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A celebration of the healing nature and delights of gardens, written by well-known garden writer Lynda Hallinan, beautifully photographed by Sally Tagg, and packaged in a stunning hardback.
Gardens teach us to live in the moment. They nourish us, provide solace in grief and offer sanctuary from the stresses of modern life.
In a celebration of the healing power of nature, New Zealand gardening guru Lynda Hallinan focuses on the gentle delights that...
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My Vegetable Love is a daily record of a growing season in Iowa-but it's about much more than planting peppers, tending tomatoes, or harvesting eggplants. It's about all the things that influence this gardener: the weather, the neighborhood, his wife's possibly recurring cancer, the changing nature of the academic community. It's about the last months of his twenty-year-old cat, about his dog, and about all the other humans and animals in his gardening...
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Buying individual plants can be expensive-but raising your own saves money and gives lots of gardening satisfaction. Every aspect of the art of propagation is covered, from the philosophy behind creating plants to the easiest species to grow to the best materials and equipment. All the major methods receive well-illustrated, in-depth, and easy to follow explanations, including seeds and cuttings, division and layering, and budding and grafting, and...
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This ebook has a fixed layout and is best viewed on a widescreen, full-colour tablet.
Everyone needs flowers in their life. This is an easy guide to growing your own.
Here are forty of the most beautiful and easiest flowers to grow for any space, for any budget, for tricky climates. From bearded irises and roses to pelargoniums and zinnias, there is a flower for every pot, planter box or garden. Learn how to care for your new flower friends with...
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Explore twelve intriguing and unique New Zealand gardens and learn from the talented gardeners who created them.
From a hidden suburban food forest to a flower farm to an organic vegetable patch to a large station garden, each is described in detail, along with their owners' challenges and delights.
The gardens have been selected for their diversity in style and for the humble, passionate home gardeners who planted them. These growers have developed...
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Edibles continue to be popular choices for gardeners, and beginning gardeners are no exception. Author William Moss takes a beginning gardener through all the steps needed to grow vegetables and fruits in any setting, regardless of the available (or desired) size. This book covers container gardening, vertical gardening, raised-bed gardening, and traditional methods to help gardeners everywhere bring a taste of homegrown freshness to their gardening...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2020]
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First edition.
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29 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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When Nancy and her mother begin planting a vegetable garden using Grandma Margie's heirloom tomato seeds, they dig up an old time capsule buried in the garden.
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Home Gardener's Trees & Shrubs is the essential guide to selecting, planting, improving and maintaining trees and shrubs in the garden. No matter what the type of garden or outdoor space, trees and shrubs are usually featured. This is because they are so versatile. Depending on the species chosen, shrubs and trees can form the background to a garden, be a focal point or add height to an overlooked garden. Whatever your garden needs, a tree or shrub...
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Home Gardener's Small Gardens is the essential guide to improving a small garden and turning the most modest-sized space into a stunning outdoor area. It offers lushly illustrated strategies for making the most of a confined space-whether backyard, terrace or courtyard. Get started with an informative discussion of small garden types, appropriate plants, problems and opportunities, design, and planning. The excitement truly begins with a look at the...
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"Natalie: A Garden Scout" by Lillian Elizabeth Roy. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
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More comprehensive than ever, the Complete Guide to Florida Gardening explains in step-by-step fashion how to create one's own personal outdoor paradise. Addressing the needs of gardening notvices, seasoned hobbyists, and horitculture professionals alike, Stan DeFreitas has, once again, created a reference book that no Florida gardener should be without. Explains in step-by-step fashion how to create one's own personal outdoor paradise. Addressing...
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The ultimate starter guide to a naturally healthy home garden
Imagine cooking with organic tomatoes right off the vine or seasoning with fresh, homegrown herbs. Organic Gardening for Beginners shows aspiring home gardeners how to get started. Learn to raise dozens of fruits and veggies at home with sustainable and eco-friendly practices that protect the environment and produce safe, nutritious food-no grocery store required.
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Horticultural expert Vincent Simeone helps you plan your green garden in this practical, holistic guide. With detailed, strategic timelines for both short-term and long-term gardening techniques, Grow More with Less lets you put your best foot forward in creating an efficient, sustainable home landscape. From composting and mulching to planting trees, author Vincent Simeone covers all the eco-friendly essentials in one straightforward handbook. Simeone...
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Little gardens for little spaces-learn to grow fresh food at home
Do you ever wish you could make tea with fresh mint from your windowsill? Or make a salad with ripe red tomatoes from your own front porch? Even if your space is limited, Urban Gardening for Beginners can help you get growing at home.
Bursting with advice for cultivating everything from chamomile to zucchini, this planting guide will have you swimming in fresh, sustainable ingredients....
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The new Kew guide to planting and cultivating shrubs features 12 easy and inspiring projects as well as detailed information on 50 of the most important specimens to grow, all accompanied by Kew's beautiful botanical illustrations.
Shrubs are the perfect plant-they are low-maintenance, there is a variety for nearly every need and they are widely available.
This guide is a perfect mix of practical gardening reference for the entry level enthusiast...
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Perennials are amongst the most widely used garden staples. They are the largest group of garden plants and offer magnificent diversity for every location from sun to shade. This guide is a perfect mix of practical and giftable gardening reference for the entry level enthusiast who wants to find out more about perennials and wants to grow them successfully.
Combining the authority and expertise of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew with beautiful artworks...
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Raised bed gardening is the fastest-growing garden strategy today, and Raised Bed Revolution is the definitive guidebook to mastering this consistently proven and effective gardening method.Raised Bed Revolution provides you with information on size requirements for constructing raised beds, height suggestions, types of materials you can use, and creative tips for fitting the maximum garden capacity into small spaces-including vertical gardening.Enhanced...
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Wie füttert man Vögel richtig?
Bei der Beantwortung dieser Frage sind sich alle Naturschützer und Vogelfreunde einig.
An der Fütterungsstelle können die Tiere aus nächster Nähe beobachtet werden. Füttern ist nicht nur Naturerlebnis, sondern auch Artverständnis. Dies gilt insbesondere für Kinder und Jugendliche, die immer weniger Möglichkeiten haben, die Natur zu beobachten und zu erleben. Die meisten leidenschaftlichen Umweltschützer...
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