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Home Gardener's Water Gardens is the essential guide to enhancing an outdoor space with bubbling, gurgling, flowing water. For centuries, water has been a source of inspiration and delight to people of all cultures, making it a common feature of garden design worldwide. The tranquility of water has the power to soothe the senses, while moving water can add an exciting new dimension to a garden. This lushly illustrated guide gives an overview of water...
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Discover a sustainable and ecologically friendly way to grow your food - while using a fraction of the water, land, and labor that conventional gardens require. Beginner's Guide to Aquaponics makes starting your first system simple with clear and easy step-by-step instructions that teach you the basics. Combine the benefits of fish farming with hydroponics to grow food in new and efficient ways. Whether it's understanding how to balance water chemistry,...
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Trees, shrubs and vegetables are grown most effectively by absorbing the chemicals in the soil.
The proper selection of shrubs and trees that are hardy in the cool climate saves the grower money. Many shrubs are advertised and shipped into stores for spring and fall planting without discrimination as to climate with the sole purpose of making sales. To guard against this, the author has selected those plants that are hardy and most likely to grow...
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Hydroponic gardening is the art and science of growing plants without the use of soil. This method of gardening has been shown to produce higher quality plants, with larger yield, and less pests and disease!
This book will explain to you how this style of gardening works, and how you can begin doing it yourself from home!
You will learn about the different hydroponic gardening systems that you can use, and the benefits of each.
You will discover...
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With the advent of organic food and organic farming revolution, seaweeds are now increasingly becoming popular as a naturally-grown vegetable. It is also popular as an organic salad component and as a snack food item across the whole world. Nutritional information and food significance of about 11 popular seaweeds are briefed in this small book for informational purposes only.
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Water gardening or gardening of ornamental plants in water bodies like ponds and lakes is also called 'aquatic gardening.' A garden pond with aquatic ornamental plants is an important feature of a beautiful landscape. Two most popular aquatic ornamental plants grown in garden ponds are lotus and water lily. Both lotus and water lily prefer shallow ponds with a depth not more than half a meter for their vegetative growth and flower production.
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Learn the history of aquaponics and how to build your own system.
When it comes to keeping up with a garden, people normally will go through the trouble of keeping up with watering and being concerned about how much fertilizer to use and being concerned about the weather conditions. Mostly, these types of concerns will come from a lack of research or a lack of understanding in the surrounding environment. Being able to grow any kind of plant takes...
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Master the art and practice of growing your own fresh, organic vegetables right in the comfort of your home with the definitive guide to cultivating your own vegetable garden
Have you always wanted to get started with gardening, but have no idea how to begin? Do you want to learn how to grow your own vegetables in your own backyard and reduce your dependence on store-bought, pesticide-laden produce?
If your answer to any of the above questions is...
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At the dawn of 2020, the world is facing a crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. Our people are dying of an uncontrollable foreign virus. Our faces are covered with masks. Our countries are in lockdowns. Our economies are heading for economic recessions. Our businesses are becoming bankrupt. Our banks are facing liquidation. Our planes are grounded. Our places of worship are closed. Our schools are not opened. Our homes are at the brink of being...
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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life. Introduction
Basic Considerations of Climate and Weather
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11) One Man's Garden
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This "wonderful" essay collection from the former Washington Post columnist and author of The Essential Earthman (Horticulture) offers a harvest of sharp observations and humorous adventures gathered during a year in the garden, along with much down-to-earth advice.
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This is the fourth instalment of the "Ditchfield's Little Wonder Book" series, "Stocking the Garden Pond". It deals chiefly with adding, fostering, and maintaining aquatic life in a garden pond, with helpful advice and diagrams throughout. This handy volume will be of utility to existing and prospective pond owners alike, and it would make for a great addition to collections of gardening literature. Contents include: "Introduction", "Plant Pockets",...
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"Garden Ponds and Pools" is a vintage guide to large garden water features, with chapters on designing, constructing, populating, and maintaining them. Written in simple language and full of handy tips and hints, this volume is perfect for those wanting to make the most of their garden with the inclusion of an eye-catching pond or pool. Contents include: "Site, Construction and Design", "Fountains", "Light and 'Balance'", "Aquatic and Marginal Plants",...
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"Learn how to create and maintain your own underwater ecosystem. Aquascaping is the art of creating beautiful aquariums with natural materials and live plants. From the brilliance of Takashi Amano and numerous other innovators, aquascapes have become a popular way to enjoy aquariums. In Aquascaping: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planting, Styling, and Maintaining Beautiful Underwater Aquariums, planted aquarium expert George Farmer teaches how to create...
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"Building Natural Ponds is the first book to walk through the steps required to design and build a natural pond without the need of pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals. Coverage includes pond ecosystems and natural algae control, planning, design, aesthetics, and siting, plus highly illustrated step-by-step construction guidance, plants and fish, maintenance and troubleshooting, and large ponds and pools."--
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