No-dig gardening Raised beds, layered gardens, and other no-till techniques
Book - 2022
"The no-dig or no-till gardening method is an easy and climate-smart technique that is gaining in popularity and revolutionizing the gardening world. This book teaches you everything you need to start and care for a kitchen garden without any digging, watering, or weeding. Too good to be true? Find out for yourself! No-dig gardening is better for the environment, easier on your back, and yields abundant vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Learn everything you need to get started!"--Page 4 of cover.
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New York, NY :
Skyhorse Publishing
[2022]
- Language
- English
Swedish - Main Author
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- Item Description
- Originally published in Sweden by Ordfront in 2021.
"13 permaculture methods for weed-free growing"--Cover. - Physical Description
- 217 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 216) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781510769045
- Foreword
- No-Dig Gardening-This Is How It's Done
- Put away the spade, Never ever leave the soil bare, Climate smart and economical, The role models
- Let's Get Started!
- Laying down No-Dig beds, Compost bed, Lasagna bed, Hügel bed, Pallet collar-a smaller-sized No-Dig bed, Weed-free paths
- Tools
- Good-to-have equipment for No-Dig gardening, Choose the right tools
- No-Dig Gardening Method Applied
- Indoor seed starting-start early and continue a long time, Direct sowing-straight into the garden bed, Crop rotation, Climate-smart perennials, Care, Garden beds-specific care
- Maximized Harvests
- Plant spacing, Staggered planting, Companion planting and interplanting. Cluster planting, Sow fewer but frequently, Succession planting for multiple harvests, Long-lived greens-leaf by leaf, Leafy greens that regrow after harvest, Fall and winter growing, Harvest at the right time, Make space for new crops, Messy bed = humus-rich soil, Growing frames and greenhouses
- Cover/Mulching Materials & Compost
- Cover/mulching material for humus and nutrition, Mulch materials-varieties, properties and use, Compost-bedded down for comfortable growing, Compost-varieties, properties, and how to create them
- Nutrition
- Fertilizers-kinds and their effects, Biochar-nutrition-loaded soil amendment, Nutrients and how they work, Nutritional problems-signs and treatments
- Soil Organisms-The Gardener's Teammates
- Life underground, The nutritional network cycle, Mycorrhiza-a vital network, The importance of pH
- Geology
- This is the soil's physical structure
- Vegetable Favorites
- Annuals-for big and dependable crops, Perennials-easy care and a long season
- Pollination & Flowers
- Flowers in No-Dig garden beds, Flowering kitchen garden, Create a meadow, Flowers from spring to fail, Other ways to attract insects
- Thugs in the Garden Bed
- Prevention, Pest control, Protective fiber cloths and netting, Common pests and how to get rid of them. Common diseases and how they appear
- Some Common Questions
- Answers to the most common questions about No-Dig gardening
- Index
- Sources
- Thank You!