Flower Gardening

Whether you’re a first-time gardener or an experienced green thumb looking to learn more about flowers, this book is your must-have guide! How to Grow Flowers in Small Spaces features 40 beautiful flowers (from smaller pincushion flowers to towering lilacs) that can all be grown in containers or small spaces. No more trips to the florist—with How to Grow Flowers in Small Spaces, your home and garden will be bursting with color to keep you healthier and happier than ever. From peonies and marigolds to snapdragons and foxgloves, grab your gloves and get to gardening!

It can be quite heart-wrenching to witness your beloved houseplants struggling and fading away as time goes by. If you have experienced this, then you crave the special touch that can rejuvenate your plants, transforming them into thriving testaments of your care and understanding.

From the hanging gardens of Babylon to that fiddle-leaf fig in your living room, houseplants have been humanity’s companions for a millennia. Taming the Potted Beast explores the history of our air-purifying friends with an entertaining narrative of the peculiar, often dramatic story of the cultivation and domestication of the not-so-humble houseplant. Including entertaining historical vignettes, DIY plant projects, and accessible tips and tricks for caring for your own historical houseplant collection, this book has any plant-curious listener covered.

Two hundred years ago China's imperial rulers sensed a threat to a past-oriented society in the dynamism of the West and tried to frustrate foreign entry.

Have you ever dreamed of having and maintaining an alluring garden with colorful perennial flowers and exquisite produce? Have you ever considered growing your own fruit or vegetables? Do you always imagine yourself tending your garden and harvesting your produce with the seasons? The first step is to acquire the basic knowledge contained within this audiobook that will encourage you to design the garden of your dreams. Whether you want to establish a colorful and beautiful garden with flowers and beds or grow your own edible produce.

Eating healthy is the first and most important step toward a healthy life. Over the last few decades, our modern diet has negatively impacted our health with all its preservatives, salts, and sugars. Now, people are more conscious of their health and the impact food has on their wellbeing. Consequently, most people want to grow their own organic fruits, vegetables, and herbs at home. Instead of going to the grocery store and spending a lot of money, you can grow your own produce, knowing exactly what kind of fertilizer, seed variety, etc., is being used.

This book will show you that successful organic gardening isn't about having a green thumb or a huge yard. It's about understanding nature and taking the right steps to plan and prepare. With simple techniques and thoughtful advice, you can create a flourishing garden, no matter your space or experience.

The author would like to stress the importance of growing the right type and mix of veggies. This way you get a better crop and useful veggies that usually go hand in hand with each other. Don't try to do too much too soon. Don't try to start planting when it's too cold outside. The lowest soil temperature for planting is 40 degrees Fahrenheit. The best soil temperature is around 50 degrees to 60 degrees.

Gardening Month by Month lays out general gardening tips and tricks through the whole year. Are you planting vegetables, growing orchids, finding organic ways to care for your lawn, trying to raise fragrant roses? This book lays out what you need to know. Written for the beginning gardener, but also with plenty of information for the more advanced gardener.

Imagine walking out of your back door, greeted by a beautiful garden full of flowers, and even more important: Food! No more grocery shopping for GMO and pesticide grown vegetables, but your own, organic and nutritious vegetables and fruits for a healthy family. The truth is, traditional gardening can be hard, extremely hard. But what if there is a better strategy one that eliminates many of the challenges that traditional planting brings to the table? Meet raised bed gardening - gardening that uses less space, is controlled, and is easily accessible.

Greenhouse Gardening is a complete introduction to gardening under controlled conditions. Keep tomato plants going all year, enjoy strawberries from December through March, and grow colorful flowers any time you want! This audiobook is filled with step-by-step instructions and the knowledge you need to garden successfully in a greenhouse or sun porch. Whether you want to grow vegetables or flowers, this audiobook will help get you started.

Your definitive guide to companion planting and all its benefits! Are you thinking about gardening as a hobby? Do you want to grow your food but don’t know where to start? Are you concerned about how to garden without using chemicals? Then you need this audiobook. Companion planting is an age-old gardening technique farmers and gardeners use to grow their crops organically. When you learn how companion planting works, you’ll see there’s no need to use chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides–the plants do it all for you.

Think you don’t have a green thumb? Think again! No matter your gardening woes, Gardening Hacks has the solution. Perfect for all gardening skill levels whether you’re starting your first garden, looking to expand your crop, or simply searching for ways to make it easier to care for your extensive plant collection, you’ll find everything you need to know to make your garden grow.

Black Flora is the first book to feature profiles of contemporary Black experts innovating in the world of flowers. Author and longtime gardener, Teresa Speight, offers a beautiful intersection of flowers and community. This book is a homecoming, one that unearths the floral legacies of the past and present, while providing a source of inspiration for younger generations of plant-lovers seeking examples of successful Black floral artists and entrepreneurs.

In "Green Profits: The Budding Entrepreneur’s Guide to a Houseplant Side Hustle," the entrepreneurial spirit of a side hustler is introduced to the world of houseplants. This book is a guide for anyone who wants to turn a love of houseplants into a successful business venture.

This book is a guide for the first-time gardener, giving a clear guide to starting their own raised bed garden with an eye on space economy and realistic goals. This audiobook will start by explaining the growth cycle before walking the listener through harvest, preparing, and planning for the next growing season.

Are you contemplating beginning your own nursery? Have you been keen on developing your own nursery yet don't think you have sufficient space? Planting is probably the best hobby you can have. In addition to the fact that it is a relaxing thing to do, it is an incredible to both decorate your space and have endless fresh food! "But I don't have a green thumb," you reply. Doesn't make any difference! In Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners, you will figure out how to masterfully utilize each square inch of your planting space and guarantee high produce yields right away!

Imagine walking out of your back door, greeted by a beautiful garden full of flowers, and even more importantly, food! But for most of us, it all just sounds a bit too good to be true. The truth is, traditional gardening can be hard, extremely hard. You need a lot of space, and problems like drought, weeds, and rotting often result in very bad yields.

A lot of gardeners just hang up their gardening tools for the winter and wait until the weather becomes warmer, but this should not be the case. Depending on your local weather, gardening during the winter may simply be less than the ideal, or you may be working with frozen soil. Regardless of the situation, winter offers any ambitious gardener an opportunity to explore many options that may not be available during the warmer seasons. There is no reason for you not to keep your thumb green throughout the entire year.

If you're looking for something that's space-efficient but can produce high yields, raised bed gardening would be the best option for you to try. Besides being efficient when it comes to space, it also solves a number of other issues, such as dealing with difficult soil as well as your garden's accessibility.