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Renowned scientist and best-selling author Jane Goodall delivers an eye-opening and empowering book that explores the social and personal significance of what we eat. In Harvest for Hope, Jane Goodall presents an empowering and far-reaching vision for social and environmental transformation through the way we produce and consume the foods we eat.

Collingwood Ingram - known as “Cherry” for his defining passion - was born in 1880 and lived until he was a hundred, witnessing a fraught century of conflict and change. Visiting Japan in 1902 and again in 1907, he fell in love with the country’s distinctive cherry blossoms, or sakura, and brought back hundreds of cuttings with him to England, where he created a garden of cherry varieties. On a 1926 trip to Japan to search for new specimens, Ingram was shocked to find a dramatic decline in local cherry diversity.

Urban lives can be overwhelmingly busy. This audiobook enables you to grasp the essence of vertical gardening, as you go about your daily routine. Let the mellifluous voice of our narrator accompany your urban gardening aspirations.

Whether you're a novice or a seasoned gardener, there’s something to help you build a strong sustainable fruit garden from dirt to harvest.

Discover nature's apothecary. A prepping green pharmacy revolution is underway in Carlos Mack's latest book "Natural Medicine and Herbal Remedies for Preppers: Survival Secrets of Wilderness Wellness." Are you ready to unlock the incredible healing power of plants and nature's remedies? In a world where the pill bottle often seems like the go-to solution, there's a revolution underway, and it's happening right in your backyard.

Like most comprehensive books we'll start with the basics and go from there. I've tried to make this information make sense even if you've no previous science or agricultural knowledge. Even if you've never so much as had a goldfish you can still master aquaponics.

In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell - host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place - introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up.

In Push the Zone: The Good Guide to Growing Tropical Plants Beyond the Tropics, David the Good shares his successes and failures in expanding plant ranges, and equips you with the knowledge you need to add a growing zone or two to your own backyard. Based on original research done in North Florida, Push the Zone is useful for northern gardeners as well. Discover microclimates in your yard, use the thermal mass of walls to grow impossible plants, and uncover growing secrets that will change your entire view of what can grow where!

The epitome of floral beauty, orchids have long fostered works of art, tales of adventure, and scientific discovery. Tenacious plant hunters have traversed continents to collect rare specimens; naturalists and shoguns have marveled at orchids' seductive architecture; royalty and the smart set have adorned themselves with their allure. In Orchid Muse, historian and home grower Erica Hannickel gathers these bold tales of the orchid-smitten throughout history, while providing tips on cultivating the extraordinary flowers she features.

Imagine cultivating enough food to slash your grocery shopping in half—all in less than an hour a day in your own backyard. Sounds impossible, right? Marjory Wildcraft says it's not: She's been homesteading for almost twenty years and founded The Grow Network to teach hundreds of thousands of others—some with very little space or time, some city dwellers with rooftop gardens—how to do the same, from gardening, to raising chickens, to composting, to medicine-making.

Always wanted to grow your own garden but don't know where to start? Beginner Gardening is the perfect book to help you. Packed with information, it will walk you through the ins and outs of creating your own garden. Are you confused about which plant to grow? Should you start with seeds or seedlings? What kind of soil do you need so your plants will grow healthy? You'll find answers in this book. What's more, you can even learn how to create your own herb or indoor garden.

Do you like the idea of having an orchard right outside your window but have zero ideas of where you should start? While vegetables last a season or two in the garden, most fruits, shrubs, and trees live for 10 to 50 years or more. With a little planning and guidance, you will soon be biting into mellow fruits. Many urban gardeners avoid growing fruits because they think it’s too much work and impossible to hack, but this guide will show you a way around it.

How to Create an Eco-Friendly Sustainable Family10 Easy Steps to Build an Eco-Friendly Family Culture By Penny P. You already knew a more sustainable lifestyle would be better for the planet... But did you know it could be fun for your family too? The world is in crisis, and you want to make a difference. You know certain products come with a high carbon footprint and the echoes of dubious ethical practices… but the alternatives seem far too expensive. How can you possibly make more sustainable choices with so many contradictory opinions to sift through? And how can you do it on a limited budget?

Say goodbye to black-thumbitis! With this guide, you'll transform into a vegetable growing master. Ready to witness your garden flourish? Download this audiobook now and let the green journey begin!

The good news is, even without outdoor space, you can still create a successful indoor garden. Beginner’s Guide to Hydroponics and Aeroponics is the perfect starting point for anyone who wants to grow their own fruits, vegetables, and herbs at home.

A complete guide to growing plants using Hydroponic and Aquaponic systems! Having your own garden means knowing exactly where your food comes from. Growing plants is certainly challenging, and some plants can’t even grow in certain conditions. However, the science of hydroponics and aquaponics makes it easy and possible for you to grow fruits, veggies, and greens in your own backyard. Hydroponics means growing plants without soil, using mineral, and nutrient solutions. And aquaponics means producing the food yourself!

Greenhouse Gardening 101 is packed with plenty of research and detailed tips, tricks, and advice from professional and experienced gardeners who have more than 25 years of experience. As you listen and gain more knowledge, you will take a step forward toward becoming more self-reliant and a confident greenhouse gardener.

Remember when fruits and vegetables were bursting with flavor? The increasing demand on farmers to produce the fastest, highest-yielding crop comes with a price: it’s less nutritious and environmentally detrimental. Decades of using fertilizers and pesticides have stripped the soil of many required elements and microbes needed to grow nutritious food, resulting in the decline of many essential vitamins and minerals in our diet.

Este libro contiene una guía paso a paso sobre cómo cultivar hierba de alta calidad en exteriores. El cultivo de hierba en interiores ha sido una práctica en las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, con la aceptación de la hierba en el mercado principal, ahora es posible para nosotros, con los permisos adecuados, cultivarla en nuestros patios.Con este libro, aprenderá:las necesidades básicas de la planta de marihuanaqué hace que la planta de marihuana sea especial.

Everything from naturally managing pests to improving production can be accomplished by just planting the right groups of plants. But before you pick up that shovel to start planting new seeds, you’ll need to make sure you’re not grouping plants that are incompatible with one another. Luckily, this book shows you which plants go together and which plants need to be apart.