Raised Beds : Books

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Library has eBook and print formats.Offers suggestions on designing gardens, incorporating edibles and vegetables with ornamental plants. Contents: Inspired curb appeal -- The new front yard plant palette: the ornamental edibles -- Expanding our edible palette: the helpers -- Design primer and garden planner -- Edible front yard garden designs -- Reality check: assess your front yard -- Out with the old: remove and reuse lawn, plants, and materials -- Building the bones: hardscape, privacy, and irrigation -- Working it: organically maintaining your front yard -- Harvest time and beyond.

Library has eBook and print formats.

Library has eBook and print formats.You won’t believe your eyes when you see the size of your harvest! In High-Yield Vegetable Gardening, authors Colin McCrate and Brad Halm show you how you can make your food garden much more productive, no matter how big or small it is. You’ll learn their secrets for preparing the soil, selecting and rotating your crops, and mapping out a specific customized plan to make the most of your space and your growing season.

Library has eBook and print formats.
Contents: Why school gardens? -- Laying the groundwork -- Getting the most from your site: design considerations -- Groundbreaking, budgeting, and fundraising -- Developing your school garden program -- A healthy outdoor classroom -- Tricks of the trade -- Planting, harvesting, and cooking in the garden -- Year-round garden lessons and activities -- A decade in a school garden: Alice Fong Yu Alternative School, San Francisco, California.

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Contents: Thinking differently about vegetable gardening -- Using weed barrier -- Containers : your chance to get creative on the cheap! -- "Growing up" is easy with this trellis -- Gardening with straw-based raised beds -- All about soil and planting -- Installing a micro-drip irrigation system -- The joys of composting -- Sustainable gardening practices for weed and pest control -- Recognizing plant diseases and problems -- Good ideas from other people.

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