The Brown Goose, the White Case Knife, Ora's Speckled Bean, Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter-these are just a few of the heirloom fruits and vegetables you'll encounter in Bill Best's remarkable history of seed saving and the people who preserve both unique flavors and the Appalachian culture associated with them.
In these turbulent times, Britain is rediscovering a passion for gardening and home produce - and the nation's favourite gardener is here to provide the definitive book on the subject.
The Weekend Homesteader is organized by monthso whether its January or June youll find exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed.
Forest gardening is a way of working with nature which is not only productive and requires minimal maintenance, but also has fantastic environmental benefits.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to growing apple trees, and includes information on soil, tree forms, rootstocks, pests, varieties, and much more.
-One of delicious magazine's top cookbooks of 2021'Not only does Kathy Slack write beautifully, but she also takes stunning photographs with a strong sense of place, light dappling across the pages.
The book on Vegetable Production in Kitchen Garden constitutes on principles of kitchen garden, medicinal values of vegetables, cropping systems of vegetables, selection and cultivation of vegetables, tools and implements used in kitchen garden, media used in kitchen garden, container garden, importance and cultivation of leafy vegetables, other vegetables covered production technology, intercultural practices under kitchen garden and in last chapter post harvest management of various vegetables at home .
This vintage book contains a detailed guide to growing gooseberries, and includes information on propagation, planting, pruning, pests, varieties, and much more.
Introduction to Floriculture provides an introduction to commercial floriculture, containing information on major and minor greenhouse and field crops, and includes potted plants and cut flowers.
From the chef, restaurant owner, and author of the critically lauded A Girl and Her Pig comes a beautiful, full-color cookbook that offers tantalizing seasonal recipes for a wide variety of vegetables, from summer standbys such as zucchini to earthy novelties like sunchokes.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive article on the plum, with information on cultivation, soils, tree forms, planting, pruning, diseases, pests, and varieties.
The world-famous Chile Pepper Institute is the only organization devoted to the study, cultivation, and enjoyment of the world's favorite fiery fruit, and The Official Cookbook of the Chile Pepper Institute is your guide to cooking with and enjoying chile peppers in all their magnificent, flavorful varieties.
Beer is one of the most complex alcoholic drinks with some beers having more than thirty ingredients and most of them requiring the proper mixture and amounts of the right hops, malts, and herbs to taste just right.
How to grow delicious produce inyour own backyard In thisguide, expert botanist Ginny Stibolt and Master Gardener Melissa Markhamprovide simple and accessible advice for successful vegetable gardening inFlorida, where soil types vary and cool-weather crops are grown right throughthe mild winters.
Cork and the Cork Tree, Volume 4 provides the important general information about cork based on the author's 30 years of experience with cork, cork trees, and the cork industry.
This vintage book is a complete guide to pruning pear trees, with information on tools and equipment, technique, common problems, benefits, and other related aspects.
Since 1887, Detroit's Eastern Market, the largest open-air market of its kind in the United States, has been home to an amazing community of farmers, merchants, and food lovers.
This vintage book is a complete guide to growing pineapples under glass, with information on different varieties, problems and benefits, pests and diseases, planting, harvesting, and many other related aspects.
For the everyday person seeds are vital for the creation of gardens and plant life, while for others they represent the future of the earth as in the case of the Doomsday Seed Vault in Norway which opened in March 2008 with the intention of housing more than 3 million seed samples from around the world.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to growing apple trees, and includes information on soil, tree forms, rootstocks, pests, varieties, and much more.
This vintage text contains a detailed guide to pruning fruit trees, and includes information on pruning equipment, common problems, correct methods of pruning, and more.
The Times Best Gardening Books of 2022 Ornamental plants are the cornerstone of our gardens and we are spoiled for choice with literally tens of thousands of hardy beauties from which to select.
This book offers a detailed guide to cultivating potatoes, with information on varieties, seed selection, cultivation, diseases of the potato, and much more.