Living in a crowded city need not mean uprooting one's connection with the earth. City gardens are proliferating at a healthy rate, and plants can be enjoyed on a rooftop, balcony, terrace, or a simple window sill. There are, of course, special difficulties to gardening in cities: special solutions are needed to solve these problems. Urban Gardening was written to address these issues. It will interest first-timers to try it for themselves, too. The book is subtitled "a Hong Kong gardener's journal." If you live outside of Hong Kong, do not let that put you off. Urban gardening techniques...
Living in a crowded city need not mean uprooting one's connection with the earth. City gardens are proliferating at a healthy rate, and plants can be ...
This book introduces the methods, ingredients, and delights of urban home gardening for beginners as well as avid gardeners interested in growing healthy, organic, and tasty food. Appealing to those who have access to garden, balcony, and rooftop spaces and to those who grow vegetables in containers, this expanded second edition includes new photographs and updated material showing how to nurture and harvest avocados, chayote, dill, dragon fruit, and pak choi. Arthur van Langenberg also offers hands-on recipes for transforming home-grown natural ingredients into delicious dishes and sauces,...
This book introduces the methods, ingredients, and delights of urban home gardening for beginners as well as avid gardeners interested in growing heal...