No-Waste Organic Gardening: Eco-friendly Solutions to Improve any Garden

No-Waste Organic Gardening: Eco-friendly Solutions to Improve any Garden

by Shawna Coronado
No-Waste Organic Gardening: Eco-friendly Solutions to Improve any Garden

No-Waste Organic Gardening: Eco-friendly Solutions to Improve any Garden

by Shawna Coronado

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Overview

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 seriesNo-Waste Kitchen Gardening. 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780760367643
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Publication date: 04/21/2020
Series: No-Waste Gardening Series
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 1,078,929
Product dimensions: 6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.50(d)

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 GardenGrocery GardeningThe Edible Front Yard, and Garden Up!. She is the author of Cool Springs Press' Illinois Getting Started Garden Guide (2014), Indiana Getting Started Garden Guide (2014), The Wellness Garden (2017), and 101 Organic Gardening Hacks (2017). 

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Concept of No-Waste Gardening 6

Soil Secrets 10

Garden Maintenance 28

Pollinator Power 46

Seeds and Seedling Starting 54

Florific Blooms 66

Growing Edibles 74

Container Gardening 84

Landscape Ideas 94

Outdoor Living Ideas 106

Tool Tips 114

Dedication and acknowledgments 121

Meet Shawna Coronado 122

Index 123

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