My First Outdoor Garden: Everything You Need to Know to Plant and Grow Your Own Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers

by Philippe Asseray, Charlène Tong (Illustrator), Grace McQuillan (Translator)

Overview

Discover the joys of gardening with My First Outdoor Garden, an interactive and illustrated guide for the youngest of gardeners.

This book teaches you everything you need to know to succeed in your first foray into raising plants. After following the easy steps, you'll soon learn how to sow, plant, plow, and water anything you choose to plant, including pineapples, carrots, geraniums, or even daffodils. In no time at all, you'll be proudly showing off all the beautiful plants in your garden!

Learn all about:

• Necessary gardening tools and materials
• Choosing the perfect space for your garden
• Building your very own box garden (or raised bed)
• Using nutrient-rich garden soil
• Choosing the right plants for your garden
• Properly watering and weeding your plants
• Making your own compost
• Protecting your garden from harmful visitors
• and more!

Few things are more exciting than planning your garden and watching its plants grow big and strong!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510763968
Publisher:	Sky Pony
Publication date:	02/08/2022
Series:	I Love Nature , #2
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	18 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

After demanding horticultural studies, Philippe Asseray has become a journalist, specialized in gardening and vegetable gardening. He writes for several French specialized magazines (Rustica, L’ami des jardins…). His own experience as a gardener is the base of most of his advice and techniques. He is also passionate about photography. He lives in France.

Charlène Tong is an artist who worked as an illustrator for children books and designer of sceneries for cartoons. Her hobbies are rather simple: reading, knitting, hiking, traveling, and gardening. Plants are for her an inexhaustible source of inspiration so, after ten years dedicated to an artistic career, she moved into a new inspiring career in horticulture.
Grace McQuillan has translated the works of Andreï Makine, Stéphane Allix, and has received a French Voices Award for her translation of Le Crieur de Nuit by Nelly Alard. Her work has also appeared in The Brooklyn Rail and PBS NewsHour. Originally from New Jersey, she now lives in Nevis.

Table of Contents

Tools I Need

Colorful handles 9

Building My Box Garden 10

Support for climbing plants 12

My name on my box garden 13

What Kind of Soil Should I Use? 14

What makes a good gardening soil? 14

How can I make good gardening soil? 15

"Modeling clay" soil 16

Sowing Seeds 18

Planting carrot seeds 18

Planting green bean seeds 20

Seed ribbons and mats 22

Planting Flowers and Vegetables with Root Balls 24

Planting Swiss chard 24

Roots in a glass 27

Gardening with the Moon 28

Taking Cuttings 30

Taking geranium cuttings 30

A funny kind of cutting 32

Watering Without Wasting 34

Tips for watering my raised bed 34

Feeding My Plants 38

What Kind of food should I give my plants? 38

Mussels and oysters on the menu 40

Making My Compost 42

Who Are These Visitors? 44

Building a scarecrow 46

Discovering Permaculture 48

Trivia 50

My Vegetables and Fruits 52

My Flowers 56

My Gardening Calendar 60

Index 62