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Public Gardens and Livable Cities uses a prescriptive approach to synthesize a range of public, private, and nonprofit initiatives from municipalities throughout the country. In doing so, the authors examine the initiatives from a practical perspective to identify how they were implemented, their sustainability, the obstacles they encountered, the impact of the initiatives on their populations, and how they dealt with the communities' underlying social problems. 

Did you know that you can transform your backyard space - no matter how small - into an enviable, sustainable, reliable, and self-sufficient homestead for homegrown fruits and vegetables as well as livestock? Yes, you can.

In The Backyard Garden: A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Sufficient Mini Farming, you’ll learn everything you need to get started on your journey toward full self-sufficiency.  

This is the only succulent beginner's guide that you need! Get ready to jump-start your succulent-caring journey. You'll be fascinated and thrilled about what you can achieve by raising your own succulents. Succulents can provide you with a sense of peace and bring out the best in your interior design.

Hydroponic systems allow farmers to grow plants without soil which can eliminate many conventional gardening problems. Commercial gardeners do not always need to douse crops with pesticides, for example, with a decreased risk of pests. Hydroponic systems, though often associated with fruits and vegetables, may grow all kinds of plants, including flowers and decorative flowers, etc.

Paula Deitz has delighted readers for more than 30 years with her vivid descriptions of both famous and hidden landscapes. Her writings allow readers and listeners to share in the experience of her extensive travels, from the waterways of Britain's Castle Howard to the Japanese gardens of Kyoto, and home again to New York City's Central Park.

In this audiobook, the author teaches you everything you need to know to grow marijuana. Marijuana Growing Secrets is the perfect audiobook for you.Here it is what you will learn: Concept of Marijuana, Marijuana growing secrets, how to manage your money, benefits and concept of Cannabis, and much more!

Gardening Month by Month lays out general gardening tips and tricks through the whole year. Are you planting vegetables, growing orchids, finding organic ways to care for your lawn, trying to raise fragrant roses? This book lays out what you need to know. Written for the beginning gardener, but also with plenty of information for the more advanced gardener. 

Wicca is something that follows a clear and definite path, and inside this new audiobook, Wicca Essential Oils, you will discover how it can assist with all manner of ailments. Each part of the audiobook also contains several chapters that take an in-depth look at things such as how to go about planting your garden and the plants you should choose, the five elements of magic, and how to cast a circle. 

Finding herself in a new home in Brighton, Kate Bradbury sets about transforming her barren backyard into a beautiful wildlife garden. But while she's doing this Kate's neighbours continue to pave their gardens, the wildlife she tries to save is further threatened and she feels she's fighting an uphill battle. Is there any point in gardening for wildlife when everyone else is drowning the land in poison and cement? If the dead could return, what would they say about the land we have taken, the ancient routes we have carved up, the wildlife we have lost?

How would you like to grow your own organic fruits, herbs, and vegetables? With hydroponics, you can! Hydroponics is the art of growing fruits and vegetables without soil. If you are into homesteading, hydroponics is the way to go. If you apply what you learn in Hydroponics 101, your life will never be the same!  

Japanese beetles arrived in America in 1916. Since then, the beetle has cut a destructive swath across a great portion of the United States. Japanese Beetles and Grubs: Trap, Spray, and Control Them is an indispensable guide for home gardeners, landscape professionals and farmers. This Japanese beetle audiobook is your secret weapon to help you control the beetles and safeguard your trees, roses and vegetables. This audiobook walks you through many methods for stopping Japanese beetles, whether through organic means or (in some cases) chemical means. 

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In the last five years, eight states have legalized recreational marijuana. To many, continued progress seems certain. But pot was on a similar trajectory 40 years ago, only to encounter a fierce backlash. In Grass Roots, historian Emily Dufton tells the remarkable story of marijuana's crooked path from acceptance to demonization and back again and of the thousands of grassroots activists who made changing marijuana laws their life's work.

The rose is the Queen of Flowers. Roses are beautiful, fragrant, and elegant - and they require all the pampering of a real queen, don't they? Actually, they don't! Rose gardening can be easy and pleasant. I've worked 25 years in horticulture and cared for over 300 roses in a public rose garden when I was municipal horticulturist. I found ways to keep rose gardening fuss-budgetry to a minimum while growing vigorous roses that bloomed their heads off. Rose to the Occasion shares tricks and shortcuts that rosarians use.

Do you want to raise fish and grow vegetables together? Learn the fundamentals of aquaculture with techniques and methods to setting up your aquaponics system! Whether you just want to learn more about aquaponic systems or already understand it and want extra help becoming an aquaculture expert, this book is for you. So don't delay it any longer. Take this opportunity by buying this aquaponics guide now!

Today the trend is toward eating healthier. A person also needs to consider what chemicals are used to grow their food. You can quite easily grow your own herbs and microgreens no matter how much space you have available. Some microgreens contain up to 40 times more nutrients. Not only can you grow these for yourself but with such a high demand many people are making a full-time living selling their bounty for profit.

Growing marijuana is no simple task. One cannot go to a dispensary, purchase a plant and expect it to grow premium buds. There is a little bit of work involved. This book will go over the growing process step-by-step, which will make your grow an easy and even a fun experience, while allowing you to achieve the biggest yields possible from the comfort of your home!

Even if you only have a tiny balcony to work with, you can grow fresh food and flowers there. You've probably already considered container gardening - but what about vertical gardening with vining plants that can grow up the wall or using a vertical aeroponics gardening system that can grow 20+ plants in a four square foot area?

Many people are searching for healthier alternatives to prescription and over-the-counter drugs. A book about medicinal herbs would help someone learn about the many plants that produce results similar to man-made medications. It would also provide history about how our ancestors created medicines using natural resources, and in depth information about various types of plants.