Vegetables Love Flowers
Vegetables Love Flowers

Author: Lisa Mason Ziegler

Publisher:

Published: 2018-03-27

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0760357587

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Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried and true technique! Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden; but there's more to the method than you might think. 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. Alongside gorgeous garden photography, you'll also learn about: Seed-starting, growing, and harvesting How to make garden flower bouquets, with "recipes" for various arrangements How to attract beneficial creatures to pollinate your garden and prey on its pests Pesticide-free pest-control measures Composting heaps and bins With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive—and beautify your garden in the process.

Seed to Seed
Seed to Seed

Author: Suzanne Ashworth

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2012-10-31

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0988474905

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A complete seed-saving guide of 160 vegetables, including detailed info on each vegetable.

The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds
The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds

Author: Robert Edward Gough

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1603425748

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A full-color resource explains how to gather, clean and store seeds for 300 different kinds of vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees and shrubs, as well as how to propagate and care for new seedlings. Original.

Saving Seeds
Saving Seeds

Author: Marc Rogers

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2012-12-07

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1612122418

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Enjoy a delicious bounty of heirloom vegetables every year. Marc Rogers guides you through the time-honored and cost-effective tradition of collecting seeds from this year’s harvest to grow next year’s crop. Learn how to select and store seeds from proven varieties of more than 100 common vegetables and flowers. Through saving seeds and growing heirloom plants you’ll not only have a thriving garden every summer, you’ll be saving money and preserving local flavors at the same time.

Seed Sowing and Saving
Seed Sowing and Saving

Author: Carole B. Turner

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 1998-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781580170017

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Hands-on instructions for sowing seeds from more than 100 common vegetables, annuals, perennials, herbs, and wildflowers.

Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties
Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties

Author: Carol Deppe

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2000-11-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1890132721

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"[Book title] is the definitive guide to plant breeding and seed saving for the serious home gardener and the small-scale farmer or commercial grower. Discover: how to breed for a wide range of different traits (flavor, size, shape, or color; cold or heat tolerance; pest and disease resistance; and regional adaptation); how to save seed and maintain varieties; how to conduct your own variety trials and other farm- or garden-based research; how to breed for performance under organic or sustainable growing methods."--Back cover.