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Container Gardening Complete
Creative Projects for Growing Vegetables and Flowers in Small Spaces
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This book is ideal for beginner to intermediate gardeners who want to start or improve their container gardening projects, especially those with limited outdoor space or who grow plants indoors or on balconies.
Everything you need to know to garden successfully in a small space, including easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions, photographs, and information on more than 125 plants.
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The ideal book for urban gardeners, indoor gardeners, and vegetable gardeners, Container Gardening Complete is a thorough visual guide that will get you growing quickly!
Whether you are growing vegetables, fruits, or flowers on an apartment balcony; creating a small vegetable garden for personal use; or decorating steps and walkways, Container Gardening Complete has everything you need to know to be successful.
The methods described in this book are foolproof and easy to follow, with step-by-step directions and photographs, scalable projects for differing needs, and many great ideas for upcycled containers from things you have around your home.
You'll get to know the ins and outs of gardening in a small space, from the importance of drainage, irrigation, and other watering concerns to ornamental combinations of plants, and the very best vegetables, fruits, and non-edibles for container gardening.
This is the best, most complete book on the market for container gardening.
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ISBN: 9781591866824
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 19 December 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: Cool Springs Press
Illustration: 400 color photos
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 203.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 272
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About the Author
Jessica Walliser co-hosts The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a former contributing editor for Organic Gardening magazine and a regular contributor to Fine Gardening, Urban Farm, and Hobby Farms magazines. Walliser also serves on the editorial advisory board of The American Horticultural Society. Her two weekly gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review have been enjoyed by readers for over nine years. Jessica's fourth book, Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control, was awarded the American Horticultural Society's 2014 Book Award. It was also named one of the Top 12 Gardening Books by Martha Stewart Living magazine in March of 2015. She is also the author of the Amazon best-seller Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who's Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically and blogs weekly for both SavvyGardening.com and HobbyFarms.com.
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