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Fire the Landscaper is a biting critique of current landscape design and maintenance practices. The audiobook explores the health risks, cultural biases, origins, and the insults to Mother Nature caused by our culturally backed, legally enforced obsession with artificial representations of nature.

Listen as culinary herb grower Jekka McVicar take us on a journey exploring the heritage, remedies, delights and hidden secrets of some of our most beloved herbs. Jekka is an English organic gardening expert, author, and broadcaster, particularly on the cultivation and use of herbs. Jekka's Herb Farm, near Bristol, has the largest collection of culinary herbs in the UK, with more than 600 different varieties. She has worked closely with chefs from Jamie Oliver to Raymond Blanc, and is inspiring a new generation of chefs to use herbs in highly inventive and original ways.

Most eco-friendly books start with terror-inducing lists of the carcinogenic chemicals you are liberally slathering all over every single surface in your house, painting most people as unwitting eco-villains, happily Lysol-ing their way straight to hell. Well, listeners can just relax and unpack the (plastic) bags - no guilt trips today! All You Need Is Less is about realistically adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle without either losing your mind from soul-destroying guilt or becoming a preachy know-it-all whom everyone loathes.

Even if you have never grown a single plant or have yet to keep one alive, you can succeed with the experience and best practices found here. Don’t let your doubts get in the way of what you truly want – having your own collection of herbal remedies in your home is just around the corner! If you want trusted advice on how to grow and use herbs in the best possible way, then start listening right now.

It’s time to think big about small farms. Award-winning author and “green leader” (Grist) Ben Hartman shares practical how-to tips, personal stories, and surprising examples of cutting-edge farmers and innovators around the world to show us how.

The Cannabis Grow Bible fully explains the art of growing high quality pot. Author and aficionado Christopher Patino blends a radical understanding of marijuana botany with practical advice on handing the day-to-day demands of maintaining a high yield garden, and offers proven methods that maximize both yield and potency.

Stretching across two-thirds of the Gardens, the arboretum at Kew surrounds the glasshouses in a leafy enclave to walk, wander and discover nature's beauty. The 12,000 trees rooted in the arboretum represent more than 2,000 species, including rare and ancient varieties. This great collection...

It doesn't matter if you are looking for a successful garden or a successful mini farm because this audiobook can help you either way. You can create a sustainable organic garden right in your backyard. You'll be proud when its crops are producing a high and healthy yield. From fruits to vegetables, you can have organic crops that rival anything that you can find at the organic aisle in the store.

Explore the mysterious beauty of gothic gardening with this illustrated plant encyclopedia, featuring the history, myths, and lore behind 50 dark and unique plants perfect for creating your very own spooky garden. From the Mangave Black Widow to the humble mint plant, discover the hidden stories...

What’s more satisfying than brewing the perfect cup of tea? Brewing it from tea you grew yourself! Create your own tea garden with help from this beginner’s guide. It walks you through every step of the process, from planning your garden plot to preparing delicious tea blends.

Learn how to grow your very own fruit trees with this audiobook.

The following is just a glimpse of what you will find inside this book: Kickstart your dream garden—Grow stunning plants with foolproof tips, even if you've never touched a spade before—watch your space come alive in no time; Upcycle like a gardening pro—Turn forgotten household items into unique planters, saving the planet while crafting a garden full of personality; Water smarter, not harder—Set up low-maintenance self-watering pots and drip systems that make over- or under-watering a thing of the past.

Remember when fruits and vegetables were bursting with flavor? The increasing demand on farmers to produce the fastest, highest-yielding crop comes with a price: it’s less nutritious and environmentally detrimental. Decades of using fertilizers and pesticides have stripped the soil of many required elements and microbes needed to grow nutritious food, resulting in the decline of many essential vitamins and minerals in our diet.

Ready to grow your best garden ever, no matter your experience level or space? Raised Bed Gardening Made Simple For Beginners by Annie Michaels is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to grow fresh veggies, herbs, and flowers with ease. Whether you’re working with a backyard, patio, or small urban space, this book will show you step-by-step how to build and plant raised beds that thrive.

Herbal Antibiotics is the most in-depth introduction to natural healing and herbal medicine available today, giving you the explanations on why certain herbs work as herbal antivirals and herbal antibiotics and how you can use them to fight your next infection - or simply boost your immunity to nasties in your area!

The essential guide to budget gardening hacks, with creative ideas and propagation know-how from Instagram's "garden fairy" Anya Lautenbach. Beat the rising cost of living and transform your garden on a budget with Anya the Garden Fairy. The Money-Saving Gardener reveals the tips and tricks to...

Incorporate herbs into spells, rituals, and divination with this all-inclusive guide to the benefits of using herbal magic in witchcraft. From creating potions to using dried herbs in rituals, herbal magic is a natural way to practice witchcraft. Herbs can be used in many different ways to help...

Create calm, colour and a cup of tea in your very own green retreat, no experience needed! Are you dreaming of your own little slice of calm? A pocket of peace and petals you can call your own, even if your garden’s more “window box” than “wilderness”? Well, pop the kettle on and grab your trowel, because help is at hand. Whether you’ve killed every houseplant you've ever owned or you think a perennial is a cocktail, How to Create a Small Garden Sanctuary will hold your hand, make you giggle, and show you step by step how to turn even the tiniest patch into a lush, joyful escape.

At 35, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and professional security, she became the first American woman to learn pruning from one of the most storied landscaping companies in Kyoto. Cutting Back recounts Buck's bold journey and the revelations she has along the way.

The Apothecary of Belonging is a magickal journey through each of the four seasons with plant allies as our guides and companions. Alexis J. Cunningfolk explores how to know ourselves as land and as beings who deeply belong to the land and one another. Learn about the energetic foundations of traditional western herbalism that flow through the seasons within and around us and explore ways to map your inner landscape.