Urban Gardening: How To Set Up The Perfect Indoor Gardening Environment To Grow Luscious and Healthy Plants - Hydroponics

If you live in an urban setting, you might think that you can't be a gardener, but nothing could be further from the truth. As long as you can find some sunshine, you can be a gardener, whether you've got a balcony, a courtyard, or an entire empty lot to work with. Urban gardening can be an exercise in creativity and will reward you with food and flowers you can enjoy with family and friends, no matter how much or how little space you have. Let's start by taking a look at the special design considerations for creating a beautiful garden oasis in a concrete landscape.

You'll move from beginner to novice to experienced gardener as each section takes you from planning on paper to planting your dream garden. The only limit is your imagination and your willingness to learn. With comprehensive, easy-to-read information on soil health, trouble-shooting, and learning basic techniques, Gardening is the book that all beginners should have on their shelves.

✓ Planning and Building an Urban Garden

✓ Choosing Plants for Food and Fun

✓ Planting and Maintenance Methods for Urban Settings

✓ Using Small Spaces to Your Advantage

✓ Planning for Continued Success

✓ Community Gardening Considerations

✓ Easy Planting and Maintenance Techniques

✓ Planting Your Seedlings

✓ Watering for Maximum Plant Health

✓ Choosing Seeds and Plants for Beginners and Novices

✓ Troubleshooting Weeds, Pests, and Disease

✓ How to prevent and treat insect and pathogen problems

✓ How to use crop rotation, vertical gardening, and succession planting to maximize space

✓ Traditional Vegetable Gardening

✓ Designing and Building a Traditional Garden

✓ How to use companion planting for the benefit of your garden

✓ How to attract beneficial insects and other organisms to your plants and soil

✓ How to keep a garden journal to record your activities for future planning

✓ How to harvest food and flowers for use in the home

✓ Fertilizer and Compost for Optimum Growth

✓ Dealing with Weeds, Pests, and Pathogens

✓ Maximize Space with Vertical Growing

✓ Harvesting and Overwintering

✓ On Basic Botany and Being a Gardener

✓ The Four Elements of Basic Botany

And much more