Growing Chinese Vegetables in Your Own Backyard

Growing Chinese Vegetables in Your Own Backyard

Author: Geri Harrington

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1603421408

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Addresses both interests with plant-by-plant advice on planting, growing and harvesting more than 40 Chinese vegetables and herbs, from the familiar snow pea to the still exotic Chinese pumpkin.


Growing Chinese Flowers, Herbs And Vegetables Gardens In Your Backyard

Growing Chinese Flowers, Herbs And Vegetables Gardens In Your Backyard

Author: Steve Hock

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2023-12-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Do you love the taste of Chinese herbs and vegetables? Would you like to grow your own Chinese plants, but don't know where to start? "Growing Chinese Flowers, Herbs, and Vegetables Gardens in Your Backyard" is here to help! This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about growing your own Chinese plants, from choosing the right plants to planting, watering, and harvesting. You'll also learn about common pests and diseases and how to prevent and treat them. With this guide, you'll have everything you need to create a thriving Chinese garden, no matter what your skill level is. You'll be amazed at how easy and fun it can be to grow your own Chinese plants! Plus, by growing your own, you'll be able to enjoy the freshest, healthiest produce available, and save money on your grocery bill. So what are you waiting for? Get growing! Ready to get started? Grab your copy of "Growing Chinese Flowers, Herbs, and Vegetables Gardens in Your Backyard" today and start growing your own delicious, nutritious plants! With this guide, you'll have everything you need to create a beautiful and productive garden that will provide you with fresh herbs, vegetables, and flowers all season long. So don't wait - start growing today!


The Chinese Kitchen Garden

The Chinese Kitchen Garden

Author: Wendy Kiang-Spray

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2017-02-08

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 160469677X

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Winner of the Garden Writers Association 2018 Silver Medal of Achievement Wendy Kiang-Spray’s family has strong culinary and gardening traditions. In The Chinese Kitchen Garden, she beautifully blends the story of her family’s cultural heritage with growing information for 38 Chinese vegetables—like lotus root, garlic, chives, and eggplant—and 25 traditional recipes like congee, dumplings, and bok choy stir-fry. Organized by season, you’ll learn what to grow in spring and what to cook in winter.


No Dig

No Dig

Author: Charles Dowding

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-09-06

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 0744077753

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Work in partnership with nature to nurture your soil for healthy plants and bumper crops - without back-breaking effort! Have you ever wondered how to transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden? Well now you can! By following the simple steps set out in No Dig, in just a few short hours you can revolutionize your vegetable patch with plants already in the ground from day one! Charles Dowding is on a mission to teach that there is no need to dig over the soil, but by minimizing intervention you are actively boosting soil productivity. In fact, The less you dig, the more you preserve soil structure and nurture the fungal mycelium vital to the health of all plants. This is the essence of the No Dig system that Charles Dowding has perfected over a lifetime growing vegetables. So put your gardening gloves on and get ready to discover: - Guides and calendars of when to sow, grow, and harvest. - Inspiring information and first-hand guidance from the author - “Delve deeper” features look in-depth at the No Dig system and the facts and research that back it up. - The essential role of compost and how to make your own at home. - The importance of soil management, soil ecology, and soil health. Now one of the hottest topics in environmental science, this "wood-wide web" has informed Charles's practice for decades, and he's proven it isn't just trees that benefit - every gardener can harness the power of the wood-wide web. Featuring newly- commissioned step-by-step photography of all stages of growing vegetables and herbs, and all elements of No Dig growing, shot at Charles’s beautiful market garden in Somerset, you too will be able to grow more veg with less time and effort, and in harmony with nature - so join the No Dig revolution today! A must-have volume for followers of Charles Dowding who fervently believe in his approach to low input, high yield gardening, as well as gardeners who want to garden more lightly on the earth, with environmentally friendly techniques like organic and No Dig.


Backyard Self-sufficiency

Backyard Self-sufficiency

Author: Jackie French

Publisher: Aird Books Pty.Limited

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780947214586

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Self-sufficient gardens are beautiful -- a ramble of productivity, and a profusion of smells and colour. Jackie will help you to create a 'Garden of Eden' in your own backyard.


The Prairie Homestead Cookbook

The Prairie Homestead Cookbook

Author: Jill Winger

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1250305942

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Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table. With a foreword by bestselling author Joel Salatin The Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all—or even any—of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious traditional American comfort food recipes with whole ingredients and shows that you don’t have to use obscure items to enjoy this lifestyle. And as a busy mother of three, Jill knows how to make recipes easy and delicious for all ages. "Jill takes you on an insightful and delicious journey of becoming a homesteader. This book is packed with so much easy to follow, practical, hands-on information about steps you can take towards integrating homesteading into your life. It is packed full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes and heartwarming stories of her unique adventure into homesteading. These recipes are ones I know I will be using regularly in my kitchen." - Eve Kilcher These 109 recipes include her family’s favorites, with maple-glazed pork chops, butternut Alfredo pasta, and browned butter skillet corn. Jill also shares 17 bonus recipes for homemade sauces, salt rubs, sour cream, and the like—staples that many people are surprised to learn you can make yourself. Beyond these recipes, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook shares the tools and tips Jill has learned from life on the homestead, like how to churn your own butter, feed a family on a budget, and experience all the fulfilling satisfaction of a DIY lifestyle.


Your Asian Veggie Patch

Your Asian Veggie Patch

Author: Connie Cao

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2024-10-01

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 1761505009

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Grow, cook and enjoy delicious Asian vegetables, herbs and fruits – from garden to plate – wherever you live with permaculture gardener Connie Cao. Your Asian Veggie Patch is a comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to growing and cooking Asian vegetables, herbs and fruits at home. Permaculture gardener Connie Cao guides you though a curated selection of more than 40 cool-season and warm-season annuals and perennials (from amaranth greens, bok choy and daikon to loofah, pandan and yuzu), meaning it's easy to find produce that will thrive in your garden and climate. Then, make the most of your abundant harvest with 50 fresh home-style recipes inspired by Connie's Chinese heritage: think edamame and pickled mustard greens, stir-fried Shanghai rice cakes, pork and chive dumplings, Chinese pumpkin cakes and winter melon tea. Featuring photography and illustrations both beautiful and informative, Your Asian Veggie Patch has everything you need to get your garden flourishing and your mouth watering.