Growing Blackcurrants - With Information on Planting, Pruning, Watering, Picking and Other Aspects of Blackcurrant Cultivation

Growing Blackcurrants - With Information on Planting, Pruning, Watering, Picking and Other Aspects of Blackcurrant Cultivation

Author: E. G. Gilbert

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1473354315

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This vintage book is a detailed guide to growing blackcurrants, with information on planting, pruning, watering, picking, and all other aspects of blackcurrant cultivation. Full of helpful illustrations and invaluable tips and hints, this handbook is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in growing fruit, and is not to be missed by collectors of classic horticultural literature. Contents include: ”Site”, ”Soil”, ”Preparation for Planting”, ”Buying Bushes”, ”Planting”, ”Pruning after Planting”, ”Pruning One Year After Planting”, ”Pruning Established Bushed”, ”Picking”, ”Manuring”, ”Watering”, ”Weeding”, ”Roguing”, ”Cultivars”, ”Fertility”, ”Pests”, ”Diseases”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing ”Growing Blackcurrants” now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit and vegetables.


Edible Landscaping

Edible Landscaping

Author:

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1578051541

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Grow clean, delicious produce at home, saving money and natural resources at the same time. Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with edibles a quarter-century ago, interest in eating healthy, fresh, locally grown foods has swept across the nation. And food plants have been freed from the backyard, gracing the finest landscapes--even the White House grounds! Creasy's expertise on edibles and how to incorporate them in beautifully designed outdoor environments was first showcased in the original edition of Edible Landscaping, hailed by gardeners everywhere as a groundbreaking classic. Now this highly anticipated new edition presents the latest design and how-to information in a glorious full-color format, featuring more than 300 inspiring photographs. Drawing on the author's decades of research and experience, the book presents everything you need to know to create an inviting home landscape that will yield mouthwatering vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries. The comprehensive "Encyclopedia of Edibles"--a book in itself--provides horticultural information, culinary uses, sources, and recommended varieties; and appendices cover the basics of planting and maintenance, and of controlling pests and diseases using organic and environmentally friendly practices.


Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

Author: Lee Reich

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780881929447

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Lee Reich provides a valuable guide to uncommon fruits and berries, which add an adventurous flavor to any garden. Though names like jujube, juneberry, maypop, and shipova may seem exotic at first glance, these fruits offer ample rewards to the gardener willing to go only slightly off the beaten path at local nurseries. Reliable even in the toughest garden situations, cold-hardy, and pest- and disease-resistant, they are as enticing to the beginner as to the advanced gardener. This expanded sequel to the author's celebrated Uncommon Fruits Worthy of Attention offers new fruits, new varieties, and new photos and illustrations to entice the reader into an exciting world of garden pleasure.


Currants, Gooseberries, and Jostaberries

Currants, Gooseberries, and Jostaberries

Author: Danny Barney

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2005-05-31

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1482277824

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Rediscover the economic potential of growing Ribes cultivars in the United States and Canada! Currants, Gooseberries, and Jostaberries: A Guide for Growers, Marketers, and Researchers in North America explores the biology and history of growing these small fruits as commercial crops in North America. This book provides authoritative inf


Real Gardens Grow Natives

Real Gardens Grow Natives

Author: Eileen M Stark

Publisher: Mountaineers Books

Published: 2014-09-24

Total Pages: 645

ISBN-13: 1594858675

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CLICK HERE to download sample native plants from Real Gardens Grow Natives For many people, the most tangible and beneficial impact they can have on the environment is right in their own yard. Aimed at beginning and veteran gardeners alike, Real Gardens Grow Natives is a stunningly photographed guide that helps readers plan, implement, and sustain a retreat at home that reflects the natural world. Gardening with native plants that naturally belong and thrive in the Pacific Northwest’s climate and soil not only nurtures biodiversity, but provides a quintessential Northwest character and beauty to yard and neighborhood! For gardeners and conservationists who lack the time to read through lengthy design books and plant lists or can’t afford a landscape designer, Real Gardens Grow Natives is accessible yet comprehensive and provides the inspiration and clear instruction needed to create and sustain beautiful, functional, and undemanding gardens. With expert knowledge from professional landscape designer Eileen M. Stark, Real Gardens Grow Natives includes: * Detailed profiles of 100 select native plants for the Pacific Northwest west of the Cascades, plus related species, helping make plant choice and placement. * Straightfoward methods to enhance or restore habitat and increase biodiversity * Landscape design guidance for various-sized yards, including sample plans * Ways to integrate natives, edibles, and nonnative ornamentals within your garden * Specific planting procedures and secrets to healthy soil * Techniques for propagating your own native plants * Advice for easy, maintenance using organic methods


Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home

Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home

Author: Marcia Eames-Sheavly

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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Growing fruit at home can be an enjoyable activity that provides nutritious food for your family. This publication describes how to choose the best varieties; select sites; prepare soil; plant, prune and train shrubs and trees; and deal with diseases and pests.


Plants of the Tahoe Basin

Plants of the Tahoe Basin

Author: Michael Graf

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780520215832

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"The reader could hardly be disappointed with this book. More than simply a 'flower key, ' it deftly describes each species and its requirements for survival in the high Sierra. In addition to presenting an impressive collection of spectacular photographs, Graf describes the myriad physical aspects of the Basin which control the flora's vitality, its evolution and its future. This is a wildflower book with the depth and richness that will satisfy Tahoe plant lovers for a long time to come."--Joseph L. Medeiros, Sierra College


The Kitchen Garden Grower's Guide

The Kitchen Garden Grower's Guide

Author: Stephen Albert

Publisher: Booksurge Publishing

Published: 2008-11-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781419655791

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A practical guide on planting, growing, and preparing more than eighty vegetables and herbs, this handy home companion is perfect for avid cooks, foodies, and small scale vegetable gardeners.