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Would you like a complete guide on container gardening? Well, you've found it.
If you are short on space, or if you have the soil from hell, or if you have a hard time stooping and bending, then growing vegetables in containers is the solution for you. Now, it's not going to yield enough to raise a family on (unless you really, really, really go to town on this), but if you want to talk about improving the quality of your life, the fresh herbs and...
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Liberate your food plants from the vegetable garden! Landscape your living space so it offers food for the eyes, heart, and stomach.
With lots of good information, “Edible Landscaping: Foodscaping and Permaculture for Urban Gardeners” is a how-to gardening manual written by a hard-boiled former horticulturist who hates weeding with the heat of a million suns. Rosefiend Cordell takes the budding gardener on a step-by-step process to transform...
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“Leave Me A Lawn” lays out the best ways to make a great lawn without having to buy hundreds of dollars’ worth of chemicals and supplies. I'll talk about how to add fertility to the soil, how to water to keep the grass growing up and the water bill down, and how to keep your lawn mower serviced and working. And we'll pick up a lot of other helpful tips along the way.
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Book 3 of the Hungry Garden series talks about the other hungry species dwelling in your garden—insects! Whether they're eating your plants—or eating the insects that are eating your plants—insects are fascinating to learn about, even the garden-wreckers.
Learn to observe what lives on your roses, what's laying eggs on the underside of your tomato leaves, and what insects are lying in ambush for pests. This book will help you tell the helpful...
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“Gardening Month by Month” lays out general gardening tips and tricks through the whole year. Are you planting vegetables, growing orchids, finding organic ways to care for your lawn, trying to raise fragrant roses? This book lays out what you need to know. Written for the beginning gardener, but also with plenty of information for the more advanced gardener.
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Style: Everybody has it, but nobody really knows what it is. And when it comes to garden design, everybody has style. Sometimes, though, they have just haven't figured out what their gardening style is.
Some people lean more toward traditional gardens with flowers to cram them into. Other lean more toward the formal gardens and parterres. Or maybe you might prefer a tropical style with all its orange and yellows and cannas and lush leaves. And some...
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Japanese beetles arrived in America in 1916. Since then, the beetle has cut a destructive swath across a great portion of the United States.
“Japanese Beetles and Grubs: Trap, Spray, and Control Them” is an indispensable guide for home gardeners, landscape professionals, and farmers. This Japanese beetle book is your secret weapon to help you control the beetles and safeguard your trees, roses, and vegetables.
This book walks you through many...
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Houseplants can be a challenge when you have poor conditions (poor lighting, freezing windows in winter, humidity levels that match the Sahara Desert's, destructive toddlers, cats that use flowerpots as a litter box, etc.) This book goes through a few simple tips for caring for and raising houseplants, things I've learned through the years as I worked at various garden centers, greenhouses, and when I ran my own greenhouse as city horticulturist....
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