| International Standard Book Number |
9781493089543 epub
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781493089536 paperback
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| International Standard Book Number |
1493089536 paperback
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| Personal Name |
Blessing, Joanna, author.
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| Title Statement |
The homesteader's guide to cut flowers : growing beautiful, versatile blooms for pantry, pleasure & profit / Joanna Blessing ; foreword by Jennie Love.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
ix, 241 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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| Series Statement |
Homesteader's guides
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Planning your homestead flower garden -- Cultivating multi-purpose flowers -- Sustainable practices for homestead flower farming -- Growing flowers for sale -- Blending gardening and flower farming with your lifestyle -- Edible flowers and their uses: medicinal and culinary -- Drying flowers for longevity -- Eco-dyeing with flowers.
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| Summary, Etc. |
From urban patios to rural homesteads, learn to cultivate versatile flowers that beautify your space while doubling as culinary herbs, healing plants, and craft materials. Flower farming has seen a recent surge of interest, largely due to social media and the presence of idolized flower farmers, such as Washington State's Floret. Most home gardeners already grow several types of flowers for landscape and ornamental purposes, so the thought of having fresh, beautifully displayed, homegrown bouquets for sale and offering You-Pick flower operations on a new level is enticing to many home growers. Most cut flowers have multipurpose qualities -- gardeners and homesteaders can choose varieties that are not just aesthetically pleasing but also useful as culinary herbs, medicinal tinctures, and pigments for eco-dyeing and in dried arrangements for decor, art, and jewelry. Many of these plants can also be easily grown in pots for flower lovers living in the city. Joanna Blessing of Olde Soul Acres invites readers to dive deeper into intentionally growing cut flowers and enjoying the fruits of their labor. She covers the ins and outs of planning a garden that will promote a thriving, sustainable ecosystem, as well as how to harvest and arrange cut flowers and how a home gardener can scale up to bring a monetary profit to their homestead.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Cut flowers Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Flower gardening Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Love, Jennie, writer of foreword.
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