Introduction To Raised Bed Gardening - Shepperd, Peter

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Résumé :
End your reliance on grocery store fruits and veggies for good by starting your own garden in 5 dummy-proof steps. Paperback version has over 40 amazing black and white images, for colour images please choose the Hardback or eBook versions that have all images in glorious colour. Imagine making a delicious salad for your family in the evening. You open the fridge just to find that you've run out of cucumbers. Closing the fridge door gently, you go out in the backyard and walk by your raised bed garden. There, fresh, delicious, and crispy homegrown cucumbers await you. All you have to do is pick them off the plant, wash them, and chop them up. Does this idyllic picture seem too out of reach? It shouldn't be! Raised bed gardening is the perfect simple approach for beginners who want to grow their own food. You'll be free from having to worry about weeds, pests, and extensive soil manipulations. Not only that, but raised bed gardening also offers ideal conditions for growing a wide range of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. You may now be thinking: So, what does it take to get started? All you will need to do is complete 5 simple steps to put together your raised bed garden, plant your fruits and veggies, and ensure optimal yields. In an Introduction to Raised Bed Gardening, you will discover: ? Why a raised bed garden is the right choice for your family ? The most optimum places you can position a raised bed garden ? Secrets for optimal yield that cost nothing to implement ? A comprehensive list of tools and supplies you'll need to get your plants to thrive ? Instructions for constructing your raised beds from scratch, even if DIY isn't your forte ? 10 kinds of plants that beginners can master from their first growth season ? When to plant your cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, and greens if you want maximum yield ? Completely organic fertilization and pest control strategies to keep your plants healthy and increase the quality of the produce ? The best soil care practices to give you amazing crops one season after the other ? 7 raised bed gardening challenges newbies will face, and simple strategies to eliminate each one And much more! ...

Biographie:
Peter Shepperd is in his 40s, his interest in gardening started when he decided to give his family access to fresh, homegrown, and organic food.Peter has been studying new gardening approaches to diversify his experience and skill set. His experimentation has allowed him to figure out what works and what definitely doesn't.He disagrees with the use of pesticides and chemicals. He has decided to produce this series of books to cover all aspects of growing, gardening, and organic sustainability.Peter has spent over a decade experimenting with different gardening techniques and perfecting his approach to growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and other plants. Not only this, but he has learned how to make the most of each part of the food that he grows.Teaching others has become his passion as some affordable, and straightforward practices have entirely transformed how his family gets access to healthy, delicious, nutritious, and attainable food. Peter's vision is to slowly transition more and more people away from the often-tasteless vegetables that are purchased in supermarkets and are heavily reliant on the use of chemicals that are damaging the environment, towards homegrown organic healthy produce, believing that the process of doing so will also help grow the person that has produced them as well.Peter lives with his family near Windsor in England.