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One magic square : vegetable gardening : the easy, organic way to grow your own food on a 3-foot square  Cover Image Book Book

One magic square : vegetable gardening : the easy, organic way to grow your own food on a 3-foot square / Lolo Houbein.

Houbein, Lolo, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781615193257 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 337 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Second edition.
  • Publisher: New York : The Experiment, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Organic gardening.
Vegetable gardening.
Kitchen gardens.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch 635.0484 Hou 2016 31681020007217 NONFICPBK Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    Discusses the importance of local, organic gardening, and provides guidelines for cultivating a variety of herb, fruit, and vegetable gardens on one square yard of land.
  • Grand Central Pub
    All it takes to grow your own organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs is One Magic Square

    Lolo Houbein has 40 years’ worth of gardening wisdom to share—on how to coax an abundance of organic food from a plot that is just 3 feet square!
    • Sustainable, cost-effective, and creative techniques: how to compost, save water, troubleshoot weeds and pests, create a plant-friendly microclimate, and more
    • Over 40 themed plot designs, from antioxidant-rich and anti-cancer plots to salad, pizza, pasta, and stir-fry plots
    • Encyclopedic information about every crop in every plot
    • Tips on drying, freezing, pickling, and other ways to get more value and enjoyment from your homegrown produce
    • And her irresistible gardening philosophy (“If herbs wanted to be used frugally, they would also grow frugally. But they don’t!”)
    Ever encouraging, often charming, and always practical, this expanded second edition of One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening will help first-time gardeners get started—and help veteran gardeners get results—on a small, easy-to-maintain plot. No actual magic is required!
  • Workman Press.
    Now in an expanded 2nd edition: The start-to-finish guide to growing organic produce on just three square feet—with tried-and-true advice that speaks to everyone who would like to dig into edible gardening. Now with all new plot designs and tips.

    Anyone (with enough land to stand on) can plant a magic-square garden and harvest their own veggies, fruits, and herbs! In One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening, Lolo Houbein, gardener extraordinaire, reveals creative techniques developed over a lifetime to coax an amazing abundance of organic produce from a plot that is just three feet square, plus:
     
    • 40 plot designs with added illustrations, 10 new to this edition
    • Tips for getting more value from popular veggies
    • Advice on drying, freezing, and pickling for best results
    • A new introduction: “Why a 3-Foot Square?”
    • And more of her classic wisdom—“If herbs wanted to be used frugally, they would also grow frugally. But they don’t!”
     
    Ever encouraging, often charming, and always practical, One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening has it all: how to compost, save water, troubleshoot weeds and pests, create a plant-friendly microclimate, develop a “gardening attitude”—and enjoy your homegrown produce!
  • Workman Press.
    All it takes to grow your own organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs is One Magic Square

    Lolo Houbein has 40 years' worth of gardening wisdom to share'on how to coax an abundance of organic food from a plot that is just 3 feet square!
    • Sustainable, cost-effective, and creative techniques: how to compost, save water, troubleshoot weeds and pests, create a plant-friendly microclimate, and more
    • Over 40 themed plot designs, from antioxidant-rich and anti-cancer plots to salad, pizza, pasta, and stir-fry plots
    • Encyclopedic information about every crop in every plot
    • Tips on drying, freezing, pickling, and other ways to get more value and enjoyment from your homegrown produce
    • And her irresistible gardening philosophy ('If herbs wanted to be used frugally, they would also grow frugally. But they don't!')
    Ever encouraging, often charming, and always practical, this expanded second edition of One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening will help first-time gardeners get started'and help veteran gardeners get results'on a small, easy-to-maintain plot. No actual magic is required!
  • WW Norton
    Sustainable, cost-effective, and creative techniques:Over 40 themed plot designs,Encyclopedic informationTips on drying, freezing, pickling,And her irresistible gardening philosophyOne Magic Square Vegetable Gardening
  • WW Norton
    All it takes to grow your own organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs is One Magic Square

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