Beginner’s Guide to Successful Container Gardening: Grow Your Own Food in Small Places! 25+ Proven DIY Methods for Composting, Companion Planting, … McKay’s Easy and Effective Gardening Series)
Growing your own organic vegetables and fruits in containers, pots, and grow bags is easier than you think!
All you need is this book, the right conditions, and some patience! You can grow your food indoors, on balconies, windowsills, rooftops or patios – just about anywhere.
Your guide on this road will be Sophie McKay, an avid gardener and an emerging author in gardening, permaculture, and sustainability. She'll share her best tips and tricks to ensure your gardening journey is a success.
In Beginner's Guide to Successful Container Gardening, you will discover:
Get started today and empower every aspect of your life. If you follow the guidelines, you are sure to save money, grow healthy, organic food for your family and generate long-term success.
Armed with the right tools, you'll feel confident as your garden grows.
If thousands of others can do it, so can YOU!
From the Publisher
Beginner's Guide to Successful Container Gardening: The Ultimate Handbook for Growing Organic Fruits and Vegetables Anywhere
Are you interested in growing your own organic vegetables and fruits but don't have much space? Look no further than this comprehensive guide to container gardening!
This book provides easy-to-follow techniques and smart tips to help you overcome the limitations of your space and use your available areas efficiently. In this guide, you'll discover how to create fertile soil using compost tea, nettle tea, and worm farming, as well as how to water your plants using smart irrigation systems. You'll also learn how to build a cold frame, create self-watering pots, and utilize companion planting techniques to ensure a bountiful harvest. Additionally, Sophie shares nontoxic methods for controlling critters, pests, and diseases, and provides tips for harvesting and preserving your produce.
But that's not all - "Beginner's Guide to Successful Container Gardening" is packed with even more information! You'll learn how to make leaf mold, and harvest your own seeds for the next planting cycle. The book also includes various DIY projects like building a self-watering pot, creating a cold frame, and bokashi composting. With proven succession planting techniques and companion planting ideas, you'll always have something ready to harvest, regardless of the season.
By following the guidelines in this book, you'll be able to save money, grow healthy, organic food for your family, and generate long-term success.
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Small Space, Big Harvest - 25+ Proven Methods, explained by Beautiful, Hand Drawn Illustrations + lots of additional resources!
What will you find insire?
Make the most of your space and grow your own organic vegetables and fruits with container gardening! Whether you have limited outdoor space, a balcony, or just a windowsill, this comprehensive guide will show you how to use your available areas effectively and efficiently.
Choosing the right container is key to successful container gardening. From pots and grow bags to buckets and raised beds, the possibilities are endless. Discover how to select the right size, material, and shape for your plants and learn how to maximize your growing potential.
Grow bags are a fantastic option for container gardening, especially if you're short on space or want to keep things simple. They're lightweight, easy to move around, and perfect for growing a variety of plants, from herbs and vegetables to flowers and shrubs.
Learn how to make your own self-watering containers with materials readily available in your home, and explore different designs and styles to fit your gardening needs. Plus, discover the benefits including improved plant growth and reduced risk of over or under watering.
Are you looking for a sustainable way to water your container garden? Build a rainwater harvesting barrel! With this simple and cost-effective solution, you can collect rainwater and use it to nourish your plants. Plus, you'll be reducing your environmental impact by conserving water.
Worm compost bins or hives are a sustainable way to reduce your household waste while creating nutrient-rich soil for your garden. Get started with worm composting today and experience the benefits for yourself!
Olla terracotta pots are a time-honored solution for watering container plants in a smart and efficient way. These porous unglazed clay pots slowly release water, directly to the roots of your plants. Use this method to reduce water waste and ensure plants receive just the right amount of moisture, even in hot and dry conditions.
Not only can you grow your own healthy, organic food, but you can also savor the fruits of your labor with these tasty recipes. Discover some of Sophie's favorite recipes that you can make using the delicious produce you grow in your own container garden.
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Language : English
Paperback : 168 pages
ISBN-10 : 1739735633
ISBN-13 : 978-1739735630
Item Weight : 9.1 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.42 x 9 inches
Price: $15.95 - $14.99
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Growing your own organic vegetables and fruits in containers, pots, and grow bags is easier than you think!
All you need is this book, the right conditions, and some patience! You can grow your food indoors, on balconies, windowsills, rooftops or patios – just about anywhere.
Your guide on this road will be Sophie McKay, an avid gardener and an emerging author in gardening, permaculture, and sustainability. She’ll share her best tips and tricks to ensure your gardening journey is a success.
In Beginner’s Guide to Successful Container Gardening, you will discover:
How to handle the limitations of your space and use your available areas efficiently.
Easy-to-follow methods of designing your vegetable garden by observing your site and creating a space that holistically caters to your annuals, biennials, and perennials.
Container types you can use to grow plants, including ways to recycle everyday objects to help you become a genuine zero-waste individual.
The magic ingredients that guarantee you can create your own soil by utilizing your kitchen waste and urban resources.
Easy and smart methods for creating a compost tea, a nettle tea and a worm farm for the most fertile soil.
Simple yet efficient techniques to water your little garden, including saving rainwater and using smart irrigation systems for containers.
DIY techniques of building a cold frame, creating self-watering pots, bokashi composting, making leaf mold and other projects.
Proven succession planting techniques to ensure that there is always something ready to harvest, regardless of the season.
A host of companion plant ideas for your veggies so they can flourish together cooperatively.
A how-to guide for using nontoxic methods to control critters, pests, and diseases.
Methods and tips for harvesting your seeds for the next planting cycle.
Ways to preserve your harvest including the canning, drying, freezing, and dehydrating methods. Sophie also shares some of her favorite recipes!
Get started today and empower every aspect of your life. If you follow the guidelines, you are sure to save money, grow healthy, organic food for your family and generate long-term success.
Armed with the right tools, you’ll feel confident as your garden grows.
If thousands of others can do it, so can YOU!
From the Publisher
Beginner’s Guide to Successful Container Gardening: The Ultimate Handbook for Growing Organic Fruits and Vegetables Anywhere
Are you interested in growing your own organic vegetables and fruits but don’t have much space? Look no further than this comprehensive guide to container gardening!
This book provides easy-to-follow techniques and smart tips to help you overcome the limitations of your space and use your available areas efficiently. In this guide, you’ll discover how to create fertile soil using compost tea, nettle tea, and worm farming, as well as how to water your plants using smart irrigation systems. You’ll also learn how to build a cold frame, create self-watering pots, and utilize companion planting techniques to ensure a bountiful harvest. Additionally, Sophie shares nontoxic methods for controlling critters, pests, and diseases, and provides tips for harvesting and preserving your produce.
But that’s not all – “Beginner’s Guide to Successful Container Gardening” is packed with even more information! You’ll learn how to make leaf mold, and harvest your own seeds for the next planting cycle. The book also includes various DIY projects like building a self-watering pot, creating a cold frame, and bokashi composting. With proven succession planting techniques and companion planting ideas, you’ll always have something ready to harvest, regardless of the season.
By following the guidelines in this book, you’ll be able to save money, grow healthy, organic food for your family, and generate long-term success.
.
Small Space, Big Harvest – 25+ Proven Methods, explained by Beautiful, Hand Drawn Illustrations + lots of additional resources!
What will you find insire?
Balconies, Patios, Windowsills?
Make the most of your space and grow your own organic vegetables and fruits with container gardening! Whether you have limited outdoor space, a balcony, or just a windowsill, this comprehensive guide will show you how to use your available areas effectively and efficiently.
Maximize your growing potential!
Choosing the right container is key to successful container gardening. From pots and grow bags to buckets and raised beds, the possibilities are endless. Discover how to select the right size, material, and shape for your plants and learn how to maximize your growing potential.
The secrets of using grow bags
Grow bags are a fantastic option for container gardening, especially if you’re short on space or want to keep things simple. They’re lightweight, easy to move around, and perfect for growing a variety of plants, from herbs and vegetables to flowers and shrubs.
Self watering containers for happy plants
Learn how to make your own self-watering containers with materials readily available in your home, and explore different designs and styles to fit your gardening needs. Plus, discover the benefits including improved plant growth and reduced risk of over or under watering.
Rainwater Harvesting How-to
Are you looking for a sustainable way to water your container garden? Build a rainwater harvesting barrel! With this simple and cost-effective solution, you can collect rainwater and use it to nourish your plants. Plus, you’ll be reducing your environmental impact by conserving water.
DIY Worm Compost Bin – Easy and Effective!
Worm compost bins or hives are a sustainable way to reduce your household waste while creating nutrient-rich soil for your garden. Get started with worm composting today and experience the benefits for yourself!
Discover and build your own OLLA-s!
Olla terracotta pots are a time-honored solution for watering container plants in a smart and efficient way. These porous unglazed clay pots slowly release water, directly to the roots of your plants. Use this method to reduce water waste and ensure plants receive just the right amount of moisture, even in hot and dry conditions.
Sophie’s best recipies included
Not only can you grow your own healthy, organic food, but you can also savor the fruits of your labor with these tasty recipes. Discover some of Sophie’s favorite recipes that you can make using the delicious produce you grow in your own container garden.
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Backyard scale
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Small places, limited space
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Makes a great gift
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Guided Journal
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Publisher : Sophie McKay (February 21, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 168 pages
ISBN-10 : 1739735633
ISBN-13 : 978-1739735630
Item Weight : 9.1 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.42 x 9 inches
Customers say
Customers find this book provides thorough information on growing food in small spaces. They find the writing clear and easy to follow, with helpful diagrams and illustrations. The book offers useful advice on pest control, water quality, and seed saving. It’s an enjoyable read that provides new ideas for small gardening.
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