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41) Indoor gardens
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32 pages : color illustrations, ; 21 cm.
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English
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Describes how to plan and create an indoor garden, discussing propagation, making a terrarium, potting plants, feeding and watering, pests, and other problems.
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This semi-autobiographical book is about the life of a young English woman who marries an ageing German aristocrat and in the marriage she focuses on her garden and children, at the same time running a country house. She also writes down her observations of the stuffy German aristocratic set using her razor sharp wit. Von Arnim was a successful author in her time and deserves to be re-discovered, this novel is a gem. In the first year of publication...
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ix, 245 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"If you'd like to grow your own food but don't think you have the space, look up! In urban and suburban areas across the country, farms and gardens are growing atop the rooftops of residential and commercial buildings. In this accessible guide, author Annie Novak's passion shines as she draws on her experience as a pioneering sky-high farmer to teach best practices for raising vegetables, herbs, flowers, and trees. The book also includes interviews,...
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303 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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"How to plan your garden carefully, maximize production in every bed, get the most out of every plant, scale up systems to maximize efficiency, and expand the harvest season with succession planting, intercropping, and season extension"--
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208 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Pests in your garden are a challenge no one wants to face but very few gardeners manage to escape. Instead of turning to synthetic chemical sprays, baits, and dusts, Mulvihill shows you how to handle even your worst pest woes naturally. You'll learn to identify common vegetable garden pests, based on both the damage they cause and their physical appearance. Then you'll discover the most effective organic pest-control products to minimize damage while...
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191 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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"For those who want to enjoy their garden but don't have the time, knowledge or inclination to do the hard work involved, this book is an indispensable guide for quick and easy ways to look after your little patch of paradise. Weeding out unnecessary advice and pruning back complicated instructions, Anne Wareham provides you with humorous, honest tips and the essential information you need to look after your garden, saving your energy and your back"--Back...
55) Ready set grow!
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79 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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In "Ready Set Grow" step-by-step photographs show young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants, when to harvest seeds, how long different plants take to grow, what to do about pests, and much more. Features more than 30 simple gardening projects specially designed to be completed during summer vacation.
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iv, 143 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
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There are times in a gardener's life when what we want to do and what we can do are at odds. Our knees and backs may be complaining, our energy isn't what it was yet our desire to get our hands in the dirt is as strong as ever. Or maybe we've downsized to a much smaller outdoor space that doesn t look promising at all. What to do? In Late Bloomer, garden designer Jan Coppola Bills shows us how to successfully rethink our approach to gardening as we...
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Creasy takes you from seeds to soil to stove top -- from preparing the soil to caring for the plants the natural way, to her own delicious homestyle California recipes. This books gives easy-to-follow instructions and inspirational ideas each step of the way. ...Design and grow an herb garden in just about any space ...Take a tour of beautiful herb gardens ... Explore a fully illustrated encyclopedia of culinary herbs ... Dive into a selection of...
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175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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English
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Short of outdoor space but want to grow fruit and vegetables? Congratulations. Really, lucky you. Not for you the back-breaking trudge of tending large spaces of land, the weeding, digging and pest vigilance. Gluts? They will mean nothing to you. Instead you can look forward to small but perfectly formed bursts of flavour. Handfuls of fresh leaves, berries and tomatoes, just when you want them, and at arm's reach. As more of us live in cities with...
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208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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English
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Focusing on containers, trellises, and raised beds, this book shows how everyone can garden, including those with physical limitations like arthritis or location limitations like apartment-dwellers without backyards.
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