Fern Marshall Bradley

Building Raised Beds (eBook, ePUB)

Easy, Accessible Garden Space for Vegetables and Flowers. A Storey BASICS® Title

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Storey BASICS title addresses the popular topic of raised-bed gardening with this introduction to simple raised beds that any homeowner or beginning gardener can plan, build, and plant in a weekend with basic materials and little knowledge or skill.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612126173
• Artikelnr.: 43809461

Autorenporträt

Fern Marshall Bradley, author of Building Raised Beds and Saving Vegetable Seeds, is a long-time editor of books about organic gardening, organic farming, and sustainable living. Bradley lives and gardens in Cambridge, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Built-In Benefits of Raised Beds
Sized Right for Success – Perfectly Designed for Super Soil – Ready to
Plant Right from the Start – Easy to Expand
Chapter One: Getting Started
Investigating Sunlight and Soil – Dig Down or Build Up? – Dimensions and
Layout
Chapter Two: Building Your Beds
Digging Down – Building Up – How to Build a Wood-Framed Raised Bed – How to
Build a Frame on a Slope – Soil Amendments – Pathways
Chapter Three: Planting and Tending
Planting How-To – Watering – Mulching and Feeding – Dealing with Weeds,
Pests, and Diseases
Chapter Four: Accessorizing Your Bed
Setting Up a Support System – Installing a Watering System – Sending Your
Garden into Space – How to Build a Sturdy Vertical Trellis – Adding
Artistic Touches
Resources
Metric Conversion Chart
Index