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First published in 1940, "Five Acres and Independence" by Maurice Kains is the essential and practical guide to small-scale sustainable farming. This indispensable guide has assisted countless farmers, from the novice to the more experienced, to find success on a small scale. Kains, while drawing from his own vast experience gained over decades of farming, gives step-by-step directions on beginning a farm, deciding how suitable the land is for improvements,...
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Popular columnist, ABC broadcaster and landscape gardener Sabrina Hahn says no plants generate more questions than citrus. 'In the twenty years I have been doing talkback radio, there has never been a program where citrus questions didn't pop up. So frequently in fact that producers screen the calls and cap them at three per program,' says Hahn. This pocket-sized gardening book is packed with juicy tips on how to grow happy healthy citrus plants in...
123) RHS: A Nation in Bloom: Celebrating the People, Plants and Places of the Royal Horticultural Society
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The RHS is the world's largest gardening charity but what it does and why is little understood and rarely celebrated. From defining new gardening trends at the Chelsea Flower Show, to ranking the best dahlias to grow at the Wisley trial grounds, to inspiring communities with Britain in Bloom, educating children to grow and eat their veg through the Campaign for School Gardening, the RHS works tirelessly to improve the gardener's lot.
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"The Garden, You, and I" by Mabel Osgood Wright. 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...
125) Vintage Roses
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The focus of this book is on the classic, ageless, and enduring flowers, which we have dubbed Vintage roses. This user-friendly term encompasses both the true Old roses and the best of the Modern roses. All Vintage roses have one thing in common; they are garden-friendly roses that celebrate the style and grace of the old. The focus of this book is on the classic, ageless, and enduring flowers, which we have dubbed Vintage roses. This user-friendly...
126) My Tiny Garden
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Think you don't have enough room to green up your act? Not everyone has access to outside space or what we traditionally think of as a garden, but we all have window ledges, doorways, stairways and unloved spots. My Tiny Garden is bursting with exciting ideas and savvy solutions to help you transform any neglected nook into a plant paradise. With mini meadows, blooming balconies and plant-packed pavements, we've unearthed over 25 amazing unconventional...
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The Gardener Says invites readers to a festive garden party where guests ranging from Gertrude Jekyll and Henry David Thoreau to Michelle Obama and Michael Pollan share their insights and words of inspiration. Ranging from the humorous to the poignant, these quotes from gardeners, poets, philosophers, and landscape designers highlight both the joys and challenges of gardening-the exhaustion at the end of a long day's work, the satisfaction of seeing...
128) All My Phlox
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Through colorful, personal vignettes, landscape designer Valerie Strong presents and solves specific landscape problems, including the excavations of her own ponds and the creation of three award-winning gardens. She comments on her natural surroundings, even empty lots and roadsides. Strong examines the neglected infrastructure of landscape design-the growers, carpenters, stone masons, landscapers, and labor force-with sympathy and humor, lifting...
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An inspiring guide to transforming a small patch of ground, be it on an allotment or in a garden, into a cut flower patch which produces flowers from early spring to late autumn. Louise Curley looks at what makes a great cut flower, ideal conditions and soil and the tools you'll need. There is advice on what to grow – from favorite hardy annuals, half hardies and biennials to spring and summer bulbs to adding foliage and fillers to balance arrangements...
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Discover how to effectively grow marijuana in any type of environment with no experience required. The secrets to growing cannabis successfully is to completely understand the composition and growth patterns of the various marijuana strains and choosing the correct one for your location. You can grow marijuana from the comfort of your own home using the detailed information contained inside Marijuana Grow Book to create an environment that will allow...
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Anyone who gardens knows how snails, aphids, scale insects, and caterpillars can damage vegetables, flowers, shrubs, and trees. But not many of us know that ground beetles eat caterpillars, not plants; that dragonflies feed on mosquitoes; that parasitic wasps prey on tomato hornworms. In this delightful guide to the world of beneficial insects, Starcher, an artist and avid gardener, shows us how to identify the "good guys" and encourage them to reside...
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This little book is addressed to those gardeners who love chrysanthemums but who perhaps have not had sufficient experience in growing them to produce them at their best. Complete in its unabridged, original form, extensively illustrated and full of instruction that is as useful and practical today as it was when originally published. Contents include - Introduction And Methods Of Propagation - The Culture Of The Japanese Chrysanthemum - Incurved...
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Guess What's in My Garden! is an eclectic look at John's gardening experience, his successes and failures, his joys and disappointments, memories of family and friends, his ideas and strong opinions, and his love for plants. It is an entertaining bedside reader for gardeners, old and new. How else can one learn about Grammy's bench, John's famous soil recipe, the ongoing battle with critters, the Thug Hall of Fame, the Victory Garden, Grandma's sweetheart...
134) Les Fleurs animées
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Ce beau livre extraordinaire et curieux est paru à l'origine en 1847. Dans chaque chapitre, des planches de fleurs personnifiées sont accompagnées d'un conte qui est basé sur la mythologie et folklore de la fleur en question. Une collection tout à fait charmante que l'enfant tout comme l'adulte appréciera énormément. Grande partie des premiers livres, en particulier ceux qui datent d'avant 1920, sont aujourd'hui très rares et de plus en plus...
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Voulez-vous apprendre à vivre de manière plus autonome en utilisant les outils de la ferme?
Que vous souhaitiez apprendre à élever votre propre bétail, à jardiner pour vous-même ou à conserver votre propre nourriture, ce livre vous aidera!
Voici un aperçu de ce que vous apprendrez...
Les bases du Homesteading
Élever votre propre bétail dans votre jardin
La magie du jardinage pour votre propre nourriture
Préserver vos aliments pour l'hiver
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The Mayan God Kings had been blessing the crops of Maya with Reiki prayers when the white brothers from Europe arrived. It was decided to keep the details of Reiki Prayers a secret from the white brothers until the Age of Pisces was over. They etched secrets of the Reiki Prayer process, onto coded glyphs on an animal skin called, the Dresden Codex. See the illustration from the Dresden Codex, on the back cover, of a Mayan God King praying or their...
137) How to Grow Zucchini
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How To Grow Zucchini: Zucchini is probably one of the easiest and fastest growing vegetables you can grow in your garden, or in a large enough container.
Although they are easy to grow, as with all things, they do have a few preferences. 'How to Grow Zucchini' takes you through the process and gives you the heads up on what to watch out for.
You can grow most zucchini in containers if garden space is limited, and there are so many shapes and colours...
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This book offers a fun and lighthearted guide to growing your own salads, herbs, vegetables, and fruit, armed with little more than a trowel and some seedlings. Aimed at complete beginners, it de-mystifies the gardening process with sound practical and seasonal advice, lots of hints and tips for successful growing, delicious recipes, and fun weekend projects to help you make the most of your outdoor area, however small. This completely new kind of...
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“Home Gardener's Garden Pests & Diseases” is the essential guide to identifying, targeting, and banishing common pests and diseases from the garden. All gardeners know the disappointment of finding their flowers nibbled, or their prized produce riddled with rust. Armed with this essential guide, you can stop the destruction.
Get acquainted with all the common pests and diseases that afflict ornamentals, vegetables, fruits, and houseplants, and...
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