Washoe County Library System

Tells the story of Michelle Obama's garden, as well as the story of the White House grounds, and the other gardens that came before.

Learn from the West's best garden designers how to combine easy-care shrubs, perennials, ornamental grasses, succulents, and groundcovers with spectacular results. Plus, the latest water-wise design strategies, from lawn replacements to low-water patio plantings.

"No need to keep buying the same vegetables you eat all the time over and over again. Regrow your veggies is an insightful guide that provides effective propagation techniques to recycle and regrow more than 20 popular vegetables right at home! Learn howto have a source of fresh and healthy vegetables close by, from onions and sweet potatoes to pineapples and mangoes, reduce waste, and know how to prevent and solve issues with pesky pests and pathogens....

"While offering grass-roots practical advice on how to shop, garden, run a household, preserve and cook food, and more, Fasenfest also discusses the philosophy of housedholding. In A Householder's Guide to the Universe, which is organized according to season and presented in monthly installments, Fasenfest invites the reader into her home, garden, and kitchen to consider concrete tools for change."--P. [4] of cover.

"Grow your own fruits and vegetables from nothing but kitchen scraps! Rather than throwing away leftovers from food in your kitchen, you can use them to grow more. Learn how to turn a single sweet potato into a pot full of them. Grow a salad from the end bit of lettuce and a lemon tree from a single seed. Several of these projects require nothing more than a jar, a windowsill, and a few pieces of food that would otherwise end up in the trash or compost....