Horticulture Science

Gardening is a popular hobby for young and old alike, and can provide an education at home for children to better understand where our food comes from. For the beginning gardener who enjoys gardening and wants to take their skills and interest to the 'next level', perhaps it is time to consider investing in a greenhouse. Greenhouses are permanent or temporary structures, usually constructed of transparent or translucent material that allow the sun's rays to enter and warm the air inside.

Per tutti gli aspiranti giardinieri planetari, ecco tre lezioni su talee e bulbi, sul Terzo paesaggio e sui semi, prodigiose astronavi che viaggiano nello spazio e nel tempo, e su molto altro. In perfetto equilibrio tra passione visionaria e consigli pratici, tra racconti filosofici e semplici tecniche di coltivazione, qui si istiga a fare e disfare, e anche a lasciar fare, perché "per essere giardinieri non occorre possedere un giardino. Il giardino è il pianeta e noi tutti ci viviamo in mezzo".

From Michael Pollan to locavores, Whole Foods to farmers' markets, today cooks and foodies alike are paying more attention than ever before to the history of the food they bring into their kitchens - and especially to vegetables. Whether it’s an heirloom tomato, curled cabbage, or succulent squash, from a farmers' market or a backyard plot, the humble vegetable offers more than just nutrition - it also represents a link with long tradition of farming and gardening, nurturing and breeding. In this charming new book, those veggies finally get their due.

Autark leben durch Selbstversorgung, Minimalismus und Zero Waste! In Zeiten des Klimawandels ist ein nachhaltiger Konsum und Umgang mit unseren Ressourcen wichtiger denn je. Ein genügsamer, minimalistischer Lebensstil kombiniert mit dem eigenen Anbau von Lebensmitteln und selbst gemachten Kosmetik- und Hygieneartikeln trägt dazu bei, Ihren ökologischer Fußabdruck zu verringern und spart gleichzeitig auch noch Geld ein.

Hydroponic systems allow farmers to grow plants without soil which can eliminate many conventional gardening problems. Commercial gardeners do not always need to douse crops with pesticides, for example, with a decreased risk of pests. Hydroponic systems, though often associated with fruits and vegetables, may grow all kinds of plants, including flowers and decorative flowers, etc.

Willkommen zu einem Sprachkurs der etwas anderen Art! Wer Bäume besser versteht, an ihrem Wuchs und am Zustand der Blätter oder der Rinde erkennt, wie es ihnen geht, wird langfristig mehr Freude an ihnen haben. Überraschende Einblicke in das Innenleben von Buche, Birke und Co. verhelfen zu einer neuen Sichtweise, und das profunde Wissen des Autors hilft Hobbygärtnern bei der Wahl des richtigen Hausbaumes sowie beim Pflanzen und Schneiden von Laubbaum, Obstbaum oder Hecke.

Grow your first hydroponic garden! You might have seen beautiful designs of inside gardens somewhere with some strange looking balls in the pot and wondered what kind of gardening is this!? There is practically no soil required to cultivate plants with hydroponic systems. That is why you had noticed that those "strange-looking" gardens were so clean. Yes, it is true. You can actually grow plants without soil.

In a bid to create the perfect sustainable food production system, aquaponics was born. This system has been adopted worldwide and used extensively. However, many people tend to take up this food production technique without having basic knowledge of what it entails. As a result, their systems flop and fail to perform to their expectations. This has prompted educational campaigns geared toward familiarizing the community with the practice.

Would your garden, small or large, in town or country, win a prize? Is there room for improvement? Everybody has favourite plants, but the ability to put them all together to ensure a splendid show throughout the year is a skill that must be acquired. The Well-Chosen Garden will guide you to making the most of your available space, help you avoid untimely gaps, colour clashes and many other pitfalls of garden planning.

It’s no longer gardening as usual. Heat waves, droughts, flooding, violent storms…the long-predicted extremes of weather caused by climate change are now on our doorstep, and gardeners around the world are feeling the effects. The Climate Change Garden is the first book to reveal which types of gardens are better suited to deal with such extremes and which techniques, practices, and equipment can be put to good use in our gardens to help temper the issues.

Companion Planting Gardening Guide for Beginners is the ultimate science-based guide to successful gardening through companion planting for a healthier, mighty, and bountiful tiny farm. Companion planting consists of strategically planting certain plants, herbs, and vegetables in an order that maximizes your space, while also setting your garden up to yield the best results.

We think we know photosynthesis: Plants convert of sunlight, CO2, and water into energy and, ultimately, the food we eat and air we breathe. But Raffael Jovine shows how this incredible process goes beyond what we learned in grade school. First, it's not only about plants: Corals partner with photosynthetic organisms to create the most productive habitat on Earth, slugs eat chloroplasts to create a photosynthesis-based camouflage, hornets use photosynthesis for a very unconventional form of air conditioning—and much more!

Hugelkultur, also sometimes referred to as hugel bed, is a permaculture gardening technique for growing vegetables in heaps made from timber and covered over with topsoil. In this short introduction to a well established but little known growing concept, you will discover what it involves and how it can be used to great advantage particularly in dry arid regions. With a proper understanding and application of this simple technique, vegetables can be grown with minimum irrigation—and less backache!

Take a walk through the climate regions of the world and discover the effect of climate change on plants and how plants are coping in changing climatic conditions. As extreme weather conditions take over our planet, what will be their effect on plants? How can plants cope with these changing conditions? Which plants already survive in extreme and changing environments?

Hugelkultur raised bed gardening. This is perhaps one of the most ancient of the no-dig gardening techniques for growing fruit and vegetables, originating in the Black Forest region of Germany, it has been around for many centuries. Created as a way to grow food in areas where good arable land was limited, the Hugelkultur makes use of material that would otherwise be discarded as useless - forest debris and other garden waste.

If you want to know how you can effectively grow more plants at home in a hydroponic setup, then keep reading...Are you worried that the extreme climatic conditions and lack of sufficient space will hinder your wish to grow your own vegetables at home? Well, fret not because there is a way through which you can generate enough food for your entire family. This process is known as hydroponic gardening, which is a type of soilless gardening. Hydroponics is a modern way of growing crops that helps to beat all the unfavourable conditions and grow plants in a controlled environment.

Nachhaltige Permakultur im eigenen Garten oder auf dem Balkon. In der heutigen Zeit beziehen wir unsere Kräuter, Obst und Gemüse meist aus dem Supermarkt, der diese wiederum oftmals aus nicht nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft bezieht. Um ausgelaugte Böden zu vermeiden, unsere Gesundheit zu fördern und auch unseren nachfolgenden Generationen ein angenehmes Leben auf diesem Planeten zu ermöglichen, bietet es sich an, verschiedene Pflanzen selbst anzubauen und uns somit selbst mit verschiedensten leckeren und gesunden Produkten zu versorgen.

What if I told you that you can grow tea and coffee from the comfort of your own backyard? Let me tell you the story about how I learned all about tea and coffee (too much, probably) and how I could grow it for myself. I do own a sizeable crop of tea and coffee trees, and I can confidently say that I can entertain my friends with my homebrewed caffeine. In this Grow Your Own Caffeine book, I tell you the story about my foray into horticulture when I thought that I could, never in a million years, possess a green thumb.

You too can master the secrets of soil to grow healthy plants and bountiful, nutritious produce. Home to beneficial microorganisms and packed densely with nutrients, soil is the perfect growing medium that acts as a personal nutritionist to the plants it supports, allowing them to thrive naturally.

Medical marijuana is a powerful, proven way of boosting your health, championed by millions of people around the world. But how can you take advantage of this incredible plant and learn to grow your own? In this detailed audiobook, you’ll uncover the fundamentals of horticulture, arming you with the knowledge you need to get started growing cannabis. Covering everything from tips and tricks for choosing the right plants and soil to the must-have fertilizers and the types of cannabis cultivation, this audiobook is your all-in-one ticket to the wonderful world of cannabis!