Books: Gardening & Vegetable Garden

All the methods for preventing weed growth and effectively weeding. How to avoid weeding and get rid of the most problematic plants in different parts of your garden. Discover best practices for respecting the environment.

• The various curative solutions: manual, mechanical, thermal, biocontrol...
• How to avoid weeding: ground covers, mulches...
• Getting rid of the most problematic plants: perennials, thistle, bindweed, bramble...
• Weeding the different parts of the garden: paths, flowerbeds, vegetable garden, lawn...
• Good practices for respecting the environment.

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from the book Weeding - Organic

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Summary :
Weed control and prevention methods

• Chemical weed control with authorized natural products
• Physical weeding
• Thermal weed control
• Mechanical weeding
• Preventive control using ground cover plants
• Preventive measures using mulches and coatings

Controlling different types of weeds

Weeding the different parts of the garden

• Before cultivation
• Trees and shrubs
• Flower beds
• Vegetable garden
• Orchard and vineyard
• Courtyards and walkways
• Ditches and ponds

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Author: Jérôme Jullien
Publisher: Ulmer
Collection: Mini-Maxi
Dimensions: 17.2 x 21.2 cm (7 x 8.3 in)
Page: 64, color
Publication date: April 8, 2021
ISBN: 9782379220975

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This book reveals that the varieties are all different and that each of them has its own type of branching and fruiting.

From pruning to training fruit trees offers a new perspective on the growth and fruiting of fifteen different species (apricot, almond, cherry, chestnut, quince, fig, kiwi, hazelnut, walnut, olive, peach, pear, apple, plum, table grape).

No longer pruning fruit trees to obtain primarily a geometric and structured shape, but accompanying them in their natural development to quickly obtain good quality fruit and better behavior of the tree in the face of diseases: this is the goal that twenty-five authors and collaborators have set for themselves, under the coordination of Jean-Marie Lespinasse and Évelyne Leterme.

This book reveals that all varieties are different and that each possesses its own unique branching and fruiting pattern. Their natural structure is not only the most harmonious but also the most efficient. If we respect this natural tree structure and its fruiting method, we will no longer need to impose artificial pruning. We will act as educators, encouraging the characteristics of each variety. We can then suppress the often destructive "pruning reflex," which is disrespectful of nature and lacks any scientific or physiological justification. Let nature take its course and assist it according to its own instructions.

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Authors: Evelyne Leterme and Jean-Marie Lespinasse
Edition: Du Rouergue
Publication date: 2024
Pages: 324
ISBN: 978-2-8126-2570-1
Language: French

In these days and for the future, in a socio-environmental awareness where more and more people want to live healthily, changes in our habits and our agricultural practices are necessary.

Banned pesticides, drinking water shortages, residual fertilizers contaminating our groundwater, lakes and rivers, ever-increasing costs of plants and other horticultural products, lack of time for maintenance, etc. WHAT CAN BE DONE???

This book is for everyone. It's easy to understand. It will give you insights, tips, and advice for:

• Understanding the fundamental principles that govern nature and are so rarely explained to you.
• Demystifying what lawn care is and why it's so difficult.
• Create a personalized home that is easy to maintain, inexpensive, and has a positive impact on your environment.
• Create a diverse ecosystem while respecting other living beings on this planet.

In this book, I share my 25 years of professional experience, but above all, my 40 years of passion and awareness towards the nature that surrounds us and that has so many secrets to share with us.

You can view the table of contents by clicking here: table of contents of Ecological Alternatives to Lawn .

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Author: Serge Fortier
Publisher: Serge Fortier Publishing
Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm (5 x 8 in)
Page: 336, color
Publication date: March 2005
ISBN: 9782980706950

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