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Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2, 2nd Edition: Water-Harvesting Earthworks

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Report copyright infringementby Brad Lancaster (Author), Andy Lipkis (Foreword by)2020 independent Press Award Winner--Green Book Category Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2 is a how-to guide enabling you to "plant the rain" by creating water-harvesting "earthworks" or "rain gardens." Earthworks are simple, inexpensive strategies and landforms that passively harvest multiple sources of free on-site water including rainfall, stormwater runoff, air conditioning condensate, a...

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Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 3rd Edition: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape

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Report copyright infringementby Brad Lancaster (Author)2020 Independent Press Award Winner--Home & Garden Category Turn water scarcity into water abundance! Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 3rd Edition is the best-selling, award-winning guide on how to conceptualize, design, and implement life-enhancing water-, sun-, wind-, and shade-harvesting systems for your home, landscape, and community. This book enables you to assess your on-site resources, gives you a divers...

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Good Weed Bad Weed: Who's Who, What to Do, and Why Some Deserve a Second Chance (All You Need to Know about the Weeds in Your Yard)

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Report copyright infringementby Nancy Gift (Author)Good Weed Bad Weed is a friendly, authoritative, easy-to-use guide to the uninvited plants in our yard: who they are, how to control them safely - and why it's a good idea to love some of them just the way they are (including a chart for how best to let our labor-intensive lawns "go native"). Weed expert Nancy Gift considers 50 of the most interesting and noteworthy weeds in our lives, with generous helpings of full-color photos, humor and so...

A Gardener's Notebook: Life with My Garden

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Report copyright infringementby Doug Oster (Author), Jessica Walliser (Author) Updated and revised from the original 2008 A Gardener's Journal (2593 sold), A Gardener's Notebook appears with a new cover and interior design, while keeping the original's organic gardening tips, short essays, seed planting schedule, "Compost 101," and grid pages for garden planning. This is a friendly, visually welcoming gift book by the authors of Grow Organic [as co-authors], Good Bug Bad Bug [Jessica's], and ...

Good Bug Bad Bug: Who's Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically (All You Need to Know about the Insects in Your Garden)

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Walliser (Author)Good Bug Bad Bug, updated 2nd edition, is an indispensable field guide for quickly and easily identifying the most common invasive and beneficial insects in the garden; plus the best organic advice on how to attract the good guys and manage the bad guys - without reaching for the toxic chemicals. Good Bug Bad Bug includes strategies for dealing with the "new bugs in town," those worrisome strangers that are starting to show up due to c...

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Report copyright infringementby Cheryl Wilfong (Author)Why compost? And how do you actually get some compost? Then what do you do with it? This humorous collection of short essays talks about the ins and out of compost. Number of Pages: 134 Dimensions: 0.31 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 15, 2015

A Farmer's Love: Living Biodynamics and the Meaning of Community

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Report copyright infringementby Walter Moora (Author)A Farmer's Love is the story of the author's spiritual journey and how his relationship to the Earth evolved from an experience of basic utility to an experience of abiding love.Farmers seldom bare their souls in books, but Walter Moora struggled and wrestled the words in this book from his heart. He offers more than specific descriptions of farming; he tells his life story as a biodynamic farmer and how he learned the lessons of creating h...

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Report copyright infringementby Donna Balzer (Author), Steven Biggs (Author)NO NONSENSE VEGETABLE GARDENING is an exuberant, design-driven garden gift book with useful, easy-to-digest information on every page. Simple, no-nonsense garden advice cuts through complexities and misinformation. The text is arranged around the whimsical Peter Rabbit-style illustrations and graphics of Mariko McCrae, and full-color photographs. The easy-access charts and he-says, she-says dialogue boxes take the sci...

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Report copyright infringementby James Ells Ph. D. (Author) * More than 100 new wildflowers and plants were added to this second edition * Complete, concise, and easy to use with a new design * Authoritative authorship that sets a new standard for flora field guides Most wildflower enthusiasts have several or more books on wildflowers in their libraries, but if you can only have one wildflower book in your pack, make it Rocky Mountain Flora. Wildflower identification is a difficult endeavor....

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The Steel City Garden: Creating a One-Of-A-Kind Garden in Black and Gold

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Report copyright infringementby Doug Oster (Author)Pittsburgh fans are now adding a cheering section to their garden, with black and gold combinations of flowers, plants and yard decor. This fun book is a how-to guide for dressing your garden in Pittsburgh colors. Doug Oster, one of Pittsburgh's best-known garden experts, presents familiar as well as unique plants, like yellow carrots, black radishes, black roses and buttercup shrubs. And he shows how to bring black and gold to the garden wit...

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A Garden to Dye for: How to Use Plants from the Garden to Create Natural Colors for Fabrics and Fibers

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Report copyright infringementby Chris McLaughlin (Author)Home-grown botanical dyes are in, and they're part of today's shift toward natural and organic living. "A new generation discovers grow-it-yourself dyes," says the New York Times. And you don't have to have a degree in chemistry to create your own natural dyes.It just takes a garden plot and a kitchen. A Garden to Dye For shows how super-simple it is to plant and grow a dyer's garden and create beautiful dyes. Many of these plants may a...

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Heaven Is a Garden: Designing Serene Outdoor Spaces for Inspiration and Reflection

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Report copyright infringementby Jan Johnsen (Author)Why do some gardens make us feel so wonderful, relaxed and refreshed? Using ideas based on ancient and modern practices, this book shows how you can uplift yourself and others in a serene setting designed for "unplugging" and relaxing. Whether you are intending to create a lovely garden or just thinking about a future outdoor haven, Heaven is a Garden will help you see your backyard in a whole new light and reawaken an awareness of the wonde...

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The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff

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Report copyright infringementby Dee Nash (Author)This is one of those "especially for now" kinds of books, when food security appears on our basic to-do list. It's about growing food closer to where we live, whether it's on a condo deck, in a backyard or in a community garden. The 20-30 Something Garden Guide gives that active, mostly urban, 20-30 cohort a fun, non-intimidating introduction to the basics of gardening. More than ever, they want to know where their food comes from, and they're ...

Microgreens: : A Beginner's Guide to the Benefits of Cultivation and Consumption

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Report copyright infringementby Julia Winchester (Author)Microgreens may be exactly what your diet needs. Fresh, organic greens like this are packed with nutrients difficult to find in such concentrations anywhere else. What are they? Why are so many people talking about them? If you haven't heard of them before, you soon will. In Microgreens: The Beginner's Guide to the Benefits of Cultivation and Consumption, Julia Winchester walks the reader through the history of microgreens and the basic...

Wheatgrass: Growing and Juicing for Better Nutrition

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Report copyright infringementby Julia Winchester (Author)There is no one that shouldn't learn about the health benefits and the good-for-you qualities of wheatgrass. In fact, if you are like most people, you need this. Do you eat fast food on a regular basis? Do you find yourself pushing those greens to the side of your plate at each meal? Perhaps you do wish you could eat a more health-based diet but think it's too hard to do so. Even if you are eating a healthy diet for the most part, chanc...

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The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving

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Report copyright infringementby Lee Buttala (Editor), Shanyn Siegel (Editor), Jared Zystro (Contribution by)Winner of the American Horticultural Society Award for Excellence In Garden Book PublishingWinner of the Silver Medal for Best Reference from the Garden Writer's AssociationFilled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting seed that is true-to-type a...

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Farmsteads of the California Coast: With Recipes from the Harvest (Homestead Book, California Cookbook)

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Henry (Author), Erin Scott (Photographer)Explore the Coast of California, Map Local Farms, and Meet a Dozen Diverse Growers"A terrific book about some of my favorite farms." -Michael Pollan, author, activist, and professor"A true celebration of meaningful work and beauty--the values that are at the heart of these farmsteads are the values we all must learn." -Alice Waters, James Beard award-winning chefFeaturing some of the most scenic farm locations in t...

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Cool Flowers: How to Grow and Enjoy Long-Blooming Hardy Annual Flowers Using Cool Weather Techniques

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Mason Ziegler (Author)Everyone longs for fragrant early spring blossoms - Snapdragons, Bells of Ireland, Sweet Peas, Sweet Williams and other beauties. But few grow them successfully in their own gardens because they haven't learned the simple cool-weather techniques that make it possible.Expert flower grower Lisa Zeigler profiles 30 long-blooming stars of the spring garden, the "hardy annuals" that thrive when they are planted during cool conditions (inst...

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Garden-Pedia: An A-To-Z Guide to Gardening Terms

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Report copyright infringementby Pamela Bennett (Author), Maria Zampini (Author)Quick: do you know the difference between hardpan and hardening-off? Between a native and a nativar? A cold frame and a cloche? Do you wish someone would write a book that explains in simple English what all those gardening terms mean - just give you the stuff you need to know, so you can be a knowledgeable gardener? Veteran horticulturists Maria Zampini and Pam Bennett have done just that. Garden-pedia is written ...

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The Right-Size Flower Garden: Simplify Your Outdoor Space with Smart Design Solutions and Plant Choices

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Report copyright infringementby Kerry Ann Mendez (Author)Today, the reality of a "bigger is better" garden no longer holds the same allure as a "small is beautiful" one. We're busy, we're aging, and the demands of the garden can feel overwhelming. What to do? Make smarter use of the space we have and the plants we select, says garden expert Kerry Ann Mendez. In The Right-Size Flower Garden, she shares her successful recipe for having a garden we can manage and love again...the right-size, low...

The Cancer Survivor's Garden Companion: Cultivating Hope, Healing and Joy in the Ground Beneath Your Feet

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Report copyright infringementby Peterson Jenny (Author)THE BOOK IN 19 WORDS: A CANCER PATIENT DISCOVERS THAT GARDENING IS GOOD MEDICINE - AND FINDS A POWERFUL HEALING PARTNER IN HER OWN BACKYARD. Jenny Peterson is a breast cancer survivor. Her long road through cancer treatment was hard, emotional and often deeply depressing. The one thing that pulled her out of the darkness was her desire to be able to garden again. Peterson credits her garden with clearing her mental fog and overcoming her...

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The Suburban Micro-Farm: Modern Solutions for Busy People

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Stross (Author)Nonfiction Book Awards 2018 Gold WinnerForeword INDIE Awards 2018 Gold Winner (Hobbies & Home category)Nautilus Book Awards 2018 Silver Winner (Green Living & Sustainability category) Reduce your lawn and your grocery budget. Take gardening to the next level!Would you like to grow healthy food for your table? Do you want to learn the secrets of farming even though you live in a neighborhood? Author Amy Stross talks straight about why ...

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Report copyright infringementby Nigel Dunnett (Author)Nigel Dunnett's gardens and landscapes have lifted the spirits of city dwellers for decades. They are beautiful, uplifting places that resonate with the energy of the natural world and stop us in our tracks. But how does he achieve these plantings with their successional waves of colorful perennials, elegant grasses, and pollinators at work with so few demands on irrigation and other natural resources? In this book he shares his inspiratio...

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Growing Perennial Foods: A Field Guide to Raising Resilient Herbs, Fruits, and Vegetables

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Report copyright infringementby Acadia Tucker (Author), Krishna Chavda (Illustrator)Recipient of the GardenComm Emergent Communicator Award for 2023: Acadia TuckerAcadia Tucker's long love affair with perennial foods has produced this easy-to-understand guide to growing, harvesting, and eating them.A regenerative farmer and gardener deeply concerned about global warming, Acadia Tucker believes there may be no better time to plant perennials. Sturdy and deep-rooted, perennials can weather clim...

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Growing Good Food: A Citizen's Guide to Backyard Farming

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Report copyright infringementby Acadia Tucker (Author), Joe Wirtheim (Illustrator)Recipient of the GardenComm Emergent Communicator Award for 2023: Acadia TuckerGrowing Good Food is a beginner's guide to growing your own herbs, fruits, and vegetables using organic and sustainable practices. It's for home gardeners who want to raise food on their own patch of soil--all while cultivating a microbe-rich, carbon-sucking, regenerative foodscape.Acadia Tucker, a regenerative farmer, gardener, and c...

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Sowhow: A Modern Guide to Grow-Your-Own Veg

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Matson (Author), Lucy Anna Scott (Author) SowHow is an innovative grow guide for every modern gardener. With its fresh, bright design and clear-cut know-how, the sleek reissue of this little book provides expert advice and encouragement to get growing whether you're looking to fill a garden, allotment, or a patio pot. When you're growing veg for the first time it can be hard to know where to start and even more difficult to find inspiring advice that isn't...

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The Wildlife Gardener's Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to Increasing the Biodiversity in Your Garden

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Report copyright infringementby Jackie Bennett (Author)The ultimate guide to encouraging wildlife into the garden all year round. Taking a month-by-month approach, The Wildlife Gardener's Almanac is packed with ideas, advice, tips and checklists, to give gardener's the best chance to make their contribution to conserving our native flora and fauna, no matter what size their garden. Each chapter of this beautifully illustrated book presents an introduction to the wild plants and creatures to...

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Report copyright infringementby Teri Dunn Chace (Author)Say goodbye to water-guzzling lawns and create beautiful, landscape designs Low-Water Landscaping For Dummies will teach you to preserve one of our most critical natural resources while simultaneously maximizing your curb appeal. Ditch wasteful, inefficient irrigation methods like sprinkler systems and learn how to embrace designs that save water. This book guides you through different styles of landscaping, introduces you to uniquely d...

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Report copyright infringementby Parker T. Barnes (Author)Originally published in 1914, this little zine is full of timeless and comprehensive advice on how to grow flowering plants indoors or outdoors. Whether you're a houseplant enthusiast hoping to add color to your living space, or your an avid gardener hoping to switch up the palette of your beds, author Parker T. Barnes has the advice you need. Understand what kind of water, light, humidity, and soil your plants need to thrive, and get t...

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Report copyright infringementby Mixa Lungu (Author)Make your best choise With detailed descriptions of each species, this book is the ultimate resource for any plant lover or gardener.Whether you're interested in creating a terrarium, bonsai, or simply growing plants in your garden, this book has something for everyone. Learn how to distinguish between different species of trees, flowers, and shrubs, and discover the fascinating history and cultural significance behind each plant. Whether you...

Plantas Medicinales: Usos, glosario, cultivos, plantas, hierbas medicinales

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Report copyright infringementby Edición Emd (Author)La plantas han sido usadas como medicina alrededor del mundo por milenios: fueron la medicina original en todas las culturas y en las civilizaciones más grandes. Es muy triste constatar cómo, en muchos países occidentales, el siglo XX vio a la medicina herbal ser degradada a "terapia complementaria" o "terapia alternativa", cuando en realidad merece tenerun lugar principal en todo lo referente al cuidado de la salud. Países orientales como C...

30 Zinnia species: Make the right choice

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