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In this second book in the internationally successful No-Waste Gardening series, learn how to recycle and repurpose your way to a successful, productive, and eco-friendly organic garden!
In No-Waste Organic Gardening, author Shawna Coronado guides you toward a more sustainable landscape with dozens of tips, tricks, and solutions that save you time and money-all while saving the planet, too! A revision of Shawna's previous title,101 Organic Gardening Hacks, this new book tackles waste-reducing gardening in a clever, accessible way.
Learn how to:
- Turn yard debris into "black gold" in a DIY compost bin
- Foster rich, healthy soil with no-till techniques and all-natural fertilizers
- Upcycle household discards to grow seedlings
- Control pests with traps made from household discards
- Build a rain barrel from an old trash can
- Mix up your own potting soil to reduce plastic bag waste
- Protect spring plantings with repurposed jugs, jars, and containers
- Build a new raised bed with everyday items-no power tools required!
Plus, you'll find
solutions to common garden problems and plenty of innovative and resourceful ways to
reduce your outgoing waste. Conquering the increasingly important art of
responsible gardening is a whole lot easier than you might think, with help from
No-Waste Organic Gardening. For more advice on living waste-free, explore the first book in the
No-Waste Gardening series,
No-Waste Kitchen Gardening.
List of contents
Introduction to the Concept of No-Waste Gardening
Soil Secrets
Garden Maintenance
Pollinator Power
Seeds and Seedling Starting
Florific Blooms
Growing Edibles
Container Gardening
Landscape Ideas
Outdoor Living Ideas
Tool Tips
Dedication and acknowledgments
Meet Shawna Coronado
Index
About the author
Shawna Coronado is an author, on-camera spokesperson, newspaper columnist, internationally recognized keynote speaker, and environmental and health correspondent. She has lectured for TEDx and Google, appears regularly on US national television, and spends her time educating the online community about eco-travel, green living, sustainable gardening, inexpensive cooking, and home vegetable production—all from her very own home and ornamental front-lawn garden. Shawna's photographs and stories on organic living have been featured on HGTV.com, in Birds & Blooms magazine, and in the books The Green Garden, Grocery Gardening, The Edible Front Yard, and Garden Up!. She is the author of Cool Springs Press's Illinois Getting Started Garden Guide (2014), Indiana Getting Started Garden Guide (2014), The Wellness Garden (2017), and 101 Organic Gardening Hacks (2017).
Summary
In this second book in the internationally successful No-Waste Gardening series, learn how to recycle and repurpose your way to a successful, productive, and eco-friendly organic garden!
In No-Waste Organic Gardening, author Shawna Coronado guides you toward a more sustainable landscape with dozens of tips, tricks, and solutions that save you time and money—all while saving the planet, too! A revision of Shawna's previous title,101 Organic Gardening Hacks, this new book tackles waste-reducing gardening in a clever, accessible way.
Learn how to:
- Turn yard debris into “black gold” in a DIY compost bin
- Foster rich, healthy soil with no-till techniques and all-natural fertilizers
- Upcycle household discards to grow seedlings
- Control pests with traps made from household discards
- Build a rain barrel from an old trash can
- Mix up your own potting soil to reduce plastic bag waste
- Protect spring plantings with repurposed jugs, jars, and containers
- Build a new raised bed with everyday items—no power tools required!
Plus, you’ll find
solutions to common garden problems and plenty of innovative and resourceful ways to
reduce your outgoing waste. Conquering the increasingly important art of
responsible gardening is a whole lot easier than you might think, with help from
No-Waste Organic Gardening. For more advice on living waste-free, explore the first book in the
No-Waste Gardening series,
No-Waste Kitchen Gardening.
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"...an excellent introductory book to waste-free organic gardening." Susan Bewley Budget Earth 20200331
