The Rural New-Yorker
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Page : 680 pages
File Size : 19,27 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Agriculture
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American Horticulturist
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Page : 566 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 1885
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How to Grow More Vegetables, Ninth Edition
Author : John Jeavons
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,26 MB
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0399579192
Book Description
The world's leading resource on biointensive, sustainable, high-yield organic gardening is thoroughly updated throughout, with new sections on using 12 percent less water and increasing compost power. Long before it was a trend, How to Grow More Vegetables brought backyard ecosystems to life for the home gardener by demonstrating sustainable growing methods for spectacular organic produce on a small but intensive scale. How to Grow More Vegetables has become the go-to reference for food growers at every level, whether home gardeners dedicated to nurturing backyard edibles with minimal water in maximum harmony with nature's cycles, or a small-scale commercial producer interested in optimizing soil fertility and increasing plant productivity. In the ninth edition, author John Jeavons has revised and updated each chapter, including new sections on using less water and increasing compost power.
Popular Mechanics
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,54 MB
Release : 2000-01
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Book Description
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
Backpacker
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,80 MB
Release : 2007-09
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Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
Signs and Symbols
Author : Adrian Frutiger
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Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
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Book Description
Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
Return to Resistance
Author : Raoul A. Robinson
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 32,39 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Agricultural pests
ISBN : 9780889367746
Book Description
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.
National Horticultural Magazine
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 19,94 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Horticulture
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Postharvest Handling
Author : Nigel H. Banks
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release : 2009-02-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080920780
Book Description
Consideration of the interactions between decisions made at one point in the supply chain and its effects on the subsequent stages is the core concept of a systems approach. Postharvest Handling is unique in its application of this systems approach to the handling of fruits and vegetables, exploring multiple aspects of this important process through chapters written by experts from a variety of backgrounds.Newly updated and revised, this second edition includes coverage of the logistics of fresh produce from multiple perspectives, postharvest handing under varying weather conditions, quality control, changes in consumer eating habits and other factors key to successful postharvest handling.The ideal book for understanding the economic as well as physical impacts of postharvest handling decisions.Key Features:*Features contributions from leading experts providing a variety of perspectives*Updated with 12 new chapters*Focuses on application-based information for practical implementation*System approach is unique in the handling of fruits and vegetables
Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants
Author : Samuel Emmett McGregor
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Page : 428 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Abeille
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