Growing Plants

If you are thinking of starting a green growing venture in a small urban environment and are looking for some ideas, info, and inspiration to get you started, then look no further. Kickstarting your own green pot to plate urban idyll is a within reach idea, and like an onion, has plenty of tasty layers to enjoy and get to know.

Indoor gardening can be a great way to get fresh produce during the winter months or anytime. For many that live in apartments, there is no other option than to garden indoors. It can be much simpler than you might think!

Pull up a chair and gather in close with entrepreneur and content creator Kristin Johns as she shares her best-kept secrets: mouthwatering recipes, design inspiration, and ways we all can grow, celebrate, and find nourishment in every season of life. Kristin Johns long dreamed of putting...

Container gardening is a great way to garden in a small space, and there are so many options with container gardening! If versatility is something you desire, then container gardening just might be for you. You can grow plants in about any container at all; so cost is completely dependent on you. My mother has been known to plant flowers in old teapots and soda bottles alike.

Are you wondering if or how you can grow your fruits and vegetables and enjoy the fresh aroma and crisp taste of what you have planted? Get a copy of 101 Gardening Tips. The book shows you that you do not need to own a yard to have a garden. A yard is a plus, but a balcony or pouch will be sufficient as well. You have a list of fruits and vegetables to choose from as you listen to 101 Gardening Tips.

You’ve tried to eat healthy many times. You’ve probably found by now it is not the easiest thing to do. It can be challenging to get all the right nutrients to achieve good health. There is so much junk food around you all the time and the world doesn’t make it very easy on you. People your around always seem to influence your eating habits. The problem with this is most people don’t eat healthy foods. You're busy, it's expensive and time-consuming. Sound familiar? If it does, then the information inside this book will give you the answers you are looking for.

In this global gardener’s guide to creating a resilient, climate-wise garden, learn how to adapt your garden to cope with volatile weather extremes and other effects of a rapidly changing climate. It’s no longer gardening as usual. Heat waves, droughts, flooding, violent storms…the...

Align with the natural cycles of the earth as you explore the 13 essential plants every green witch must know and have in their garden and cupboard for healing, spellwork, and divination. Plants are a sacred offering from Mother Earth. And witches have always known and understood their healing...

Discover a jungle of repulsive plants in this gross guide! Learn about a flower that smells like rotting meat, a plant that swallows bugs, leaves that make you itch, and more.

Book-loving Lola is inspired by a collection of garden poems that she reads with her mommy. She wants to plant her own garden of beautiful flowers, so she and Mommy go to the library to check out books about gardening. They choose their flowers and buy their seeds. They dig and plant. And then they wait. Lola finds it hard to wait for her flowers to grow, but she spends the time creating her own flower book. Soon she has a garden full of sunflowers and invites all of her friends for cakes and punch and a story amongst the flowers.

Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens – and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the secret garden . . . which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Frances Hodgson Burnett original by Clare West.

Who knew there were so many different kinds of vegetables? Nonfiction pro Gail Gibbons responds to the need for books on good nutrition with this accessible exploration of vegetables. From glossy red peppers to lush, leafy greens to plump orange pumpkins, vegetables are explored in depth to clearly explain the many vegetable varieties, how they are grown, and why they are so good for us to eat.

Sansevieria Sam and his plant family move to a new town. Just when Sam gets used to his new school, he meets Oxy, a school bully, who makes his high school experience much less enjoyable. What’s a houseplant to do?

This book contains strategies on how to grow plants, herbs and food in your own backyard. Although it is intended for those who are new to backyard farming, this book also includes info that a long time gardener may also find useful. The first part of this book provides the basics on backyard farming, the purpose of having one and the benefits you could get out of having your own backyard garden.