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It’s time to think big about small farms. Award-winning author and “green leader” (Grist) Ben Hartman shares practical how-to tips, personal stories, and surprising examples of cutting-edge farmers and innovators around the world to show us how.

Across the world, chefs, farmers, plant scientists and backyard growers are doing something extraordinary: creating new generations of fruit, vegetables and cereals, all bred specifically to flourish locally, taste delicious, and contribute to our food future. In The Accidental Seed Heroes, Adam Alexander dons his seed detective homburg to meet these twenty-first century seed heroes, who are not only championing traditional varieties but also breeding delicious new ones that will help create a sustainable future for our planet.

Join Poppy Okotcha in her wild little garden in Devon, where, over the course of a year, she shares the inspiring, the mundane and the magical moments that arise from tending a garden through the seasons, and what they can teach us about living more sustainably. Alongside tips for sowing and growing, wild ingredients to be found and delicious seasonal recipes to make, she shows us how the small joys of engaging with the natural world are imperative for our physical and emotional wellbeing.

In this beautifully illustrated book that's Song of Achilles meets Secret Life of Trees, readers will discover the plants cultivated by the Greek Gods–many of which can still be experimented with today–for a myriad of uses. In Greek mythology, plants were used for tools, intoxication...

This highly understandable and entertaining book distils best practice research on science communication into accessible chapters, supported by case studies and examples. With practical advice on everything from messages and metaphors to metrics and ethics, you will learn what the public think about science and why, and how to shape scientific research into a story that will influence beliefs, behaviours and policies.

¡Descubre la alegría del cultivo de árboles frutales con el nuevo libro para principiantes de Sophie McKay! Transforma tus sueños de un huerto en tu patio trasero en realidad con la "Guía para principiantes para cultivar árboles frutales de forma rápida y sencilla". Sophie McKay, entusiasta de la jardinería, guiará tanto a jardineros experimentados como a novatos a través de un viaje integral, abordando todos los aspectos del cultivo de árboles frutales.

This delightful compendium presents all that is weird and wonderful about Canadian gardens. Did you know we used to think tomatoes were poisonous? Did you know radishes are related to cabbage, broccoli and mustard? Discover all sorts of odd gardening facts.

Drawing directly from his experience as an acclaimed climate-change gardener, and of setting up a kitchen garden from scratch for River Cottage, Mark explains the practical aspects of organic growing, introduces us to a whole world of vegetables we may not have previously considered, and does away with alienating gardening jargon once and for all. Mark begins with a catalogue of vegetables that will grow in this country, explaining for each their benefits, what varieties to go for, dos and don'ts, and popular culinary uses.

From the hanging gardens of Babylon to that fiddle-leaf fig in your living room, houseplants have been humanity’s companions for a millennia. Taming the Potted Beast explores the history of our air-purifying friends with an entertaining narrative of the peculiar, often dramatic story of the cultivation and domestication of the not-so-humble houseplant. Including entertaining historical vignettes, DIY plant projects, and accessible tips and tricks for caring for your own historical houseplant collection, this book has any plant-curious listener covered.

Herbs are the most liberating and confidence-boosting of ingredients: grow some and you feel like a proper gardener, bring some into the kitchen and you feel like a proper cook. They allow you to experiment and bring individuality to your cooking while, at the same time, anchoring you in sound culinary tradition because herbs are often responsible for those key flavours that 'make' a dish. Not only that but they are a step on the road to a more self-sufficient, homegrown, organic way of eating.

In his first all-new book in 15 years, Eliot Coleman returns organic farming to its ethical roots, exploring the very soul of organic growing. In The Self-Fed Farm and Garden, he presents the organic method as a self-sustaining system rooted in soil health care and shows listeners how they can shift to a self-fed model that continually recharges the soil with organic matter, thus allowing the soil food web to provide all the nutrients crops need for healthy growth and excellent yields.

Nachhaltige Permakultur im eigenen Garten oder auf dem Balkon. In der heutigen Zeit beziehen wir unsere Kräuter, Obst und Gemüse meist aus dem Supermarkt, der diese wiederum oftmals aus nicht nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft bezieht. Um ausgelaugte Böden zu vermeiden, unsere Gesundheit zu fördern und auch unseren nachfolgenden Generationen ein angenehmes Leben auf diesem Planeten zu ermöglichen, bietet es sich an, verschiedene Pflanzen selbst anzubauen und uns somit selbst mit verschiedensten leckeren und gesunden Produkten zu versorgen.

Die CityFarm Augsburg ist gewachsen! Benjamin Vogt und seine Frau Ildikó haben ihren Traum wahrgemacht. Der ehrenamtlich betriebene, gemeinnützige Mini- Bauernhof steht nach dem Kraftakt des Umzugs vor neuen Herausforderungen. Wie bekommt man eine Subsistenzwirtschaft mitten in der Stadt hin? Warum muss an Silvester eine Wächtergemeinschaft die Schafe beschützen? Wie versorgt man die tierischen Mitbewohner ohne Strom- und Wasseranschluss? Mal humorvoll, mal kritisch, aber immer unterhaltsam führt Benjamin Vogt durch die turbulenten Geschehnisse auf der CityFarm.

Die Geschichte der Cityfarm Augsburg beginnt 2011 mit einer Idee. Benjamin Vogt und seine Frau Ildikó träumen von einem Rückzugsort mitten in der Stadt, einem Leben abseits von Mainstream und Kommerz und davon, als Selbstversorger im Einklang mit der Natur zu leben. Doch bis zum offiziellen Gründungstag der Cityfarm 2012 und auch danach sind die beiden vor viele Herausforderungen gestellt. Wie macht man ein ungeschütztes Grundstück einbruchsicher? Wie fängt man einen Bienenschwarm ein? Welche Tiere eignen sich für die Haltung in der Stadt?

Interessieren Sie sich für die Welt der Pilze und wollten schon immer mehr darüber erfahren, wie Sie Ihre Pilze selbst züchten können? Dann hilft Ihnen dieses Hörbuch einen großen Schritt weiter! Hier erfahren Sie nicht nur, wie Sie mit Ihrer eigenen Pilzzucht erfolgreiche Erträge erzielen können, sondern auch viel darüber, welche Materialien Sie benötigen und wie Sie einen sauberen Arbeitsablauf schaffen.

Whether you are looking for a backup disaster plan or you just want to live a more self-reliant lifestyle, homegrown food and remedies offer you the freedom of choice to take care of yourself. To start with, this comprehensive program will show you how you can have homegrown, garden-fresh fruits and vegetables anytime and anywhere you want. Think of it - sweet, wholesome organic produce picked right from your yard or even your kitchen!

Enhance your home and yard with beautiful perennial plants and flowers that come back year after year! Whether you want to have beautiful plants that are easy to maintain, grow delicious vegetables and beautiful flowers, or create your own plant paradise inside and outside of your home, this audiobook will guide you through everything you need to know.

From Katie Vaz, author of Don’t Worry, Eat Cake, the beloved Make Yourself Cozy, and The Escape Manual for Introverts, comes My Life in Plants. Her newest book tells the story of her life through the thirty-nine plants that have played both leading and supporting roles, from her childhood to her wedding day. Plants include a homegrown wildflower bouquet wrapped in duct tape that she carried on stage at age three, to a fragrant basil plant that brought her and her kitchen back to life after grief.