In Compost Teas for the Organic Grower, you’ll find everything you need to know about feeding your garden, orchard, or smallholding with homemade and chemical-free “teas.” It’s packed with recipes for creating nutrient-rich, healthy soil, to give you healthy plants and ecosystems.
In the book’s pages, permaculture orchardist Eric Fisher provides an in-depth history of organic agriculture and the rise in chemical inputs. He then goes on to explore the importance of nutrients, their cycles, and the structure of soil. This enables readers to truly understand their soil and ecosystems, so they can manage them properly.
Author: Eric Fisher
Format: Paperback
Craig LeHoullier, tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, offers everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes — from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season.
Author: Craig LeHoullier
Format: Paperback
The plight of the monarch butterfly has captured public attention and sparked widespread interest in helping to save their dwindling populations. In this in-depth portrait of the monarch butterfly—covering its life cycle, its remarkable relationship with milkweed, its extraordinary migration, and the threats it now faces due to habitat loss and climate change—detailed instructions on how to design and create monarch-friendly landscapes are enriched by guidance on observing and understanding butterfly behavior and habits.
Author: The Xerces Society
Format: Paperback
In 101 Organic Garden Hacks you'll find the top tips, tricks, and solutions Coronado has dreamed up in her career as one of America's most creative gardeners. Some are practical time-savers; others offer clever ways to "upcycle" everyday items in your garden. One characteristic every hack shares is that they are completely organic and unfailingly environmentally friendly. Divided into a dozen different categories for easy reference, each hack is accompanied by a clear photo that shows you exactly how to complete it. If you are looking for resourceful ways to improve your garden and promote green living values right at home, you'll love paging through this fascinating, eye-catching book.
Author: Shawna Coronado
Format: Paperback
Great for the eco-conscious home gardener with a small- or large-scale garden, these 9-inch white stone colored plant markers are made with 80 percent recycled plastic and 20 percent biomass from agriculture waste byproducts. The markers achieve a lower carbon footprint by using post-consumer or post-industrial recycled plastic.
Format: Other/miscellaneous products
The 2022 Soul Roots Planner & Journal has biweekly pages with nurturing content on sacredness, as well as guidance on honoring and living an enriched life. Made for plant lovers, Earth stewards, and the conscious-minded, this planner is packed with recipes, quotes, journaling prompts, and more that will steer you toward a sustainable, mindful way of living.
Format: Paperback
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide gives this busy demographic a fun, nonintimidating introduction to the basics of gardening. These are the folks who want to know where their food comes from, and they’re hip to the importance of good health and the environment.
Author: Dee Nash
Format: Hardcover
A Taste for Herbs is an herb-seasoning bonanza for the home cook or gourmet foodie. Add pizzazz to your favorite foods and beverages by making your own signature blends, rubs, infusions, and more.
Let dedicated herb lover Sue Goetz guide you into this exciting, flavor-rich herbal world with more than 100 kitchen-tested recipes that will dazzle the palate!
Author: SUE GOETZ
Format: Hardcover
Square foot gardening, the revolutionary method developed by Mel Bartholomew, has helped millions of home gardeners grow more fresh produce in less space with less work.
With over 150 new photos and illustrations, this updated edition makes it easier than ever for you to achieve nearly foolproof results in virtually any situation!
Author: Mel Bartholomew
Format: Paperback
Aquaponic Gardening is the definitive do-it-yourself home manual, focused on giving you all the tools you need to create your own aquaponic system and enjoy healthy, safe, fresh and delicious food all year round. Starting with an overview of the theory, benefits and potential of aquaponics.
Author: Sylvia Bernstein
Format: Paperback
Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife, Expanded Second Edition shows homeowners how to fill their yards and gardens with the sights and sounds of nature. Author David Mizejewski presents simple plans for reintroducing native plants that birds, butterflies, bees, and a whole host of critters can’t resist. He also shows ways of supplementing nature to further entice wildlife to yards and gardens.
The book features:
Format: Paperback
Hydroponic gardening is the wave of the future!
Hydroponic gardening is an alternative to conventional food production, which contributes to pollution, deforestation, and the excessive consumption of freshwater supplies.
Whether you’re a home gardener or are planning a large-scale operation, this guide will help you set up a customized system that’s precisely tailored to your needs.
Author: Cerreto Rossouw
Format: Paperback