Yates Top 50 Edible Plants for Pots and How Not to Kill Them!
Yates Top 50 Edible Plants for Pots and How Not to Kill Them!

Author: Angie Thomas

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2020-12-02

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781460759318

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How to grow your own food in the smallest spaces - in pots on balconies, courtyards and windowsills Increasingly people are keen to grow some of their own food, giving them fresh, delicious and healthy ingredients right on their doorstep. Homegrown food also means reduced food miles and packaging, and reminds us where food comes from and how plants grow. With backyards shrinking and more people living in apartments, we need to find a range of fruit, vegies and herbs that will grow and thrive in small spaces. Whether you love lush leafy greens, tangy citrus, crunchy carrots or vine-ripened tomatoes, there are lots of edible plants that can be grown in pots, hanging baskets and vertical gardens on sunny balconies, verandas, courtyards and windowsills, opening up the wonderful world of homegrown to everyone. This book provides the best information on which edible plants to grow in pots and how to care for them, no matter what your skill level. With loads of glorious photographs for inspiration, it puts 'patio to plate' within reach of everyone, whatever their gardening space.

Yates Top 50 Indoor Plants And How Not To Kill Them!
Yates Top 50 Indoor Plants And How Not To Kill Them!

Author: Angela Thomas

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-12-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1460711076

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The top 50 indoor houseplants for brightening your interiors - what's best and how to keep them alive. Bring the outdoors in and breathe new life to your home with plants! House plants are well and truly back on trend - they instantly lift an area, make a room feel fresh and welcoming, and brighten your mood. On top of this, indoor plants are great for purifying the air and creating a healthier home.Together with microbes in the soil, plants work wonders to reduce harmful pollutants released from indoor furniture. (It's true: look at the study conducted by the University of Technology, Sydney.) If you feel like your rooms need a splash of colour and a breath of life, there's no better starting point than this book. Whether your style is dramatic jungle plants or to sweetly shaped succulents, you'll find something to suit. With loads of glorious illustrations for inspiration, data on which plants are suitable where, and clear advice on how to pot, prune and pet your plants, this is the perfect guide for bringing the outdoors in - no matter what your level of gardening skill!

Square Metre Gardening
Square Metre Gardening

Author: Mel Bartholomew

Publisher: Cool Springs Press

Published: 2013-01-15

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1610588274

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Adapted from the U.S. bestseller All New Square Foot Gardening, this new edition applies the proven principles of square foot gardening to the European growing environment. The entire book has been converted to the metric system, but the adaptations go much deeper than that. We consulted the finest gardening editors in Great Britain for the conversion of author Mel Bartholomew’s classic guide, and they made sure that all of the inputs and outputs described in this book are sensible for the European market. Plant selections have been adjusted for British and Northern European climates and growing seasons; even the language has been Anglicized to communicate in a precise and natural way with European gardeners. This is the world’s most fail-safe method for growing produce at home, and now it is finally available for consumption outside of the United States. Vegetables, cutting flowers, and landscape plants can all be grown with amazing results (and virtually no weeding) using the square metre approach. There is a reason that the U.S. editions of this book have sold more than two million copies: metre or foot, the method works.

Symptoms of a Heartbreak
Symptoms of a Heartbreak

Author: Sona Charaipotra

Publisher: Imprint

Published: 2019-07-02

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1250199115

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"Doogie Howser, M.D. meets The Fault in Our Stars in this tender romcom." —Teen Vogue The youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds—and falls head over heels—in Sona Charaipotra's contemporary romantic comedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak. Sixteen-year-old Saira has always juggled family, friendships, and her Girl Genius celebrity. Now, as the youngest med school graduate ever, she can finally achieve her mission to treat young people dealing with cancer. But proving herself in life-or-death situations is tough when everyone from her boss to her patients can't see past her age to trust her skills. And working in the same hospital as her mom isn't making things any easier! Life gets even more complicated when Saira falls for a teenage patient. To improve his chances, she risks her lifelong dream—and it could cost her everything. In her solo debut, Sona Charaipotra brings us a compelling #ownvoices protagonist who’s not afraid to chase what she wants. Symptoms of a Heartbreak goes from romantic comedy highs to tearjerker lows and is the ultimate cure-all for every reader needing an infusion of something heartfelt. An Imprint Book "Fans of YA contemporary don't want to miss this one." —Buzzfeed

The Healing Power of Plants
The Healing Power of Plants

Author: Fran Bailey

Publisher: Union Square & Company

Published: 2019-09-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454936749

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Plants don't only beautify your home--they promote healing too. This lushly illustrated guide explains the properties of the most beneficial species, from plants that lower stress and provide fresh air to ones that bring joy and boost brainpower. Learn how to choose the right plants for your specific needs, locate them, and assure they (and you) thrive. Includes a list of 10 easygoing plants perfect for beginners.

The Art of Losing
The Art of Losing

Author: Lizzy Mason

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1616959878

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On one terrible night, 17-year-old Harley's life changes forever. At a party she discovers her younger sister, Audrey, hooking up with her boyfriend, Mike, who then drunkenly attempts to drive Audrey home, crashing and leaving Audrey in a coma. Now Harley is left with guilt, grief, pain and the undeniable truth that her ex-boyfriend has a drinking problem. She finds herself reconnecting with Raf, a neighbour and childhood friend. He starts to show Harley a path forward that she never would have believed possible - one guided by honesty, forgiveness, and redemption.

Return to Resistance
Return to Resistance

Author: Raoul A. Robinson

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9780889367746

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In the tradition of Silent Spring, Raoul Robinson's Return to Resistance calls for a revolution. Traditional plant breeding techniques have led us to depend more and more on chemical pesticides to protect ourcrops. Return to Resistance shows gardeners, farmers, and plant breeders how to use a long-neglected technique to create hardy new plant varieties that are naturally resistant to pests and disease. Horizontal resistance breeding has been largely ignored in this century due to the popularity and apparent successes of the Mendelian geneticists. However the colossal, unrecognized failure of m.

Yates Garden Guide ANZ Edition
Yates Garden Guide ANZ Edition

Author: Angie Thomas

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 9781460759554

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Our bestselling practical gardening book fully revised and updated. This new edition of the ever popular Yates Garden Guide has been fully revised and updated to help today's gardeners tame big backyards, create stylish retreats, tend productive and decorative plantings, and get the most out of smaller spaces. With chapters on planning gardens, choosing decorative plants, growing trees, shrubs, fruit, vegetables and lawns, the new Yates Garden Guide provides details on more than 1000 exotic and native plants, advice on soils, climate, planting, feeding and maintaining gardens, and comprehensive problem-solving charts help you identify and deal with all kinds of pests and diseases. Sections on water-saving gardens, community gardens, keeping chooks, encouraging bees, growing native plants, kitchen gardens and keeping healthy indoor plants have been expanded and updated to cater for modern living arrangements, in apartments and smaller spaces, with increased awareness of the goodness of homegrown and environmentally friendly growing. Full of comprehensive, reliable and practical gardening advice for old hands and keen beginners, Yates Garden Guide is the essential companion for every gardener.

Pruning for Flowers and Fruit
Pruning for Flowers and Fruit

Author: Jane Varkulevicius

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2010-05-17

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0643101977

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The best groomed and most productive garden is easy when you know what to prune when and how your plants work. Pruning for Flowers and Fruit covers plants in cool-temperate to subtropical climates and is suitable for the home gardener, avid enthusiast as well as the nursery trade and horticultural students. It includes annuals, ornamentals, vegetables, roses, perennials and hydrangeas, and fruiting plants that can be pruned to fit in your back garden. The author shows how to choose the best plant at the nursery, prune weather damaged plants, renovate ornamental or fruiting trees and shrubs, and maintain your secateurs like a professional. Create different landscape features such as pleached avenues, design elements like hedges and the more fanciful topiary. Show off your plant’s juvenile foliage or beautiful bark, or sustainably harvest wood for carpentry or craft by following the steps on how to coppice or pollard plants. Never get your wisteria in a twist again and learn to prune with confidence following techniques that range from the most basic through to those for the most advanced espaliers.

Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests

Author: James H. Miller

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-08

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1437987451

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Invasions of non-native plants into forests of the Southern United States continue to go unchecked and only partially un-monitored. These infestations increasingly erode forest productivity, hindering forest use and management activities, and degrading diversity and wildlife habitat. Often called non-native, exotic, non-indigenous, alien, or noxious weeds, they occur as trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, ferns, and forbs. This guide provides information on accurate identification of the 56 non-native plants and groups that are currently invading the forests of the 13 Southern States. In additin, it lists other non-native plants of growing concern. Illustrations. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.