
- 136 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
The author of
The Going Green Handbook gives you tips for growing vegetables, reducing your food budget, eating organic, and being eco-friendly.
Here in one pretty package is everything you need to know to have your garden and eat it, too! Inside, you'll find tips for greening up all areas of your garden. Learn surprising facts about your impact on the environment and change your habits with do-it-yourself ideas in The Starter Garden Handbook.
Organic gardener, environmentalist, and pop-up chef Alice Mary Alvrez will help you start with small changes, like growing basic herbs, and work your way up to raising bees. Learn how to raise many kinds of vegetables and fruits, and get tips on composting weeds, clippings, and leftovers so you have nutrient-rich soil. Whether you are at the green rookie level, eco-master, or full-on gardening guru, you can learn to grow your own food and help the planet every week of the year with The Starter Garden Handbook.
If you're a fan of The Vegetable Gardener's Bible, you'll love The Starter Garden Handbook!
"Nowadays people think they have to quit their day job and toil in the hot sun all day. Not true! Most gardening is in the planning and once you have established your plot, I promise you, it will become your Happy Place. Nothing feels better than serving a delicious dish from plants you grew from seeds." —Susannah Seton, author of Simple Pleasures of the Garden
Here in one pretty package is everything you need to know to have your garden and eat it, too! Inside, you'll find tips for greening up all areas of your garden. Learn surprising facts about your impact on the environment and change your habits with do-it-yourself ideas in The Starter Garden Handbook.
Organic gardener, environmentalist, and pop-up chef Alice Mary Alvrez will help you start with small changes, like growing basic herbs, and work your way up to raising bees. Learn how to raise many kinds of vegetables and fruits, and get tips on composting weeds, clippings, and leftovers so you have nutrient-rich soil. Whether you are at the green rookie level, eco-master, or full-on gardening guru, you can learn to grow your own food and help the planet every week of the year with The Starter Garden Handbook.
If you're a fan of The Vegetable Gardener's Bible, you'll love The Starter Garden Handbook!
"Nowadays people think they have to quit their day job and toil in the hot sun all day. Not true! Most gardening is in the planning and once you have established your plot, I promise you, it will become your Happy Place. Nothing feels better than serving a delicious dish from plants you grew from seeds." —Susannah Seton, author of Simple Pleasures of the Garden
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Table of contents
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Level 1: Digging In
- Take Lots of Notes
- Know Your Zone
- Watch Your Frost Dates
- Start with Herbs
- Perennials vs. Annuals
- North vs. South
- Windowsill Gardening
- Gardening Toolbox
- Get a Water Barrel
- Watering the Right Way
- Mulch
- Start Composting
- Grow What You Eat
- Thin Out the Seedlings
- Get to Know the Good Bugs
- Natural Pesticides
- Level 2: Gone to Seed
- Starting Seeds Indoors
- Apartment Gardening
- Container Gardening
- Vertical Gardening
- The Art of Transplanting
- Testing Your Soil
- Support Your Plants
- Level 3: Green Thumb
- Natural Fertilizers
- Heirloom vs. Hybrid
- Row or Not to Row
- Rotate Your Crops
- Successive Sowing
- Get International
- Adding Shade
- Edible Flowers
- Think of the Bees
- Dealing with Animal Pests
- Get Kids Involved
- Saving Seeds
- Level 4: Garden Pro
- Get Started in the Fall
- Cold Frames
- Raise Up Your Beds
- Preserving Your Harvest
- Using Row Covers
- Pruning and Cutting Back
- Use Your Greywater
- Microgreens and Sprouting
- Companion Planting
- Get Cooking
- Level 5: Frequent Farmer
- Growing Mushrooms
- Growing Grains
- Getting into Trees
- Get Into Grafting
- Harvesting
- Sell Your Surplus
- Think About Chickens
- Bonus
- Further Reading