- Abstract, Sustainability, 2018 In Africa, many urban farmers apply cropping systems from rural backgrounds into their urban setting. This paper explores the possibility that “upgrading” cropping systems in African cities could boost economic empowerment for impoverished urban farmers. To these...
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1995-01-01 The Crandalls how how anything that growns in a conventional garden can be grown in a container. This includes such unlikely candidates as asparagus, pumpkins,corn--even fruits such as apples, apricots, peaches, pears and figs. Container gardening also makes it possible for people in cold...
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1975-01-01 How to grow food in containers on your balcony, patio, doorstep, any small place includes canning, preserving.
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1988-01-01 Klein discribes how to plant tomatoes in a foam box.He also discusses all aspects, from soil and pests, to postharvest management.
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2015-01-01 The reception and enthusiasm for straw bale gardening, introduced in 2013, has proved revolutionary in vegetable growing. Why? Because the bold promises in the book are kept:grow vegetables anywhere,earlier in the year,with no weeding. Gardeners everywhere are excited. Straw bale gardening works!...
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1974-01-01 Container Gardening is filled with information and advice about growing and caring for plants in containers. Its sections will tell you what kind of soil to use, how often to fertilize, what pests and diseases to look out for, what to do when you go away on vaction, and which varietes of what...
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2002-02-01 Clear and easy directions.Vegetables for every season: 21 varieties of beans, including favas and haricots verts; peppers from sweet orange Valencias to fiery Thai Dragons (scorchers at 60,000 Scoville units); dwarf eggplants; fingerling potatoes; 17 terrific tomatoes; lettuces; and Asian greens...
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1996-04-19 Tires make handy containers for gardening.
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2012-01-01 In the United States, as in many other countries, schoolyard and community gardens are gaining popularity. Such gardens have potential for much more than just contributing to food security. Participants learn about nutrition and growing food, and they connect in a deeper way with where food comes...
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2018-11-20 Most hunger and malnutrition around the world is not usually caused by a lack of food, although that may be changing. From the point of view of the hungry family, the cause is usually a lack of income sufficient to purchase the food. Anyone with enough income will be able to obtain food, except...