Grow food for free / Huw Richards.
Provides the instructions and practical advice necessary to grow and harvest fruits and vegetables organically for free.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781465491589
- ISBN: 1465491589
- ISBN: 9780241411995
- Physical Description: 224 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2020.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "The sustainable, zero-cost, low-effort way to a bountiful harvest."--Cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The power of barter -- Set up your vegetable patch -- What your space needs -- Tools to share or borrow -- Use somebody else's garden -- Grow food on a patio, terrace, or balcony -- Establish a water supply -- Work with your climate -- Choose your setup -- Create your own containers -- Cheap raised-bed solutions -- Create a raised bed for free -- Fill your raised bed -- Grow in the ground -- Starting crops on the windowsill -- Organize your space -- Make your own tools -- Make your own watering devices -- Produce your own compost -- Soil and compost: the essentials -- Using homemade compost -- Your compost bin -- Budget compost bin solutions -- Build a compost bin for free -- Compost recipes -- source free compost materials -- Permaculture -- Woodchip and biochar -- Make your own liquid and comfrey feed -- Source seeds and plants for free -- Annuals and perennials -- Planting from your kitchen pantry -- Swapping seeds, making contacts -- Plant swaps -- How to grow perennials -- Perennial crops -- Herbs -- Rhubarb -- Jerusalem artichokes -- Blackberries and hybrids -- Strawberries -- Fruit bushes -- How to grow annuals -- How to sow -- How and when to water -- How to transplant -- How to weed -- Harvesting and storing -- Save your own seed -- Peas and beans -- Brassicas -- Root vegetables -- Salad greens and leaf crops -- Cucurbits -- Tomatoes -- Peppers and chiles -- Alliums -- Keep your soil healthy forever -- Fight pests and diseases -- Slugs and snails -- Common pests -- Common diseases and disorders -- Crop rotation -- Looking ahead -- Make an investment -- What to sell -- How to sell -- Setting up a seed or plant swap -- When to expand your growing area -- A three-year plan -- Huw's journal. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Gardening. Gardens > Design. Vegetable gardening. Sustainable horticulture. Garden ecology. |
Genre: | Handbooks and manuals. |
Available copies
- 4 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 11 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Jacksonville Main Library | 635 RIC (Text) | 36015000443594 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
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