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Simply Living Well: A Guide to Creating a Natural, Low-Waste Home - Hardcover

$28.00

by Julia Watkins (Author)Recipes, DIY projects, and inspiration for a beautiful and low-waste life, from the creator of @simply.living.well on Instagram In this timely and motivational guide, author Julia Watkins shares rituals, recipes, and projects for living simply and sustainably at home. For every area of your household--kitchen, cleaning, wellness, bath, and garden--Julia shows you how to eliminate wasteful packaging, harmful ingredients, and disposable items. Practical checklists outl...

I Can Name 50 Trees Today! All about Trees - Hardcover

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by Bonnie Worth (Author), Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator), Joe Mathieu (Illustrator)Laugh and learn with fun facts about trees like the redwood, white oak, royal palm, and more--all told in Dr. Seuss's beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! "Knowing trees' names, my dear miss and dear mister, is like knowing the name of your brother or sister." The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library series combines beloved characters, engaging rhymes, and Seussian illustrations to introduce child...

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English Cottage Gardening: For American Gardeners - Hardcover

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by Margaret Hensel (Author)The author has analyzed the aesthetic and horticultural elements in ten representative cottage gardens--eight in England and two in the United States. Her spectacular photographs render the look and atmosphere of these gardens, while her text focuses on easily grown, readily available plants that are adaptable to a wide variety of climatic and soil conditions. In the back of the book--completely updated for this new edition--may be found specific horticultural infor...

How to Grow More Vegetables, Ninth Edition: (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land with Less - Paperback

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by John Jeavons (Author), Alice Waters (Foreword by)The world's leading resource on biointensive, sustainable, high-yield organic gardening is thoroughly updated throughout, with new sections on using 12 percent less water and increasing compost power. Long before it was a trend, How to Grow More Vegetables brought backyard ecosystems to life for the home gardener by demonstrating sustainable growing methods for spectacular organic produce on a small but intensive scale. How to Grow More Ve...

Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More - Paperback

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by Orin Martin (Author), Manjula Martin (Author), Alice Waters (Foreword by)Written by the long-time manager of the renowned Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this substantial, authoritative, and beautiful full-color guide covers everything you need to know about organically growing healthy, bountiful fruit trees. WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY BOOK AWARD For more than forty years, Orin Martin has taught thousands of apprentices, students, and hom...

The Little Book of Bonsai: An Easy Guide to Caring for Your Bonsai Tree - Hardcover

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by Jonas Dupuich (Author)This charming, beautifully photographed beginner's guide from a trusted bonsai expert covers all the basics to keep your bonsai alive and happy. Jonas Dupuich, founder of the #1 bonsai blog in the U.S., shares his passion and expert advice with anyone looking to learn more about bonsai in this modern, entry-level guide to an ancient art. Filled with photos of stunning, inspiring trees, The Little Book of Bonsai provides simple, clear, effective guidance on bonsai care...

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Small Garden Style: A Design Guide for Outdoor Rooms and Containers - Hardcover

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by Isa Hendry Eaton (Author), Jennifer Blaise Kramer (Author)A stylishly photographed guide to creating lush, layered, dramatic little gardens no matter the size of your available space--an urban patio, a tiny backyard, or even just a pot by your door. Petite gardens align with the movement to live smaller and create a life with less stuff and more room for living. But a more eco-friendly and efficient space doesn't have to sacrifice style. In Small Garden Style, garden designer Isa Hendry Ea...

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by Susan Orlean (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean's wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower--the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii--a deeply eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America's strange flower-selling subculture, through Florida's swamps and beyo...

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The New American Herbal: An Herb Gardening Book - Paperback

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by Stephen Orr (Author)A masterful, gorgeously photographed A-to-Z introduction to the full spectrum of herbal plants, including recipes, growing tips and tricks, DIY crafts, and more For centuries, herbs have been prized for their beauty and utility in the garden, kitchen, and medicine cabinet. Modern garden master Stephen Orr's lushly illustrated guide is the definitive resource for identifying, cultivating, and using these fascinating and varied plants. With information on almost one thous...

Herb Gardening For Dummies 2e - Paperback

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by Karan Davis Cutler (Author), Kathleen Fisher (Author), Suzanne DeJohn (Author)A plain-English guide to the world of herb gardening Starting an herb garden isn't free, but it certainly outweighs the growing costs of buying retail herbs. Plus, adding homegrown ingredients to your meals is a healthy and tasty way to improve upon any dish you whip up at home. This friendly, hands-on guide is an excellent introduction to the world of herb gardening. It gives you tips and advice to grow a thrivi...

Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg for Dummies - Paperback

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by Geoff Stebbings (Author)Save money and eat fresh with this hands-on guide to home-growing Growing you own produce is the only way to enjoy delicious, garden-fresh fruit and veg all year round. This practical manual gives you the lowdown on everything from finding the right tools and choosing which plants to grow, to nurturing your crops and bringing in your first harvest. The easy-to-follow advice will help you get started straight away and become a confident and successful kitchen garden...

Western Fruit Gardening: A Handbook for the Home Gardener on Fruit Varieties; Climatic Adaptations; Soil, Water, and Nutrient Requirements; Pruning an - Paperback

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by Reid M. Brooks (Author), Claron O. Hesse (Author), Beverley Farmer (Illustrator)This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953. Number of P...

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A Garden for Life: The Natural Approach to Designing, Planting, and Maintaining a North Temperate Garden - Paperback

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by Diana Beresford-Kroeger (Author)The avid gardener will need no other resource than this book to plan and maintain a natural garden on the country farm or in the suburban backyard, a habitat congenial to the scarlet tanager, the monarch butterfly, and the toad.Unique to this book is author Beresford-Kroeger's concept of bioplanning, in which the gardener views the site as a biological system and the activity of gardening as an ecological task. To assist in bioplanning a garden, the author p...

A Modern Herbal, Volume 2: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi Shrubs & Tree - Paperback

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by Margaret Grieve (Author)"There is not one page of this enchanting book which does not contain something to interest the common reader as well as the serious student. Regarded simply as a history of flowers, it adds to the joys of the country." -- B. E. Todd, SpectatorIf you want to know how pleurisy root, lungwort, and abscess root got their names, how poison ivy used to treat rheumatism, or how garlic guarded against the Bubonic Plague, consult A Modern Herbal. This 20th-century version o...

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by Rebecca Tyson Northen (Author)Orchids are one of the most fascinating plant families to grow. With their tremendous variety of sizes, colors, shapes, habits, and fragrances, orchids offer the opportunity of unparalleled pleasure and excitement to the plant enthusiast. This book shows you how to produce flowering orchids in your home with the modern methods that are already enabling thousands of people to cultivate orchids successfully in their living rooms, sun porches, basements, and else...

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Trees of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada: The Identification, Habits, Distribution, Woodlore and Uses of Conifers and Hardwoods, Both - Paperback

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by William M. Harlow (Author)Best one-volume guide to 140 trees. Full descriptions, woodlore, range, more. Over 600 illustrations. Handy size.Back JacketThis is an extensively revised edition of the standard semipopular Trees of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada. It covers all the important native trees found in this area. A concise introduction provides all that you need to know for general identification of trees. Then, an eight-page, easy-to-use synoptic key enables you to l...

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Growing and Using Herbs and Spices - Paperback

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by Milo Miloradovich (Author)"Will delight both the gardener and the cook." -- Library Journal."A wonderful compendium -- for anyone who wants to cultivate them or cook with them as so written as to definitely stimulate the interest of the passing page flipper." -- Kirkus Review.Over the years -- as tastes have changed and fads have come and gone -- the gentle art of the herbalist has remained a constant, year-round source of joy for an incredible array of connoisseurs -- from professional ho...

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How to Draw Flowers: Step-By-Step Drawings! - Paperback

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by Barbara Soloff Levy (Author)Budding artists can easily create a variety of different flowers by joining circles, ovals, rectangles, cylinders, and other common shapes - 30 pictures to draw: daisies, bluebells, buttercups, roses, tulips, violets, morning glories, daffodils, pansies, zinnias, and more - Simple directions, step-by-step illustrations - Includes blank practice pages - Illustrations can be colored when finished - For children ages 5 to 10Author BiographyBarbara Soloff Levy...

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Herbs and Herb Lore of Colonial America - Paperback

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by Colonial Dames of America (Author)The great importance and usefulness of herbs among settlers in the American colonies are made abundantly clear in this charming volume. Compiled by members of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, this carefully researched and delightfully written guide provides a wealth of insights into the supply sources that sustained colonists of the period.Here are descriptions of more than 50 herbs and plants, from simples or medicinal flora that wer...

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Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea, and Japan - Paperback

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by F. H. King (Author)For more than 40,000 years, Asian farmers worked the same fields repeatedly without sapping the land's fertility and without applying artificial fertilizer! How they accomplished this miraculous feat is described by author Franklin Hiram King, a former official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. King traveled to Asia in the early 1900s to learn how farmers in China, Korea, and Japan were able to achieve successful harvests century after century without exhausting the...

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Ten Acres Enough: The Classic 1864 Guide to Independent Farming - Paperback

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by Edmund Morris (Author)When author Edmund Morris left the Philadelphia business world in the early 1800s and bought a small farm in the New Jersey countryside, he was so pleased with the results of his venture that he decided to tell others how he accomplished it.His simply written chronicle -- one of the most popular books of its time -- emphasizes that agricultural success depends not on how much you grow but on what and how. Between thoughtful discussions of choosing the location, select...

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A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins - Paperback

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by A. W. Smith (Author)Literally hundreds of thousand of plants have been given botanical names. Of this huge number very few have English names, and these have become established more by use than by anything else. Thus, there has long been a need for a comprehensive guide to plant nomenclature and the standard classification system in the plant world. This is that book. Here is the first compact dictionary that combines definitions of botanical names in general usage, with information on the...

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Botanical Gardens Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Dot Barlowe (Author)A stroll through the magnificent natural museums known as botanical gardens refreshes the spirits while dazzling the senses. With this entertaining and fact-filled coloring book, nature lovers (and colorists, too) can visit 37 of these popular showplaces throughout the United States and Canada.Carefully researched and meticulously rendered illustrations range from the magnificent topiary sculptures at Green Animals in Portsmouth, Rhode Island to the lush palms of Fairch...

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Native American Gardening: Buffalobird-Woman's Guide to Traditional Methods - Paperback

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by Gilbert L. Wilson (Author)Early in the 20th century, anthropology student Gilbert Wilson made the first of several trips to an Indian reservation in North Dakota to examine agricultural techniques used among the Hidatsa Indians. This intriguing book is the result of his research. More than a survey of primitive agriculture, however, the work sensitively investigates the activities of a unique culture. With the help of Buffalobird-woman, a Hidatsa native, Wilson not only created a poignant ...

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The Flower Garden Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Ruth Soffer (Author)This coloring book has something for garden lovers of all ages--from a spring bulb garden bursting with tulips and daffodils to summer flower beds filled with brilliantly colored blossoms that attract butterflies. Just add a touch of color and bring to life more than twenty different garden settings, including those featuring lovely roses and climbing florals, as well as plots of ground set aside for cacti and edible flowers.Nature artist Ruth Soffer has accurately rend...

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Gardening À La Mode: Vegetables - Paperback

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by Harriet Anne De Salis (Author)What's the best way to protect vegetables from frost? How do you dry herbs and banish slugs? There's much to learn about making the most of your backyard vegetable garden, and this handy little guide is brimming with advice for novice gardeners. Written by a popular magazine columnist of the nineteenth century, these timeless suggestions offer straightforward guidance for every step of the way, from planting, watering, and fertilizing to cooking and preserving...

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by Karel Capek (Author), Josef Capek (Illustrator)This very entertaining volume with its delightfully humorous pictures should be read by all gardeners. -- NatureMr. Čapek writes with sympathy, understanding, and humor. -- The New York TimesHas a mellowness and a charm that give it a high place in the humorous literature of gardening ... will delight the amateur gardener, and indeed everyone else. -- Saturday ReviewThe creator of this book is best known internationally as the author of R.U.R....

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Creative Haven Glorious Gardens Color by Number Coloring Book - Paperback

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by George Toufexis (Author)Relax and unwind as you color a stunning variety of flower-filled landscapes. Forty-six scenes present roses, tulips, sunflowers, succulents and more as well as dozing cats, majestic mountains, bubbling waterfalls, and the occasional garden gnome. It's easy to achieve realistic effects with the help of lightly printed numbers that correspond to a simple color key. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for ...

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Plant Lore and Legend: The Wisdom and Wonder of Plants and Flowers Revealed - Hardcover

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by Ruth Binney (Author)From time immemorial, people have sought to understand the mysteries of the natural world, giving rise to a wealth of myths and legends connected to plant life. In addition to their imaginative appeal, these oral traditions offered practical advice about which flowers, trees, and plants could provide foods, remedies, and construction materials. This richly illustrated volume provides a treasury of ancient wisdom, exploring the sound principles behind traditional advice,...

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Creative Haven Tropical Blooms Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Ruth Soffer (Author)Flower lovers will cherish this treasury of 31 exotic flowers from around the world. Accurate, splendidly detailed images range from the African tulip, pink rain lily, heliconia, and other unique varieties to more familiar gladiolas and dahlias. A caption identifies each flower. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Tropical Blooms and other Creative Haven(R) adult coloring books off...

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Plant Style: How to Greenify Your Space - Hardcover

$25.00

by Alana Langan (Author), Jacqui Vidal (Author)Ferns are back in the bathroom, cacti are sitting on plant stands and hoyas are cascading from hangers. Indoor plants are the ultimate indoor accessory. Softening interiors and readily available, they are a stylist's best friend. However, it's their power to transform a sterile space into an urban sanctuary that makes them more than just an inanimate prop -all you need to know is how to use them. From the founders of coveted plant-wares studio, I...

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How to Make a Plant Love You: Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart - Hardcover

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by Summer Rayne Oakes (Author)Summer Rayne Oakes, an urban houseplant expert and environmental scientist, is the icon of wellness-minded millennials who want to bring nature indoors, according to a New York Times profile. Summer has managed to grow 1,000 houseplants in her Brooklyn apartment (and they're thriving!) Her secret? She approaches her relationships with plants as intentionally as if they were people. Everyone deserves to feel the inner peace that comes from taking care of greenery....