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About Richard Bray
Richard's father was a keen gardener and that is where his interest in all natural things began. As a youngster, he enjoyed nothing better than helping his father in the garden.
Nowadays, he finds himself at the opposite end of life. Having had a satisfying career, he now has time to potter around in his garden and take care of his small homestead. Much of the food on his dinner table is homegrown. He likes to experiment with various gardening methods and find new ways to grow bountiful crops year-round.
He wants to share his knowledge and show how easy and rewarding it is to set up your own prosperous garden and apply the healing power of plants. In his opinion, you don’t need a huge budget to get started. When you do get started, you will soon feel, and taste, the benefits of growing your own healthy food.
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This book will take you through the six hydroponic systems and give you step-by-step instructions on how to create and maintain your own hydroponic garden. If you don’t want to rely on ready-made kits for your hydroponic system, and you want to feel the pleasure of creating your own system from scratch, this book is for you. DIY systems provide you with satisfaction in seeing tremendous results from something you build with your own hands. They are a rewarding, cost-effective approach to the creation of your own homegrown food.
This book provides (twelve) different designs to fit everyone's needs. From easy-to-apply methods for small plants, such as using a soda bottle to build your own Wick System, to more advanced instructions for larger systems such as building a Nutrient Film Technique System with PVC pipes.
In detail, this book allows you to…
Get a comprehensive overview of hydroponics and gain the confidence to embark upon your own project
- Learn what hydroponics is all about
- Get to know the six different hydroponic systems
- Discover everything you need to know about nutrients, mediums and lighting
Set up your own hydroponic system with easy to apply, step-by-step instructions and save money by using inexpensive building methods
- Get an overview of the design features and functions of each system
- Learn how to build your own hydroponic system - from easy to more advanced set-ups
- Learn about the materials and equipment you need for each system
- Understand how to maintain your system and care for your plants
Identify potential problems with your plants and learn how to overcome them
- Identify pests and diseases in your hydroponic garden and learn how to combat them
- Understand general challenges such as nutrient deficiency, algae growth, and clogged systems
This book will help you save time and trouble with easy to follow illustrations, tables and a glossary of hydroponic terms.
Take the first step to building your own hydroponic garden. To get started, scroll up and grab your copy.
Are you of the opinion that "mushrooms are just a food"? Think again! In fact:
- They can boost your mushroom immune defense system and make you more resistant to infection.
- They can be used to deal with a host of illnesses and ailments, naturally and safely.
- They can increase stamina, improve mood, and even enhance libido!
Everyone can Benefit from the Little-Known Knowledge Contained in this Guide In this comprehensive and research-backed book, you'll learn how to use herbal mushrooms as a force for good in your life. You might be young or old. In peak condition or looking for ways to improve your health. A veteran mushroom lover or a fledgling fungi fancier. Whoever you are, this medicinal mushrooms guide will open your eyes to a new world. Be prepared to embrace the medicinal mushrooms organic and natural lifestyle! Bursting with practical advice, and containing dozens of photographs and graphics, Medicinal Mushrooms will make you an expert on all things mycological.
In this medicinal mushrooms book you'll discover:
- The secret history of healing mushrooms. How indigenous peoples have exploited their incredible powers for thousands of years!
- The 28 "super-mushrooms" that can deliver a powerful and potent boost to your health.
- The 60+ illnesses and ailments that healers, physicians and therapists treat using mushrooms. PLUS the specific mushrooms used for each condition.
- Detailed info on how to safely consume different mushrooms for the best possible health outcome.
- How to easily prepare mushrooms for medicinal use. That includes extractions, tinctures, cooking method AND instructions on how to make different types of refreshing mushroom tea!
If you're looking for a practical and inexpensive way to boost your health - you've found it!
Buy Medicinal Mushrooms now, and unlock nature's most powerful secret.
Over 20,000 varieties of mushrooms are known in the world today, with more being discovered all the time, and with each kind having its own taste and structure. Finding a wide variety of mushrooms in the supermarket can be a challenge though. Most grocery stores only stock common species such as button mushrooms. Cultivating mushrooms at home can be a great way to source the mushrooms you want and save additional money. A lot of people don’t realize how easy it is to cultivate mushrooms at home. Loving shady spots, under a deck or porch, they grow in places other plants wouldn’t naturally thrive, thus making them the perfect addition to any gardener’s growing plan. Whatever your reason to start growing mushrooms at home, this book is the perfect companion on your journey.
Mushroom Cultivation: 12 Ways to become the MayGyver of Mushrooms is the one-stop guide for every mushroom enthusiast. After reading this book, you will be able to identify the type of mushroom you want to grow, choose a suitable growing method and keep your harvest fruitful. Ideally suited for beginners, the book provides a comprehensive overview of how to start your mushroom adventure.
In detail, this book allows you to…
Select the mushrooms you can easily grow at home and to taste the pleasure of your homegrown fungi
- Understand the characteristics of each type of mushroom
- Learn everything about mushroom structure and their life cycle
- Decide which type of mushroom you want to grow
Get a comprehensive overview of the cultivation process and gain the confidence to embark upon your own project
- Learn everything about the different stages of mushroom cultivation
- Understand the growing process in detail – from preparation to harvesting
- Learn about 12 different growing methods for indoor and outdoor cultivation
Identify potential problems and learn how to overcome them
- Identify pests and diseases
- Understand common problems such as incorrect moisture levels, contamination, and bad spawn
- Learn everything about correct processing – from drying to freezing
Take the first step to your mushroom adventure. To get started, scroll up and grab your copy.
By the winter solstice, it becomes too cold and dark in many regions for anything much to grow in the garden. This is when a lot of gardeners gear up using a greenhouse. Greenhouse gardening provides the opportunity to extend the growing season, grow plants that normally don’t survive in your region or to jump-start a new growing period. Whatever your reason to start your greenhouse project, this book is the right companion on your journey.
Greenhouse Gardening is the one-stop guide on greenhouse construction, maintenance and planting schedules. After reading this book, you will be able to choose the type of greenhouse that best suits your needs, schedule your planting throughout the year and maintain a healthy garden. Ideally suited for beginners, the book provides a comprehensive overview to start your greenhouse adventure. Inexpensive options and money saving tips are outlined in each chapter to reduce your costs in building and running your greenhouse.
In detail, this book allows you to…
Get a comprehensive overview of greenhouse gardening and gain the confidence to embark upon your own project
- Learn what greenhouse gardening is all about
- Get to know the different types of greenhouses and choose the one that suits your needs.
- Decide if you want to DIY, buy a ready-made kit or get a used greenhouse.
Set up your own greenhouse and save money by using inexpensive building methods
- Choose the best type of glazing, flooring and construction material for your greenhouse.*
- Learn how to heat your greenhouse and use ventilation to keep the humidity level just right.
- Learn how to utilize lighting and irrigate your plants for optimal growth.
- Get an overview of the essential equipment you need to keep your garden healthy.
Taste the pleasure of your homegrown food with easy to grow herbs, vegetables and fruit
- Learn how to schedule your plants for year-round gardening.
- Get an overview of how to grow different herbs, vegetables and fruits in your greenhouse.
- Integrate hydroponics into your greenhouse.
Identify potential problems with your plants and learn how to overcome them
- Understand how to maintain your greenhouse and care for your plants.
- Identify pests and diseases in your greenhouse and learn how to combat them.
Take the first step to running your own greenhouse. To get started, scroll up and grab your copy.
With hydroponics:
- You don’t need a yard or garden area.
- Plants grow faster and produce a larger harvest compared to plants grown in soil.
- Grow out of season crops, all year round.
Greenhouse gardening gives you the opportunity to:
- Extend your growing season.
- Grow plants that normally don’t survive in your region.
- Jump-start a new growing period.
Whatever goal you have this guide get you covered. This guide contains the first three books from the bestselling Urban Homesteading Series:
#1 Hydroponics: How to Pick the Best Hydroponic System and Crops for Homegrown Food Year-Round
With this book, you will learn the basics of hydroponics and find the hydroponic system that best suits your needs.
#2 DIY Hydroponics: 12 Easy and Affordable Ways to Build Your Own Hydroponic System
This book takes you through the six hydroponic systems and gives you step-by-step instructions on how to create and maintain your own hydroponic garden.
#3 Greenhouse: How to Build a Greenhouse and Grow Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit All Year-Round
The one-stop guide on greenhouse construction, maintenance and planting schedules. Inexpensive options and money-saving tips help you reduce your costs in building and running your greenhouse.
IN THIS COLLECTION YOU WILL LEARN:
- Everything you need to know about the six different hydroponic systems
- Decide which system suits your needs by considering your budget, time, space and level of experience
- Learn which crops and growing mediums are best suited to each hydroponic system
- Understand the role of nutrients and lighting for healthy, prosperous gardens
- Learn how to build your own hydroponic system - from easy to more advanced set-ups
- Understand how to maintain your system and care for your plants
- Identify pests and diseases in your hydroponic garden and learn how to combat them
- Learn what greenhouse gardening is all about.
- Get to know the different types of greenhouses and choose the one that suits your needs.
- Choose the best type of glazing, flooring and construction material for your greenhouse.
- Learn how to heat your greenhouse and use ventilation to keep the humidity level just right.
- Learn how to utilize lighting and irrigate your plants for optimal growth.
- Get an overview of the essential equipment you need to keep your garden healthy.
- Learn how to schedule your plants for year-round gardening.
- Get an overview of how to grow different herbs, vegetables and fruits in your greenhouse.
- Integrate hydroponics into your greenhouse.
- Understand how to maintain your greenhouse and care for your plants.
This guide will help you save time and trouble with easy-to-follow illustrations, tables and a glossary of relevant terms.
Take the first step to building your own hydroponic and greenhouse garden.
This book will take you through the different aquaponic growing systems and give you step-by-step instructions on how to create and maintain your own aquaponic garden. It provides four different designs to fit everyone's needs. From easy-to-apply methods for small plants, such as a barrel aquaponics system with a 10-gallon fish tank, to more advanced instructions for larger systems such as building a Deep Water Culture System with IBC Totes.
In detail, this book allows you to…
Get a comprehensive overview of aquaponics and gain the confidence to embark upon your own project
- Learn what aquaponics is all about
- Get to know the different aquaponic systems
- Choose the best plants to grow with each aquaponic system
- Discover everything you need to know about fish selection, cultures and cycling
- Understand the basics of nitrification, mineralization, & oxygenation
Set up your own aquaponic system with easy to apply step-by-step instructions and save money by using inexpensive building methods
- Get an overview of the design features and functions of each system
- Learn how to build your own aquaponic system - from easy to more advanced set-ups
- Learn about the supplies you need for each system
- Understand how to maintain your system and care for your fish and plants
Identify potential problems with your plants and learn how to overcome them
- Identify pests and diseases in your aquaponic garden and learn how to combat them
- Understand challenges such as nutrient deficiency and sick fish stocks
This book will help you save time and trouble with easy to follow illustrations and tables.
Take the first step to building your own aquaponic garden. To get started, scroll up and grab your copy today!
For millennia, different cultures have recognized the immense healing potential of plants. With antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise, herbal remedies present a naturally effective alternative to standard medicine. In Natural Herbal Remedies, Richard Bray, herbalist and bestselling author, explains how you can unlock the secrets of these natural power plants.
Are you of the opinion that "plants are just a food"? Think again! In fact:
- They can boost your immune system and make you more resistant to infection.
- They can be used to deal with a host of illnesses and ailments, naturally and safely.
- They can increase stamina, improve mood, and even restore skin's youthful glow.
Everyone can Benefit from the Little-Known Knowledge Contained in this Herbalism Guide
In this comprehensive and research-backed book, you'll learn how to use herbs and fungi as a force for good in your life. You might be young or old, in peak condition or looking for ways to improve your health, a veteran plant lover or a fledgling herb fancier. Whoever you are, this herbalism guide will open your eyes to a new world. Be prepared to explore the value of natural healing and herbal medicine.
In this natural remedies book you'll discover:
- The 24 "super-plants" that can deliver a powerful and potent boost to your health.
- The 38+ illnesses and ailments that healers, physicians and therapists treat using herbal medicine. PLUS the specific plant used for each condition.
- Detailed information on how to safely consume different herbs and fungi for the best possible health outcome.
- How to easily prepare herbal remedies for medicinal use including little known herbal remedy recipes even a complete beginner can enjoy.
If you're looking for a practical and inexpensive way to boost your health - you've found it!
Buy Herbal Antibiotics now, and unlock nature's most powerful secret.
By the winter solstice, it becomes too cold and dark in many regions for anything much to grow in the garden. This is when a lot of gardeners gear up using a greenhouse. Greenhouse gardening provides the opportunity to extend the growing season, grow plants that normally don’t survive in your region or to jump-start a new growing period. Whatever your reason to start your greenhouse project, this book is the right companion on your journey.
Greenhouse Gardening is the one-stop guide on greenhouse construction, maintenance and planting schedules. After reading this book, you will be able to choose the type of greenhouse that best suits your needs, schedule your planting throughout the year and maintain a healthy garden. Ideally suited for beginners, the book provides a comprehensive overview to start your greenhouse adventure. Inexpensive options and money saving tips are outlined in each chapter to reduce your costs in building and running your greenhouse.
In detail, this book allows you to…
Get a comprehensive overview of greenhouse gardening and gain the confidence to embark upon your own project
- Learn what greenhouse gardening is all about
- Get to know the different types of greenhouses and choose the one that suits your needs.
- Decide if you want to DIY, buy a ready-made kit or get a used greenhouse.
Set up your own greenhouse and save money by using inexpensive building methods
- Choose the best type of glazing, flooring and construction material for your greenhouse.*
- Learn how to heat your greenhouse and use ventilation to keep the humidity level just right.
- Learn how to utilize lighting and irrigate your plants for optimal growth.
- Get an overview of the essential equipment you need to keep your garden healthy.
Taste the pleasure of your homegrown food with easy to grow herbs, vegetables and fruit
- Learn how to schedule your plants for year-round gardening.
- Get an overview of how to grow different herbs, vegetables and fruits in your greenhouse.
- Integrate hydroponics into your greenhouse.
Identify potential problems with your plants and learn how to overcome them
- Understand how to maintain your greenhouse and care for your plants.
- Identify pests and diseases in your greenhouse and learn how to combat them.
Take the first step to running your own greenhouse. To get started, scroll up and grab your copy.
If you want a quick-growing, bountiful crop, then hydroponics is the way to go. Here are some of the advantages to grow with hydroponics:
- You don’t need a yard or garden area.
- Plants grow faster and produce more harvest compared to plants grown in soil.
- Grow out of season crops, all year round.
- Grow specialty crops in any climate.
With this book, you will learn all about hydroponic systems and find the one that best suits your needs. Easy-to-read tables and graphics will help to save time and trouble to get started with your own garden.
In detail, this book allows you to…
Get a comprehensive overview of hydroponics and helps you gain the confidence to embark upon your own project
- Learn what hydroponics is all about
- Get to know about the six different hydroponic systems
- Understand the potential benefits and drawbacks of this gardening method
Select easy-to-grow herbs, vegetables and fruits and to taste the pleasure of your homegrown food
- See which crops are best suited to each hydroponic system
- Get an overview of which growing mediums work best for each system and plant
- Understand the role of nutrients and lighting for healthy, prosperous gardens
Get the most out of your money, time and space by choosing a hydroponic system that suits your needs
- Decide which system suits your own lifestyle by considering your budget, time, space and level of experience
About the Author
Thinking back, I remember that it took me some time to figure out which hydroponic system worked best for me. I had limited space, time and experience when it came to building my first hydroponic garden. This book should help people who are in a similar situation by providing guidance on how to pick the best hydroponic system and crops for homegrown food year-round. Indoors, in a greenhouse or outdoors, there are hydroponic methods for all types of gardeners.Take the first step to build your own hydroponic garden. To get started, scroll up and grab your copy.
Use the most efficient technology to grow cannabis and save time, labor, and energy.
This guide will take you through the six hydroponic systems and give you step-by-step instructions on how to create and maintain your own hydroponic garden. The 3 best systems for cannabis cultivation will be outlined in detail so you can start creating your own system from scratch straightaway. DIY systems are a rewarding, cost-effective approach to the creation of the biggest most resinous, and potent buds!
This book provides 3 different designs to fit everyone's needs. From easy-to-apply methods for small plants, such as using a 5-gallon-bucket to build your own Water Culture System, to more advanced instructions for larger systems such as building an Ebb and Flow System with a 40-gallon storage tote.
In detail, this book allows you to…
Learn the basics of marijuana cultivation and decide what you want to grow.
- Select strains and seeds
- Understand each stage of in the marijuana growth cycle.
- Choose the best way to harvest, dry and cure your cannabis plant.
- Learn what hydroponics is all about.
- Get to know the six different hydroponic systems and learn which systems are ideal for growing marijuana.
- Discover everything you need to know about nutrients, mediums and lighting.
Set up your own hydroponic system with easy to apply, step-by-step instructions and save money by using inexpensive building methods.
- Get an overview of the design features and functions of each system.
- Learn how to build your own hydroponic system - from easy to more advanced set-ups.
- Learn about the materials and equipment you need for each system.
- Understand how to maintain your system and care for your marijuana plants.
Identify potential problems with your plants and learn how to overcome them.
- Identify pests and diseases in your hydroponic garden and learn how to combat them
- Understand general challenges such as nutrient deficiency, algae growth, and clogged systems.
This book will help you save time and trouble with easy to follow illustrations, tables and a glossary of hydroponic terms.
Take the first step to building your own hydroponic system. To get started, scroll up and grab your copy!