Growing your own food is good for you and the planet. Backed by scientific research, Indigenous knowledge, and the authors' years of firsthand experience, Homegrown Handgathered offers field-tested techniques for beginners and experts alike to thrive off the bounty of the land with confidence. This complete manual for organic food production will show you how to select a site, plan your garden, source and start seeds, manage pests and weeds, compost, preserve your harvests, and more. Comprehensive growing guides for more than 15 essential crops--from beans, carrots, and corn to squashes, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes--detail favored growing conditions, processing tips, key nutrients, and more. Each crop chapter also features easy-to-follow recipes from a range of cultures that will transform your harvest into delicious, nourishing meals. From Jalapeño Cornbread and Oyster Mushroom Grits to Venison Borscht and Walnut-Shiitake Burgers, gardening never tasted so good!

Join Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening to learn the basics of growing plants, choose the right urban gardening method for you, and troubleshoot any problems you might encounter.

If you think it's impossible to grow your own food because you don't have a large yard or you live in the city...think again. There is a plethora of urban gardening options to create beautiful, productive edible gardens no matter where you live. The key to succeeding as an urban gardener is to choose the method(s) that make sense for your unique living situation and then give your plants what they need to thrive. In Field Guide to Urban Gardening, Kevin helps you do just that.

But he doesn't stop there. He also provides in-depth garden plans, from upcycled DIY projects and intensive hydroponic systems to beautiful and functional raised beds. Urban gardening is a real, growing, and important movement in today's world. This fact-packed book is your roadmap to get growing today.

Urban gardening techniques featured include:

• Container Gardening
• Raised Beds
• Indoor Edibles
• Balconies and Rooftops
• Hydroponics

For more insight into growing a big garden in a small space, check out Kevin's other books, Grow Bag Gardening and Epic Homesteading.

As a farmer with decades spent working in fields, Scott Chaskey has been shaped by daily attention to the earth. A leader in the international Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement, he has combined a longstanding commitment to food sovereignty and organic farming with a belief that humble attention to microbial life and diversity of species provides invaluable lessons for building healthy human communities.

Along the way, even while planning rotations of fields, ordering seeds, tending to crops and their ecosystems, Chaskey was writing. And in this lively collection of essays, he explores the evolution of his perspective--as a farmer and as a poet. Tracing the first stage in his development back to a homestead in Maine, on the ancestral lands of the Abenaki, he recalls learning to cultivate plants and nourish reciprocal relationships among species, even as he was reading Yeats and beginning to write poems. He describes cycling across Ireland, a surprise meeting with Seamus Heaney, and, later, farming in Cornwall's ancient landscape of granite, bramble, and windswept trees. He travels to China for an international conference on Community Supported Agriculture, reading ancient wilderness poetry along the way, and then on to the pueblo of Santa Clara in New Mexico, where he joins a group of Indigenous women harvesting amaranth seeds. Closer to home on the Southfork of Long Island, he describes planting redwood saplings and writing verse under the canopy of an American beech.

Enlivened by decades of work in open fields washed by the salt spray of the Atlantic--words that describe his prose as well as his vision of connectedness--Scott Chaskey has given us a book for our time. A seed of hope and regeneration.

The Compost Coach is a colourful, comprehensive and accessible guide to creating the very best compost AKA garden gold. Kate is on a mission to empower readers to understand the small steps they can take every day to look after the environment and live more sustainability.

The book is pitched at the home composter, including people who live in apartments and houses with or without gardens (yes, you can compost without a garden!). Kate helps the reader to rethink their waste management and teaches them how easy it is to divert food scraps and household carbon away from landfill. She unravels the technicalities of soil science, talks through the building blocks of a robust compost system and busts a few myths along the way. Charming illustrations, how-to photos, and Kate's warm, entertaining voice complete the package.

The ultimate beginner's guide to starting a profitable homestead

This book contains valuable ideas that allow you to become a completely self-sufficient and profitable homesteader. Learn today how to make money from homesteading and build your own local urban farm...

In this book you will learn how to start your homesteading operation and turn it into a profitable small business operation. This beginner's guide will introduce you to the possibilities of becoming self-sufficient using your own backyard farm land as a resource. You will learn:

• Essential skills to begin your homesteading plan


• Required resources for building your homestead


• Ideas on valuable cash crops that only few people consider


• Out of the box ideas to make your homestead profitable long-term


• Important do's and don'ts when starting your business operation

If you have been thinking about growing your homestead and wanted to learn the basics on how to turn your operation into something that makes you long-term passive income, this is the book for you. Having your own urban farm, producing your own delicious fruits and vegetables and running your urban farm from your own backyard, allows you to become self-sufficient and live on your own terms. Using the information in this book, you will soon be equipped with enough knowledge to run your urban mini backyard farm and become a real homesteader

Discover the world of the self-sufficient urban farmer...

Small-scale homesteads allow for the production of high-quality products that promote healthy living. With sustainable local homesteads becoming increasingly popular, more and more people turn from being a hobby gardener into a real homesteader, each with their own profitable 'farmstead'. How amazing is it to be able to earn money on your own land, make people happy with fresh, locally produced organic products, as well as living healthy and in harmony with nature?

Running your homestead can sometimes be a challenge, but the benefits of fresh and locally produced products will likely outweigh the downsides of building a backyard farm. Many people have taken the plunge and decided to learn about homesteading already, so what are you waiting for? Give it a try Scroll to the top of the page and click ADD TO CART to start your homesteading adventure.

Learn about these topics and start discovering some great homesteading money-making secrets...

• How to get your produce on local markets


• Leverage your selling power by growing a farmer's community


• Essential upgrades and maintenance requirements for your homestead


• How to easily get into new exciting markets with high demand


• How to apply diversitfication in your homestead that allows you to think outside the box

Not only homesteaders will benefit from this book. If you are into prepping (if SHTF), want to become self-reliant, or want to gather knowledge on living off the grid, this book can be a great resource and help you towards your goals. Even better, it will teach you to make money in the process as well Anyone considering themselves preppers, minimalists, living off the grid, or is simply looking to learn about gardening, do not hesitate to learn about homesteading, because it will be an invaluable skill to have.

With practical information aimed at home DIYers, author Tyler Baras (Farmer Tyler to his fans) shows exactly how to build, plant, and maintain over a dozen unique hydroponic systems, some costing just a few dollars to make.

No soil? No sunlight? No problem. A hydroponic growing system gives you the power to grow plants anywhere. Even if you live in an area where water is scarce, a hydroponic system is the answer you've been looking for. Hydroponic systems are sealed and do not allow evaporation, making water loss virtually nonexistent. Simply suspend your essential nutrients in a water-based solution and circulate them to the plant roots in a contained network of vessels and tubes. This accessible guide provides the solid information you need for hydroponic gardening success.

Farmer Tyler shows you, with detailed step-by-step photos, precisely how to create these systems, and how to plant and maintain them. All the information you need to get started with your home hydroponic system is included:

• Recipes for nutrient solutions
• Light and ventilation sources
• Comprehensive equipment guide
• Growing and maintenance instructions
• 12+ hydroponic system builds
• Complete crop selection charts

DIY Hydroponic Gardens is the best resource available for getting started in hydroponics.

Home gardens, in addition to providing sustenance and satisfaction, embody a sense of self identity. In this groundbreaking work on Vietnamese foodways, Farm-to-Freedom: Vietnamese Americans and Their Food Gardens brings to light how the Vietnamese diasporic population in Texas uses gardens literally and figuratively to set down roots in a new country.

These gardens, often hidden in plain sight, establish the seat of Vietnamese immigrant culture, according to author Roy Vũ. They can also offer Vietnamese Americans an empowering pathway to forging a new homeland duality by retaining ties to the foods and environs they drew comfort from in Vietnam.

Farm-to-Freedom uses the concept of emancipatory foodways as a lens into gardens that serve a semi-palliative purpose by succoring the experienced tragedies of war and exile for Vietnamese immigrants and Vietnamese Americans, which arguably adds another dimension to the importance of the home garden. Vũ covers topics including but not limited to culinary citizenship, food democracy, culinary justice, and food sovereignty. Farm-to-Freedom reveals how these gardens not only provide those who tend them a greater sense of security and agency in an unfamiliar land but also give them the means to preserve and expand Vietnamese cuisine for themselves while simultaneously enriching food culture in the United States.

With a wealth of original oral histories, community-based recipes and poetry, and photographs of home gardens in suburban and urban settings, Farm-to-Freedom provides a deeper understanding of the Vietnamese diaspora in Texas for scholars, professionals, and general readers alike.

This book is a rework of the original, the original only contained information on the antanea aspect of electroculture.I listened to my readers and followeres and included a ton more of information in this new book, on all aspects of electroculture not just one.

Embark on an illuminating journey into the world of electroculture with this revised and expanded guide-a comprehensive exploration of innovative agricultural methods. This updated edition delves deeper into the realm of electroculture, providing detailed instructions and insights into three distinct electroculture methods: Electrolysis, Capacitance, and Magnetism, offering a comprehensive understanding of their applications and effects on plant growth.

Revisiting and Expanding Knowledge

Building upon the foundations of the original work, this revised edition extends beyond the limitations of the antenna-centric approach, offering enriched content and comprehensive instructions for all three electroculture methods. Readers will find a wealth of knowledge-a deeper understanding of electrolysis, harnessing capacitance, and leveraging magnetism to augment plant growth, soil health, and environmental resilience.

A Wealth of Instruction and Information

This revised guide is not merely an exploration but a practical manual, offering meticulously detailed instructions, materials lists, and guidance for implementing electrolysis, capacitance, and magnetism in agriculture. Discover how buried magnets, copper rods, or specialized systems can create electromagnetic fields, enriching soil fertility, and fortifying plant growth.

Unlocking the Potential of Electroculture

Readers, whether agricultural enthusiasts, researchers, or practitioners, will find a treasure trove of information-a seamless blend of scientific insights, historical context, and practical instructions. Embrace the transformative potential of electroculture, fostering sustainable agricultural paradigms and ecological harmony through responsible innovation and ethical stewardship.

Empowerment Through Knowledge

With this revised guide, readers gain the tools to engage with electroculture methods beyond the confines of traditional agricultural practices. Empowerment through knowledge resonates as readers unlock the potentials of electrolysis, capacitance, and magnetism-shaping a future where technology harmoniously coexists with nature in agricultural landscapes.

A Call to Explore, Implement, and Innovate

This revised work extends an invitation-to explore, implement, and innovate within the realms of electroculture. Join the quest to redefine agriculture, leveraging electrical and electromagnetic forces to nurture crops, enrich soil health, and foster sustainable ecosystems.

American descendants of slavery (ADOS) are relearning how to grow their own food and medicine as their indigenous ancestors did before European colonization. Even 100 years after slavery was abolished, many ADOS took pride in being food and medicine self sufficient. This book provides foundational knowledge necessary to begin growing food and medicine in small urban and suburban spaces.

The Backyard Chicken Handbook is an authoritative guide, from a fourth-generation chicken keeper, bringing simple yet practical knowledge which covers all aspects of raising healthy and happy chickens. This handbook covers: selecting the perfect chicken breed, feeding your hens, healthy egg laying, chicken behavior (including bullying) and how-to treat common chicken health issues. The handbook is suited to both first time keepers and veterans by providing varying degrees of detail to keep both readers engaged. Full color photos and illustrations throughout provide specific examples of chicken anatomy, health and behavior.

When Spring Warren told her husband and two teenage boys that she wanted to grow 75 percent of all the food they consumed for one year, and that she wanted to do it in their yard, they told her she was crazy.

She did it anyway. The Quarter-Acre Farm is Warren's account of deciding, despite all resistance, to take control of her family's food choices, get her hands dirty, and create a garden in her suburban yard. It's a story of bugs, worms, rot, and failure; of learning, replanting, harvesting, and eating. The road is long and riddled with mistakes, but by the end of her yearlong experiment, Warren's sons and husband have become her biggest fans, in fact, they're even eager to help harvest (and eat) the beautiful bounty she brings in.

Full of tips and recipes to help anyone interested in growing and preparing at least a small part of their diet at home, The Quarter-Acre Farm is a warm, witty tale about family, food, and the incredible gratification that accompanies self-sufficiency.

This beautifully photographed guidebook celebrates New York City's most exceptional--and often overlooked--parks and gardens, all open to the public!
New York City is filled to the brim with beautiful, unique green spaces--if you know where to look. From the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in the West Village to the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm in the Navy Yard, the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Queens to New York's Chinese Scholar's Garden in Staten Island, celebrated photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo takes readers on a tour of the most exceptional gardens and parks across the five boroughs in this lushly illustrated guidebook.

Through Ngoc's beautifully photographed and well-researched profiles, readers will not only discover parks and gardens they never knew existed, but they will also learn the fascinating history of green spaces in New York and about the innovative new projects being undertaken to ensure we all can enjoy them for years to come. Head up to the nearly century-old Met Cloisters to discover a garden filled with plants depicted in the museum's medieval art collection, and an herb garden planted exclusively with species known in the Middle Ages. Then travel to Brooklyn to visit the Gil Hodges Community Garden, a tiny oasis along the Gowanus Canal and a critical piece of the city's green infrastructure: storm water is absorbed, filtered, and diverted to the garden, relieving pressure on the sewer system and thereby protecting the local waterways from contamination. The book features wildlife preserves and community vegetable patches, sprawling old-growth forests and vest-pocket parks of less than five thousand square feet. Each one tells a story, and offers a wonderful refuge from the hustle and bustle of the concrete jungle.

Your guide to becoming a green-fingered vigilante - transforming your neighbourhood's neglected corners into bright pockets of plant life.

Guerrilla gardening is the global movement of people planting in public places. From scattering wildflower seeds onto road verges to building community allotments on vacant lots, these peaceful acts of rebellion are where flower power meets people power.

With no prior knowledge of gardening or activism needed, this 360 handbook contains all the information and inspiration you need to start greening your streets. Not sure how to pick the right plants, gather a gang, or protect your patch? This guide's got you covered. Follow the 7-step action plan, packed with expert advice, illustrated how-to's, and tales of 'how we did it' from around the world.

Ellen Miles is an activist spearheading a new wave of guerrilla gardening. Rooted in social justice and climate action, this growing movement needs you. So, whether you want to boost biodiversity, bring people together, create beauty, grow food, or make a political statement, it's time to get guerrilla gardening.

When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the tenth-of-an-acre lot was barren ground and bad soil, peppered with broken pieces of concrete, asphalt, and brick. The two friends got to work designing what would become not just another urban farm, but a permaculture paradise replete with perennial broccoli, paw paws, bananas, and moringa--all told, more than two hundred low-maintenance edible plants in an innovative food forest on a small city lot. The garden--intended to function like a natural ecosystem with the plants themselves providing most of the garden's needs for fertility, pest control, and weed suppression--also features an edible water garden, a year-round unheated greenhouse, tropical crops, urban poultry, and even silkworms.

In telling the story of Paradise Lot, Toensmeier explains the principles and practices of permaculture, the choice of exotic and unusual food plants, the techniques of design and cultivation, and, of course, the adventures, mistakes, and do-overs in the process. Packed full of detailed, useful information about designing a highly productive permaculture garden, Paradise Lot is also a funny and charming story of two single guys, both plant nerds, with a wild plan: to realize the garden of their dreams and meet women to share it with. Amazingly, on both counts, they succeed.

Are you limited on space, but still find yourself yearning to grow vegetables? If so, vegetable container gardening may be the answer. As long as you have room for a container or two (or twenty), you can grow vegetables pretty much anywhere you want. They can be grown on your porch, your balcony or even on a fire escape. Container gardening allows you to quickly and easily set up a small garden that will provide you with vegetables for years to come. The following topics are covered in this handy guide:

• What container gardening is.
• The benefits of vegetable container gardening and why it's a good choice for aspiring gardeners.
• The 4 simple and inexpensive items you need to get started.
• Designing your vegetable container garden.
• Choosing a location for your containers.
• Choosing a container.
• A quick rundown of the pros and cons of the various materials containers are made of.
• What raised beds are and why they are a better choice than traditional gardens.
• How self-watering containers can save you from over- or under-watering your plants.
• What you need to know about soil.
• How to determine the pH of your soil.
• Mulching.
• Good vegetables and herbs for container gardening.
• Growing vegetables in a shaded area.
• Reading a seed catalog.
• Starting seeds and transplanting seedlings.
• Fertilizing your plants.
• Integrated pest control.
• How to bring root bound plants back to life.
• Helpful tips for beginners.

This book is perfect for those new to the world of vegetable container gardening. It has all the information you'll need to start your own vegetable garden at home using containers of your choice. In addition to general information about vegetable container gardening, the author discusses 16 common vegetables and gives you the information you need to successfully grow them in containers. Buy The Vegetable Container Gardening Guide today and learn what you need to know to start growing your own vegetables in containers

Get the most out of every bit of balcony space to easily grow your own sustainable, organic, and tasty food.

Do you love having a balcony but aren't sure how you can use it as a space to grow? Do you feel that being a few stories up in a building stops you from growing delicious crops? If the answer is yes, then it's time you read this book.

Patrick Vernuccio is a small-space grower with a big message-and even bigger Instagram following. Building on Patrick's popular 60-second reels, Tomatoes and Basil on the 5th Floor will showcase easy and informative ways to grow fresh produce in containers and on a balcony.

From dividing store-bought basil plants, to harvesting vegetables at the best time of year, to letting plants set seed for the benefit of wildlife, Patrick takes his readers through myriad ways to get crops and produce out of very limited space. Working with the seasons and with good-quality seed and compost, he explains all you need to know to ensure every inch of your balcony can give you tasty and beautiful crops to harvest.

Do you know exactly where your last meal came from? Just how ethical was it?

51% of people say they'd be willing to pay more for foods that have a less damaging impact on the environment... but what if you didn't have to? What if the answer to a more ethical and sustainable life was right in your backyard?

Perhaps you thought your backyard was too small for growing vegetables. Perhaps you thought you lacked the knowledge and skills to grow delicious organic produce in your own garden.

The truth is, humans have been growing food for over 20,000 years. We are adept at this, and no space is too small.

Imagine being able to guarantee that everything on your plate was chemical-free and homegrown.

Imagine enjoying produce that you picked fresh just minutes before you cooked it.

Imagine knowing that your family was getting the best nutrient content possible from everything they ate.

Sound time consuming and labor intensive? It doesn't have to be.

In The Backyard Garden: A Beginner's Guide to Self Sufficient Mini Farming, you'll learn everything you need to get started on your journey towards full self sufficiency. You'll discover:

• How to turn even the smallest space into a bountiful farm
• A bulletproof approach to designing your garden for maximum yield
• The 8 key principles of biointensive farming - and why it will change your life
• Everything you need to know for vegetable-growing success
• Top secrets for growing fruit in every size of garden
• Why your new gardening buddy should be a chicken
• A realistic way to rear your own animals for meat with zero experience
• A 12-month plan for your garden
• Organic pest control secrets
• Tricks to make your garden do most of the work for you

And much more.

Many of us wish we knew more about where our food came from, so why aren't more of us growing our own?

Home food production doesn't have to be complicated. It isn't expensive, and it doesn't require acres of land. With just a little understanding of what you need to get started, you can begin a healthier, more sustainable, and more fulfilling life.

Over 75% of packaged food in the USA contains genetically modified organisms. Imagine being confident that you would never have to feed them to your children again.

The easy way to succeed at urban gardening

A townhouse yard, a balcony, a fire escape, a south-facing window--even a basement apartment can all be suitable locations to grow enough food to save a considerable amount of money and enjoy the freshest, healthiest produce possible.

Urban Gardening For Dummies helps you make the most of limited space through the use of proven small-space gardening techniques that allow gardeners to maximize yield while minimizing space.

• Covers square-foot gardening and vertical and layered gardening
• Includes guidance on working with container gardening, succession gardening, and companion gardening
• Offers guidance on pest management, irrigation and rain barrels, and small-space composting

If you're interested in starting an urban garden that makes maximum use of minimal space, Urban Gardening For Dummies has you covered.

Do you know exactly where your last meal came from? Just how ethical was it?

51% of people say they'd be willing to pay more for foods that have a less damaging impact on the environment... but what if you didn't have to? What if the answer to a more ethical and sustainable life was right in your backyard?

Perhaps you thought your backyard was too small for growing vegetables. Perhaps you thought you lacked the knowledge and skills to grow delicious organic produce in your own garden.

The truth is, humans have been growing food for over 20,000 years. We are adept at this, and no space is too small.

Imagine being able to guarantee that everything on your plate was chemical-free and homegrown.

Imagine enjoying produce that you picked fresh just minutes before you cooked it.

Imagine knowing that your family was getting the best nutrient content possible from everything they ate.

Sound time consuming and labor intensive? It doesn't have to be.

In The Backyard Garden: A Beginner's Guide to Self Sufficient Mini Farming, you'll learn everything you need to get started on your journey towards full self sufficiency. You'll discover:

• How to turn even the smallest space into a bountiful farm
• A bulletproof approach to designing your garden for maximum yield
• The 8 key principles of biointensive farming - and why it will change your life
• Everything you need to know for vegetable-growing success
• Top secrets for growing fruit in every size of garden
• Why your new gardening buddy should be a chicken
• A realistic way to rear your own animals for meat with zero experience
• A 12-month plan for your garden
• Organic pest control secrets
• Tricks to make your garden do most of the work for you

And much more.

Many of us wish we knew more about where our food came from, so why aren't more of us growing our own?

Home food production doesn't have to be complicated. It isn't expensive, and it doesn't require acres of land. With just a little understanding of what you need to get started, you can begin a healthier, more sustainable, and more fulfilling life.

Over 75% of packaged food in the USA contains genetically modified organisms. Imagine being confident that you would never have to feed them to your children again.

If you're ready to begin your journey to self sufficiency, click Add to Cart right now. It's time to say goodbye to the supermarket.

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