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Greenhouses are amazing tools; light-capturing structures that help gardeners and farmers grow healthy, happy plants, and if you've ever wanted to build and utilize a greenhouse, then Greenhouse Gardening is the book for you! This comprehensive guide will take you through every step of greenhouse planning and design, seed selection, potting advice, and maintenance schedules. Have you ever been curious about how much work it would take to have your very own greenhouse? Give this guide a read and you'll learn: the history of greenhouses and the types of greenhouses available today how to choose the perfect site for your home greenhouse how to select seeds and soil to best suit your gardening needs how to choose containers and pots for your greenhouse plants basic botany and plant 'anatomy' the elements that you need to create a perfect plant environment how water, air, and light work together to feed your plants the basics of fertilizers and pest management how to begin a home compost pile how to keep a garden journal and what you should be logging and many, many more lessonsGreenhouse Gardening will give you checklists for supplying your new greenhouse, and teach you about the fundamentals of plant science and organic chemistry in easy, relatable terms. More of a conversation than a textbook, Greenhouse Gardening will show you how to connect the dots between the nutrients that plants need to grow strong and healthy and how to keep pests and pathogens away from your plants. You'll also learn about keeping animal invaders out of your structure and protecting your greenhouse from extreme weather.You'll not only learn how to make compost, but the science behind why compost works, and the same goes for fertilizers and other compounds. With lessons on plant succession, companion planting, and crop rotation, you'll learn everything you need to know to get from dream to reality to harvest with your very own greenhouse. You'll even learn what you should be looking for on seed labels and plant tags, and what types of information you should be writing on your own plant and food labels and in your garden journal.You'll be given detailed examples of how to preserve food with techniques like canning, freezing, and drying, and you'll be given other ideas for sparking your creativity after harvest. Have you ever tried your hand at flower arranging, or making soap with pressed flowers? You'll be given tips for doing both, and much more, including making your greenhouse a comfortable place for you to work and your plants to thrive.If you're ready to dive into the world of greenhouse gardening, and you're looking to learn about the process from beginning to end, then Greenhouse Gardening can help! You'll be in store for some science, some research techniques, some arts and crafts, some do-it-yourself maintenance and building projects, some history, and a lot of gardening knowledge. This book really is the one-stop-shop for getting started in the awesome world of gardening indoors.

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