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Embrace a self-sufficient lifestyle with this comprehensive guide to raising happy hens and reaping healthy harvests. Tired of bland, factory-farmed products? Longing for a sustainable, closer-to-nature life? Ready to watch your flock thrive? Discover the essentials of backyard chicken farming. Whether you desire fresh eggs or to harvest birds for meat, this guide ensures your success from start to finish.

Gardening is fundamental to providing healthy air, nutritious food, and beauty for the world. But even beyond this, the art of gardening provides many therapeutic benefits for children! You don't have to be an expert gardener to let your green thumb flourish and share all that can be learned in the world of horticulture! Whether you are a teacher, therapist, or parent of young children, you might be on the constant prowl for new activities that help create a safe space where kids can grow. If that's the case, look no further than Growing Hope: The Therapeutic Benefits of Gardening.

Mindfulness in Gardening explores the activity of gardening as an exercise for both body and mind. Ark Redwood, a professional gardener for over 30 years and currently head gardener at Chalice Well, one of Britain’s most sacred gardens, guides you through the changing seasons, expanding your knowledge of how to be conscious of the living and providing expert insight on meditating in your natural environment. Practical exercises are included for listeners to imitate in their own garden.

Create a Place in your Backyard to Attract Wild Birds! Wild birds play an important role in our environment and ecosystem. And there are over one-thousand different species of birds in North America alone. Discover how you can create a habitat that will attract wild birds to your backyard. Inside you'll learn about birds, their importance to our environment, the decline in species from land development, climate change and predators. Find out what you can do to create a backyard habitat that wild birds will love. Enjoy native bird species in your newly created backyard habitat, as well as ...

Gardener's Guide to Botany is a basic manual to botanical information. Written for gardeners by a gardener this manual teaches the gardener about plant seeds, flowers, roots and leaves.

Compost is an invaluable ingredient for garden soil. It enriches the ground with minerals and other nutrients and can provide ideal mulch for growing plants. The Gardener's Guide to Making Compost is a primer that both gardening beginners and veterans can use to help them make better compost. The book covers most popular types of compost systems, making compost with worm, mulching and green manures. It is an excellent primer on making and using compost.

Profitable winter market gardening – the complete practical guide to growing vegetables year-round in northern climates for local markets. Many small farms shut down during the dark winter months. Yet with the right techniques, equipment, and cultivars, year-round growing can produce the highest quality and tastiest fresh local vegetables, all while banking a profit.

Not everyone has a sprawling backyard. Some live in apartments with just a balcony for a garden, while others have a small backyard but plenty of patio space. But don't let your situation hold you back from achieving your garden goals! You can garden even if you don’t have a yard at all, thanks to container gardening! Growing plants in containers is incredibly convenient and allows you to have a garden anywhere with access to sunlight.

Buying an inexpensive piece of land and building a comfortable, sustainable off-grid home is becoming a popular new way to pursue the American dream. This is a project that can be tailored to every budget, and can incorporate as many (or as few) of the conveniences of modern technology as one desires. The security of knowing you have a fully provisioned, eco-friendly retreat powered by renewable energy sources will help you sleep better after watching the 11:00 news. Let Nicholas Hyde get you started on this exciting task. From land, housing, and power to self-supplied water, food, and the ...

The Minimalist Budget: Learn How to Save Money, Enjoy Life, and Travel More If you wish to save money, enjoy life, and travel more in a minimalist budget, then you will have to include some simple budgeting rules in your daily and regular life. A minimalist budget does not mean to starve your-self to save money. A minimalist budget, instead, is a budget that will take care of all your important needs, but will also help you refrain from unnecessary spending. If you wish to live on a minimalist budget and still enjoy life then you have to appreciate what you have. You can’t crib about ...

From Award Winning and Best Selling Author Duncan Whitehead, comes a short story with a twist........ When two old friends, bound together by their love of growing fruits and vegetables enter the same competition, how far will they go to ensure victory? A charming story with more twists and turns than a tomato vine. From the Author A short story with a twist. How far would you go to win? How important is something that seems so trivial to others, but paramount to you? We all have a breaking point....but some are more fragile than others. This book is short and sweet. Set in a small English ...

Join the author and his wife Jeri as they share their love for each other while finding creative inspiration in that love that allows them to effectuate a fantastic Hudson Valley garden and official wildlife habitat that is landscape designed in the style of Frederick Law Olmsted and in the approach of both The Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the New York Botanical Garden as well as all the historic estate gardens in the region where there is always abundant blooming throughout the growing season and even into winter providing recollection of the words of Cicero , "All that you need in life is ...

Are you a gardener living in town? Do you have the heart of a farmer and a job in the city? Is your work-a-day life keeping you from the peace found in a prospering garden? Create a small-space oasis of edible greenery wherever you live - Don’t let concrete prevent your gardening instincts from flourishing! Imagine picking tasty morsels fresh from the stem right at home. Gardening is a state of mind - one that is easily lost in the hustle-bustle of urban life. Reconnecting with nature, in a meaningful way, even on a small scale, can rejuvenate your spirit.

The Money-Saving Gardener reveals the tips and tricks to keeping costs down without compromising on style or impact. Learn how to repurpose what you have, make the most of so-called garden "waste", and boost your plant collection for next to nothing with seed-saving and propagation hacks.

Embark on a journey of natural wellness and discover the transformative power of herbs with "Ten Essential Herbs: Unlock the Power of Nature." This enlightening eBook serves as your personal guide to integrating the healing wonders of herbs into your daily life. Discover Nature's Pharmacy in Your Kitchen Unveil the secrets hidden in your spice rack and garden! "Ten Essential Herbs" introduces you to ten versatile herbs that are not only culinary staples but also powerful healers. From the immune-boosting Elderberry to the robust vitality of rosemary, each chapter delves into one herb, ...

Throughout this audio book, Caroline shows how much joy she gets from spending time in her garden, whether it be grappling with the best way to grow plants and vegetables, or raising seeds in her potting shed. Though she now has a large following on her Instagram account, @CQGardens, her attitude to gardening is the same as it has always been–expertise helps, but is not essential. Gardening should be fun and enjoyable, filled with the simple pleasures of planning, planting, harvesting, and cooking. It is also a meditative and restorative pastime, and a great way to lift your spirits.

Discover the secrets of raised bed gardening and transform your garden into a thriving oasis, no matter your space limitations or terrain challenges. Say goodbye to wasted garden space! Are you frustrated by a lack of grassy space or uneven terrain in your backyard? Raised bed gardening has the solution! Plant your dream garden anywhere – over pavement, on bricks, or even a tiny patio. Unlock the potential of small garden spaces!

Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned gardener, cacti and succulents are the most rewarding plants you can add to your garden. They’re low maintenance, and they’ll add a unique aesthetic to any indoor or outdoor space with adequate care.

Are you ready to transform your garden into a thriving, sustainable oasis? Unlock the secrets to cultivating a garden that not only blooms with beauty but also thrives with sustainability in "Sustainable Gardening for Beginners." Dive into this comprehensive guide crafted with intricate details and expert insights, ensuring that both novice and experienced gardeners can embark on a journey toward eco-friendly cultivation. Curious about making your garden more water-efficient without sacrificing its beauty? Dive into water-wise practices with expert guidance. From drip irrigation to ...

What if I told you that it is possible to begin planting the seeds for your spring and summer garden outdoors in the winter, even if there is snow on the ground and ice storms in the forecast? But first, let me tell you about winter sowing. It's a ton of fun, doesn't cost much, and simple to set up. For a novice gardener, planting seeds is a daunting task. But it doesn't have to be the case. Once you get the hang of it, cultivating plants from seed is a pleasurable and rewarding hobby.