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Eco-gardening : essential know-how and expert advice for gardening success

Summary: Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Eco-Gardening contains everything you need to know to care for the planet while you care for your garden. Discover how to minimize garden waste, mitigate the impact of changing weather patterns, and do your bit to reduce your carbon footprint and turn your outdoor space into a refuge for local wildlife with a wide selection of recommended plants including trees, climbers, and wildflowers.

Item details

ISBN: 9780744026849
ISBN: 0744026849
Physical Description: print
143 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2021.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Creating an eco-garden. Plant for a better world -- Making a sustainable garden -- Designing for wildlife -- Helping to heal the planet. How trees affect the climate -- Choosing and planting a tree -- Making a mini-woodland -- Greening hard surfaces -- Choosing plants to trap pollution -- The benefits of ponds -- A wildlife pond -- How plants prevent flooding -- Planting flood defenses -- Great trees for smaller yards -- Eco-gardening methods. Right plant, right place -- New plants from old: saving seeds -- Easy propagation methods -- Buying new plants -- Preparing to plant -- Choosing potting mixes -- Making your own compost -- Growing your own vegetables -- Planning a vegetable patch -- Growing your own fruit -- Making an eco-friendly lawn -- Feeding plants -- Keeping weeds under control -- Keeping pests at bay -- Pest defense -- Dealing with diseases -- Pest-and disease-resistant plants -- Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Reducing and reusing plastics -- Making your own seed pots -- Eco-friendly landscape materials -- Choosing and making furniture -- Recycled planters -- Raised beds from reclaimed timber -- Choosing tools and equipment -- Making eco-friendly equipment -- Reducing your garden's fuel consumption -- Reducing water use -- Collecting and reusing water -- Making a home for wildlife. Feeding wildlife -- Food for bees and other pollinators -- Feeding butterflies and moths -- Providing food for birds -- Sowing a meadow -- Increasing your yard's habitats -- Providing water for wildlife -- Creating a pond ecosystem -- Making a haven for birds -- Homes for tiny creatures -- Making insect hotels -- Plants for pollinators -- Plants for birds and other wildlife.

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Gardening
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GARDENING / Techniques

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Gardening / Organic.
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