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Seed Starting

Planning on growing your own garden this year? This book list has resources for you to have success in starting your seeds, planning your garden, and making your garden beds so you can have a successful growing season! To see the entire list of titles, click here.

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The Vegetable Grower's Handbook
Huw Richards
Audience: Adults
Language: English
Topic: gardening
Huw Richards shares his tried and tested methods to help you unearth your garden's potential and get better results without putting in endless hours.
Huw Richards shares his tried and tested methods to help you unearth your garden's potential and get better results without putting in endless hours. With the right information anyone can become a more productive veg grower. Walking you through simple yet effective strategies such as implementing a compost system, nurturing healthy soil, and sowing in modules, Huw shares the personal approach he uses in his own garden and includes tips for plenty of quick wins too.
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Gardening for Everyone
Julia Watkins
Audience: Adults
Language: English
Topic: gardening
This is a guide to creating and growing a backyard garden simply and sustainably – from planning to planting to harvest, with profiles of essential vegetables and herbs, ecological tips, and fun and creative projects.
This is a guide to creating and growing a backyard garden simply and sustainably – from planning to planting to harvest, with profiles of essential vegetables and herbs, ecological tips, and fun and creative projects.
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Charles Dowding's No Dig Gardening
Charles Dowding
Audience: Adults
Language: English
Topic: gardening
An in-depth course for experienced gardeners or those new to no dig gardening. This book is for anyone wishing to learn the no dig method from the beginning, or to consolidate what they already know: it helps readers to see the simplicity of no dig, why it works so well, and how much time they can save.
An in-depth course for experienced gardeners or those new to no dig gardening. This book is for anyone wishing to learn the no dig method from the beginning, or to consolidate what they already know: it helps readers to see the simplicity of no dig, why it works so well, and how much time they can save.
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Growing Under Cover
Niki Jabbour
Audience: Adults
Language: English
Topic: gardening
Niki Jabbour shows how to use row covers, shade cloth, low tunnels, cold frames, hoophouses, and other protective structures to create controlled growing spaces for vegetables to thrive.
Niki Jabbour shows how to use row covers, shade cloth, low tunnels, cold frames, hoophouses, and other protective structures to create controlled growing spaces for vegetables to thrive.
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Starting & Saving Seeds
Julie Thompson-Adolf
Audience: Adults
Language: English
Topic: gardening
The extensive plant entries inside this book cover all the most popular vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Get started with tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and melons, or chamomile, cosmos, sweet peas, and poppies – accompanied by beautiful photography from Libby Williams.
The extensive plant entries inside this book cover all the most popular vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Get started with tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and melons, or chamomile, cosmos, sweet peas, and poppies – accompanied by beautiful photography from Libby Williams. Whether you're an experienced gardener new to seed starting and saving or a brand-new grower, you'll soon have healthy, productive, beautiful plants for your garden.
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The New Heirloom Garden
Ellen Ogden
Audience: Adults
Language: English
Topic: gardening
With The New Heirloom Garden, design a beautiful and self-sufficient garden, learn the secrets of heirloom vegetables, herbs, and flowers, and enjoy 75 seasonal recipes featuring the fruits of your labour.
With The New Heirloom Garden, design a beautiful and self-sufficient garden, learn the secrets of heirloom vegetables, herbs, and flowers, and enjoy 75 seasonal recipes featuring the fruits of your labour.