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Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Essential Perennials helps you decide exactly which plants will bring you the beauty you want and will thrive in the conditions you can provide. Trusted garden experts Ruth Rogers Clausen and Thomas Christopher focus on what every gardener needs to know. For each plant you'll find flower color, season of bloom, foliage characteristics, height and width, light requirements, and hardiness and heat sensitivity. You'll also learn cultural tips, the...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Describes how gardeners can support sustainability and biodiversity by including in their garden plants that provide food for birds and bugs and serve as a pollination source for bees, suggesting plants for every climate and region.
Author
Publisher
Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Upcycle that unwanted wood! The New Pallet Book updates a unique woodworking book with 25+ new ways to take a stack of pallets and put them to use. Join home improvement author Chris Peterson for a complete guide to deconstructing and repurposing pallets. This edition, with tons of new content and more than 50 projects and ideas, features everything from dead-simple builds like pathway pavers and a mug holder to more challenging projects like a recycling...
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Wherever you live - farm, suburb, or even city - The Homesteading Handbook will show you how to embrace a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Learn to plan, plant, and harvest your own organic garden. Enjoy fruits and vegetables year-round by canning, drying, and freezing. Build and install alternate energy devices such as solar panels or geothermal heat pumps. Who doesn't want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat fresh, homegrown food...
11) How to grow food: a step-by-step guide to growing all kinds of fruit, vegetables, salads and more
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"How to Grow Food" is a complete illustrated guide to the hundreds of plants that are easy to grow in the home garden. The author emphasizes gardening techniques that can be applied to any size of garden, from a window box to a side yard to the biggest backyard.
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
"Food to leaf is not a vegetarian cookbook--it's a cookbook that celebrates vegetables. Everyone, from the omnivore to the vegan, will find something here. Organized by seasons, and with a decidedly Southern flair, Satterfield's collection of mouthwatering recipes makes the most of available produce from local markets, foraging, and the home garden"--
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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“Fearless Gardening encourages you—exhorts you—to boldly go forth and claim your garden as a space of joy and creativity.” —Jennifer Jewell, creator and host of public radio’s Cultivating Place Embrace your inner rebel and create the garden you want—even if it breaks the rules. Loree Bohl, the voice behind the popular blog the danger garden, shows how it’s done in Fearless Gardening, with zone-busting ideas and success stories. Bohl’s...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Teaming with Fungi is an important guide to mycorrhizae and the role they play in agriculture, horticulture, and hydroponics. Almost every plant in a garden forms a relationship with fungi, and many plants would not exist without their fungal partners. By better understanding the relationship, gardeners can take advantage of the benefits of fungi, which include an increased uptake in nutrients, resistance to drought, earlier fruiting, and more. Learn...
15) The Tao of vegetable gardening: cultivating tomatoes, greens, peas, beans, squash, joy, and serenity
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Tao of Vegetable Gardening explores the practical methods as well as the deeper essence of gardening. In her latest book, groundbreaking garden writer Carol Deppe (The Resilient Gardener, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties) focuses on some of the most popular home garden vegetables—tomatoes, green beans, peas, and leafy greens—and through them illustrates the key principles and practices that gardeners need to know to successfully...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"Today wreaths celebrate holidays in all seasons and decorate every room of the house. Beautiful wreaths are expensive to buy but are surprisingly easy to make. With simple instructions, this craft book is sure to inspire readers to try their hands at making gorgeous and imaginative straw, grapevine, wire, and evergreen wreaths for any season of the year. Stunning photos of seventy-five different wreaths with a great assortment of adornment offer...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This beginner-friendly handbook helps homeowners create a beautiful garden that attracts birds, bees, butterflies, and more. In The Ultimate Wildlife Habitat Garden, Stacy Tornio makes it easy to attract birds, bees, and butterflies to your home garden by sharing details about which plants attract specific creatures. Entice birds with black-eyed susans, attract bumblebees by planting bee balm, and more. Choose from ten garden plans, including a hummingbird...
Author
Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
The ultimate go-to guide for aspiring indoor gardeners, this book offers inspiration and instruction to envision and create your own gorgeous in-home garden spaces. With plentiful images and a distinctly modern and sophisticated feel, this book imparts both easy-to-follow advice and creative garden-design inspiration. Whether you are looking to pick a statement plant for your living room, create a terrarium centerpiece, or arrange an artful display...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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'Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects. April recommended reading by the New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, Goodreads, Jezebel, and Next Big Idea Club One of Curbed’s best architecture, design, and urbanism books of the spring A most anticipated book of 2023 by The Millions Katy Kelleher has spent much...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Language
English
Description
"Maintain a beautiful garden with chickens? Easy. Chickens are great gardening assistants, with lots of benefits for a home garden and landscape-from soil-building to managing pests and weeds. Home gardens can be great chicken habitats if designed well, and Gardening with Free-Range Chickens For Dummies provides a plain-English guide with step-by-step guidance for creating a gorgeous chicken-friendly landscape that helps the chickens and the garden...
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