Gardening - Techniques

Want to grow your own food, but have no space for a garden? Indoor Edible Garden shows you how to grow herbs, fruit, and vegetables that look good and taste better--all in the comfort of your own home. Discover a range of ingenious indoor...

Into the Weeds empowers budding and experienced gardeners alike to embrace a gentler, less rigid and more sustainable approach to tending the land. Tama Matsuoka Wong, master forager and gardener, invites you break free from meticulously ordered beds and rethink the way you engage...

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.Author Nicole Johnsey Burke, founder of Rooted Garden, one of the leading US culinary landscape companies, and...

As seen in The New York Times and MarthaStewart.com"It's time to rebuild meadows wherever we can. . . Owen Wormser explains why, and how to do this, with oodles of highly readable, ecologically sound advice."--Douglas W. Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home and Nature's...

Marijuana Harvest is the first book devoted entirely to cannabis harvesting. In it, Ed Rosenthal and David Downs explain how to ensure the perfect harvest--everything from recognizing when it's time to pick, to storage techniques to keep your buds fresh. Marijuana Harvest is the...

Fully revised new edition of bestselling instructional guide New chapter on leaf bees plus expanded coverage of other native bees, key pests, and native plants New sidebars about current research, pollination topics, and more Mason Bee Revolution is more than a guide to pollination--it's...

Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard Visitors The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect...

Rita Perwich offers organic gardening principles, showing that sprays of pesticides and fungicides, even organic ones, are not necessary in a home garden. Roses are the most popular flower in the world, yet many people are afraid to grow them, given their reputation as...

A compelling call to change the way we think about gardening and growing food, Nettles & Petals by ecological horticulturist and social media sensation Jamie Walton is the only guide you need to make your garden more sustainable.Full of inviting imagery and essential information,...

Over the years, Japanese gardeners have fine-tuned a distinctive set of pruning techniques that coax out the essential characters of their garden trees, or niwaki. In this highly practical book, Western gardeners are encouraged to draw upon the techniques and sculpt their own garden...

"A manual for self-sufficiency"--Lia Leendertz, Gardens Illustrated No dig organic gardening saves time and work. It requires an annual dressing of compost to help accelerate the improvement in soil structure and leads to higher fertility and less weeds. No dig experts Charles Dowding and...

A simpler garden. A healthier soil. A more abundant harvest - with far less labor. In No Dig: Nurture Your Soil to Grow Better Veggies with Less Effort, world-renowned gardener Charles Dowding outlines a no-dig method for transforming any yard or garden by working...

Obsessed with houseplants? You've come to the right place. This isn't any ordinary houseplant book. In fact, there is nothing ordinary about these extraordinary plants. From growing his own collection, Tony Le-Britton of Not Another Jungle, shows you how to grow and care for...

An in-depth exploration of organic mushroom cultivation practices, both inside and out--with groundbreaking research and ideas for innovative applications."A clear, comprehensive guide that is a gift to amateur as well as professional mushroom growers. This book opens the doors wide to a diverse and...

Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening is the definitive guide to successful gardening year-round in the Pacific Northwest -- states include Washington, Oregon, British Columbia (Canada), and Northern California. Do you live in the Pacific Northwest? Do you care about landscaping and gardening? Say no more--we've...

"Highly recommended"--Peter Bane, author of The Permaculture Handbook Are you excited about permaculture but unclear how to put it into practice for yourself? In this unique, full colour guide, experienced permaculture teacher Aranya leads you through the design process from beginning to end, using...

'Pippa has written the permaculture book I always wished existed...I honestly feel this book is one of the most important contributions to permaculture in recent years, and it will have a permanent place in my design toolkit.' Huw Richards, author of The Permaculture Garden...

Discover the benefits of companion planting with this comprehensive guidebook. Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for the ever-popular growing technique of companion planting, offering dozens of ways you can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit your whole garden. Dozens of well-studied partnerships...

This is the definitive text for potting, maintaining, and loving your houseplants. Houseplants have the power to transform any room. With their lush foliage and structural beauty, they help create indoor oases that bring a sense of tranquility to our busy lives. Fostering a...

A seasonal plant guide to boost your biodiversity and make your garden a pollinator-friendly haven. Pollinator populations--whether bees, bats, flies, birds, or moths--are declining globally, and there's an urgent need to reverse the decline. And that's where gardens come in. Any outside space can...