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Garden Alchemy is a hands-on guide for do-it-yourself gardeners who want to turn their garden into gold using natural recipes and herbal concoctions (while saving both time and money!).
This gardening recipe and project book is packed with over 80 ideas to naturally beautify your garden, using organic methods that regenerate your soil and revitalize your plants. By following the processes that are closest to nature, it brings the gardener in sync with the garden, allowing plants to thrive with less effort and less cost.
Recipes for mixing your own potting soils and homemadeorganic fertilizers give you the freedom to choose what ingredients make their way into your garden. Step-by-step instructions for building a compost pile, concocting soil tests, and constructing inexpensive DIY seed-starting equipment are accompanied by gorgeous, full-color, step-by-step photography. You'll also find recipes for natural pest deterrents and traps, garden teas, and growth-boosting foliar sprays to help your garden grow strong all season long.
Garden Alchemy starts with home experiments to help you get to know your soil and customize recipes for your individual needs. The rest of the chapters share how to decipher and combine natural ingredients to make the best quality amendments and elixirs. Detailed descriptions of earth-based materials demystify common ingredients, such as mycorrhizae, biochar, and greensand, and help you learn how to fix common garden problems with minimal effort. The simple method of making use of what you have available supports plants better than brand-name products.
Dozens of recipes and projects include:
Homemade seed bombs, disks, and tapes
Granular and liquid natural fertilizer recipes
DIY rooting hormone
Herbal anti-fungal spray
Plant propagation instructions
Soil care recipes to adjust the pH and manage fertility
13 specialty potting mixes
7 clever traps for common garden pests
Written by Stephanie Rose, the creative gardener, permaculturist, and herbalist behind the popular website Garden Therapy, this fun and beautifully illustrated book is packed with great ideas and inspiration for DIY gardeners who want to embrace their creativity and have more control of the garden's care.
Contents
Introduction
What Is Garden Alchemy
Chapter 1: Soils and Mulches
Make homemade soil tests, potting soil recipes, and mulches
Chapter 2: Propagation
Create your own seed bombs, planting pots, seed tapes, and rooting hormone
Chapter 3: Compost
Adjust soil pH, add organic matter, make compost booster, and more ways to improve your soil
Chapter 4: Fertilizers and Garden Teas
Boost plant health with recipes for customized fertilizer blends and growth-enhancing sprays
Chapter 5: Birds, Bees, and Bugs
Recipes and tips for encouraging beneficial wildlife, plus DIY pest traps, baits, and deterrents
Resources
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Index
