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Richards, Huw, 1999- author.
Subjects
Organic gardening.
Vegetable gardening.
Fruit-culture.
Sustainable horticulture.
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Grow food for free :...
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Grow food for free : the sustainable, zero-cost, low-effort way to a bountiful harvest / Huw Richards.
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Richards, Huw, 1999- author.
New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2020.
Subjects
Organic gardening.
Vegetable gardening.
Fruit-culture.
Sustainable horticulture.
ISBN:
9781465491589 (paperback) :
1465491589 (paperback)
Description:
224 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition:
First American edition.
Contents:
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.
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"Huw's Grow Food for Free has the inspiration and practical advice you need to start, grow, nurture, and harvest your own fruit and vegetables organically and at zero cost, even if you're new to gardening." -- From publisher.
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Aina Haina Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
635.0484 Ri
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12/09/2022
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635.0484 Ri
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635.0484 Richards
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635.0484 Ri
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07/06/2024
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635.0484 Ri
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07/12/2024
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635.0484 Ri
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