Urban Gardening For Dummies

Learn to: Make the most of limited space with vertical growing tips, rooftop gardens, and more Add beauty and color to your landscape with annuals, perennials, and bulbs Grow the freshest, healthiest produce possible The easy way to succeed at urban gardening A townhouse yard, a balcony, a south-facing window even a small inner-city apartment can be a suitable location to grow some yummy edibles, develop a colorful flower garden, or create an outdoor room. Urban Gardening For Dummies helps you make the most of what you have through the use of proven small-space gardening techniques that allow gardeners to maximize their use of urban spaces. Urban Gardening 101 - get an overview of urban gardening, including soil preparation, planting, choosing urban-friendly plants (including edibles), and plant placement Dig in - discover everything you need to know about soil, from analyzing soil types and understanding soil pH to how you can build good soil with manure, organic fertilizers, and compost Get a green thumb - find the lowdown on the urban microclimate, local weather patterns, and how you can actually influence weather conditions at micro-levels to benefit the health of your urban garden Oh, the places you'll grow - get creative with container gardening and find funky and functional ways to garden on building rooftops, balconies, and with vertical growing strategies Open the book and find: The many benefits of urban gardening Tips on planting annual plants and veggies, trees and shrubs, and perennial flowers The 4-1-1 on community gardening and urban farming How to create an outdoor room The scoop on using fertilizers Techniques for container and vertical gardening Composting tips and soil growing Tricks for keeping weeds and pests at bay