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All the instruction and inspiration you need to landscape for four-season interest, color, and beauty! Learn how to:
Select plants that will improve your property's appearance and value
Create harmony in design with the relationships of color, scale, and texture
Save money over the long term by selecting cultivars engineered for your conditions
Improve soil and growing conditions while planting and transplanting with confidence
Prune and shear plants...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Merry, a small owl, yearns to go on a big adventure like the other birds in the forest and gets her wish when Hark, a Norway spruce, is picked to be the Rockefeller Christmas tree and both Merry and Hark are whisked away from their home. Based on the real-life tale of the tiny owl found in the 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
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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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This book tells of the author's own orchard that was started by grafting known varieties of apples onto crab apple seedlings. It describes in detail the techniques needed to learn how to graft any species of trees. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of grafting techniques but uses a proven method that gives reliable results.
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v, 69 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The Buddha was a wonderful teacher who was born long ago. He helped people learn how to find peace within themselves and kinder to one another. The Buddha told stories about the lifetimes when he was born as animals before he became a human being. These are called Jataka Tales or "birth stories." Whether he was born as a buffalo, as a monkey, as a lion or as a wild dog, he demonstrated how to selflessly help others and take to heart the importance...
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Flowers are stunningly beautiful, have amazing scents and come in a myriad of shapes and varieties. They seem to come directly from the Garden of God or of divine origin.Flowers can brighten a person's day with joy and pleasure and can be representative for a variety of occasions and purposes such as "love, friendship, beauty, sympathy, strength, happiness, good fortune, thoughtfulness, apologies, and more.This delightful flower book showcases 80...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Tiny Cactus loves Christmas! But she doesn't love that her little girl seems to be spending more time with the giant sparkly tree in the living room than with her. Maybe if she were decorated like the Christmas tree, her little girl would notice her again. And so Tiny Cactus makes a wish: to be special, to be noticed, to be a part of the magic of Christmas. With the support of her friend and some Christmas magic, Tiny Cactus learns that wishes can...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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"Bear and Mouse have finally overcome their differences and are living together in perfect harmony ... until it's time to decorate the Christmas tree! Bear wants dazzling lights, while Mouse prefers gigantic ornaments. Did Mouse just put a manatee on the top of the tree? After Bear attempts an upside-down tree, it looks as if Christmas might be ruined for the pair. But maybe, just maybe, Bear and Mouse can reach a compromise in the spirit of the season"--...
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On the surface, the snow looks quiet and serene. But beneath its white expanse, unsociable shrews go hunting, voles tunnel to the surface, and chipmunks awaken to nibble on seeds. Through scientifically accurate text and lifelike illustrations, this book introduces young readers to the unseen life in the world of winter. Ages 4-8
On the surface, the snow looks quiet and serene. But beneath its white expanse, unsociable shrews go hunting, voles tunnel...
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Are you tired of eating only industrial foods but don't trust collecting plants in nature? Learn how to recognize them easily to live in harmony with the environment without risking intoxication!If you would like to embark on this healthy and ethical lifestyle choice, I advise you to learn only from those who can provide you with scientific and exact information.Until a few years ago, I lived between home, work, and the supermarket shelves filling...
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Ainsi, dans la solitude et le silence, la forêt appelle sans cesse à la réflexion. Elle est à ce moment-là l'auberge de nos pensées, le terreau fertile d'o germent nos idées. C'est seulement dans ses bras calmes que les choses nous apparaissent claires et que certaines vérités éclatent. Tous les modèles, toutes les réponses sont dans la nature. À nous de les déchiffrer et de les mettre en pratique. Conduite en grande partie de manière...
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Are you tired of eating only industrial foods but don't trust collecting plants in nature? Learn how to recognize them easily to live in harmony with the environment without risking intoxication!If you would like to embark on this healthy and ethical lifestyle choice, I advise you to learn only from those who can provide you with scientific and exact information.Until a few years ago, I lived between home, work, and the supermarket shelves filling...
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Brown elks cruise the land in Yellowstone while black bears roam in Yosemite. The green cactus thrives in Zion, and the white-tailed ptarmigan flies above the Rocky Mountains. Come with us on a trip around America's national parks, a world full of colors, wildlife, and incredible landscapes. With simple text and bright illustrations, this sturdy board book is the perfect introduction to the ten most visited national parks in the United States for...
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Tree by Tree is a warning and a toolkit for the future of forest recovery. Scott J. Meiners investigates the critical biological threats endangering tree species native to the forests of eastern North America, providing a needed focus on this plight. Meiners suggests that if we are to save our forests, the first step is to recognize the threats in front of us.
Meiners focuses on five familiar trees-the American elm, the American chestnut, the eastern...
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Through a variety of poetic forms, readers are taken on an armchair journey across the continental United States to visit 14 historic tree sites. From the Emancipation Oak in Hampton, Virginia, to the Methuselah tree in Shulman Grove, California, readers will discover trees that have traveled to the moon, witnessed the founding of our country, and inspired hope during troubled times. Fascinating facts cover geography, history, and nature. An author's...
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