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Since the early 1900’s over 75,000 synthetic, toxic chemicals have been introduced into our environment and homes. Harmful chemicals are in virtually everything we use in the home, work place and on our bodies every single day.Scientific research shows how damaging these hazardous chemicals are...

Microgreens—the young seedlings of herbs, vegetables, beans, seeds, and grains—contain four to six times the vitamins and phyto-chemicals found in mature leaves of the same plants. These great tasting nutritional powerhouses are cropping up in gourmet restaurants and trendy farmers markets everywhere....

The Herb Garden covers everything the gardener needs to know in order to cultivate, harvest and use a vast array of different herbs. There is a wealth of practical information on growing and planting is provided in a clear, easy-to-use, month-by-month format, allowing gardeners instantly to find the...

The area around your home is your haven, your sanctuary, your refuge from the noise and irritation of traffic, eyesores, and nosy neighbors. Or at least it could be if there was some sort of barrier between your front yard and the sidewalk, or if you didn't have to stare at the back of the neighbors'...

“I can't imagine a designer or avid gardener who wouldn't want this on their bookshelf.” —Garden Design Online Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens is a practical guide to the best 200 plants guaranteed to thrive in low-water gardens. Plant entries provide the common and botanical...

A practical volume for the home or business owner on landscaping with native, drought-tolerant plants in the Rocky Mountain West. Filled with color illustrations, photos, and design sketches, over 100 native species are described, while practical tips on landscape design, water-wise irrigation, and...

Landscaping your garden pond is a challenging, yet rewarding experience. It allows you the freedom to customize the look of your garden pond in many different and unique styles and forms. The Super Simple Guide to Landscaping Your Garden Pond helps to introduce these styles and forms to you and gives complete explanations of the benefits and downfalls of each.

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Whether you’re installing a new garden bed or trying to attract orioles for the first time, it helps to start with the right information. And here it is! In this book, experts and readers from North America's #1 Bird and Garden Magazine, Birds & Blooms, give their tried-and-true advice. Attracting...

An essential resource for all Australian and New Zealand gardeners who care about their family’s health and the environment Organic gardening leaves your patch of earth in a better condition than when you found it by working with nature rather than against it. A practicable and better alternative...

Hydroponics is a highly efficient method for growing plants and it is one that you can enjoy at home. A hydroponic garden is a little more complicated than a traditional garden and it takes time to set up, but once you get it going it is fairly easy to maintain. In this book you will receive an introduction...

Have you ever smelled the aroma of a home made batch of spaghetti or marinara sauce? That aroma that wafts through the entire house, luring your family into the kitchen with the age old question, "What's for dinner?"Of course the next step is everyone has to have a taste. That careful...

This book is designed to be a quick and handy reference point , a mini-helper for all those odd gardening jobs. We all lead busy lives and the garden areas of our home are often the first thing that gets neglected. You don’t have to spend countless hours tending to every new green shoot, when just...

The Upcycled Garden provides over 50 ways to make ordinary trash useful in the garden. This ebook offers ideas and instructions for upcycling - reusing discarded items that may have otherwise been considered worthless - giving them new purpose for the betterment of the environment and the benefit of the garden.