Gardens of Shangri-La

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“A vegetable garden (also known as a vegetable patch or vegetable plot) is a garden that exists to grow vegetables and other plants useful for human consumption, in contrast to a flower garden that exists for aesthetic purposes. It is a small-scale form of vegetable growing. A vegetable garden typically includes a compost heap and several plots or divided areas of land, intended to grow one or two types of plant in each plot. Many families have home kitchen and … More >>

Home Vegetable Gardening: A Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use

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For many gardeners, the term “organic” has become synonymous with “safe,” which makes sense, since avoiding harmful pesticides and chemical fertilizers is a huge part of organic gardening. But going organic also involves selecting the right plants and garden locations. This guide offers:Ways to develop soil naturally, use safe fertilizers, manage pests, and battle plant disease without harmful chemicalsSteps to grow an organic lawn, plus hands-on advice for cultivati… More >>

Organic Gardening for Dummies

• ISBN13: 9780895292469
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Written for everyone who is interested in excellent nutrition at a low cost and with fantastic taste, this highly practical and fully illustrated book provides readers with all the information necessary to start and maintain an indoor sprout garden. The book discusses a wide variety of sprouts and sprouting methods, clarifies the sprouts importance in a healthy diet and presents a wealth of simple and tasty recipes…. More >>

The Sprouting Book: How to Grow and Use Sprouts to Maximize Your Health and Vitality

• ISBN13: 9781580176477
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For avid gardeners, the largest downside of the leisure activity is the limited growing season in much of the country. Gardening during the winter is often reduced to tending houseplants and browsing seed catalogs for next summer’s tomato choices.

Master Gardener and builder Roger Marshall enthusiastically presents his case for home greenhouses with a thorough examination of everything the potential builder needs to know. Marshall’s coverage of the subject starts … More >>

How to Build Your Own Greenhouse

• ISBN13: 9781931498401
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There is a fantastic array of vegetables you can grow in your garden, and not all of them are annuals. In Perennial Vegetables the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice on less common edibles that will make any garden a perpetual, low-maintenance source of food.

Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as the flowers in your perennial beds and borders—no annual tilling and potting and planti… More >>

Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, A Gardener’s Guide to Over 100 Tasty and Simple to Grow Edibles

• ISBN13: 9780875969947
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Everything you need to know about growing your favorite herbs using safe, natural, all-organic methods!

Practical tips and advice on all aspects of successful herb growing.

A wealth of fantastic thoughts and helpful how-to on using herbs in cooking, crafts, cosmetics, health care, insect repellents, and more.

Illustrated herb directory featuring all the most well loved herbs– from aloe to yarrow– each with complete information on growing, care, harvesti… More >>

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

• ISBN13: 9781580085793
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More mushrooms, less pollution! Yes, you heard right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment. Microscopic cells called “mycelium”—the fruit of which are mushrooms —recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other essential elements as they break down plant and animal debris in the creation of rich new soil. What fungi expert Paul Stamets has learned is that mycelium also breaks down hydrocarbons —the base structure in many polluta… More >>

Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

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If there’s one lesson every homeowner must learn, it’s this: The traditional lawn is a huge, time consuming, synthetic-chemical sucking mistake. The time has come to look for new ways to make friendly, livable spaces around our homes. In The American Meadow Garden, ornamental grass expert John Greenlee makes a new model for homeowners and gardeners. For Greenlee, a meadow isn’t a random assortment of messy, anonymous grasses. Rather, it is a shimmering mini-… More >>

The American Meadow Garden: Making a Natural Alternative to the Traditional Lawn

• ISBN13: 9781580177023
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Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin turn the compost bin upside down with their liberating system of keeping compost heaps right in the garden, rather than in some dark corner behind the garage. The compost and the plants live together from the beginning in a nourishing, organic environment. The authors’ bountiful, compost-rich gardens require less digging, weeding, mulching, and even less planting. And here’s one of the best parts — no more backbreaking slogs … More >>

The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other incredible techniques for saving time and money, and producing … most flavorful, nutritous vegetables ever.

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William Robinson’s revolutionary book, The Wild Garden, envisioned an authentically naturalistic approach to gardening that is more vital today than ever before. First published in 1870, The Wild Garden evolved through many editions and remained in print through the remainder of the author’s lifetime (1838–1935). In the book, Robinson issued a forceful challenge to the prevailing style of the day, which relied upon tender plants arranged in rigidly geometrical desi… More >>

The Wild Garden: Expanded Edition