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Book Synopsis Hosta Bulbs Cultivation Manual by : Carl Juan
Download or read book Hosta Bulbs Cultivation Manual written by Carl Juan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most hostas are propagated not from bulbs, but rather from crown divisions or from plants started in containers. Hostas are commonly grown in gardens for their beautiful and decorative leaves, which can last for several seasons. Instead of starting with bulbs, they are grown from the plant's central crown. Here is a quick rundown on the typical methods of hosta propagation and cultivation: - Most hostas are propagated through crown division, which is also the most efficient way. Digging up a mature hosta and chopping off portions of the crown is the first step. Roots and several young shoots (called "eyes") should be present in each division. New hosta plants can be grown from these cuttings. - Hostas can also be acquired from nurseries and garden centers as container-grown plants. Transplant only healthy, well-established hostas from their containers into your garden or an appropriate container. - Soil and Location: Hostas like well-draining soil that maintains moisture but doesn't become soggy. They like shady conditions but will survive in more direct sunlight. Planting hostas need nutrient-rich soil, so be sure to include plenty of organic material. - Hostas should be planted in a hole just slightly bigger than the root ball or division. Plant it at the same level it had been growing at before. Due to their variability in size, hostas should be planted at intervals determined by the respective variety. - When watering, make sure the soil is never dry but never soggy, too. Hostas thrive in consistently moist conditions but may withstand brief periods of drought. - Mulch: Mulch around hostas can help retain soil moisture and cut down on weeds. It also helps the soil maintain a more consistent temperature. - Fertilize hostas using a slow-release, balanced fertilizer in the spring and again in the early summer. Fertilizer should be applied at the rates specified on the packaging. - In order to promote healthy growth and enhance the plant's aesthetic appeal, it is recommended that dead or damaged leaves be removed on a regular basis. Overcrowding can be avoided by dividing hostas every few years. Hostas are low-maintenance plants that are well-known for their versatility. Because of the variety in size, leaf color, and shape, they are frequently used to brighten up shady garden spaces. Although they aren't commonly grown from bulbs, their lush foliage and aesthetic appeal make them a worthwhile addition to many gardens.
Book Synopsis Growing Hostas Bulbs by : Lucky James
Download or read book Growing Hostas Bulbs written by Lucky James and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a step by step guide on how to grow and care for Hostas Bulbs. Everything you need to know about Hostas is contain in this book; the best varieties of Hostas, pest and disease control in Hostas, Soil requirement, light requirement, water requirement, How to grow Hostas in containers, Hostas propagation, etc. This book contains everything about growing Hostas Bulbs.
Book Synopsis My French Country Home by : Sharon Santoni
Download or read book My French Country Home written by Sharon Santoni and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entertaining at home in gracious French style. Born from her experience of everyday living in France, Sharon Santoni reveals the gracious, easy French way of entertaining guests at her countryside home, year-round. Personal stories evoke the spirit of the French lifestyle, while gorgeous photos make us feel right at home. Santoni creates lush bouquets from her garden and utilizes resources from surrounding nature to lay gorgeous tables both indoors and outdoors. Venues range from a Sunday morning breakfast on the patio, to a ladies lunch in her lush garden, a formal dinner in her dining room, and a picnic by the river. Santoni also shares 15 favorite recipes utilizing seasonal foods. Find inspiration for your tables throughout the seasons, and discover the simple pleasure of entertaining friends and family. Sharon Santoni writes the popular blog My French Country Home. She is the author of My Stylish French Girlfriends (Gibbs Smith). She resides in Normandy, France.
Book Synopsis A Food Forest in Your Garden by : Alan Carter
Download or read book A Food Forest in Your Garden written by Alan Carter and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grow your own seasonal food in a low maintenance, nature-friendly garden that feels like a woodland glade. Scottish plant expert Alan Carter shows you how to plan and plant a temperate forest garden for any sized plot--from a small terrace garden to an allotment or smallholding. Learn how to successfully layer root crops, fruit, perennial vegetables and edible shrubs below tree crops, cultivating an edible garden that doesn't look like a traditional vegetable plot. A forest garden is wildlife friendly, provides nutrient-dense and often unusual food through every season, and requires minimal work to maintain. The first part of this in-depth, practical guide explains how a forest garden works, how to map your climate and design your own plot, and how to manage it with mulching, weeding and pruning. What's not to like about Alan's motto of "the more you pick, the more you get," and intriguing concepts such as the Panda Principle? The second half of the book is a detailed directory of more than 170 plants and fungi suitable for a wide range of temperate climates, complete with growing, harvesting and cooking tips based on over a decade of Alan's own experience. Learn how to incorporate traditional fruit and vegetable crops, such as strawberries and beans, into your forest garden, and how to weave in more unusual crops, such as shiitake mushrooms and ferns. Techniques from agro-ecology bring regenerative farming into the backyard, helping you to work towards greater self-sufficiency. Useful tips on seed saving and propagation help keep plant costs low, and there is practical advice on soil health, compost--essential for all no dig, organic gardeners--and pests and disease. A Food Forest in Your Garden will help you create your own productive forest gardens even in cooler climates.
Book Synopsis Five-Plant Gardens by : Nancy J. Ondra
Download or read book Five-Plant Gardens written by Nancy J. Ondra and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With literally hundreds of choices, it can be overwhelming to decide which perennials to plant in your garden. Nancy J. Ondra takes the stressful guesswork out of perennial garden planning by offering 52 vibrant designs, each made up of only five plants. Ondra tailors each simple design to a specific set of growing conditions, with plenty of tips to help your planting mature. Enjoy gardens full of sun-drenched blooming flowers and shade-loving greenery for years to come.
Book Synopsis Gardening at Longmeadow by : Monty Don
Download or read book Gardening at Longmeadow written by Monty Don and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monty Don made a triumphant return to our screens as presenter of Gardeners' World. A firm favourite with viewers, Monty's infectious enthusiasm for plants, attention to the finer details of gardening technique and easy charm have seen the ratings soar. Here Monty invites us into the garden at Longmeadow, to show us how he created this beautiful garden, and how we can do the same in our own. Following the cycle of the seasons, Gardening at Longmeadow will introduce readers to the garden from the earliest snowdrops of January through the first splashes of colour in the Spring Garden, the electric summer displays of the Jewel Garden, the autumn harvest in the orchard, and on to a Christmas feast sourced from the vegetable gardens. Describing the magic of each area at different times of the year, Monty will explain the basics of what to do when and how to get the most from each plant. He'll talk through the essential techniques and more complex processes, accompanied by easy-to-follow, step-by-step photography. Longmeadow is a gardeners' garden, but this will be a book for gardening enthusiasts of all skill levels who have been inspired by what they've seen, and who would like to achieve something similar for themselves.
Download or read book A Way to Garden written by Margaret Roach and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.
Book Synopsis The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hostas by : Diana Grenfell
Download or read book The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hostas written by Diana Grenfell and published by David & Charles Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly prized for their clean sculptural leaves in an extraordinary range of colours, hostas are one of the most popular of all foliage plants. Varying in hue from matt blue-grey to glossy apple green, and in size from those no bigger than a thumbnail to others as large as dinner plates, there is a hosta for almost every situation and effect. They look stunning when a number of varieties are planted together as the greens gently complement each other, but are also invaluable as planting companions in the mixed border, associating particularly well with ferns, astilbes, sedges and hellebores. Although generally grown for foliage, hostas also carry equisite stems of delicate flowers.
Author :Editors Of Martha Stewart Weddings Publisher :National Geographic Books ISBN 13 :030795465X Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (79 download)
Book Synopsis Martha Stewart Weddings by : Editors Of Martha Stewart Weddings
Download or read book Martha Stewart Weddings written by Editors Of Martha Stewart Weddings and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With rich photography, expert voice, and taste-making style, Martha Stewart Weddings—a brand-new volume, the first in nearly two decades—is at once a guide to and inspiration for planning a wedding. Since the debut of Martha Stewart Weddings in 1995, it has been the premier resource for couples looking to plan and personalize their big day. To coincide with the brand’s 20th anniversary, the magazine’s team of experts has compiled a comprehensive guide to their distinctive way of creating a customized celebration. It’s packed with the original ideas, real-wedding photographs, and tried-and-true advice for which the brand has become known. From the engagement to the day itself, every detail is covered. Readers will learn what goes into making a “Martha” wedding, which includes dreaming up a cohesive theme and color palette, as well as finding a dress and suit, registering for gifts, enjoying showers and bachelor(ette) parties, hiring vendors, choosing the flowers and cake, and orchestrating a sweet send-off for the evening. With 300 full-color photographs, Martha Stewart Weddings will be the most gorgeous and practical wedding book on the market and a keepsake for every bride.
Book Synopsis The Forager Chef's Book of Flora by : Alan Bergo
Download or read book The Forager Chef's Book of Flora written by Alan Bergo and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In this remarkable new cookbook, Bergo provides stories, photographs and inventive recipes.”—Star Tribune As Seen on NBC's The Today Show! "With a passion for bringing a taste of the wild to the table, [Bergo’s] inspiration for experimentation shows in his inventive dishes created around ingredients found in his own backyard."—Tastemade From root to flower—and featuring 180 recipes and over 230 of the author’s own beautiful photographs—explore the edible plants we find all around us with the Forager Chef Alan Bergo as he breaks new culinary ground! In The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora you’ll find the exotic to the familiar—from Ramp Leaf Dumplings to Spruce Tip Panna Cotta to Crisp Fiddlehead Pickles—with Chef Bergo’s unique blend of easy-to-follow instruction and out-of-this-world inspiration. Over the past fifteen years, Minnesota chef Alan Bergo has become one of America’s most exciting and resourceful culinary voices, with millions seeking his guidance through his wildly popular website and video tutorials. Bergo’s inventive culinary style is defined by his encyclopedic curiosity, and his abiding, root-to-flower passion for both wild and cultivated plants. Instead of waiting for fall squash to ripen, Bergo eagerly harvests their early shoots, flowers, and young greens—taking a holistic approach to cooking with all parts of the plant, and discovering extraordinary new flavors and textures along the way. The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora demonstrates how understanding the different properties and growing phases of roots, stems, leaves, and seeds can inform your preparation of something like the head of an immature sunflower—as well as the lesser-used parts of common vegetables, like broccoli or eggplant. As a society, we’ve forgotten this type of old-school knowledge, including many brilliant culinary techniques that were borne of thrift and necessity. For our own sake, and that of our planet, it’s time we remembered. And in the process, we can unlock new flavors from the abundant landscape around us. “[An] excellent debut. . . . Advocating that plants are edible in their entirety is one thing, but this [book] delivers the delectable means to prove it."—Publishers Weekly "Alan Bergo was foraging in the Midwest way before it was trendy."—Outside Magazine
Book Synopsis The Martha Manual by : Martha Stewart
Download or read book The Martha Manual written by Martha Stewart and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2019 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From America's best known and most trusted authority on all things domestic, a fully illustrated guide on how to do everything: including organizing and decorating, cleaning and caring for your home and garden, celebrating, hosting, achieving career goals, and managing finances--and much more
Book Synopsis Planting the Dry Shade Garden by : Graham Rice
Download or read book Planting the Dry Shade Garden written by Graham Rice and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book you'll learn how to prune selectively to admit more light and how to amend soil to increase its moisture retention. You'll also learn about more than 130 plants that accept reduced light and moisture levels-long-blooming woodland gems like epimediums and hellebores, and even lush foliage plants like evergreen ferns and hardy gingers, shrubs, climbers, perennials, ground covers, bulbs, annuals, and perennials- there is an entire palette to help you transform challenging spaces into rich, rewarding gardens.
Book Synopsis The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by : Diana Grenfell
Download or read book The New Encyclopedia of Hostas written by Diana Grenfell and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2010-01-23 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated with the best new cultivars The lush, sculptural hosta is loved by gardeners for its ability to both combine well with other plants and project a strong presence when planted alone. The New Encyclopedia of Hostas—the second edition of Diana Grenfell and Michael Shadrack's classic work—provides growth and cultivation information for seven hundred cultivated hostas. Detailed, easy-to-read descriptions include growing tips, recommendations for landscape use, and suggestions for companion plants. Clear cultivation advice is provided, including recommendations for hostas that succeed in challenging environments, such as the warmer regions of the United States. Captivating photographs show hostas up close and in a wide range of different garden situations.
Book Synopsis The Perennial Matchmaker by : Nancy J. Ondra
Download or read book The Perennial Matchmaker written by Nancy J. Ondra and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want foolproof ideas for pairing favorite perennials with an array of harmonious plant partners but don’t know where to start? Plantswoman Nancy J. Ondra helps you to jump-start your perennial garden with her one-plant-at-a-time approach for choosing plant partners. Having spent more than 30 years growing and experimenting with perennials and plant combinations, Ondra shares her extensive experience in this in-depth guide to eye-catching color combinations, dramatic textural displays, and stunning seasonal effects. The Perennial Matchmaker features 80 individual perennial profiles, close to 400 exquisite photographs of plant partnerships, and Ondra’s insight into the wide array of plants that make great combinations, including annuals, bulbs, grasses, shrubs, and other perennials. Each plant profile gives dozens of ideas and suggestions for pairings, including region-specific choices, Ondra’s top-choice perfect match, and an at-a-glance summary of the best color partners. Whether you are just dreaming of your first perennial garden or are a long-time gardener who wants to elevate plantings for a more cohesive and exciting look, The Perennial Matchmaker is your go-to guide for creating stunning plant medleys.
Book Synopsis Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces by : Jan Johnsen
Download or read book Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces written by Jan Johnsen and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gardentopia is that rare marriage of the art of landscaping and the technical knowledge of how to compose a landscape—boiled down to readily understood and easily executed actions. This book puts you in the driver’s seat and shows you how to chart the course to your own personal garden utopia.” - Margie Grace, Grace Design Associates Any backyard has the potential to refresh and inspire if you know what to do. Jan Johnsen’s new book, Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces, will delight all garden lovers with over 130 lushly illustrated landscape design and planting suggestions. Ms. Johnsen is an admired designer and popular speaker whose hands-on approach to “co-creating with nature” will have you saying, “I can do that!’ This info-packed, sumptuous book offers individual tips for enhancing any size landscape using ‘real world’ solutions. The suggestions are grouped into five categories that include Garden Design and Artful Accents, Walls, Patios, and Steps and Plants and Planting, among others. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a landscaping novice, Gardentopia will inspire you with tips such as ‘Soften a Corner”, “Paint it Black”, and “Hide and Reveal”.
Book Synopsis Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) by : Angela England
Download or read book Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) written by Angela England and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As food prices continue to rise, more and more people have discovered that they can create their own food supply, right on their own property, and at a fraction of the price of conventional farm food that's been shipped to their local grocery from locations unknown. By raising and harvesting their own fruits, vegetables, chickens, bees, milk-bearing animals, and more, people are growing locally, sustainably, and at a fraction of the cost. However, poor planning for needs, proper use of available space, and a lack of preparedness for preserving or selling the harvest can quickly lead to wasted time and sweat. Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) is written by people who have planned and run a successful small-scale backyard farm. The authors guide readers through the essentials of planning a small-scale farm from a 1/4 acre all the way up to an acre and beyond. Readers will learn how to decide how large (or small) their farm should be, what they should plant or raise based on their invidual wants and needs (and available space), and how they can prevent their efforts from being wasted. Proven, sustainabile techniques will be presented to readers so they can yield the maximum benefit of their harvest through proven best practices. Readers will also learn how to raise small animals such as chickens and goats for milk, eggs, and meat, and will learn the crticial practices for successfully parenting bees, growing fruit tress, and much more.
Download or read book Planting Design written by Piet Oudolf and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardeners learn how to design beautiful naturalistic gardens that can adapt to the changing needs of perennials, trees, shrubs and the changing landscape. Superimposed images show the growth of a designed landscape over time.
