Christy Wilhelmi is dedicated to fostering self-reliance and sustainability by empowering individuals to grow their own food. Through her comprehensive online resource, Gardenerd, she disseminates practical advice and information, aiming to inspire a more eco-conscious lifestyle one garden at a time. Her work highlights how even small spaces can yield a significant portion of a family's produce, advocating for organic methods and heirloom varieties. Through her writings and teachings, she champions reducing waste and pollution.
In this fresh and delightful debut, Christy Wilhelmi shows that there's more to gardening than merely keeping pests at bay ...Each time Lizzie steps through the gates of the Vista Mar Community Gardens, she knows she's left the chaos of the outside world behind.
Forget the farmer’s market. Grow your own delicious, organic apples, figs, peaches, plums, strawberries, blackberries, citrus fruits, and more with Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden. No green thumb required. Even beginners become successful fruit "farmers" with the techniques and advice offered by author Christy Wilhelmi, the force behind the popular gardening website, Gardenerd. Selecting the best small-scale fruit trees, bushes, vines, and plants for your climate, siting them properly, and pruning your compact trees for health and productivity are some of the many topics covered in the pages of this bible of small-space fruit growing. You’ll also discover how to: Turn your urban, suburban, or rural garden into a fruit factory, no matter its size Maximize production from edible container fruit gardens Grow more food in less space Limit your family’s synthetic pesticide consumption Choose varieties with increased disease resistance Select plants that grow well in your climate Maintain your fruiting plants correctly to encourage years of prolific harvests With modern, dwarf varieties, and help from Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden, a healthy, high-yielding garden filled with fruit-producing plants is possible—even in the smallest of yards.
Gardening for Geeks is the ultimate organic gardening resource for any grower, providing them with everything they need to know about designing, building, and sustaining their garden.