Raised Bed Gardening Compilation for Beginners and Experienced Gardeners


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Raised bed gardening is the perfect simple approach if you want to grow your own fruits and vegetables in an organic, sustainable way. BOOK 1- Introduction to Raised Bed Gardening is the ideal approach for getting started with gardening as many common and tiresome processes are eliminated altogether. In An Introduction to Raised Bed Gardening, you will discover: ● Why a raised bed garden is the right choice for your family ● The most optimum places you can position a raised bed garden ● Secrets for optimal yield that cost nothing to implement ● A comprehensive list of tools and supplies you'll need to get your plants to thrive ● Instruction for constructing your raised beds from scratch, even if DIY isn't your forte ● 10 kinds of plants that beginners can master from their first growth season ● When to plant your cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, and greens if you want maximum yield ● Completely organic fertilization and pest control strategies to keep your plants healthy and increase the quality of the produce ● The best soil care practices to give you amazing crops one season after the other ● 7 raised bed gardening challenges newbies will face, and simple strategies to eliminate each one And much more! And once you master that, you can move on to the next stage of your gardening adventure. BOOK 2- Advanced Raised Bed Gardening is the MUST-HAVE Guide to take your gardening efforts to the next level! In Advanced Raised Bed Gardening Guide, you will discover: ● The secret techniques farmers use to optimize yield that you can even apply to a DIY raised bed garden ● 6 advanced raised bed garden layouts you can master in just a few months ● 5 unconventional materials that can replace timber and stone in raised bed construction ● Advanced plant growing methodologies that improve soil quality and keep your crops healthy ● A foolproof strategy to plan year-round gardening for access to fresh, seasonal produce ● The secret to getting 10 "difficult" fruits and veggies to thrive in your garden ● Succession planting and other excellent raised bed gardening methods that will allow for a quick harvest ● How to enrich your soil without using chemicals or expensive commercial solutions And much more! Introduction to Raised Bed Gardening and Advanced Raised Bed Gardening belong to the GREEN FINGERED GARDENER SERIES that will teach you the ins and outs of all popular (as well as some niche) gardening approaches.




Kitchen Garden Revival


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Elevate your backyard veggie patch into a work of sophisticated and stylish art. Kitchen Garden Revival guides you through every aspect of kitchen gardening, from design to harvesting—with expert advice from author Nicole Johnsey Burke, founder of Rooted Garden, one of the leading US culinary landscape companies, and Gardenary, an online kitchen gardening education and resource company. Participating in the grow-your-own movement is important to both reduce your food miles and control what makes it onto your family’s table. If you’ve hesitated to take part because installing and caring for a traditional vegetable garden doesn’t seem to suit your life or your sense of style, Kitchen Garden Revival is here to show you there’s a better, more beautiful way to grow food. Instead of row after row of cabbage and pepper plants plunked into a patch of dirt in the middle of the yard, kitchen gardens are attractive, highly tailored food gardens consisting of easy-to-maintain raised planting beds laid out in an organized geometric pattern. Offering both four seasons of ornamental interest and plenty of fresh, homegrown fruits, vegetables, and herbs, kitchen gardens are the way to grow your own food in a fashionable, modern, and practical way. Kitchen gardens were once popular features of the European and early American landscape, but they fell out of favor when our agrarian roots were displaced by industrialization. With this accessible and inspirational guide, Nicole aims to return the kitchen garden to its rightful place just outside of every backdoor. Learn the art of kitchen gardening as you discover: What characteristics all kitchen gardens have in common How to design and install gorgeous kitchen garden beds using metal, wood, or stone Why raised beds mean reduced maintenance What crops are best for your kitchen garden A planting, tending, and harvesting plan developed by a pro Season-by-season growing guides It's time to join the Kitchen Garden Revival and start growing your own delicious, organic food.




Raised-Bed Gardening for Beginners


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Start a thriving garden with the beginner's guide to raised-bed gardening. Are you interested in creating a bountiful garden but worried that you don't have enough space? Embrace the perfect summer activity with Raised-Bed Gardening for Beginners! This guide shows you how simple it can be to plan, build, and grow your own raised-bed garden in whatever space is available. Learn to build your bed, select the right plants, grow your own vegetables, and much more. This book makes it easy for even inexperienced gardeners to serve up freshly picked vegetables and herbs in no time. Plant a flourishing garden in minimal space with a garden book that includes: An introduction to raised-bed gardening—From constructing a planting box to mixing and maintaining soil, step-by-step instructions make getting started easy. Essential advice for all green thumbs—Help your garden thrive with detailed suggestions for crop rotation, partner planting, seed starting, and growing zones. Herb and vegetable gardening for beginners—Find growing and harvesting tips on 30 beginner-friendly plants, to make choosing the right ones for your garden a cinch. Start your new favorite summer hobby and get growing fast with this complete guide to raised-bed gardening.




No Dig


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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.




Weedless Gardening


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Presents an innovative, organic approach to weed-free vegetable and flower gardening that is designed to protect the soil, enhance plant health, reduce the need for watering, and cuts down on labor. Original.




Gracie's Garden


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Little by little, good things grow! Come play in the garden with Gracie! Join the garden tea party with her sister Sarah, taste tomatoes right off the vine with her crunchy munchy brother Joshua, and plant seeds! Some seeds, though, don't grow fast enough for Joshua. He wants to munch on tomatoes NOW. What will he do while he waits on those tiny tomato seeds to grow? Step into the garden to find out! Author and business owner Lara Casey has learned many rich lessons from the garden, including how to celebrate that God grows good things little by little. In her first children's book, she heads back to the tomato vines to share her joy and wisdom with little gardeners. Includes a free Garden Giggles poster!




The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener


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Even in winter’s coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from years of growing vegetables in Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour shares her simple techniques for gardening throughout the year. Learn how to select the best varieties for each season, the art of succession planting, and how to build inexpensive structures to protect your crops from the elements. No matter where you live, you’ll soon enjoy a thriving vegetable garden year-round.




How to Move Like a Gardener


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Offers a basic understanding of biodynamic gardening in growing and preparing plant-based medicines.




Raised Bed Gardening


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NOW IN PAPERBACK (Pictures In Black & White only, To Reduce Price On Print Version NOW EXPANDED (MARCH 2015) TO OVER 150 PAGES! If you have wondered just what the advantages are of a raised bed gardening system, or how to build one. Or maybe you are looking for information on growing vegetables in containers? This gardening guidebook collection of five books in one; gives you all this and more at a great bargain bulk-buy price. Guidebooks Included In This Vegetable Gardening Collection: Book 1: Raised Bed Gardening - Ten Good Reasons For Growing Plants In A Raised Bed Garden If you have ever considered growing vegetables in a raised bed, but need convinced; then this is just the book for you. It includes ten compelling reasons for growing in a raised bed situation. Book 2: Raised Bed Gardening - Growing The Easy Way All about raised bed gardening including different types of construction methods, and details of materials needed to build a raised garden that is easy to maintain and service. Book 3: Raised Bed Gardening - Making The Most Of A Raised Bed How to get the most out of your raised bed gardening, including rotational planting, soil and growing conditions needed to get the best results. Book 4: Vegetable Container Gardening - Made Easy All about growing vegetables for minimal cost in containers of all shapes and sizes. The pitfalls to look out for and the containers best suited to the plants. Book 5: Tomato Container Gardening Top tips for growing and caring for tomatoes in containers to get the best out of your crop. BLOG: PLANTERSPOST.COM




Epic Tomatoes


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Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier provides everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes, from planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also offers a comprehensive guide to various pests and tomato diseases, explaining how best to avoid them. With beautiful photographs and intriguing tomato profiles throughout, Epic Tomatoes celebrates one of the most versatile and delicious crops in your garden.