Description
Transform your unproductive lawn into a thriving edible landscape with the essential guide, 'Growing an Edible Landscape'. This comprehensive resource is packed with innovative ideas, detailed designs, and expert know-how for creating home gardens that offer fresh produce, improve your local ecosystem, and enhance your life. Say goodbye to traditional turf and hello to sustainable living! With millions of acres of land currently dedicated to turfgrass, this book inspires eco-conscious gardeners to convert this wasted space into vibrant food gardens. Dive into techniques for growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs together, creating a diverse edible ecosystem. Whether you're a novice or an experienced gardener, you'll discover how to maximize your garden’s potential for year-round harvests while maintaining an appealing aesthetic. Learn about companion planting, soil improvement, and seasonal strategies that not only beautify your yard but also contribute to food security and mitigate climate change. Start your journey toward an edible oasis today and reap the rewards of a productive, beautiful landscape. This book covers it all: the best plants, sustainable practices, and attractive designs to create a flourishing garden that becomes a focal point of your home. Don't just garden—create a legacy of sustainability and health! Order now for fast delivery across New Zealand, ensuring you receive your copy promptly to begin your gardening adventure.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780760381489
Year: 2023
Publisher: Quarto US
Description:
Convert your unproductive lawn and landscape areas into fruitful edible gardens with this practical guide overflowing with ideas, plans, designs, and know-how.Out with the lawn and in with the food! Thats the battle cry of millions of modern gardeners who are not only looking to reduce the amount of time and energy they have to spend tending a lawn, but theyre also looking to improve the lives of their family, friends, and neighbors by supplying them with fresh, homegrown food. In the United States alone, 46 million acres of land are covered in turfgrass (thats more acreage than corn and soybeans combined!). Imagine all the good that would come if that land were dedicated to growing food instead! Converting unused areas of the landscape into food gardens helps mitigate the effects of climate change, reduces food miles, improves food security, and allows us to be a better steward of our little slice of the planet. But how do you get started? Which plants do you choose? Is there a series of best practices to follow to successfully convert your yard into an edible oasis so that its not just high-yielding, but its also attractive? Growing an Edible Landscape is here to help answer all of these questions and many more.Setting up an edible landscape is much more than just placing a few tomato-filled raised beds in the middle of the lawn, though for some gardeners, this might be a logical place to start. The eventual goal, however, is to have a landscape filled with layers of fruitful plants combined together to produce edible harvests for as many months of the year as possible. To
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780760381489
Year: 2023
Publisher: Quarto US
Description:
Convert your unproductive lawn and landscape areas into fruitful edible gardens with this practical guide overflowing with ideas, plans, designs, and know-how.Out with the lawn and in with the food! Thats the battle cry of millions of modern gardeners who are not only looking to reduce the amount of time and energy they have to spend tending a lawn, but theyre also looking to improve the lives of their family, friends, and neighbors by supplying them with fresh, homegrown food. In the United States alone, 46 million acres of land are covered in turfgrass (thats more acreage than corn and soybeans combined!). Imagine all the good that would come if that land were dedicated to growing food instead! Converting unused areas of the landscape into food gardens helps mitigate the effects of climate change, reduces food miles, improves food security, and allows us to be a better steward of our little slice of the planet. But how do you get started? Which plants do you choose? Is there a series of best practices to follow to successfully convert your yard into an edible oasis so that its not just high-yielding, but its also attractive? Growing an Edible Landscape is here to help answer all of these questions and many more.Setting up an edible landscape is much more than just placing a few tomato-filled raised beds in the middle of the lawn, though for some gardeners, this might be a logical place to start. The eventual goal, however, is to have a landscape filled with layers of fruitful plants combined together to produce edible harvests for as many months of the year as possible. To