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Foliage Plants for Modern Living contains over 125 full color illustrations of useful and pupular foliage house plants, accompanied by care instruction and suggestions as to their decorative uses. There is an index of common names, as well as a fullsection on the general care of indoor plants...
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2019-10-31 This is a handbook for growing a Climate Victory Garden when the enemy is global warming. Acadia Tucker, a carbon farmer and gardener, invites us to think of gardening as civic action. By building carbon-rich soil, even in a backyard-sized patch, we can capture greenhouse gases and mitigate...
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1982-01-01 This book discusses gardening options in dry desert climates. Included are planting, garden maintenance, soil preparation, and challenges such as insects and idseases.
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2011-03-15 When Spring Warren told her husband and two teenage boys that she wanted to grow 75 percent of all the food they consumed for one year—and that she wanted to do it in their yard—they told her she was crazy. She did it anyway.
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1980-01-01 The overall objective of this Handbook is to introduce the reader to a time tested system of family food production and to provide guidlines to assist programme officers with developing an appropriate home garden programme. The basic principles can also be applied in programmes for schools and...
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1998-01-02 The magic and mystery of companion planting have intrigued and fascinated humans for centuries, yet it is a part of the gardening world that has never been fully explored. First published in 1975, this classic companion planting guide has taught a generation of gardeners how to use plants'...
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2000-01-01 This manual discusses some vegetables that are highly productive but not commonly know or readily available.
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The book lists a number of plants with a culinary history and suggests new ones, not in the wilderness where recent interest has already resulted in numerous books, but in your own garden where you like to work, relax and entertain, where familiar plants can play exciting new roles. We have...
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This helpful, richly illustrated Q&A guide overflows with pruning advice for trees, shrubs, topiary, climbers, fruit trees, and hedges. Discover why certain plants need pruning (for example, to limit growth or encourage flowering or fruiting shoots). Troubleshooting tips.
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1971-01-01 First published in 1971 and revised in 1977,Wyman's Gardening Encyclopediahas sold more than 100,000 copies and become a veritable bible for the gardeners of the United States and Canada. Now the dean of American horticulture has revised this classic once again. In addition to offering the best...