A Beginner’s Guide to City Gardening: Sustainable and Organic Gardening In Limited Space
By Dueep Jyot Singh and John Davidson
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A Beginner’s Guide to City Gardening
Sustainable and Organic Gardening In Limited Space
Table of Contents
Introduction
Planning Out Your City Garden
Situation and Shape
Drainage and Soil
Choice and Supply of Plants
Tools
Tool Maintenance
Fertilizers
Nutrients for the Soil
Annual Digging
Compost Heaps
Garden Waste
Why Compost
Making a Compost Pit
Manuring the Garden
Watering
Maintaining an Established Garden
Conclusion
Author Bio
Introduction
What do I mean by city gardening, you may ask? There was a time, when people had large open areas just outside their door steps in the town, or in the “country”, and all they had to do was fence it off and try to tame it.
But as more and more people started migrating to cities, the available space for gardening began to be lessened. That was because concrete jungles came up, where once we had green fields. Suburbs on the outskirts of cities still had lots of land where gardens could grow, but for all those living uptown downtown and Midtown in Flats or in closed blocks, limited spaces and detached and semi-detached houses, one had to make do with imaginative and constructive ideas, with which they could still be in touch with greenery around them.
Boxes and plant containers on windowsills have been a part of city gardening.
You as a city gardener know that you have just limited resources in terms of space. That is why you have been to know how to adapt these limited resources to gain the satisfactory end you desire – that to have a garden in your house, or just outside your window sill, or in a room, or in your backyard.
People are afraid to experiment in looking at all the options open to them, when they want to make a city garden in limited space. So they keep to potted geraniums, some sad looking chrysanthemums and other seasonal flowering plants, and possibly a little creeper.
On the other hand, if you have been brought up in the country, and have spent a major portion of your life surrounded by plants, it is possible that you are instinctively going to have a knowledge of plants and their needs. And you are going to bring this knowledge along with you to the city.
This knowledge does not come innately – you need to be surrounded by gardeners. Also, trial and error on your part and advice from experienced experts who in their time have tried and erred and then imparted that knowledge to you for your benefit, is going to help you make a really nice city garden.
This book is for all those beginners who are dreaming of their own garden in which to relax and also for experienced gardeners, who want some extra tips and techniques with which they can improve their gardens.
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A Beginner’s Guide to City Gardening - Dueep Jyot Singh
A Beginner’s Guide to City Gardening
Sustainable and Organic Gardening
In Limited Space
Healthy Gardening Series
Dueep Jyot Singh and John Davidson
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Planning Out Your City Garden
Situation and Shape
Drainage and Soil
Choice and Supply of Plants
Tools
Tool Maintenance
Fertilizers
Nutrients for the Soil
Annual Digging
Compost Heaps
Garden Waste
Why Compost
Making a Compost Pit
Manuring the Garden
Watering
Maintaining an Established Garden
Conclusion
Author Bio