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The modern homestead garden : growing self-sufficiency in any size backyard / Gary Pilarchik.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Beverly, MA : Cool Springs Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780760368176
  • 0760368171
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635 23
LOC classification:
  • SB324.4 .P55 2021
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in electronic format.
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction: What is a modern homestead garden? -- Building your first garden -- Planting your garden and the best vegetables to grow -- Seeds, seed starting, and transplants -- Feeding your homestead garden -- Building earth and raised beds -- Homestead container gardening -- Tending your gardens -- Problems, pests, diseases, and the power of pollinators -- Creating an edible landscape on your homestead -- Using the homestead harvest.
Summary: "Filled with easy-to-employ ideas and lessons for improving your food self-sufficiency no matter how much land you have, The Modern Homestead Garden focuses on planting, growing, harvesting, and preserving food"--
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Book Chanute Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Chanute Public Library Adult Books 635 PIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34316002709988
Book Howard City Library Adult Non-Fiction Howard City Library Adult Books 635 Pilarchik (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34314000108915
Book Humboldt Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Humboldt Public Library Adult Books 635 Pil (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35324001213589
Book Mound City Library Adult Non-Fiction Mound City Library Adult Books 635 Pilarchik (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 04/16/2024 35332000240586

Includes index.

Preface -- Introduction: What is a modern homestead garden? -- Building your first garden -- Planting your garden and the best vegetables to grow -- Seeds, seed starting, and transplants -- Feeding your homestead garden -- Building earth and raised beds -- Homestead container gardening -- Tending your gardens -- Problems, pests, diseases, and the power of pollinators -- Creating an edible landscape on your homestead -- Using the homestead harvest.

"Filled with easy-to-employ ideas and lessons for improving your food self-sufficiency no matter how much land you have, The Modern Homestead Garden focuses on planting, growing, harvesting, and preserving food"--

Issued also in electronic format.

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