Gardening Books

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[A] witty and beguiling meditation on weeds and their wily ways....You will never look at a weed or flourish a garden fork in the same way again. --Richard Holmes author of The Age of Wonder In this fascinating richly detailed book Richard Mabey gives... more

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Growing Herbs in Containers: Storey s Country Wisdom Bulletin A-179 more

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The New American Landscape John Greenlee and Neil Diboll on the new American meadow garden Rick Darke on balancing natives and exotics in the garden Doug Tallamy on landscapes that welcome wildlife Eric Toensmeier on the sustainable edible garden David... more

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Food plants have their own ornamental value adding harmony to existing landscapes without creating a separate vegetable garden. They also provide a fresh healthy alternative to the tasteless and woody fruits and vegetables bred for long-distance... more

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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... more

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Winner of the American Horticulture Society Book Award Phillip s first-hand knowledge anchors this innovative and highly readable book in practical wisdom that both beginner and long-time fruit growers will find invaluable. --Toby Hemenway author of... more

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In this authoritative guide Ed Smith shows you how to grow a thriving and bountiful vegetable garden. more

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In this beautiful book Diana Yakeley shows how to choose and use plants to the best effect taking into account scale and proportion style and placement form and shape color scent and texture. more

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Southeast Home Landscaping third edition is a larger-format edition of Creative Homeowner s award-winning best seller on landscaping southeast-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 54... more

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The cottage garden eschews rigid guidelines: it rambles it is personal defined by the garden space and how it is used. Cottage gardens are sensuous tumbledown colourful eclectic productive spaces piled full of riotous flowers fruit and vegetables. more

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Enjoy bushels of crispy apples and baskets of juicy blueberries from your own backyard. Authors Lewis Hill and Leonard Perry provide everything you need to know to successfully grow delicious organic fruit at home from choosing the best varieties for... more

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Organic Gardening (not just) in the Northeast is organized around the calendar year starting in March and continuing through the year with timely advice. Henry Homeyer s book is packed with useful information you won t easily find elsewhere: how to... more

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Nothing tastes better than herbs fresh from the garden. Discover how easy and rewarding it is to grow your own! Simple instructions tempting dishes and beautiful full-color photographs will inspire you to grow harvest preserve and cook with 26 of the... more

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From the internationally acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek comes this beautifully written and marvelously apt account of the trials and tribulations of the gardener s life. First published in Prague in 1929 The Gardener s Year combines a richly comic... more

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Grow A Hummingbird Garden by Dale Evva Gelfand more

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Turn good eats into a gorgeous garden! Featuring everything from easy-to-grow annuals to long-fruiting perennials this encyclopedia of edible plants offers colorful profiles highlighting each plants ornamental attributes origins use as food and... more

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Stretch the gardening season with intensive planting techniques cold-weather care tips and vegetable varieties picked for flavor and growing success. more

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The ideal guide to getting started for every beginning gardener Gardening Made Simple is a comprehensive step-by-step guide to creating beautiful gardens including all the basics of planting growing and caring for trees shrubs flowers fruits vegetables... more

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Bird lovers learn how to entice their favorites to the backyard in this newest guide from the author of The Backyard Bird Feeder s Bible. This resource shows how to lure the preferred species with water shrub cover nesting plants and feeders. Includes... more

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A colour illustrated introduction to everything a beginner needs to know about biodynamics. Any gardener who already works with biodynamics will tell you the difference it has made to his or her garden. From crispier lettuce to more intensely-flavoured... more