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Author
Publisher
White Owl
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
159 pages
Language
English
Description
Sustainable gardening results in the creation of an environmentally friendly area in which natural predators thrive and soils are naturally replenished. The book helps you with places you may not think of looking for free and cheap material, such as reclamation yards, factories, restaurants and hospitals.
2) 40 projects for building your backyard homestead: a hands-on, step-by-step sustainable-living guide
Author
Publisher
Creative Homeowner
Language
English
Description
Provides details on how to build more than 40 projects such as sheds, feeders, fences, and other structures in order to enhance readers' sustainable living.
Author
Series
Publisher
White Lion Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
159 p.
Language
English
Description
Statistics show that how we are consuming, maintaining and discarding our clothing is having a devastating effect on the planet. There are problems with every part of the cycle and they won't be fixed overnight. So what can we actually do to make a difference?
The answer is that if we all take small steps to improve our habits, it would collectively result in a big change, and this book teaches us exactly how to do this!
Sophie Benson, a journalist...
4) The first-time homesteader : a complete beginner's guide to starting and loving your new homestead
Author
Publisher
Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A seasoned homesteader provides an abundance of information for starting a homestead in the city, country or suburbia, guiding you through the process and helping you strive for a more sustainable life and a greater connection to the cycles of nature and the foods and goods we consume.
Author
Publisher
Green Tree
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Easy, do-able, down to earth ideas and suggestions for everyone to help save the planet. If you want to save the planet, but your to-do list is already pretty long and remembering your re-usable coffee cup feels like a Herculean task, then this is the book for you. Covering every aspect of our lives from the stuff we buy and the food we eat, to how we travel, work, and celebrate. This book provides stacks of practical, down to earth ideas to slot...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xii, 253 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that shows how to produce a large amount of food on a quarter acre of land, providing tips on soil types, weed control, canning and preserving, and cooking for self-sufficiency.
Author
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
192 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A user-friendly rain garden handbook designed for the backyard gardener that provides simple, low-cost ideas and advice for creating a rain garden using native flowers, shrubs, and trees.
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
3rd edition.
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Backyard Beekeeper, now revised and expanded, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime that will appeal to gardeners, crafters, and cooks everywhere. This expanded edition gives you even more information on "greening" your beekeeping with sustainable practices, pesticide-resistant bees, and urban and suburban beekeeping.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
227 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A guide to small-area farming that provides information and tips on raised beds, soil composition, plant nutrients, crop proportions, seeds, raising chickens, preserving the harvest, and other related topics.