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All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!by Mel BartholomewISBN 1591862027 (1-59186-202-7)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!'Book summary:Do you know what the best feature is in All New Square Foot Gardening?
Sure, there are ten new features in this all-new, updated book. Sure, it's even simpler than it was before. Of course, you don't have to worry about fertilizer or poor soil ever again because you'll be growing above the ground.
But, the best feature is that "anyone," "anywhere" can enjoy a Square Foot garden. Children, adults with limited mobility, even complete novices can achieve spectacular results.
But, let's get back to the ten improvements. You're going to love them.
1) New Location - Move your garden closer to your house by eliminating single-row gardening. Square Foot Garden needs just "twenty percent" of the space of a traditional garden.
2) New Direction - Locate your garden "on top" of existing soil. Forget about pH soil tests, double-digging (who enjoys that?), or the never-ending soil improvements.
3) New Soil - The new "Mel's Mix" is the perfect growing mix. Why, we even give you the recipe. Best of all, you can even "buy" the different types of compost needed.
4) New Depth - You only need to prepare a SFG box to a depth of 6 inches! It's true--the majority of plants develop just fine when grown at this depth.
5) No Fertilizer - The all new SFG does not need any fertilizer-ever! If you start with the perfect soil mix, then you don't need to add fertilizer.
6) New Boxes - The new method uses bottomless boxes placed aboveground. We show you how to build your own (with step-by-step photos).
7) New Aisles - The ideal gardening aisle width is about three to four feet. That makes it even easier to kneel, work, and harvest.
8) New Grids - Prominent and permanent grids added to your SFG box help you visualize the planting squares and know how to space for maximum harvest.
9) New Seed Saving Idea - The old-fashioned way advocates planting many seeds and then thinning the extras (that means pulling them up). The new method means planting a pinch- literally two or three seeds--per planting hole.
10) Tabletop Gardens - The new boxes are so much smaller and lighter (only 6 inches of soil, remember?), you can add a plywood bottom to make them portable.
Of course, that's not all. We've also included simple, easy-to-follow instructions using lots of photos and illustrations. You're going to love it! [via]More editions of All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!:
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America's Garden Bookby James Bush-Brown, Louise Bush-Brown, Howard S. Irwin, Brooklyn Botanic GardenISBN 0028609956 (0-02-860995-6)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'America's Garden Book'Book summary:America's Garden Book There are very few garden books that have lasted like America's Garden Bookand with good reason. Since its first edition in 1939, the book has been specifically geared to North American backyard, do-it-yourself gardeners and their particular needs. The Plants More than 3,000 plant recommendations are listed throughout the book. Chapters devoted to specific types of plants go one step further, offering multiple listings based on the particular merit and special growing habits of certain plants. Appropriate plants for every garden situation are offered from disease-resistant climbing roses, water lilies for pond gardens, or rock garden plants. The Techniques There are instructions for constructing various paths, walls, steps, and grading structures. Detailed plans are included for naturalizing a prairie, constructing compost bins, and arranging indoor lighting systems. The Photography More than 1,000 photographs illustrate everything from more than 60 roses to the step-by-step of dividing a lily root clump. Each chapter contains scores of identification photographs to help the home gardener choose the ideal plants for the garden. [via]
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America's Garden Bookby Louise Bush-BrownISBN 0684162709 (0-684-16270-9)
Hardcover, Macmillan General Reference
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American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardeningby American Horticultural Society, Christopher CrickellISBN 0789496534 (0-7894-9653-4)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening'Book summary:Many books claim to be a "definitive guide"; this is one title that happily lives up to those claims--and then some. Encyclopedia of Gardening will become your indispensable how-to manual for any plant-related topic. Indoors or out, you'll find information on choosing and maintaining healthy plants of all varieties, how to build structures from greenhouses to trellises, ways to identify pests and diseases, and methods of garden design that enable you to turn your lawn into a unique and personal work of art.
The text is straightforward and accompanied at all points by close-up photos of techniques, ideas, and specimens. The handy glossary is ready with definitions for everything from bulblet to vermiculite, and two pages of seasonal reminders are a great quick-reference cheat sheet. Thanks to clear category separations and the easy-to-read layout, the information is never overwhelming, just friendly and helpful--it's like having a master gardener living in your bookshelf! For the beginning-but-committed gardener, this encyclopedia is the perfect starting point. With every question answered thoroughly and accurately, you may find it's the only book you need for years to come. The fruit and vegetable sections are terrific, as are the areas on propagation and water gardening. For novice and expert alike, there's plenty to be learned from this information-packed volume. --Jill Lightner [via]
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The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardeningby Elvin McDonald, Christopher Brickell, American Horticultural Society, Trevor J. ColeISBN 1564582914 (1-56458-291-4)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Better Homes and Gardens New Garden BookISBN 0696025574 (0-696-02557-4)
Softcover, Meredith Books
Find This BookBook summary:For all skill levels, here is information on yards, gardens, soil, fertilizer, watering, tools, and more. [via]
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Better Homes and Gardens New Garden Bookby Better Homes and Gardens, Better Homes and Gardens BooksISBN 0696221446 (0-696-22144-6)
Softcover, Meredith Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Better Homes and Gardens New Garden Book'Book summary:[via]The complete gardening reference--plants, advice, and techniques for every region and garden style
- Since 1951, Better Homes and Gardens® Garden Book has been the must-have reference
- Bigger and better with more growing information, plant profiles, and photos
- Written by experts from around the country
- Shows you how to garden where you live, from planning to choosing, using, and growing lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, fruits, and vegetables
Better Homes and Gardens® Garden Book is your ticket to a beautiful landscape.
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Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to GardeningISBN 0696025566 (0-696-02556-6)
Softcover, Meredith Books
Find This BookBook summary:'More than 350 gardening plans and projects, including dedicated sections on growing grass, flowers, trees and shrubs. l;'Extensive front matter will cover the basics of planting, growing and caring, including choosing the right garden plans and plants for your zone, helpful guides on the proper tools, the basics of soil prep, how to manage pests, and handy tips and troubleshooting guidance on pruning and mulching. ; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'Over 800 color photos throughout, including step-by-step photos highlighting important steps and techniques, and inspirational finished garden photos that demonstrate the end result. l;' ; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'Colorful illustrations and plant-by-numbers diagrams guide readers through the essentials of planning and planting.l;' ; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'Special section on edible gardens offers simple solutions for growing delicious fruits, vegetables, and herbs at home.l;' l;'Maintains the Anyone Can look-and-feel, including Q&A-style running footnotes throughout (called Ask the Garden Doctor) to answer common queries for each project and supply cross-references to other points in the book that will supply more information. l;'Each project is rated and color-coded by skill level to help readers identify their skill level. l;'Handy seasonal maintenance charts and tips to help gardeners schedule their plans, and plant care details for top plants by category. l;'Expert tips sprinkled throughout, including time-saving, cost-cutting, and labor-saving ideas. [via]
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Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guideby Brian CaponISBN 0881926558 (0-88192-655-8)
Softcover, Timber Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Botany for Gardeners'Book summary:A clear, nontechnical explanation of how plants work, and our bestselling book. It succeeds in explaining the complex processes of plant growth, functions, adaptation, responses, and reproduction in simple language. As the author intended, the gardener can come to understand a plant "from the plant's point of view." [via]
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- Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide: ISBN 0881921637 (0-88192-163-7)
Hardcover, Timber Press, Incorporated - Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide: ISBN 0585338523 (0-585-33852-3)
Softcover, Timber Press - Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide: ISBN 0881922587 (0-88192-258-7)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co - Botany for Gardeners: ISBN 0881926558 (0-88192-655-8)
Softcover, Timber Pr
- Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide: ISBN 0881921637 (0-88192-163-7)
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant'S-Eye View of the Worldby Michael PollanISBN 0375760393 (0-375-76039-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Botany of Desire: A Plant'S-Eye View of the World'Book summary:Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication.
In making his point, Pollan focuses on the relationship between humans and four specific plants: apples, tulips, marijuana, and potatoes. He uses the history of John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) to illustrate how both the apple's sweetness and its role in the production of alcoholic cider made it appealing to settlers moving west, thus greatly expanding the plant's range. He also explains how human manipulation of the plant has weakened it, so that "modern apples require more pesticide than any other food crop." The tulipomania of 17th-century Holland is a backdrop for his examination of the role the tulip's beauty played in wildly influencing human behavior to both the benefit and detriment of the plant (the markings that made the tulip so attractive to the Dutch were actually caused by a virus). His excellent discussion of the potato combines a history of the plant with a prime example of how biotechnology is changing our relationship to nature. As part of his research, Pollan visited the Monsanto company headquarters and planted some of their NewLeaf brand potatoes in his garden--seeds that had been genetically engineered to produce their own insecticide. Though they worked as advertised, he made some startling discoveries, primarily that the NewLeaf plants themselves are registered as a pesticide by the EPA and that federal law prohibits anyone from reaping more than one crop per seed packet. And in a interesting aside, he explains how a global desire for consistently perfect French fries contributes to both damaging monoculture and the genetic engineering necessary to support it.
Pollan has read widely on the subject and elegantly combines literary, historical, philosophical, and scientific references with engaging anecdotes, giving readers much to ponder while weeding their gardens. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Plantingby Louise RiotteISBN 0882660640 (0-88266-064-0)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardeningby Louise RiotteISBN 1580170277 (1-58017-027-7)
Softcover, Storey Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening'Book summary:This gardening classic was first published in 1975, and now a second generation of gardeners who prefer pest-resistant planning to chemicals will find a place for it on the shelves. Not only does it tell what to plant with what, but also how to use herbal sprays to control insects, what wild plants to encourage in the garden, how to grow fruit and nut trees, how to start small plots or window-box gardens, and much more. It's one of the most practical books around for any gardener of edibles, no matter how serious or casual. [via]
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The Complete Book of Herbsby Lesley BremnessISBN 0140238026 (0-14-023802-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Complete Book of Herbs: A Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbsby Lesley BremnessISBN 0670818941 (0-670-81894-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Crockett's Victory Gardenby James Underwood CrockettISBN 0316161217 (0-316-16121-7)
Softcover, Little, Brown
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Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Gardenby Diane AckermanISBN 0060505362 (0-06-050536-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden'Book summary:Diane Ackerman relishes the world of her garden. As a poet, she finds within it an endless field of metaphors. As a naturalist, she notices each small, miraculous detail: the hummingbirds and their routines, the showy tulips, the crazy yellow forsythia. Of visiting deer she writes, "I love watching the deer, which always arrive like magic or a miracle or the answer to an unasked question."
In her popular book A Natural History of the Senses, Ackerman celebrates the human body; in A Natural History of My Garden, she turns her attention to the world outside the body, outside the human sphere. Structured by seasons, this is a book of subtle shifts, but the reader never feels lost. Her prose is so welcoming, at times it feels like she's talking directly to you, although her lush, poetic language is the opposite of speech.
Distracted urban readers craving a book that will transport them would do well to spend time immersed in these pages, as will gardeners who've lost appreciation for their plot. Ackerman is a generous writer--a teacher who will share treasured, obscure passages from Beckett or Hawthorne. She's emotional and highly charged, and her descriptions are so clear they're small marvels. She's remarkable for her ability to find mystery everywhere. --Emily White [via]
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The Essential Earthmanby Henry MitchellISBN 0395686326 (0-395-68632-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardeningby Henry MitchellISBN 0253215854 (0-253-21585-4)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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- The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardening: ISBN 0374517657 (0-374-51765-7)
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Four-Season Harvest: How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Longby Eliot Coleman, Kathy BaryISBN 0930031571 (0-930031-57-1)
Softcover, Chelsea Green Pub Co
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Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Longby Eliot Coleman, Kathy Bray, Barbara DamroschISBN 1890132276 (1-890132-27-6)
Softcover, Chelsea Green Pub Co
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The Garden Primerby Barbara DamroschISBN 1579548776 (1-57954-877-6)
Hardcover, Rodale
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Garden Way's Joy of Gardeningby Dick RaymondISBN 0882663194 (0-88266-319-4)
Softcover, Garden Way Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Garden Way's Joy of Gardening'Book summary:The best of Dick Raymond's vegetable gardening wisdom--his proven methods for raised beds, wide rows, and other simple techniques that promise a bigger harvest with much less work--is here in one comprehensive guide. Raymond covers everything from preparing the soil to starting plants, stopping weeds, caring for your garden through the season, and even storing your bounty in a root cellar.
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Gardening for Dummiesby Michael MacCaskeyISBN 1568846444 (1-56884-644-4)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gardening for Dummies'Book summary:Starting off with ultrabasics, like "how do I get my plants to live rather than die?" Gardening for Dummies is a terrific textbook for the novice gardener. Explanations are laid out simply, and all terms are defined as soon as they are first used--if you've never grown so much as a houseplant, this is the book to get you started. Emphasis is on choosing proper plants for your zone (it's OK--the color map will show you which zone you're in) that are fairly low-maintenance and high-success. Large sections on both seeds and bedding plants will give you lots of options and specific instructions for getting good results--seeds, especially, are treated as persnickety little critters that require some extra effort in exchange for low cost and large variety. The big downside to this book is its lack of pictures. There are lots of line drawings, but they tend to show particular stages of a process, rather than each step. Color photos are limited to two sections, and most of them are close-ups of various plants. While it's nice to see what the bark of a paperbark maple looks like, it doesn't particularly add to the value of the book. For folks who learn best with straightforward reading, the sections on mulching, pruning, soil preparation, and tool choices are all extremely helpful. With bullet-point lists, icons for highlighting categories like ecofriendly or time-saving, and simple tables and charts, how-to photos aren't essential, but if pictorial aids are what you need for learning, look elsewhere. --Jill Lightner [via]
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Gardening for Dummies: A Reference Fpr the Rest of Us!by Michael MacCaskeyISBN 0762406348 (0-7624-0634-8)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gardening for Dummies: A Reference Fpr the Rest of Us!'Book summary:Starting off with ultrabasics, like "how do I get my plants to live rather than die?" Gardening for Dummies is a terrific textbook for the novice gardener. Explanations are laid out simply, and all terms are defined as soon as they are first used--if you've never grown so much as a houseplant, this is the book to get you started. Emphasis is on choosing proper plants for your zone (it's OK--the color map will show you which zone you're in) that are fairly low-maintenance and high-success. Large sections on both seeds and bedding plants will give you lots of options and specific instructions for getting good results--seeds, especially, are treated as persnickety little critters that require some extra effort in exchange for low cost and large variety. The big downside to this book is its lack of pictures. There are lots of line drawings, but they tend to show particular stages of a process, rather than each step. Color photos are limited to two sections, and most of them are close-ups of various plants. While it's nice to see what the bark of a paperbark maple looks like, it doesn't particularly add to the value of the book. For folks who learn best with straightforward reading, the sections on mulching, pruning, soil preparation, and tool choices are all extremely helpful. With bullet-point lists, icons for highlighting categories like ecofriendly or time-saving, and simple tables and charts, how-to photos aren't essential, but if pictorial aids are what you need for learning, look elsewhere. --Jill Lightner [via]
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Green Thoughtsby Eleanor Perenyi, Allen LacyISBN 037575945X (0-375-75945-X)
Softcover, Modern Library
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Green Thoughts : A Writer in the Gardenby Eleanor PerenyiISBN 0394717147 (0-394-71714-7)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The House Plant Expertby David HessayonISBN 0684171635 (0-684-17163-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House Plant Expert'Book summary:A guide to choosing and caring for indoor plants. This aims to present information on a variety of plants in an easy-to-follow format. [via]
The House Plant Expertby D.G. HessayonISBN 0903505355 (0-903505-35-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The House Plant Expert: Book Twoby D.G. HessayonISBN 0903505614 (0-903505-61-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Illustrated Guide Gardeningby Carrol C. CalkinsISBN 0895770466 (0-89577-046-6)
Softcover, Readers Digest
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Illustrated Guide Gardening'Book summary:Providing guidance on a wide range of garden types from small backyard plots to country acreage, an in-depth reference offers straightforward information on such topics as plants, pest-control, fertilizer, and environmental awareness. [via]
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Let It Rot: The Gardener's Guide to Compostingby Stu CampbellISBN 1580170234 (1-58017-023-4)
Softcover, Storey Books
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McGee and Stuckey's Bountiful Container : Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowersby Rose Marie Nichols McGee, Maggie StuckeyISBN 0761116230 (0-7611-1623-0)
Softcover, Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'McGee and Stuckey's Bountiful Container : Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers'Book summary:With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that's grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of soil, sun and water, fertilizer, seeds and propagation, The Bountiful Container is an extraordinarily complete, plant-by-plant guide.
Written by two seasoned container gardeners and writers, The Bountiful Container covers Vegetables-not just tomatoes (17 varieties) and peppers (19 varieties), butharicots verts, fava beans, Thumbelina carrots, Chioggia beets, and sugarsnap peas. Herbs, from basil to thyme, and including bay leaves, fennel, and saffron crocus. Edible Flowers, such as begonias, calendula, pansies, violets, and roses. And perhaps most surprising, Fruits, including apples, peaches, Meyer lemons, blueberries, currants, and figs-yes, even in the colder parts of the country. (Another benefit of container gardening: You can bring the less hardy perennials in over the winter.) There are theme gardens (an Italian cook's garden, a Four Seasons garden), lists of sources, and dozens of sidebars on everything from how to be a human honeybee to seeds that are All America Selections. [via]More editions of McGee and Stuckey's Bountiful Container : Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers:
My Garden (Book)by Jamaica Kincaid, Jill FoxISBN 0374527768 (0-374-52776-8)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Garden (Book)'Book summary:Jamaica Kincaid, author of Annie John, writes of gardens and gardeners in her most insightful and engaging book to date.
In My Garden (Book), Jamaica gathers all she loves about gardening and examines it generously, passionately, and with sharp, idiosyncratic discrimination. Kincaid's affections are matched in intensity only by her dislikes. She loves spring and summer, but not winter, which is so unremittingly white. She adores rhododendron Jane Grant and appreciates ordinary Blue Lake string beans, but abhors the Asiatic lily and dreams of ways to trap small plant-eating animals. The sources of her inspiration-seed catalogues (the glossy ones and, even better, the nonglossy ones), legendary gardeners such as Gertrude Jekyll and Graham Stuart Thomas, famous gardens like Monet's at Giverny and Vita Sackville-West's at Sissinghurst-receive keen scrutiny. She also examines the idea of the garden on Antigua, where one of her favorite school subjects was botany, and considers the implications of the English formal garden in colonized countries; and she visits historic English gardens on English soil.
My Garden (Book) is an intimate, playful, and penetrating book on gardens, the plants that fill them, and the gardeners who tend them.
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Jamaica Kincaid's most recent book (as editor) is an anthology of writing on plants, My Favorite Plant (FSG, 1998). She lives in Vermont with her husband and children, and teaches at Harvard University. [via]
Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardeningby Neil SperryISBN 0878337997 (0-87833-799-7)
Hardcover, Taylor Pub
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The New Gardenerby Pippa GreenwoodISBN 1564586502 (1-56458-650-2)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardenerby Eliot Coleman, Sheri Amsel, Molly Cook FieldISBN 093003175X (0-930031-75-X)
Softcover, Chelsea Green Pub Co
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Softcover, Firefly Books Ltd - The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener: ISBN 0930031229 (0-930031-22-9)
Softcover, Chelsea Green Pub Co - The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener: ISBN 093003175X (0-930031-75-X)
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The New Seed Starter's Handbookby Nancy BubelISBN 0878577521 (0-87857-752-1)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
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Why start plants from seed?
* Earlier harvests
* Greater variety
* Heathier seedlings
* Lower costs
* Satisfaction
For the most complete, up-to-date information on starting plants from seed, turn to The New Seed-Starter's Handbook. Written by a gardener with 30 years of experience, this easy-to-use reference explains everything you need to know to start seeds and raise healthy seedlings successfully. You'll find:
* The latest research in seed starting
* The best growing media
* The newest gardening materials
* Solutions to seed-starting problems
* Source lists for seeds and hard-to-find gardening supplies
And! An encyclopedia section lists more than 200 plants--including vegetables and fruits, garden flowers, wildflowers, herbs, trees, and shrubs--with details on how to start each from seed.More editions of The New Seed Starter's Handbook:
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One Man's Gardenby Henry Mitchell, Frances TenebaumISBN 0395957699 (0-395-95769-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Man's Garden'Book summary:Mitchell is a miracle in the world of garden writing, where so much careful prose instructs with patronizing intent. Henry Mitchell blazes, bullies, roars, then whispers, awed by the beauty he enables us to see through his eyes. This is a man who once took two weeks off from work so that he could watch his iris bloom. Here his failures and foibles are cataloged along with his triumphant successes. He grew water lilies from seed, achieving a single plant instead of the expected 50, but as he admits, 50 would really have been a bit much, while one seedling water lily became a source of considerable delight to the proud parent. To prevent heat stroke in water-lily season (Washington, D.C., summers are fierce), he cooled off by eating iced Walla Walla onion sandwiches as he gazed at the flowers for two or three minutes at a stretch before the intense heat won out. Quirky, funny, wise, and impassioned, this book is a lasting treat, the kind that rewards each year's rereading with fresh insights and heartfelt laughter. [via]
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Onward and Upward in the Gardenby Katharine S. WhiteISBN 0374516294 (0-374-51629-4)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Onward and Upward in the Garden'Book summary:These 14 pieces by Katharine White first appeared in the pages of the New Yorker and were posthumously collected by her husband, E. B. White. They are at once as formal as an English manor house garden, as sensible as the Burpee seed catalog, and twice as delightful as either. [via]
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Onward and Upward in the Gardenby E. B. White, Katharine S. WhiteISBN 0807085618 (0-8070-8561-8)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to GardeningISBN 0762102764 (0-7621-0276-4)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
Find This BookBook summary:Providing guidance on a wide range of garden types from small backyard plots to country acreage, an in-depth reference offers straightforward information on such topics as plants, pest-control, fertilizer, and environmental awareness. 100,000 first printing. [via]
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The Rodale Book of Compostingby Deborah L. Martin, Grace Gershuny, Jerry MinnichISBN 0878579915 (0-87857-991-5)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rodale Book of Composting'Book summary:The essential guide to composting for all gardeners and enviromentally conscious people[via]
Composting is fast becoming a household word. Gardeners know it is the best way to feed the soil, while others look to composting as a way to dispose of grass clippings, autumn leaves, and tree trimmings. The Rodale Book of Composting offers:
* Easy-to-follow instructions for making and using compost
* Helpful tips for apartment dwellers, suburbanites, farmers and community leaders
* Ecologically sound solutions to growing waste disposal problemsMore editions of The Rodale Book of Composting:
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Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardenerby Fern M. Bradley, Barbara W. EllisISBN 0878579990 (0-87857-999-0)
Hardcover, Rodale Press, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener'Book summary:Over 400 entries of the most practical, up-to-date gardening information ever, collected from garden experts and writers nationwide![via]
"Gardens are places to renew yourself in mind and body, to reawaken to the truth and beauty of the natural world, and to feel the life force inside and around you. And the organic way to garden is safer, cheaper, and more satisfying. Organic gardeners have shown that it's possible to have pleasant and productive gardens in every part of this country without using toxic chemicals. They make their home grounds an island of purity."
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Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardenerby Marshall Bradley, Barbara W. EllisISBN 0875965997 (0-87596-599-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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"Gardens are places to renew yourself in mind and body, to reawaken to the truth and beauty of the natural world, and to feel the life force inside and around you. And the organic way to garden is safer, cheaper, and more satisfying. Organic gardeners have shown that it's possible to have pleasant and productive gardens in every part of this country without using toxic chemicals. They make their home grounds an island of purity."--Robert RodaleMore editions of Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener:
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Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbsby Alison Miksch, Anna Carr, Kim Wilson, William H. Hylton, Claire Kowalchik, Ellen Cohen, Judith Benn Hurley, Marjorie Hunt, Catherine Cassidy, Alice Decenzo, Susan Milius, Frank FretzISBN 087596964X (0-87596-964-X)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs'Book summary:Discover a trove of herbal knowledge.[via]
Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs is a virtually endless source of useful information and herbal know-how. Presented in an A-to-Z format, supplemented with easy-to-use charts and lists, beautifully illustrated with drawings and color photographs, it is the only book on herbs you ever need to buy.
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Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbsby Claire Kowalchik, Rodale Press, Anna Carr, William H. HyltonISBN 0878576991 (0-87857-699-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs'Book summary:How to grow herbs, design herb gardens, cook with herbs, make herb dyes and herb medicines--it's all here. This extensively researched A-to-Z encyclopedia describes more than 150 herbs and their uses. [via]
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Educationby Michael PollanISBN 0802140114 (0-8021-4011-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Second Nature: A Gardener's Education'Book summary:In his articles and in best-selling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man's place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere. "As delicious a meditation on one man's relationships with the Earth as any you are likely to come upon" (The New York Times Book Review), Second Nature captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation. With chapters ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn, a dispatch from one man's war with a woodchuck, to an essay about the sexual politics of roses, Pollan has created a passionate and eloquent argument for reconceiving our relationship with nature. [via]
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The Southern Living Garden BookISBN 0376039108 (0-376-03910-8)
Softcover, Leisure Arts
Find This BookBook summary:When it first hit the shelves in 1998, it took the South by storm. After all, it was the first major, comprehensive gardening encyclopedia solely dedicated to the South. Now theres a new reason to celebrate. The 2004 edition is bigger, brighter, and bolder than ever, with more luscious photography, updated plant listings, and a special focus on native and heritage plants. Find the right plant for every place with Plant Selection Guides and 7,000 plant listings keyed to the Southern Living climate maps. With hundreds of practical hints and tipsplus some garden gospel from Southern Livings resident expertsthis is the single most authoritative source for gardening in the South.
Key Features:
-New American Horticultural Society Heat Zone Map and plant ratings
-2,000 new plant entries
-More than 1,200 all-new, full-color plant illustrations
-More than 1,300 color photographs
-New Practical Guide to Gardening,
-70-page section of tips and techniques
-Updated list of mail-order nurseries and Southern public gardens [via]
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The Southern Living Garden Bookby Steve BenderISBN 0848720237 (0-8487-2023-7)
Softcover, Leisure Arts
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Southern Living Garden Book'Book summary:According to editor Steve Bender, southern gardeners are conservative, traditional but a bit eccentric in their plant choices (meaning they'll grow whatever Daddy grew, even if it's spotted or carnivorous), and dedicated (as they have to be to continue to weed and mow through the summer). This book celebrates the uniqueness of the southern garden. It's remarkably well organized, with colored page edges demarcating the different sections, the largest of which is the alphabetized plant encyclopedia in the middle. The best part of the book, however, may be the substantial section titled "Plant Selection Guide," which consists of a series of illustrated lists: "Fragrant Plants," "Plants that Attract Butterflies," "Plants Easy to Propagate," "Plants That Tolerate Drought," etc. With its lay-flat binding and excellent index, it's sure to be a favorite garden reference for quite a few gardeners, southern or otherwise. [via]
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Square Foot Gardening: A New Way To Garden In Less Space With Less Workby Mel BartholomewISBN 1579548563 (1-57954-856-3)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Square Foot Gardening: A New Way To Garden In Less Space With Less Work'Book summary:Twice as much in half the space![via]
* A complete garden book for both the beginner and the expert
* A new way to garden with 80 percent less space and work
* The companion book to the nationally acclaimed television series
* Over 900,000 copies in print
Square Foot Gardening presents a new way to garden in less space with less work.
* Grow a perfect garden in only 10 minutes a day.
* Harvest the biggest tomatoes.
* Enjoy spectacular flowers every day.
* Ideal for beginners from 4 to 94.
* Simple, easy, attractive and rewarding gardens.More editions of Square Foot Gardening: A New Way To Garden In Less Space With Less Work:
- Square Foot Gardening: ISBN 0878573410 (0-87857-341-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr - Square Foot Gardening: A New Way To Garden In Less Space With Less Work: ISBN 0878573402 (0-87857-340-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr - Square Foot Gardening: A New Way To Garden In Less Space With Less Work: ISBN 1579548563 (1-57954-856-3)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
- Square Foot Gardening: ISBN 0878573410 (0-87857-341-0)
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Sunset Western Garden Bookby Sunset BooksISBN 0376038918 (0-376-03891-8)
Softcover, Lane Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sunset Western Garden Book'Book summary:Comprehensive weatern plant encylopedia Zoned for 24 climates Plant selection guide Landscaping ideas in color How to control pests,disease&weeds [via]
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The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniquesby Pierre DelforgeISBN 0881928038 (0-88192-803-8)
Hardcover, Timber Pr
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Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniquesby Tracy Disabato-Aust, Steven M. StillISBN 0881924148 (0-88192-414-8)
Hardcover, Workman Pub Co
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Western Garden Bookby Sunset EditorsISBN 0376039167 (0-376-03916-7)
Softcover, Sunset Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Western Garden Book'Book summary:Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking 8th edition of the " bible of Western gardening. " With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of them new--it`s THE essential book for gardeners in the Western states. What plants to grow, how to nurture them, and where they do the very best--it`s all here. You`ll also find updated information on the Western climate zones, 30 Plant Selection Guides, plus a Practical Guide to Gardening with basic advice on plant care and essential gardening techniques. New plant lists reflect current trends, such as Mediterranean gardening and easy-care plants for beginners. For more than 70 years, Sunset has been the source for no-nonsense gardening advice, easy-to-follow diagrams, and encyclopedic knowledge of plant varieties. In this edition, we introduce an exciting new feature: gardening tips from well-known plant experts throughout the West. The Western Garden Book has never been better! Features:8th Edition of this perennial bestsellerMore than 8,000 plant listings, 500 new, keyed to climate zones30 Plant Selection Guides to find the perfect plant for every situationSpecial contributions from 40 eminent Western garden expertsIntroduction by Sunset garden editor Kathleen N. Brenzel, with a photographic tour of gardens that are truly the `Best of the West` gardens
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- Western Garden Book: ISBN 0376039175 (0-376-03917-5)
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Softcover, Leisure Arts - Western Garden Book: ISBN 0376038500 (0-376-03850-0)
Hardcover, Leisure Arts - Western Garden Book: ISBN 0376039167 (0-376-03916-7)
Softcover, Sunset Pub Co
- Western Garden Book: ISBN 0376039175 (0-376-03917-5)
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Western Garden Bookby Norris BrenzelISBN 0376038756 (0-376-03875-6)
Softcover, Sunset Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Western Garden Book'Book summary:Sunset has been the recognized authority among western gardeners for more than 100 years! Our completely revised edition of the popular Western Garden Book includes more than 2,000 new plant entries, all new four-color plant illustrations, improved climate zone information for the Western states and new maps for Alaska, Hawaii, and southwest Canada. The book is brimming with full-color photos and practical tips for successful Western gardening from Sunset gardening editors. This title also features information on the latest gardening tools and gear. [via]
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You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardeningby Leela Corman, Gayla SandersISBN 0743270142 (0-7432-7014-2)
Softcover, Fireside
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Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Growing over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, Crafts, Companion Planting and Moreby Miranda SmithISBN 0875969941 (0-87596-994-1)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
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- Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Growing over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, Crafts, Companion Planting and More: ISBN 0875967671 (0-87596-767-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr - Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Growing over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, Crafts, Companion Planting and More: ISBN 0875969941 (0-87596-994-1)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
- Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Growing over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, Crafts, Companion Planting and More: ISBN 0875967671 (0-87596-767-1)
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