Small-plot, high-yield gardening : grow like a pro, save money, and eat well from your front (or back or side) yard 100% organic produce garden / Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan.
Are you longing to feed your family in more healthful and eco-friendly ways but shocked by organic produce prices at the grocery store? It's time for you to get down and dirty-- and take the plunge that will please your taste buds and your pocket-book!
Record details
- ISBN: 9781580080378
- ISBN: 1580080375
- Physical Description: 248 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition: Revised edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. "Originally published in the United States under the title Home Gardening at Its Best by Atheneum, New York, in 1977." |
| Formatted Contents Note: | You don't have to be Italian to grow good peppers -- Why bother? -- Productivity is growing $7,486 worth of fresh, organic produce -- Rabbits and raised beds -- More on garden architecture -- Grow into gardening -- Breaking even in the first year -- How to read seed catalogs -- Other sources of gardening savvy -- Ask Uncle Sam -- Big is not bountiful -- Chaos in the vegetable kingdom? -- Practical vegetable groupings --"Build soil" -- The ABCs of N, P, and K -- Feeding your garden for 12 cents a day -- Triggering the nutrients in soil -- Production-plus planting procedures -- Water -- Much ado about mulch -- Weather -- Bugs & Co. -- Herbs for the kitchen, flowers for the table -- Plant your personality -- Shopping for seeds and seedlings -- Gardening in small spaces -- Maximum-production techniques for over fifty popular vegetables -- Make compost as you make good lasagne -- Garden plants that keep on giving -- Uses of a cold frame -- Starting from seed -- "Did I plant that?" |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Vegetable gardening. Organic gardening. Small gardens. |
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- 11 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 2 copies available at Iredell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | 635 GIL (Text) | 33114016436446 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/05/2025 |
| Statesville Main Library | 635 GILL (Text) | 33114015355258 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
Are you longing to feed your family in more healthful and eco-friendly ways but shocked by organic produce prices at the grocery store? It's time for you to get down and dirty-- and take the plunge that will please your taste buds and your pocket-book!
