Title:
The veganic grower's handbook : cultivating fruits, vegetables and herbs from urban backyard to rural farmyard
Author:
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Woodstock, NY : Lantern Publishing & Media, [2023]
©2023
Physical Description:
xix, 318 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9781590566824
Abstract:
"The Veganic Grower's Handbook seeks to give the new, amateur, and professional gardening enthusiast all the tools and techniques to be successful in vegan-organic methods. Mirroring the gardening year, this manual delineates garden planning to seed-starting in the early season, to garden preparation and transplanting when the weather warms. Composting and maintenance of seedlings in the heat of summer are discussed, harvesting and post-harvest handling with the cool mornings prevail. Ideas are brought forth in long-term storage and closing down the gardens when the nights delve deep. In addition, The Veganic Grower's Handbook includes six comprehensive annexes on crop profiles for over seventy different species of fruits, vegetables, and herbs, as well as plant spacing and yield charts, tools and other resources are included. This comprehensive guide is specifically geared to small-scale gardeners and farmers in North America from urban to rural environments that wish to cultivate mindfully and compassionately"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The land and the soil -- The garden plan -- Seeds -- Seed-starting and the growing medium -- Garden preparation -- The major and minor elements -- The compost piles -- As soon as the soil can be worked -- Irrigation and rainwater collection -- The planting rush of the tender annuals -- Maintenance of cultures -- Fertilization (long and short term) -- Integrated insect management -- Managing plant diseases -- The harvest -- Letting plants go to flower, to seed and saving them -- Preserving the harvest -- Putting the gardens to bed and reflections on the season that was.
Genre:
Language:
English
