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The Roots of My Obsession
Thirty Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Why do you garden? For fun? Work? Food? The reasons to garden are as unique as the gardener.
The Roots of My Obsession features thirty essays from the most vital voices in gardening, exploring the myriad motives and impulses that cause a person to become a gardener. For some, it’s the quest...
Gardening with Foliage First
127 Dazzling Combinations that Pair the Beauty of Leaves with Flowers, Bark, Berries, and More
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Create a foliage-driven garden that dazzles!
Although seductive, flowers, by their fleeting nature, are a fickle base to provide long-lasting gardens with year-round interest. Tackle this problem with the advice in Gardening with Foliage First. Learn how to first build a framework of foliage and...
Five-Plant Gardens
52 Ways to Grow a Perennial Garden with Just Five Plants
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
With literally hundreds of choices, it can be overwhelming to decide which perennials to plant in your garden. Nancy J. Ondra takes the stressful guesswork out of perennial garden planning by offering 52 vibrant designs, each made up of only five plants. Ondra tailors each simple design to a specific...
by Paul Spivey
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
-“Wholesale food prices rose last month by the most in 36 years, and experts can't say how high they'll ultimately go.”(Penn State© Live: April 4, 2011)
-“Studies estimate that processed food in the United States travels over 1,300 miles, and fresh produce travels over 1,500 miles, before...
by Robert Donaldson
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Adding mulch to your garden has many benefits. Mulch: prevents soil erosion; conserves water and reduces the need to water your plants often. Mulching provides for more even ground temperature, discourages weed growth; and gives your garden a neater, more organized appearance.
The Flower Gardener's Bible
A Complete Guide to Colorful Blooms All Season Long: 400 Favorite Flowers, Time-Tested Techniques, Creative Garden Designs, and a Lifetime of Gardening Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Create the flower garden of your dreams. This comprehensive guide includes expert advice on everything from choosing an appropriate growing site to maximizing the lifespan of your plants. Charming illustrations and photographs accompany helpful tips on how to improve soil, fight off pests, and make...
To Eat
A Country Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
A memorable book about the path food travels from garden to table
A celebration of life together, a tribute to an utterly unique garden, a wonderfully idiosyncratic guide for cooks and gardeners interested in exploring the possibilities of farm-to-table living—To Eat is all of these things...
by Bob Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Tropical plants are becoming more popular each year with gardeners, including gardeners living in temperate climates around the world, who are eager to create their own tropical garden by growing tropical plants outdoors during summer and indoors in pots during the colder months of the year. Learn...
Gardening with Less Water
Low-Tech, Low-Cost Techniques; Use up to 90% Less Water in Your Garden
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner for Green Living & Sustainability
Are you facing drought or water shortages? Gardening with Less Water offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently — using up to 90 percent less water for the same...
RX from the Garden
101 Food Cures You Can Easily Grow
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Your backyard becomes an all-natural pharmacy!
Colds. Headaches. Upset stomach, Allergy symptoms. Depression. Circulation problems.
This timely book goes beyond using herbs as medicine; it also focuses on beneficial foods for more than 100 common ailments and shows you how to grow them.
In...
Gardening for Butterflies
How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
“No matter the size or shape of your growing area, this will guide you through creating a butterfly-friendly space.” —Mother Earth News
Welcome the world’s most exquisite visitors to your garden! Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces Society, introduces you to a variety...
Gardens of the High Line
Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
“If you can't get to the High Line. . . this is the next best thing.” —The Washington Post
Before it was restored, the High Line was an untouched, abandoned landscape overgrown with wildflowers. Today it’s a central plaza, a cultural center, a walkway, and a green retreat in a bustling...
Plant Seed, Pull Weed
Nurturing the Garden of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Gardens have often been used as metaphors for spiritual nurturing and growth. Zen rock gardens, monastery rose gardens, even your grandmother's vegetable garden all have been described as places of refuge and reflection. Drawing on her experience working at Seattle's premier gardening center, Zen...
Digging In
Tending to Life in Your Own Backyard
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
The story of a small garden large enough to hold everything in life that really matters.
*“These days the portion of Eden for which I am responsible is fairly modest. . . . It is a small house in a small garden in a small neighborhood. But it is large enough . . . Large enough to hold everything...