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Author
Publisher
Storey Communications
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
Rev. and updated.
Language
English
Description
Linda Tilger encourages you to embrace the lazy gardener within to work smarter and relax harder. With hundreds of time-saving techniques, Tips for the Lazy Gardener shows you how easy it can be to grow hearty vegetables and fragrant herbs. Covering everything from planning an efficient garden to effective shortcuts for harvesting your crops, Tilga's expert suggestions are designed to mitigate chore time while increasing your gardening pleasure. Enjoy...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Small space, big impact. Growing a patch of meadow plants is an easy inexpensive way to start your first garden. It's also an eco-friendly alternative to a lawn and can help prevent erosion and provide food for pollinators. Mike Lizotte guides you through the steps of choosing the perfeect plants for your space, prepping the ground for growing from seed, and enjoying your mini meadow for years to come.
Author
Publisher
White Owl, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Let writer and gardener Jeff Hutton show you and your kids how to grow your own food and your favorite flowers, attract butterflies, create crafts, and more. Teach your children how to start garden seeds indoors as well as how to prepare soil, plant seeds, and transplant seedlings. Additionally, there are over a dozen fun recipes and instructions for making stepping stones, decorating egg carton planters, planting a sunflower maze, and much more....
Author
Series
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2014
Lexile measure
IG 950L
Language
English
Description
A source of ideas to help children learn how to grow their own garden encourages families to enjoy nature and features fifty-two creative plant-related activities set into weekly lessons. --Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Abrams, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Edible Gardens LA founder Lauri Kranz shares her secrets for planning, planting, growing, and maintaining luscious edible gardens, no matter the setting or size of the plot. Through gorgeous gardens created for her well-known clientele, including James Beard award-winning chefs, celebrities, rock stars, and more, Lauri shares her essential methods for growing abundant organic food. This practical guide is built around Lauri's philosophy that nourishment...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Gardening is on the rise as the desire for fresh, delicious homegrown vegetables grows. Growing your own vegetables is an easy hobby for a variety of lifestyles, as it doesn't take a large amount of space to yield nutritious carrots or lettuce. All it takes is a bit of passion, care, and knowledge, and the rewards are soon there to enjoy.
Both down-to-earth and inspirational, Swedish gardener Karin Eliasson describes the charm of growing your own...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Simple and foolproof! Enjoy beautiful container plantings with no stress or fuss. Container Theme Gardens offers 42 plans for container arrangements, each using just five specific plants that you can find at your local garden center. There's something here for every setting and every style, including a meadow in a box, a pond in a pot, a simple salad garden, and a combination that will attract hummingbirds. Each plan includes photographs of what the...
Author
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2010], p2009
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the seventy-five greatest books ever written about gardening, Second Nature has become a manifesto for rethinking our relationship with nature. With chapter ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn and a dispatch from one man's war with a woodchuck to reflections on the sexual politics of roses, Pollan captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt."--
Author
Publisher
CICO Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
[Paperback edition].
Language
English
Description
Turn your backyard into a bright summer paradise with a collection of 35 projects to create stylish, fragrant, and abundant displays.
"There are gorgeous flowering plants, lush foliage, special occasion displays, and edible fruit and vegetable harvests. The projects in Small Summer Gardens include hanging baskets, window boxes, beautiful flower beds, large and small pots, and pretty recycled containers. Create a display of foxgloves and woodland...
Author
Publisher
Mitchell Beazley
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Grow Your Own Crops in Pots is the natural successor to Carol Klein's bestselling Grow your own Veg, which has sold more than 300,000 copies since publication. With this book you can turn the tiniest space into a productive and attractive plot, using the best varieties and techniques. Follow 30 tried-and-tested container recipes for top tasting crop combinations such as tomato with basil, fruit salads and cut-and come-again vegetables. Discover the...
Author
Publisher
Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating and in-depth look at the endless wonders of the plant kingdom. Join botanist Scott Zona on a journey into the incredible world of plants. [This book] is a fun botanical romp that introduces the science behind how and why plants are at the foundation of all life on Earth. In layman's language, you'll unearth what separates plants from people and how the adaptations they've developed over eons influence what plants look like today and...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
For beginners and green-thumbed foodies, this unusually all-inclusive garden-to-kitchen cookbook is part lesson in gardening and part collection of healthy, delicious, kid-friendly recipes.
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Second edition.
Language
English
Description
This extensively revised new edition of his Complete Gardener, first published in 2003, brings you right up-to-date on how Monty gardens today - and his recommendations for you. The most comprehensive, practical, and highly illustrated book Monty has ever written, it covers what he believes are the most important aspects of gardening. Organic techniques have always been at the core of his practice, but this new edition picks up on another key principle:...
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