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Embrace the jewel-toned fruits, flaming foliage, and woody plants of the fall garden. Landscape designers Nancy J. Ondra and Stephanie Cohen offer practical design ideas, plant advice, and 10 complete garden plans in this autumnal gardening guide. Ondra and Cohen's expertise is complemented by stunning color photographs that illustrate the beauty and variety of this often overlooked gardening season. You'll be inspired to use vines, tree shrubs, and...
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Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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If you care about what you eat, you should care about how you grow it.
Gardeners can demonstrate that by going beyond organics to veganics - growing without animal inputs - they are a driving force in saving the environment.
This book gives you the tools to grow without harming the planet and animals, and explains why moving beyond organics towards super organic vegan gardening is the way to show you are genuinely concerned about environmental issues...
7) One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening: The Easy, Organic Way to Grow Your Own Food on a 3-Foot Square
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Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This 2nd edition of the classic gardening guide features more than 40 small garden designs for everything from stir-fry vegetables to anti-cancer foods.
For decades, Lolo Houbein has cultivated her own organic fruits, vegetables and herbs from small gardens of no more than 3 feet square. Now she shows readers how to reap an abundant harvest from a tiny plot of land. One Magic Square features plot designs geared toward specific themes, like soups,...
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2023.
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English
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“The Book of Herbs” by Rosalind Northcote is a comprehensive guide to growing, cultivating, and using herbs for medicinal and culinary purposes. The book covers a wide range of herbs, including both popular and lesser-known varieties, and provides detailed information on their history, properties, and uses. The first part of the book focuses on the practical aspects of herb growing and includes advice on soil preparation, propagation, and pest...
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English
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A practical and comprehensive guide to designing and maintaining shade gardens while dealing with a changing climate, shrinking resources, and challenging new weather patterns. Druse offers advice for common problems facing today's gardeners, from addressing the deer situation to watering plants without stressing limited resources.
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Help kids create a garden full of flowers and butterflies! Kids will be able to plant in their backyard, pick plants butterflies love, make a drinking fountain for butterflies and more. Super Simple Butterfly Gardens will help them learn how. Dig into the world of gardening! Simple text, how-to photos, and garden care advice make it easy and fun. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of...
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Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc. / Independent Publishers Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Trees, shrubs and vegetables are grown most effectively by absorbing the chemicals in the soil.
The proper selection of shrubs and trees that are hardy in the cool climate saves the grower money. Many shrubs are advertised and shipped into stores for spring and fall planting without discrimination as to climate with the sole purpose of making sales. To guard against this, the author has selected those plants that are hardy and most likely to grow...
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English
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Garden Revolution shows how an ecological approach to planting can lead to beautiful gardens that buck much of conventional gardening's counter-productive, time-consuming practices. Instead of picking the wrong plant and then constantly tilling, weeding, irrigating, and fertilizing, Larry Weaner advocates for choosing plants that are adapted to the soil and climate of a specific site and letting them naturally evolve over time
13) Starting & Saving Seeds: Grow the Perfect Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, and Flowers for Your Garden
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Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Grow fabulous food and flowers from seeds, then save seeds to make next year's garden even better.
Creating dinner from food you've grown provides a fantastic sense of accomplishment. Now, imagine the pleasure of starting plants from seeds, tending them, planting them in your garden, harvesting their fruits, and enjoying a delicious meal or bouquet. But that's not the end of the journey. Now you can turn around and save the best seeds for next year's...
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Fox Chapel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A step-by-step guide to growing your own vegetables in small spaces like patios, decks, balconies, and windowsills. Container gardening is the simple, economical way to grow your own vegetables without an in-ground garden. Even if you don't have a yard -- or don't want to dig yours up -- you can grow a bounty of fresh vegetables right on your balcony or kitchen windowsill. Container Vegetable Gardening shows how to use the latest practices of high-density...
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Mango Media / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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The author of The Going Green Handbook gives you tips for growing vegetables, reducing your food budget, eating organic, and being eco-friendly. Here in one pretty package is everything you need to know to have your garden and eat it, too! Inside, you'll find tips for greening up all areas of your garden. Learn surprising facts about your impact on the environment and change your habits with do-it-yourself ideas in The Starter Garden Handbook . Organic...
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English
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This is the third book we have written together, though separately we have written others ... But to say 'written separately' makes no sense, for when two lives have been bent for so many years on one central enterprise-in this case, gardening-there really is no such thing as separately."
With these words, the renowned garden designers Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd begin their entertaining, fascinating, and unexpectedly moving book about the life...
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Publisher
Fox Chapel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The founder of Gardenerd.com presents ultimate guide to organic gardening for geeks who want to know the science behind flourishing flora. In Gardening for Geeks , Christy Wilhelmi breaks down the biology and ecology of gardening in an engaging and accessible way. She explains how plants work, how soil lives, how bugs help, and much more. Plus she offers practical advice on everything from planning to pest control. Filled with more than one hundred...
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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated book on landscape gardening addresses shrubs and how to determine which you should plant among your perennials and where. Shrubs provide the foundation for a pleasing, yet low-maintenance garden. They are long-lived, have the ornamental appeal of perennials, and provide variety in color, size, shape, and texture, as well as shelter and berries for birds. Shrubs can make attractive arrangements indoors and provide seasonal...
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English
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Plant parsley and asparagus together and you'll have more of each, but keep broccoli and tomato plants far apart if you want them to thrive. Utilize the natural properties of plants to nourish the soil, repel pests, and secure a greater harvest. With plenty of insightful advice and suggestions for planting schemes, Louise Riotte will inspire you to turn your garden into a naturally nurturing ecosystem. For over 30 years, this classic companion-gardening...
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New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"An irreverent romp through the natural science of gardening, with eye-opening insight and practical guidance for getting the most out of your plants. Curious why caressing your cucumber plants will help them bear more fruit? Or why you should grow oranges from seed even if the fruit is inedible? Or why trees need to sleep and how to help them? Join acclaimed gardener, scientist, and author Lee Reich on a journey through the delights of your garden...
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