And just imagine picking up fresh tomatoes and having them for dinner! Certified organic and delicious, straight from your very own garden. Greenhouse gardening allows you to control the growing circumstances and have plants that yield crops all year round.

The truth is that not everyone can grow cannabis outdoors. Nowadays, people choose to grow their weed indoors where they can enjoy privacy and the discretion of cultivating the best cannabis strains within the safe confines of their homes. You may be thinking – indoors or outdoors? The good news is that there is a large variety of top strains of cannabis that can be cultivated with ease indoors.

This audiobook contains a step-by-step guide on how to grow top-quality weed outdoors. Growing weed indoors has been a practice in the past decades. With weed being accepted by the mainstream market, however, it is now possible for us, with the proper permits, to grow it in our backyards. You will learn the basic needs of the marijuana plant, what makes the marijuana plant worth growing, how you can manipulate the plant's life cycle to grow top-quality weed, and more.

Autark leben durch Selbstversorgung, Minimalismus und Zero Waste! In Zeiten des Klimawandels ist ein nachhaltiger Konsum und Umgang mit unseren Ressourcen wichtiger denn je. Ein genügsamer, minimalistischer Lebensstil kombiniert mit dem eigenen Anbau von Lebensmitteln und selbst gemachten Kosmetik- und Hygieneartikeln trägt dazu bei, Ihren ökologischer Fußabdruck zu verringern und spart gleichzeitig auch noch Geld ein.

Have you ever been to a lush old forest and wondered how those majestic trees and thick bushes grow so happily without any help...while your garden threatens to die out within weeks if you don't feed your plants with chemical fertilizers? Well, nature is wise. A forest fertilizes itself with dead leaves and grass and all kinds of organic materials that turn into delightfully nutritious compost. It contains the exact nutrients that plants need for healthy growth - without the weird (and expensive) chemicals that contaminate the soil.

A lot of famous and successful people are embracing the life of a homesteader. Homesteading has become a catharsis for people who finally want to live the life of a producer rather than a mere consumer. Thousands of people all over the globe have decided to say “yes” to gardening and domesticating animals. But, are you uncertain and hesitant to take the step? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. You see, homesteading doesn’t have to be difficult.

Did you know that you could grow up to 10,000 pounds of food on a small quarter-acre lot? Now pause and think for a moment. You're spending at least 10 percent of your monthly income on food that you can actually grow in your backyard. Highest-quality organic vegetables, flavorful freshly picked herbs and mouth-watering fruit - you can have all of these for free.

Plants play a critical role in how we experience our environment. They create calming green spaces, provide oxygen for us to breathe, and nourish our senses. In The Nature of Plants, ecologist and nursery owner Craig Huegel demystifies the complex lives of plants and provides listeners with an extensive tour into their workings.

Always wanted to grow marijuana on your own but you can’t wrap your finger around the task? This audiobook will be everything you need to turn yourself into a certified green-thumb with the fuzzy plant. Here, you will walk through each stage of cannabis growing like a pro and end up with the best product you’ve ever raised. You’ll be equipped with the necessary information and skills required to tame this delicate plant and make it work for you.