Teeny Tiny Gardening: 35 Step-by-Step Projects and Inspirational Ideas for Gardening in Tiny Spaces - Hardcover

Hardy, Emma

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ISBN 10: 1908862807 ISBN 13: 9781908862808

Verlag: CICO Books, 2013

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"Teeny Tiny Gardening is horticulture on the smallest of scales. No matter how tiny your space - indoor or outdoor, garden, yard, balcony or even just a windowsill or tabletop - here you will find original, fun and inspiring ideas. The 35 projects range from an elegant fern terrarium and a scented spring bulb basket to fruit bushes planted in catering-sized kitchen pans and a vertical garden of herbs grown on a wooden stepladder. At the tiny end of the scale, there are even miniature tabletop gardens created in eggshells. Whether you are looking for ideas for all year round foliage, hoping to grow your own vegetables and herbs, or planning to brighten up your balcony, Teeny Tiny Gardening will provide all the inspiration and practical knowledge you need." --Living North magazine

"Who needs flowerpots? Whether you're planting indoors or on a windowsill, patio or balcony - or even in a garden with (like mine) minimal flowerbed space - take tips from a lovely new book, Teeny Tiny Gardening by Emma Hardy. It is stuffed with inventive ideas for weeny things you can turn into quirky planters. Such as... I love Hardy's super idea for using eggshells, which are great for indoor foliage. Remove the tops from the empty shells, pinhole the bottoms for drainage and (tea)spoon in compost. Choose small rooted plants such as miniature violas or forget-me-nots and display in good egg cups or an old fashioned wooden holder. For a 'pretty desktop garden', says Hardy, plant in teacups with saucers. Don't fancy drilling the cup bottoms for drainage (or have no saucers)? Then use gravel beneath your soil and beware over watering. Hardy suggests little Alpine plants such as fritillary, primrose and winter aconite. Plastic woven shopping bags lined with bin bags and drainage crocks make excellent colourful indoor or outdoor pot replacements-striking in a charcoal-or white painted room. 'I love the idea of a garden you can move round with you as you go about your day,' says Hardy about planting wildflowers in antique biscuit tins. Where hinged, lids can be propped against a wall, and planting tall things at the back looks best. Terrariums can look a little uber, but Hardy's pretty drinking glasses filled with sand, fine gravel and doll-sized succulents look lovely." --Kate Burt - Independent on Sunday

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No matter how tiny your space - indoor or outdoor, garden, yard, balcony or even just a windowsill or tabletop - here you will find original, fun and inspiring ideas. The 35 projects range from an elegant fern terrarium and a scented spring bulb basket to colourful woven bags and hessian sacks filled with cheerful summer blooms. There are edible gardens, including fruit bushes planted in catering-sized kitchen pans and a vertical garden of herbs grown on a wooden stepladder. You will find lots of ideas for using recycled and salvaged containers, such as a metal bathtub filled with vegetable plants, metal food tins used for an indoor garden of wildflowers and a stack of wooden drawers filled with trailing plants. And at the teeniest end of the scale, there are even miniature tabletop gardens created in eggshells and bottle tops! Children can learn basic gardening skills, too, by following the step-by-step photos to make their own magical fairy garden or a mysterious dinosaur den. Whether you are looking for ideas for all-year foliage or for a summer display of flowers, wanting to grow your own veggies and herbs, or needing to revamp your balcony, Teeny Tiny Gardening will provide you with all the inspiration and practical knowledge you need.

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• Verlag: CICO Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1908862807
• ISBN 13: 9781908862808
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144