Beginners Guide to Successful Contai..., Sophie McKay
Beginners Guide to Successful Contai..., Sophie McKay
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Beginner's Guide to Successful Container Gardening
Grow Your Own Food in Small Places! 25+ Proven DIY Methods for Composting, Companion Planting, Seed Saving, Water Management and Pest Control

Author: Sophie McKay

Narrator: Jennifer Allton

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/24/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Gardening


Synopsis

Growing your own organic vegetables and fruits in containers, pots, and grow bags is easier than you think! All you need is this book, the right conditions, and some patience! You can grow your food indoors, on balconies, windowsills, rooftops or patios – just about anywhere.
Your guide on this road will be Sophie McKay, an avid gardener and an emerging author in gardening, permaculture, and sustainability. She'll share her best tips to ensure your gardening journey is a success.
In Beginner's Guide to Successful Container Gardening, you will discover:
- How to handle the limitations of your space and use your available areas efficiently.
- Easy-to-follow methods of designing your vegetable garden by observing your site and creating a space that holistically caters to your annuals, biennials, and perennials.
- Container types you can use to grow plants, including ways to recycle everyday objects to help you become a genuine zero-waste individual.
- The magic ingredients that guarantee you can create your own soil by utilizing your kitchen waste and urban resources.
- Easy and smart methods for creating a compost tea, a nettle tea and a worm farm for the most fertile soil.
- Simple yet efficient techniques to water your little garden, including saving rainwater and using smart irrigation systems for containers.
- DIY techniques of building a cold frame, creating self-watering pots, bokashi composting, making leaf mold and other projects.
- Proven succession planting techniques to ensure that there is always something ready to harvest, regardless of the season.
- A host of companion plant ideas for your veggies so they can flourish together cooperatively.
- A how-to guide for using nontoxic methods to control critters, pests, and diseases.
- Methods and tips for harvesting your seeds for the next planting cycle.
- Ways to preserve your harvest including the canning, drying, freezing, and dehydrating methods.
- Sophie also shares some of her favorite recipes!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on March 06, 2023

Talk about a "One Stop Shop" of information! I was well pleased when reading this Beginner's Guide as it truly is an incredibly helpful step-by-step for the first time gardener like myself. Ms. McKay was direct and to the point on the how-to's of making the most out of small spaces, even giving the......more

Goodreads review by Jacqueline Bates on February 26, 2023

Great book with lots of information. Follows on from the author’s book on permaculture. How to grow with nature in small and not so small spaces. I will be using a lot of the information in my garden this year. I have learnt so much from this book, looking forward to trying these methods in the spri......more

Goodreads review by Georgina on March 16, 2023

Great book for anyone looking for good info and instructions on container gardening. I have been gardening for 40 years and learned a few new ideas I can put to use in my garden. I especially liked the illustrations about container sizes and volume, I always have a problem with that! This was an eas......more

Goodreads review by Wout on April 02, 2023

As someone with very little knowledge about growing my own foods and even struggling to keep my plants alive sometimes, this was a super helpful guide! Sophie takes you step by step and made me feel confident that I can actually do this myself. Not only that, I am actually excited to start growing a......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on March 25, 2023

This is an excellent guide to gardening. She covers everything! Climate, soil, fertilizer, pests, right time to pick and even some recipes at the end. A lot of information in this book even for experienced gardeners. I highly recommend this book to anyone planning to plant a garden this year.......more