Horticulture Science

Chris Smith’s first encounter with okra was of the worst kind: slimy fried okra at a greasy-spoon diner. Despite that dismal introduction, Smith developed a fascination with okra, and as he researched the plant and began to experiment with it in his own kitchen, he discovered an amazing range of delicious ways to cook and eat it, along with ingenious and surprising ways to process the plant from tip-to-tail: pods, leaves, flowers, seeds, and stalks. Smith talked okra with chefs, food historians, university researchers, farmers, homesteaders, and gardeners.

Willkommen zu einem Sprachkurs der etwas anderen Art! Wer Bäume besser versteht, an ihrem Wuchs und am Zustand der Blätter oder der Rinde erkennt, wie es ihnen geht, wird langfristig mehr Freude an ihnen haben. Überraschende Einblicke in das Innenleben von Buche, Birke und Co. verhelfen zu einer neuen Sichtweise, und das profunde Wissen des Autors hilft Hobbygärtnern bei der Wahl des richtigen Hausbaumes sowie beim Pflanzen und Schneiden von Laubbaum, Obstbaum oder Hecke.

The characters in Tasting the Past include a young Swiss scientist who set out to decode the DNA of every single wine grape in the world; Middle Eastern researchers who seek to discover the wines that King David drank; and a University of Pennsylvania academic who has spent decades analyzing wine remains. The science illuminates wine in ways no critic can, and demolishes some of the most sacred dogmas of the industry: well-known French grapes aren't especially noble.

Whether your garden is big or small or you are a complete beginner, building raised beds can help you achieve the perfect garden. It offers many benefits over traditional gardening, including—improving the drainage, being able to manage the quality of the soil, extending your growing season, along with many more. And you don’t need to be an expert to build and manage raised beds.

Autark leben durch Selbstversorgung, Minimalismus und Zero Waste! In Zeiten des Klimawandels ist ein nachhaltiger Konsum und Umgang mit unseren Ressourcen wichtiger denn je. Ein genügsamer, minimalistischer Lebensstil kombiniert mit dem eigenen Anbau von Lebensmitteln und selbst gemachten Kosmetik- und Hygieneartikeln trägt dazu bei, Ihren ökologischer Fußabdruck zu verringern und spart gleichzeitig auch noch Geld ein.

Do you want to learn how to transform your household waste into black gold-dust? Do you feel the need to be more environmentally responsible? This beginners guide will break down vermiculture in an easy-to-understand and apply manner, so that you can get started right after listening. Geoff makes this environmentally responsible hobby so simple that even a 5 year-old could start worm composting!

Discover the secrets to cultivating a thriving garden through the science of soil! Struggling with poor soil quality? Vegetables barely thriving? Forget chemical solutions! Explore natural, ecologically friendly approaches proven to be just as effective. Manage a healthy, nurturing soil–the cornerstone of a naturally thriving garden!

From Michael Pollan to locavores, Whole Foods to farmers' markets, today cooks and foodies alike are paying more attention than ever before to the history of the food they bring into their kitchens - and especially to vegetables. Whether it’s an heirloom tomato, curled cabbage, or succulent squash, from a farmers' market or a backyard plot, the humble vegetable offers more than just nutrition - it also represents a link with long tradition of farming and gardening, nurturing and breeding. In this charming new book, those veggies finally get their due.

What if I told you that you can grow tea and coffee from the comfort of your own backyard? Let me tell you the story about how I learned all about tea and coffee (too much, probably) and how I could grow it for myself. I do own a sizeable crop of tea and coffee trees, and I can confidently say that I can entertain my friends with my homebrewed caffeine. In this Grow Your Own Caffeine book, I tell you the story about my foray into horticulture when I thought that I could, never in a million years, possess a green thumb.

Take a walk through the climate regions of the world and discover the effect of climate change on plants and how plants are coping in changing climatic conditions. As extreme weather conditions take over our planet, what will be their effect on plants? How can plants cope with these changing conditions? Which plants already survive in extreme and changing environments?

Per tutti gli aspiranti giardinieri planetari, ecco tre lezioni su talee e bulbi, sul Terzo paesaggio e sui semi, prodigiose astronavi che viaggiano nello spazio e nel tempo, e su molto altro. In perfetto equilibrio tra passione visionaria e consigli pratici, tra racconti filosofici e semplici tecniche di coltivazione, qui si istiga a fare e disfare, e anche a lasciar fare, perché "per essere giardinieri non occorre possedere un giardino. Il giardino è il pianeta e noi tutti ci viviamo in mezzo".

Grow your first hydroponic garden! You might have seen beautiful designs of inside gardens somewhere with some strange looking balls in the pot and wondered what kind of gardening is this!? There is practically no soil required to cultivate plants with hydroponic systems. That is why you had noticed that those "strange-looking" gardens were so clean. Yes, it is true. You can actually grow plants without soil.

Build and maintain your first honey bee colony, extract your own honey, and harvest beeswax with this step-by-step guide to beekeeping! Learn everything you need to know with this complete guide to safely and easily starting your first bee colony. Enjoy the satisfaction of harvesting your own honey today!

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.

Greenhouse gardening offers numerous benefits beyond extending the growing season. It provides a controlled environment that protects plants from pests, diseases, and extreme weather conditions, creating an ideal microclimate for optimal growth. With precise control over temperature, humidity, and light levels, gardeners can cultivate a wide range of plants that might not thrive in their local climate otherwise. Greenhouses also allow for efficient use of space, enabling vertical gardening, hydroponic systems, and other innovative cultivation techniques.

In a bid to create the perfect sustainable food production system, aquaponics was born. This system has been adopted worldwide and used extensively. However, many people tend to take up this food production technique without having basic knowledge of what it entails. As a result, their systems flop and fail to perform to their expectations. This has prompted educational campaigns geared toward familiarizing the community with the practice.

You too can master the secrets of soil to grow healthy plants and bountiful, nutritious produce. Home to beneficial microorganisms and packed densely with nutrients, soil is the perfect growing medium that acts as a personal nutritionist to the plants it supports, allowing them to thrive naturally.

Companion Planting Gardening Guide for Beginners is the ultimate science-based guide to successful gardening through companion planting for a healthier, mighty, and bountiful tiny farm. Companion planting consists of strategically planting certain plants, herbs, and vegetables in an order that maximizes your space, while also setting your garden up to yield the best results.

Hugelkultur raised bed gardening. This is perhaps one of the most ancient of the no-dig gardening techniques for growing fruit and vegetables, originating in the Black Forest region of Germany, it has been around for many centuries. Created as a way to grow food in areas where good arable land was limited, the Hugelkultur makes use of material that would otherwise be discarded as useless - forest debris and other garden waste.

Gardening is a popular hobby for young and old alike, and can provide an education at home for children to better understand where our food comes from. For the beginning gardener who enjoys gardening and wants to take their skills and interest to the 'next level', perhaps it is time to consider investing in a greenhouse. Greenhouses are permanent or temporary structures, usually constructed of transparent or translucent material that allow the sun's rays to enter and warm the air inside.