Books on container gardening have been wildly popular
with urban and suburban readers, but until now, there
has been no comprehensive ehow-toi guide for growing
fresh food in the absence of open land. Fresh Food from
Small Spaces fills the gap as a practical,
comprehensive, and downright fun guide to growing food
in small spaces. It provides readers with the knowledge
and skills necessary to produce their own fresh
vegetables, mushrooms, sprouts, and fermented foods as
well as to raise bees and chickensoall without reliance
on energy-intensive systems like indoor lighting and
hydroponics. Readers will learn how to transform their
balconies and windowsills into productive vegetable
gardens, their countertops and storage lockers into
commercial-quality sprout and mushroom farms, and their
outside nooks and crannies into whatever they can
imagine, including sustainable nurseries for honeybees
and chickens. Free space for the city gardener might be
no more than a cramped patio, balcony, rooftop,
windowsill, hanging rafter, dark cabinet, garage, or
storage area, but no space is too small or too dark to
raise food.With this book as a guide, people living in
apartments, condominiums, townhouses, and single-family
homes will be able to grow up to 20 percent of their own
fresh food using a combination of traditional gardening
methods and space-saving techniques such as reflected
lighting and container ''terracing.'' Those with access
to yards can produce even more. |
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