Название: The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book
Автор: Carla Emery
Издательство: Sasquatch Books
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 864
Размер: 35,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Initially self-published 20 years ago, The Encyclopedia of Country Living has become the trusted guidebook to sustainable, self-sufficient living. Filled with memorable anecdotes, crucial advice, and a generous helping of good humor, this compendium provides detailed information about food production — growing, processing, cooking, and preserving — together with hundreds of illustrations and recipes.

Название: Kiwi Backyard: Inspirational Landscape Design Ideas and Plans for Your Own Backyard
Автор: Andrew Ellis
Издательство: Allen & Unwin
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 156 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This book features a wide range of backyards from Kiwi heroes Kieran Read, Richie and Gemma McCaw, Sir Graham Henry, Wayne Smith, Wyatt Crockett, Sir Richard Hadlee, Izzy Dagg, George and Kayla Whitelock, Jason Gunn, Razor Robertson, Dan Carter's folks, Al Brown, Matt Watson, and Jason Kerrison. With themes including the inner-city sanctuary, the native haven, the Kiwi kid's playground, and the entertainer's utopia, there's something for everyone within these pages. In addition you'll find planting lists for each different theme and generic plans drawn up by Andy's friends at Kamo Marsh Landscape Architects giving you practical ideas for creating your ideal backyard.

Название: The Back to Basics Handbook, 3rd edition
Автор: Abigail Gehring
Издательство: ‎Skyhorse
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 55 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills—the kind employed by our forefathers—need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Dye your own wool, raise chickens, weave a rug, make jam and cheese, and much, much more! With hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations, The Back to Basics Handbook will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. More than just practical advice, this is also a book for dreamers—even if you live in a city apartment you will find your imagination sparked, and there’s no reason why you can’t, for example, make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for old-fashioned fun (square dancing calls, homemade toys, and kayaking tips), this is the ultimate concise guide to voluntary simplicity.

Название: Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Crops at Home
Автор: Colin Mccrate, Brad Halm
Издательство: ‎Skipstone
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 46 Мб
Язык: английский / English

As the founders behind the Seattle Urban Farm Company, Colin McCrate and Brad Halm have heard it all: My backyard is too small; how can I make space for a garden? Do I really need to buy fertilizer? What on earth is that creature crawling on the tomatoes? My crops took off and the zucchini are in the sidewalk -- who has time to harvest this all?! Food Grown Right, in Your Backyard is a primer for these questions and more. In response to the rising interest in homegrown foods, the Seattle Urban Farm Co. builds vegetable gardens for everyone from busy families to restaurants. Along the way, Colin and Brad teach beginner growers from all walks of life the techniques of organic food production. In this full color, beautifully photographed guide, they prove that anyone can develop a "green thumb," as they show readers how to build a garden from the ground up, explain general garden basics, discuss the best types of crops to try, and much more.

Название: The Revolutionary Yardscape: Ideas for Repurposing Local Materials
Автор: Matthew Levesque
Издательство: Timber
ISBN: 0881929972
Год: 2010
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 192
Размер: 109 MB
Язык: English

Budget-friendly, environmentally sound, and one-of-a-kind, discovering new uses for what you already have or what you discover in the salvage yard is truly living local. It reduces a garden’s environmental impact, saves money, and—most importantly—is fun and creative. From making pathways out of scrap wood and metal to creating garden lights from discarded indoor fixtures, The Revolutionary Yardscape features dozens of garden design projects and inspirational ideas for taking advantage of salvaged materials found in the home, junkyard, or thrift store.

Название: Чеснок
Автор: Алексеева М. В.
Издательство: Россельхозиздат
Год: 1979
Формат: PDF/DjVu
Страниц: 106
Размер: 10 MB
Язык: Русский

В книге рассказывается о биологических особенностях чеснока, которые необходимо учитывать при его выращивании. Подробно описана агротехника применительно к разным типам чеснока, способы его хранения.
Рассчитана на овощеводов, бригадиров колхозов и совхозов.

Название: Homegrown: A year of growing, cooking and eating
Автор: Paul West
Издательство: Plum
ISBN: 176098647X
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 272
Размер: 80,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Join River Cottage Australia host Paul West in his garden and kitchen as he shows you how to become that little bit more self-sufficient. Homegrown will give you the confidence and know-how you'll need to grow, cook and preserve your way through the year.

Название: Tomatomania!: A Fresh Approach to Celebrating Tomatoes in the Garden and in the Kitchen
Автор: Scott Daigre
Издательство: St. Martin's Griffin
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 33 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Every spring, thousands of self-described "'maniacs" gather for a series of multi-day garden events for the largest tomato seedling sale in the nation: Tomatomania! CEOs and soccer moms, grandmothers and hipsters, hardcore gardeners and eager first-timers―folks from every walk of life unite to celebrate this energetic rite of spring and their shared love of tomatoes. In this practical and fun guide, Tomatomania! owner Scott Daigre provides a peek into his Ojai, California, tomato patch and details a "reality gardening" approach to growing the world's favorite summer treat. Tomatomania! walks readers through every step of the tomato gardening process, from the earliest planning stages to those final satisfying kitchen table moments of the season. Including 20 simple yet unique recipes and numerous kitchen tips to get the most out of your tomato harvest, this comprehensive guide to growing and cooking with tomatoes will turn you, too, into a proud 'maniac!

Название: The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Trees: The Art and Science to grow with confidence
Автор: Tony Kirkham
Издательство: ‎Frances Lincoln
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Размер: 75 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This inspirational book from Kew Gardens' tree expert is the perfect guide to choosing and growing these essential garden mainstays. With authoritative advice from Kew tree expert Tony Kirkham and the Kew Gardens team, this is the ultimate companion to growing and planting trees. In addition, there are twelve tree-related projects to inspire every green-fingered gardener. There is a place in every garden for a tree, but before buying it is important to think about why and what you are planting and where. Do you want to plant for privacy, as a single ornamental specimen for seasonal interest or to attract wildlife? Such key considerations are discussed by the Head of the Arboretum, Gardens & Horticultural Services at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He also explains the practicalities of growing a tree as well as describing and illustrating a wide range of trees in detail, for every size of garden.

Название: The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book
Автор: Mike Oehler
Издательство: Mole Publishing Company
ISBN: 0960446400
Год: 2007
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 230
Размер: 24,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book is the first to promote the benefits of both passive solar energy and earth sheltering in greenhouse design. This combination results in greenhouses which need no additional heating. The captured sun s energy and that which is stored in the earth is enough for successful year round harvest. Gone are costly heating bills.