The Gardening & Horticulture category has 327 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.1★ across 284 ratings. The most-rated is Down to Earth.
Down to Earth
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Unrivalled gardening wisdom from Monty Don, including essential tips, knowledge and musings from his 50 years of gardening experience. This is Monty Don right beside you in the garden, challenging norms and sharing advice. Discover Monty's thoughts and garden ideas around nature, seasons, colour, design, pests, flowering shrubs, containers and much more. Hear about the month-by-month jobs he does in his own garden that he hopes are relevant to you. Monty's warm voice brings this most intimate book to life - an enriching listen for any gardener. 'I have written many gardening books, but this is the distillation of 50 years of gardening experience. It has all the tips and essential pieces of knowledge that enable you to make your garden grow well, and it also shares my view that gardening is the secret to living well, too.' (Monty)
©2017 Dorling Kindersley Limited (P)2019 Dorling Kindersley Limited
Second Nature
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In his articles and in best-selling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man's place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere. Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the 75 greatest books ever written about gardening, Second Nature captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation. With chapters ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn, a dispatch from one man's war with a woodchuck, to an essay about the sexual politics of roses, Pollan has created a passionate and eloquent argument for reconceiving our relationship with nature.
©2003 Michael Pollan (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
A Woman's Guide to Cannabis
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A woman's handbook to demystifying the world of weed, whether it's being used for pain relief, a moment of calm, or a fit of giggles. Women of all ages are using cannabis to feel and look better. For rookies and experienced marijuana users alike, this lively, information-filled audiobook is just the supportive guide you need to find the right dose to relieve anxiety, depression, and inflammation, and mitigate the onset of dementia and other signs of aging. Plus boost moods, ease aches, even lose weight, and get restful sleep. And a dose just for fun? Well, that works, too! Here's how to navigate the typical dispensary, with its overwhelming options of concentrates, edibles, vape pens, and tinctures. Understand the amazing health-giving compounds found in cannabis-THC, CBD, terpenes, and more - and how to use topicals to reduce pain and give your skin a healthy glow. There's even advice on how not to get high but still reap all the amazing health benefits. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Nikki Furrer (P)2019 Tantor
Le Petit Livre vert du cannabis
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Désormais légal au Canada, le cannabis sort de l’ombre pour devenir un produit dont on peut (et doit!) discuter. Le hic, c’est que cette drogue, beaucoup plus complexe que l’alcool, demeure largement méconnue et entourée de mythes et de préjugés. Ce petit guide vise à informer les Canadiens sur les aspects pratiques, scientifiques et économiques du cannabis. Sans le dramatiser ni le banaliser, il cherche à donner l’heure juste en fonction des meilleures connaissances actuelles. Comment le cannabis agit-il sur le cerveau et sur le corps? Quelles différences y a-t-il entre le fumer en joint, l’inhaler avec un vaporisateur ou le manger dans des biscuits? Quels sont les signes dénotant un problème de consommation? Quelle est la différence entre du pot Harlequin, du Gorilla Glue #4 et du Sour Tsunami? Qui tire les ficelles de l’industrie du cannabis? Vous trouverez dans les pages de ce livre des informations vérifiées et pertinentes au sujet d'une substance qui suscite à la fois craintes et euphorie. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Éditions Québec Amérique inc. (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
Nigel
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When Monty Don's golden retriever, Nigel, became the surprise star of BBC's Gardeners' World, inspiring huge interest, fan mail and even his own social media accounts, Monty Don wanted to explore what makes us connect with animals quite so deeply. In many respects Nigel is a very ordinary dog - charming, handsome and obedient, as so many are. He is also a much loved family pet. He is also a star. By telling Nigel's story, Monty relates his relationships with other special dogs in his life in a memoir of his dogs past and very much present. Witty, touching and life affirming, Nigel: My Family and Other Dogs is wonderfully heartwarming. Monty Don is a great writer coming out of the garden and into the hearts and homes of every dog lover in the UK. 'I have always had a dog or dogs. I cannot imagine life without them. I am just as much a fan of Nigel as any besotted viewer. In the book I explore why we love dogs and what they mean to us emotionally and domestically. I look back on all the dogs in my life - all of which I have loved deeply and which have been an essential part of my life. So, this is the book of Nigel - but also the book of all our dogs in every British family and a celebration of the deep love we feel for them.' (Monty Don)
©2016 Monty Don (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Restoration Agriculture
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Restoration Agriculture reveals how to sustainably grow perennial food crops that can feed us in our resource-compromised future. The restoration agriculture system described in this award-winning book works! It is possible for humans to produce staple foods using perennial agricultural ecosystems that actually improve the quality of the environment. This can be done on a backyard, farm, or ranch scale and is needed right now - on a global scale. Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel, and many other needs. Using the restoration agriculture system, an oak savanna mimic will produce more than twice the number of edible human calories per acre as an average acre of corn, never needs to be planted again, prevents erosion, creates oil, and can be managed with no fossil fuel inputs. This book, based on real-world practices, presents an alternative to the agriculture system of eradication and offers exciting hope for our future.
©2013 Mark Shepard (P)2019 Tantor
The Urban Farmer
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There are 20 million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost. However, viewed through a different lens, they can also be seen as a tremendous source of opportunity. Access to land is a major barrier for many people who want to enter the agricultural sector, and urban and suburban yards have huge potential for would-be farmers wanting to become part of this growing movement. The Urban Farmer is a comprehensive, hands-on, practical manual to help you learn the techniques and business strategies you need to make a good living growing high-yield, high-value crops right in your own backyard (or someone else's). Major benefits include: Low capital investment and overhead costs Reduced need for expensive infrastructure Easy access to markets Growing food in the city means that fresh crops may travel only a few blocks from field to table, making this innovative approach the next logical step in the local food movement. Based on a scalable, easily reproduced business model, The Urban Farmer is your complete guide to minimizing risk and maximizing profit by using intensive production in small leased or borrowed spaces. Curtis Stone is the owner/operator of Green City Acres, a commercial urban farm growing vegetables for farmers markets, restaurants, and retail outlets. During his slower months, Curtis works as a public speaker, teacher, and consultant, sharing his story to inspire a new generation of farmers.
©2015 New Society Publishers (P)2017 WCP Media
Growing Marijuana: Box Set
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The complete guide to everything you need to know to become a marijuana growing expert! Look no further - this box set of the two top-selling marijuana growing books will take you from someone who has never grown anything in their life to a cannabis-cultivating expert. You will learn the fundamentals of growth in Growing Marijuana for Beginners and will be exposed to far more advanced methods in Advanced Marijuana Growing Techniques. With step-by-step detailed instructions, you will be taken through every step of the growing process, from picking which strand to grow to where to store the finished product for long-term freshness. One of the most publicized crops of our era and in all of history, marijuana is slowly altering our economy, health care system, and political climate. Once one of the countries with the strictest restrictions on marijuana use, cannabis use for medicinal purposes is now legal in 23 states (at time of writing) in the United States. It's hard to believe how much things have changed regarding cannabis in the last decade, and it is impossible to predict what will happen over the 10 years. What we can predict is that as the social stigma clouding marijuana dissipates and as more laws are introduced to authorize its use, production will increase, and it will increase rapidly. Pot, weed, cannabis, marijuana - call it what you want, it is impossible to deny its slow and steady rise to stardom in the United States and many other nations across the world. We are entering a new era, one far more progressive than the previous, one that will undoubtedly embrace the use of marijuana both in medical and recreational purposes more than ever before.
©2015 ClydeBank Media LLC (P)2015 ClydeBank Media LLC
The Lean Farm
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A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation. To many people today, using the words "factory" and "farm" in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or carrots. Author Ben Hartman and other young farmers are increasingly finding that incorporating the best new ideas from business into their farming can drastically cut their wastes and increase their profits, making their farms more environmentally and economically sustainable. By explaining the lean system for identifying and eliminating waste and introducing efficiency in every aspect of the farm operation, The Lean Farm makes the case that small-scale farming can be an attractive career option for young people who are interested in growing food for their community. Working smarter, not harder, also prevents the kind of burnout that start-up farmers often encounter in the face of long, hard, backbreaking labor. Lean principles grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, but they are now being followed by progressive farms around the world. Using examples from his own family's one-acre community-supported farm in Indiana, Hartman clearly instructs other small farmers in how to incorporate lean practices in each step of their production chain, from starting a farm and harvesting crops to training employees and selling goods. While the intended audience for this book is small-scale farmers who are part of the growing local food movement, Hartman's prescriptions for high-value, low-cost production apply to farms and businesses of almost any size or scale that hope to harness the power of lean in their production processes.
©2015 Ben Hartman (P)2018 Chelsea Green Publishing
Gaining Ground
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One fateful day in 1996, after discovering that five freight cars' worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard vows to save his family's farm. What ensues - through hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters - is a crash course in sustainable agriculture. Pritchard's biggest ally is his renegade father, who initially questions his son's career choice and rejects organic foods for sugary mainstream fare. But just when the farm starts to turn heads at local farmers' markets, his father's health takes a turn for the worse. With poetry and humor, this inspiring memoir tugs on your heartstrings and feeds your soul long after you've finished.
©2013 Forrest Pritchard (P)2013 Tantor
How to Grow Marijuana Indoors
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Always wanted to grow marijuana on your own but you can’t wrap your finger around the task? This audiobook will be everything you need to turn yourself into a certified green-thumb with the fuzzy plant. Here, you will walk through each stage of cannabis growing like a pro and end up with the best product you’ve ever raised. You will: Go through each step of the life cycle of cannabis. Learn about cannabis and its different forms, strains, uses, and applications to enthusiasts. Learn where to get the best seeds without fear of being scammed. Grow cannabis in the comfort of your own home, being able to anticipate any potential threat to your harvest like a seasoned veteran. Learn the secret to what makes a good batch great. You’ll be equipped with the necessary information and skills required to tame this delicate plant and make it work for you. You will no longer have to look for dealers and you’ll enjoy cannabis whenever you want! Taken from the efforts and research of experts from around the world, this manual will show you the ins and outs of growing marijuana indoors. This audiobook will be everything you need to create your own stash on your own terms. And all of this will happen in the comfort and privacy of your own home.
©2017 Tom Whistler (P)2017 Tom Whistler
How to Start a Landscaping Business Right Now with No Startup Money
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How to Start a Landscaping Business is a classic struggle to victory story on how to overcome fear and self-doubt. This book is for someone stuck in a dead-end job and looking to venture out into their first small business.
©2015 Keith Kalfas (P)2017 Greenworld Publishing
The Growing Marijuana Handbook
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Do you want to discover the secrets of growing marijuana like a pro? Are you interested in unlocking the easy, time-tested strategies for cannabis horticulture? Would you like to rapidly improve your bud quality and yield? If you want to grow your own marijuana but you have idea how to get started, you’re not alone. The truth is, growing marijuana is challenging - if you don’t have the right expertise. And that’s exactly how The Growing Marijuana Handbook will empower you. Here’s what you’ll learn: How to grow marijuana - even if you have no experience The three easy steps of growing cannabis The must-know tips to improve your harvest Five rookie mistakes to avoid when growing marijuana How to rapidly improve your bud quality What you can do to increase your yield How would you like to grow top-shelf cannabis from the comfort of your own home? No matter whether you’re growing indoors, outdoors, at home, or commercially, you’ll learn how to finally master the art of growing cannabis. Even if you have no experience or you’ve tried and failed before, this audiobook will empower you. Get ready to discover the time-tested secrets of growing top-shelf, high-quality marijuana today.
©2019 Simon Major (P)2019 Simon Major
How to Make a Plant Love You
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Summer Rayne Oakes, an urban houseplant expert and environmental scientist, is the icon of wellness-minded millennials who want to bring nature indoors, according to a New York Times profile.
Summer has managed to grow 1,000 houseplants in her Brooklyn apartment (and they're thriving!) Her secret? She approaches her relationships with plants as intentionally as if they were people.
Everyone deserves to feel the inner peace that comes from taking care of greenery. Beyond the obvious benefits - beauty and cleaner air - there's a strong psychological benefit to nurturing plants as a path to mindfulness. They can reduce our stress level, lower our blood pressure, and improve our overall outlook. And they offer a rare opportunity to find joy by caring for another living being.
When Summer Rayne Oakes moved to Brooklyn from the Pennsylvania countryside, she knew that bringing nature indoors was her only chance to stay sane. She found them by the side of the road, in long-forgotten window boxes, at farmers' markets, and in local garden shops. She found ways to shelve, hang, tuck, anchor, secure, and suspend them. She even installed a 150-foot expandable hose that connects to pipes under her kitchen sink, so she only has to spend about a half-hour a day tending to her plants - an activity that she describes as a "moving meditation". This is Summer's guidebook for cultivating an entirely new relationship with your plant children.
Inside, you'll learn to:
Pause for the flowers and greenery all around you, even the ones sprouting bravely between cracked pavement
Trust that your apartment jungle offers you far more than pretty décor
See the world from a plant's perspective, trading modern consumerism for sustainability
Serve your chlorophyllic friends by learning to identify the right species for your home and to recreate their natural habitat (Bonus: your indoor garden won't die!)
When we become plant parents, we also become better caretakers of ourselves, the people around us, and our planet. So, let's step inside the world of plants and discover how we can begin cultivating our own personal green space - in our homes, in our minds, and in our hearts.
©2019 Summer Rayne Oakes (P)2019 Penguin Audio
The Window Cleaning Blueprint
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This book will completely transform your life. This book teaches how window cleaning is rooted in the perception of luxury and not necessity. When you learn how to present yourself as a luxury service, you can literally quadruple your income and make more than $500 a day cleaning windows, with no startup money.
©2016 Keith Kalfas (P)2017 Keith Kalfas
Growing Marijuana
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Boost your buds and increase your THC levels today! Growing marijuana is one thing but growing high quality marijuana is quite another. There is a step-by-step process to cultivating the biggest, densest buds and developing the highest THC percentage possible, and that's where the ground-breaking book Growing Marijuana: The Marijuana Masterclass, a Guide Written by Experts comes in. Compiled from decades of real life experience and advice for seasoned professionals, Growing Marijuana: The Marijuana Masterclass, a Guide Written by Experts is the must-have guide to cannabis cultivation. Well written and simple to understand this book lays out in step by step fashion all of the most important factors to consider when growing marijuana both indoors and outdoors. This book was written as a how to guide minus the filler and will take you through every stage of marijuana growing from germination to seedling to harvest and onto tested drying and curing techniques. You will learn the difference between Indicas and Sativas, growing lights and hydroponics as well as pick up tips about pH levels and how to avoid and combat issues like spider-mites and mould. If you want to produce the highest quality of marijuana with huge buds dripping in THC then Growing Marijuana: The Marijuana Masterclass, a Guide Written by Experts is the book for you.
©2017 Lee Senescall (P)2017 Lee Senescall
Your First Year in the Landscaping Business
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If you want to start and grow a landscaping business or if you want to demolish self-limiting beliefs and transform yourself into a warrior of a self-employed lawn and be a landscape contractor, then this audiobook will change your life.
©2020 Greenworld Publishing Inc. (P)2020 Greenworld Publishing Inc.
How to Smoke Pot (Properly)
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Once literally demonized as "the Devil's lettuce" and linked to all manner of deviant behavior by the establishment's shameless antimarijuana propaganda campaigns, Cannabis sativa has lately been enjoying a long-overdue Renaissance. So now that the squares at long last seem ready to rethink pot's place in polite society, how, exactly, can members of this vibrant, innovative, life-affirming culture proudly and properly emerge from the underground - without forgetting our roots or losing our cool? In How to Smoke Pot (Properly), VICE weed columnist and former High Times editor David Bienenstock charts the course for this bold new postprohibition world. With plenty of stops along the way for "pro tips" from friends in high places, including cannabis celebrities and thought leaders of the marijuana movement, listeners will learn everything from the basics of blazing to how Mary Jane makes humans more creative and collaborative, nurtures empathy, catalyzes epiphanies, enhances life's pleasures, promotes meaningful social bonds, facilitates cross-cultural understanding, and offers a far safer alternative to both alcohol and many pharmaceutical drugs.
©2016 David Bienenstock (P)2016 Tantor
Compost Everything: The Good Guide to Extreme Composting
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If you're ready to throw out the rule book and return as much as you can to the soil, Compost Everything is the book for you. It's time to quit fighting Mother Nature and start working with her to recycle organic matter and create lush and beautiful gardens with some of the most extreme composting techniques known to man! In this inspiring composting guide, you'll learn how to: Brew your own fish fertilizer with a few easy ingredients Quit turning piles and make compost the simple way Avoid roasting your garden with chemical-laced manure Discover the Native American trick for concentrating fertility and growing in lousy soil Squeeze every ounce of fertility from your compost Deal with grid-down sanitation Stop filling landfills and start enriching your yard Turn trash into treasure Get rid of unwanted bodies Learn to compost like you've never composted before with expert gardener and master composter David the Good.
©2015 David the Good (P)2016 David the Good
Bringing Nature Home, Updated and Expanded
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As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. But there is an important and simple step toward reversing this alarming trend: Everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity. There is an unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife - native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. In many parts of the world, habitat destruction has been so extensive that local wildlife is in crisis and may be headed toward extinction. Bringing Nature Home has sparked a national conversation about the link between healthy local ecosystems and human well-being, and this audio edition will help broaden the movement. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical recommendations, everyone can make a difference. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2007 Douglas W. Tallamy (P)2019 Tantor