Urban Gardening For Dummies

Urban Gardening For Dummies

The easy way to succeed at urban gardening A townhouse yard, a balcony, a fire escape, a south-facing window even a basement apartment can all be suitable locations to grow enough food to save a considerable amount of money and enjoy the freshest, healthiest produce possible.

Learn to:

  • Make the most of limited space with vertical growing tips, rooftop gardens, and more
  • Add beauty and color to your landscape with annuals, perennials, and bulbs
  • Grow the freshest, healthiest produce possible

The easy way to succeed at urban gardening

A townhouse yard, a balcony, a south-facing window even a small inner-city apartment can be a suitable location to grow some yummy edibles, develop a colorful flower garden, or create an outdoor room. Urban Gardening For Dummies helps you make the most of what you have through the use of proven small-space gardening techniques that allow gardeners to maximize their use of urban spaces.

  • Urban Gardening 101 — get an overview of urban gardening, including soil preparation, planting, choosing urban-friendly plants (including edibles), and plant placement
  • Dig in — discover everything you need to know about soil, from analyzing soil types and understanding soil pH to how you can build good soil with manure, organic fertilizers, and compost
  • Get a green thumb — find the lowdown on the urban microclimate, local weather patterns, and how you can actually influence weather conditions at micro-levels to benefit the health of your urban garden
  • Oh, the places you'll grow — get creative with container gardening and find funky and functional ways to garden on building rooftops, balconies, and with vertical growing strategies
  • Open the book and find:

    • The many benefits of urban gardening
    • Tips on planting annual plants and veggies, trees and shrubs, and perennial flowers
    • The 4-1-1 on community gardening and urban farming
    • How to create an outdoor room
    • The scoop on using fertilizers
    • Techniques for container and vertical gardening
    • Composting tips and soil growing
    • Tricks for keeping weeds and pests at bay


    The easy way to succeed at urban gardening

    A townhouse yard, a balcony, a fire escape, a south-facing window—even a basement apartment can all be suitable locations to grow enough food to save a considerable amount of money and enjoy the freshest, healthiest produce possible.

    Urban Gardening For Dummies helps you make the most of limited space through the use of proven small-space gardening techniques that allow gardeners to maximize yield while minimizing space.

    • Covers square-foot gardening and vertical and layered gardening
    • Includes guidance on working with container gardening, succession gardening, and companion gardening
    • Offers guidance on pest management, irrigation and rain barrels, and small-space composting

    If you're interested in starting an urban garden that makes maximum use of minimal space, Urban Gardening For Dummies has you covered.


    Auteur | . National Garden
    Taal | Engels
    Type | Paperback
    Categorie | Vrije tijd & Hobby

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