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Preferred Shelf Number:
635 BAR
First Title value, for Searching:
Easy edibles : how to grow & enjoy fresh food
First Author value, for Searching:
Barrett, Judy, 1945- author.
ISBN:
9781623493394

9781623493431
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 118 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series:
W. L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; number fifty-three

W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; no. 53.
Contents:
Is this going to be hard? -- History is long -- Memory is short -- Why bother? -- Working with what you've got -- Adding vegetables to existing landscapes -- Choosing herbs as shrubs, borders, and ground covers -- Growing food in the kitchen -- Aw, grow up! -- Planting on trellises, fences, and walls -- Veggie vines -- Espaliered trees -- Grape arbors -- Put it in a pot, or a bucket, or a bag, or... -- Traditional containers -- Nontraditional containers -- Food just grows on trees -- Fruit -- Nuts -- Free foods: stalking the wild whatever -- Foraging for fun and flavor -- Forest gardening -- If you want to do more, go to bed(s) -- Raised beds -- Sheet composting -- Variations on a theme -- Hydroponics and aquaponics -- Taking the show on the road: gardening away from home -- Community gardens -- Gardens here, there, and everywhere -- Just get it! -- Pick your own -- Farmers' markets -- Farm stands -- Community supported agriculture (CSA) -- Resources.