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    Bug-Free Organic Gardening: Permaculture Gardener, #2
    The Ultimate Guide to Soil: The Real Dirt on Cultivating Crops, Compost, and a Healthier Home: Permaculture Gardener, #3
    Homegrown Humus: Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden: Permaculture Gardener, #1
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    Permaculture Gardener Series

    By Anna Hess

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    About this series

    Grow twice the fruits and vegetables in half the space on the farm, in the backyard, or in your window! 

    Have you noticed the extraordinary flavors and yields emanating from even a small garden when the soil is just right? If you’ve ever been envious of your neighbor’s dirt or just curious about homesteading, then The Ultimate Guide to Soil is perfect for you. 

    The book begins with a personality test for your soil, then uses that information to plan a course of action for revitalizing poor soil and turning good dirt into great earth. Next, you’ll learn to start and maintain a no-till garden, to balance nutrients with remineralization, and to boost organic matter with easy cover crops. 

    Don’t forget the encyclopedic overview of organic soil amendments at the end. Old standbys like manures and mulches are explained in depth along with less common additions such as bokashi compost and castings from worms and black soldier fly larvae. Learn when hugelkultur, biochar, paper, and cardboard do and don’t match your garden needs, then read about when and how to safely use urine and humanure around edible plantings. 

    With an emphasis on simple techniques suitable for the backyard gardener,The Ultimate Guide to Soil gives you the real dirt on good soil. Maybe next year your neighbor will be envious of you! 

    This ebook includes the complete text of Personality Tests for Your Soil, Small-Scale No-Till Gardening Basics, Balancing Soil Nutrients and Acidity, and Soil Amendments for the Organic Garden.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWetknee Books
    Release dateDec 7, 2013
    Bug-Free Organic Gardening: Permaculture Gardener, #2
    The Ultimate Guide to Soil: The Real Dirt on Cultivating Crops, Compost, and a Healthier Home: Permaculture Gardener, #3
    Homegrown Humus: Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden: Permaculture Gardener, #1

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      Homegrown Humus: Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden: Permaculture Gardener, #1
      Homegrown Humus: Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden: Permaculture Gardener, #1

      Homegrown Humus: Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden: Permaculture Gardener, #1

      Anna Hess
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      Homegrown humus is easy with cover crops!  Cover crops are a simple, cheap way to boost your soil's organic matter, to fight weeds, to prevent erosion, to attract pollinators, and to keep the ecosystem in balance. Unfortunately, most information on growing cover crops is written for people who plow their soil every year and are willing to spray herbicides. You can get all of the same benefits in a no-till garden, though, if you're clever.  Homegrown Humus details five no-till winners in depth --- buckwheat, sweet potatoes, oilseed radishes, rye, and oats. Profiles of other species suggest gardening conditions when you might want to try out sunflowers, annual ryegrass, barley, Austrian winter peas, crimson clover, cowpeas, or sunn hemp as well.  Next, you'll learn pro tips on finding cover-crop seeds, planting cover crops in a no-till garden, and easily killing cover crops without tilling or herbicide use. Understanding the C:N ratio of cover crops helps determine how long to wait between killing cover crops and planting vegetables, as well as how to maximize the amount of humus you're adding to your soil.  Cover crops are an advanced gardening technique bound to increase your vegetable yields, but with this book they become simple enough for beginners. Give your garden a treat --- grow some buckwheat!  The second edition of Homegrown Humus is fully updated, with three new chapters and a total of 54 photos.

      Homegrown humus is easy with cover crops!  Cover crops are a simple, cheap way to boost your soil's organic matter, to fight weeds, to prevent erosion, to attract pollinators, and to keep the ecosystem in balance. Unfortunately, most information on growing cover crops is written for people who plow their soil every year and are willing to spray herbicides. You can get all of the same benefits in a no-till garden, though, if you're clever.  Homegrown Humus details five no-till winners in depth --- buckwheat, sweet potatoes, oilseed radishes, rye, and oats. Profiles of other species suggest gardening conditions when you might want to try out sunflowers, annual ryegrass, barley, Austrian winter peas, crimson clover, cowpeas, or sunn hemp as well.  Next, you'll learn pro tips on finding cover-crop seeds, planting cover crops in a no-till garden, and easily killing cover crops without tilling or herbicide use. Understanding the C:N ratio of cover crops helps determine how long to wait between killing cover crops and planting vegetables, as well as how to maximize the amount of humus you're adding to your soil.  Cover crops are an advanced gardening technique bound to increase your vegetable yields, but with this book they become simple enough for beginners. Give your garden a treat --- grow some buckwheat!  The second edition of Homegrown Humus is fully updated, with three new chapters and a total of 54 photos.

    • 2

      Bug-Free Organic Gardening: Permaculture Gardener, #2
      Bug-Free Organic Gardening: Permaculture Gardener, #2

      Bug-Free Organic Gardening: Permaculture Gardener, #2

      Anna Hess
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      Put down those harmful sprays and pick up the tricks of natural pest control! Are you sick and tired of pesky insects in your garden? Do you want to stay away from pesticides and harmful poisons that could be hazardous to your garden and your health? If you answered yes to both of those questions, Bug-Free Organic Gardening has all the answers to your troubles. This expanded third edition (previously entitled The Naturally Bug-Free Garden) shows how to bring your garden ecosystem into balance so that beneficial insects and larger animals do the work of pest control for you. With more than a decade's experience growing all of her family's vegetables, Hess sums her knowledge on topics such as: Succession planting Choosing resistant plant varieties Shielding plants with row covers Timing plantings to bypass bugs And so much more! Get ready to grow beautiful, organic vegetables for yourself and your family. With the help of this photo-rich text, your garden can also be naturally bug-free.

      Put down those harmful sprays and pick up the tricks of natural pest control! Are you sick and tired of pesky insects in your garden? Do you want to stay away from pesticides and harmful poisons that could be hazardous to your garden and your health? If you answered yes to both of those questions, Bug-Free Organic Gardening has all the answers to your troubles. This expanded third edition (previously entitled The Naturally Bug-Free Garden) shows how to bring your garden ecosystem into balance so that beneficial insects and larger animals do the work of pest control for you. With more than a decade's experience growing all of her family's vegetables, Hess sums her knowledge on topics such as: Succession planting Choosing resistant plant varieties Shielding plants with row covers Timing plantings to bypass bugs And so much more! Get ready to grow beautiful, organic vegetables for yourself and your family. With the help of this photo-rich text, your garden can also be naturally bug-free.

    • 3

      The Ultimate Guide to Soil: The Real Dirt on Cultivating Crops, Compost, and a Healthier Home: Permaculture Gardener, #3
      The Ultimate Guide to Soil: The Real Dirt on Cultivating Crops, Compost, and a Healthier Home: Permaculture Gardener, #3

      The Ultimate Guide to Soil: The Real Dirt on Cultivating Crops, Compost, and a Healthier Home: Permaculture Gardener, #3

      Anna Hess
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      Grow twice the fruits and vegetables in half the space on the farm, in the backyard, or in your window!  Have you noticed the extraordinary flavors and yields emanating from even a small garden when the soil is just right? If you’ve ever been envious of your neighbor’s dirt or just curious about homesteading, then The Ultimate Guide to Soil is perfect for you.  The book begins with a personality test for your soil, then uses that information to plan a course of action for revitalizing poor soil and turning good dirt into great earth. Next, you’ll learn to start and maintain a no-till garden, to balance nutrients with remineralization, and to boost organic matter with easy cover crops.  Don’t forget the encyclopedic overview of organic soil amendments at the end. Old standbys like manures and mulches are explained in depth along with less common additions such as bokashi compost and castings from worms and black soldier fly larvae. Learn when hugelkultur, biochar, paper, and cardboard do and don’t match your garden needs, then read about when and how to safely use urine and humanure around edible plantings.  With an emphasis on simple techniques suitable for the backyard gardener,The Ultimate Guide to Soil gives you the real dirt on good soil. Maybe next year your neighbor will be envious of you!  This ebook includes the complete text of Personality Tests for Your Soil, Small-Scale No-Till Gardening Basics, Balancing Soil Nutrients and Acidity, and Soil Amendments for the Organic Garden.

      Grow twice the fruits and vegetables in half the space on the farm, in the backyard, or in your window!  Have you noticed the extraordinary flavors and yields emanating from even a small garden when the soil is just right? If you’ve ever been envious of your neighbor’s dirt or just curious about homesteading, then The Ultimate Guide to Soil is perfect for you.  The book begins with a personality test for your soil, then uses that information to plan a course of action for revitalizing poor soil and turning good dirt into great earth. Next, you’ll learn to start and maintain a no-till garden, to balance nutrients with remineralization, and to boost organic matter with easy cover crops.  Don’t forget the encyclopedic overview of organic soil amendments at the end. Old standbys like manures and mulches are explained in depth along with less common additions such as bokashi compost and castings from worms and black soldier fly larvae. Learn when hugelkultur, biochar, paper, and cardboard do and don’t match your garden needs, then read about when and how to safely use urine and humanure around edible plantings.  With an emphasis on simple techniques suitable for the backyard gardener,The Ultimate Guide to Soil gives you the real dirt on good soil. Maybe next year your neighbor will be envious of you!  This ebook includes the complete text of Personality Tests for Your Soil, Small-Scale No-Till Gardening Basics, Balancing Soil Nutrients and Acidity, and Soil Amendments for the Organic Garden.

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