A guide featuring full-color illustrations and photographs that chart in step-by-step detail every stage of planning, preserving, and arranging dried flowers. full-color illustrations throughout. Read more
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) did much to illustrate the possibilities of wall, water and woodland gardening and this book still has much to offer gardeners. Here, chapter by chapter, Gertrude Jekyll describes dry-wall, rock and terrace gardens, stream, lake, pond and pool gardens, water in the rock garden, the heath garden and woodland gardening. Lists of suitable plants for the various locations are given at the end of many chapters in addition to the information in the text. Read more
Life is like a garden. Complete with seasons of dormancy and growth, preparation and harvest. A winter, spring, summer, and fall of the soul.
Devotions from the Garden: Inspiration for Life is a collection of 18 devotional readings covering topics such as tilling the hard soil, composting, planting, watering, weeding, thinning, insects, harvesting, and blooming as they relate to life.Life is like a garden. Complete with seasons of dormancy and growth, preparation and harvest. A winter, spring, summer, and fall of the soul.
Devotions from the Garden: Inspiration for Life is a collection of 18 devotional readings covering topics such as tilling the hard soil, composting, planting, watering, weeding, thinning, insects, harvesting, and blooming as they relate to life. Read more
Studies show that nearly 13% of consumers consume harmful chemicals in their food every day. Other studies link commercial pesticide and herbicide levels to Alzheimer's, autism, cancer and birth defects!
This book will show you how to take control of what your family eats. You'll learn the secrets to:
Preparing the soil for planting
Planning the perfect garden
Make your own compost
Organic pest control
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Get started now!Studies show that nearly 13% of consumers consume harmful chemicals in their food every day. Other studies link commercial pesticide and herbicide levels to Alzheimer's, autism, cancer and birth defects!
This book will show you how to take control of what your family eats. You'll learn the secrets to:
Preparing the soil for planting
Planning the perfect garden
Make your own compost
Organic pest control
And so much more
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Growing your own herbs appeals to the novice gardener, the small-space gardener, and the organic cook. Easy to grow, low maintenance, and inexpensive, herbs are both attractive and practical in the garden. In this book, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell provices all the information you need to grow your own herbs. First, choose your herb with a quick reference guide to the easiest herbs to grow in containers. Learn how to grow from seed, get advice on how to choose healthy seedlings when buying from a gardening store or nursery, and gain useful tips and techniques on how to feed and deal with pests organically. Next, select your container--terracotta pots, recycled containers, hanging baskets, windowboxes, and more. Over 30 step-by-step projects show you how to prepare the container and plant it up. There are also tips on protecting perennial herbs over winter. Whether you are gardening on a windowsill or balcony, or want to plant a few pots for outside the kitchen door, Grow Your Own Herbs in Pots shows you the best way to grow herbs.
*Anyone with a backyrd or even a windowsill can undertake these projects.
* Organic Herbs in Pots (ISBN: 978-1-906525-56-9), published in Spring 2009, has sold over 30,000 copies.
*Part of our bestselling "Green Guide" series. Other titles include Cabbages & Roses Guide to Green Housekeeping, Fruits of the Earth, Organic Crops in Pots and A Green Guide to Bringing up Your Baby.
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Truper 30642, JJ-4, Garden Tool Kit With Hoe, Cultivator, Transplanted, Trowel, 6-Inch. Handy floral garden kit with rake, shovel, hoe. 6-inch Harwood ash handle is tough and strong with limited elasticity. Handy leather tie/loop on handle, to store or hang in shed or garage. Protective steel gray painted finish. Stock up on quality Truper Tools for other projects today. Truper has been in the hand tool manufacturing business for over 40-year and is by far the largest Mexican company in its field. Truper relies on the most advanced modern and efficient technology to guarantee the optimum quality and value of its products and demanding service needs of the company's global customers. Read more
The 3M N95 Workshop Odor Respirator is designed for use with non-harmful solvents, degreasers and paint thinners. U.S.A. Respirator Type: Workshop odor, NIOSH Approved: Yes, Filter Rating: N95, Exhalation Valve: No, Odor Relief: Yes, Masks Included (qty.): 1 Read more
Kim Tripp assisted the late J. C. Raulston in his pioneering work on plant testing and introduction at the North Carolina State University Arboretum, and together they produced this collection of 150 exciting trees and shrubs that can bring new interest to gardens throughout the year.Published at $44.95 Our last copies available at $22.49Now that The Year in Trees from the North Carolina State University Arboretum is available in paperback, there's no reason that every American town park designer, landscaper, home gardener, and "plantsman" (a pet term of late coauthor J.C. Raulston) shouldn't have a copy. In her extensive portraits of 150 woody plants (trees, shrubs, and vines), Kim Tripp reveals herself to be a plantsman on a mission. Whether rescuing underappreciated plants like Catalpa from undeserved weed-tree status, introducing readers to nonnative varieties like Korean lilac that have proved easy to grow in the United States, or reintroducing gardeners to "grande dames" like the southern magnolia, Tripp's goal to encourage greater diversity in landscape plantings is in passionate evidence.
The authors risk alienating readers--or at least commercial nursery owners--with their repeated case for variety. In his fine introduction, Raulston writes of gardeners "distracted and mesmerized by the many spring blockbusters" available at the local chain nurseries, whose proprietors tend to ignore less common but often more appropriate and interesting plants in pursuit of easy profit. "Azaleas, azaleas everywhere and no relief in sight!" Tripp writes with exasperation in her portrait of Fothergilla, her suggested alternative to the ubiquitous flowering shrub. Her choices are bold and sometimes antagonistic, but always reasonable and based on rigorous, wide-ranging data collection. The featured plants, arranged into spring, summer, fall, and winter sections, are all shown in one or more color photograph, making The Year in Trees an invaluable reference, not to mention a new classic, for home gardeners. --Liana Fredley Read more
Henta®'s Pond In Pot is a complete assembled water garden kit, just fill with water and plug into electricity Outlet! This entire assembly can be placed indoors or outdoors, inside a whiskey barrel, buried in ground or free standing with unlimited creative ways of decorating!
Kit includes our one of our Pat "U" Pot, a durable 23 gal pot, approx. 27.5" diameter and 15.5" high in black color. Kit also includes one PonDeal assembly which consisting of:
1. PUMP- Up to 200 gal/hr capacity, powerful magnetic drive, power cord, fish safe, suitable for ponds up to 400 gal.
2. LIGHT- Submersible halogen pond light, complete with transformer and power cord, high brilliance bulb, heat proof glass lens with 4 interchangeable colored disks.
3. FILTER- Reusable foam an easy to clean
4. TRAY- Specially designed tray with water flow channels that keeps pump clean at all times therefore increasing pump life. Tray secures all components in place for the best water gardening function.
5. FOUNTAIN HEAD- Adjustable bell shape aerates water and produces a beautiful wind resistant pattern.
You will love the convenience of having all components assembled and ready in one kit.
Our Pat "U" Pot and our PonDeal assembly can also be purchased separately through Amazon... (Please note that the bricks and flower shown in the pictures are not included). Read more
Ideal for the novice and experienced gardener alike.This all new book contains all the information you need to prepare, sow (or turf) a truly organic lawn for your home. It covers every step of the process, from checking the acidity of your soil, through the growing of a new lawn, to the maintenance and care of an established lawn as well as how to feed, water and fertilize it the natural way without harmful chemicals. Also included are mowing and weedkilling, pest removal and organic solutions to other common lawn problems.Ideal for the novice and experienced gardener alike.This all new book contains all the information you need to prepare, sow (or turf) a truly organic lawn for your home. It covers every step of the process, from checking the acidity of your soil, through the growing of a new lawn, to the maintenance and care of an established lawn as well as how to feed, water and fertilize it the natural way without harmful chemicals. Also included are mowing and weedkilling, pest removal and organic solutions to other common lawn problems. Read more
High above the bustling streets there's another world--a universe filled with calm and natural beauty. We're talking of course about New York's legendary rooftop gardens. Like their predecessors in Babylon, these urban oases are truly one of the world's great wonders. Set amid the concrete canyons, these horticultural hideaways offer respite from the relentless pace that is NYC. Here in the city that never sleeps, these serene spaces offer a chance to laze, potter and even to nap. The plants, furnishings--and of course--the landscape engineering that makes them possible--will inspire awe. Set against dramatic cityscapes, these must be some of the most fascinating green spaces on the planet Read more
Pond netting provides several benefits designed to make pond keeping more enjoyable. It protects valuable pond fish from predators. It keeps leaves and debris out of ponds reducing the possibility of clogging in the pump and other pond equipment. Plastic Read more
A collection of short stories, set in different eras, about people whose lives are challenged by betrayal, loss, and confusing relationships but who manage, in their own unique ways, to find create a path to courage and redemption.
A collection of short stories, set in different eras, about people whose lives are challenged by betrayal, loss, and confusing relationships but who manage, in their own unique ways, to find create a path to courage and redemption.
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This book explains how to design and build a sprinkler system to irrigate a residential landscape. Beginning with an inventory and description of the components of a sprinkler system, the book describes what the different parts are and what they do, as well as explanations of the appropriate use of the different parts. For example, when choosing sprinkler heads, when to use rotors compared with using spray or impact heads. The book covers all the components of a sprinkler system including heads, valves, controllers, wiring, backflow devices, piping and fittings.
Building from that basic foundation, the reader is then given instruction in how to successfully design a sprinkler system including establishing a water source, zoning, pipe sizing, head layout and all the other necessary requirements. The design process incorporates a discussion of soil types, plant communities, and microclimates as well as the mechanical considerations. The outcome here is to help the reader design a sprinkler system that functions correctly, is cost effective, and that is appropriate to the existing or proposed landscape and site conditions.
After the reader has designed a sprinkler system, the book goes through a step-by-step example of how to physically lay-out and install a sprinkler system, including many useful contractor's tips and shortcuts and a troubleshooting guide.
The book has a chapter on low-volume irrigation that includes how to design and install drip and micro irrigation, and a chapter on how to water for maximum results using minimal amounts of water.
How To Design And Build A Sprinkler System is a breath of fresh air in that it does not shrink from an explanation of what is really required to build a sprinkler system. The fact is, sprinkler systems are not so complicated that a homeowner can't build one by doing some homework first, but they (sprinkler systems) definitely require more knowledge than is usually provided at the retail level.
How To Design And Build A Sprinkler System is for the intelligent homeowner who wants to install a "real" sprinkler system, have the fun and satisfaction of doing it themselves, and save a ton of money compared to having a contractor do the same job. The book is also a recommended read for someone taking bids and talking to contractors about irrigation work. This book is a great resource as a way to make sure homeowners can communicate effectively about what they expect from a contractor. Read more
Inspirational Dream Wall Clock is new, handcrafted utilizing unique process resulting in a stunning high gloss ceramic-like finish. Measures 10" x 10", comes with a wall mounting hook. Single AA battery is not included. Read more
Ever feel like taking a break from your life? Ever taken a little holiday to the Caribbean and wondered what it would be like if you just stayed, and didn't come home?
Belize: Time Longer Than Rope is the story of a Sixties radical who who found herself at loose ends... and decided just to cut loose instead. After figuring out expatriate life in Belize, buying her own home and planting her gardens, she found herself in a different sort of trouble than she'd bargained for. You guessed it--love and all its complications.
As the Belizeans say, 'time longer than rope'. Read more
From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen, and farmers.
For the founding fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions, as deeply ingrained in their characters as their belief in liberty for the nation they were creating. Andrea Wulf reveals for the first time this aspect of the revolutionary generation. She describes how, even as British ships gathered off Staten Island, George Washington wrote his estate manager about the garden at Mount Vernon; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson’s and John Adams’s faith in their fledgling nation; how a trip to the great botanist John Bartram’s garden helped the delegates of the Constitutional Congress break their deadlock; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of American environmentalism. These and other stories reveal a guiding but previously overlooked ideology of the American Revolution.
Founding Gardeners adds depth and nuance to our understanding of the American experiment and provides us with a portrait of the founding fathers as they’ve never before been seen. Read more
Having it "made in the shade" can be a challenge, if you're a gardener. Lawns, roses, and some flowering plants may not thrive or bloom as well there as in full sun. But there are many colorful foliage and flowering plants that absolutely love the shade. Learn what you can plant in different kinds of shade--deep, dappled, or somewhere in between--and how to maintain your trees and landscape to keep the level of shade you want, whether your goal is to create a garden that evokes a tropical jungle or a woodland forest. Plant directory with color photos, bibliography, index. Read more
Renewing America's Food Traditions is a beautifully illustrated dramatic call to recognize, celebrate, and conserve the great diversity of foods that gives North America its distinctive culinary identity that reflects our multicultural heritage. It offers us rich natural and cultural histories as well as recipes and folk traditions associated with the rarest food plants and animals in North America. In doing so, it reminds us that what we choose to eat can either conserve or deplete the cornucopia of our continent.
While offering a eulogy to a once-common game food that has gone extinct--the passenger pigeon--the book doesn't dwell on tragic losses. Instead, it highlights the success stories of food recovery, habitat restoration, and market revitalization that chefs, farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and foresters have recently achieved. Through such "food parables," editor Gary Paul Nabhan and his colleagues build a persuasive argument for eater-based conservation.
In addition, this book offers the first-ever list of foods at risk in America (more than a thousand), shows how all of us can personally support and participate in such recoveries, and lists food festivals held across the continent to honor and enjoy some of the country's most iconic foods, from crab cakes to maple syrup and filé gumbo. Organized by "food nations" named for the ecological and cultural keystone foods of each region--Salmon Nation, Bison Nation, Chile Pepper Nation, among others--this book offers an altogether fresh perspective on the culinary traditions of North America. Read more
Potential hydroponic gardeners can easily become overwhelmed by the complex processes involved with soilless cultivation. Understanding the basics prior to venturing into advanced gardening manuals can help prevent frustration and confusion. An informed gardener is more likely to succeed, and a successful gardener is more likely to continue to garden. Grubbycup’s Simple Hydroponics is a gentle overview of hydroponic gardening for the beginner featuring 40 full color pages with over 60 photos illustrating concepts including artificial lighting, media choices and basic nutrition.
"A grubby cup is a drinking vessel of common usage."Grubbycup's Simple Hydroponics" is anything but common. It is a Holy Grail for those who want to try hydroponics, but didn't get a post doctoral degree in chemistry. It is nothing but simple instructions, plenty and useful photos and makes hydroponics easy to understand and to try as a result. This book really makes hydroponics accessible. Start here." - Jeff Lowenfels author of Teaming with Microbes.
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A guide, by word and plate illustration, to wildflowers of the northeast. In all, 62 selected wildflowers are arranged in phylogenetic order, from the more primitive vascular plant families to the most advanced. All may be found in most areas of the Northeastern United States. Information on their period of bloom is contained in Part II and is cross-referenced by page number in the descriptive material included for each. Read more
8' Wooden Straight Pathway. Roll out our Wooden Pathway and stay high and dry while crossing damp or muddy ground. Naturally weather-resistant cedar planks are joined with wire and rubber spacers to create these portable, easy-to-use walkways. Easy to clean and store: just rinse with a hose, roll it up and pack it away. Hand-crafted from durable, afforable, environmentally conscious White Cedar 100% Made in the U.S.A Fully assembled with flexible nylon rope Naturally insect, weater and rot-resistant, maintenance-free Can be stained or painted, or left unfinished to weather to a warm silvery grey Available Color Red Cedar Finish Read more
The world famous artwork of Beatrix Potter needs little introduction — it is as beloved as the familiar children’s stories it illustrates. But few know of her work in the gardens and interiors of Hill Top, the farmhouse Potter purchased in 1905. The estate and surrounding scenery inspired many of Potter’s stories and illustrations, and this gorgeously illustrated book shows Potter’s homes and her magnificent gardens beside those drawings, revealing the real-life sources for Peter Rabbit and many other Potter classics. The book also includes letters and diary excerpts, further exploring the relationship between Potter’s home in the Lake District and her iconic artwork. For those fans of Potter who want to delve further into her aesthetic underpinnings, this intimate look into Potter’s private world is a must-have.The richly illustrated At Home with Beatrix Potter will delight the many admirers of the artist and writer of children's books. Her beloved characters--Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, and their whimsical friends--were inspired by the English countryside, which she grew to love during summer vacations as a girl. In 1905, at the age of 40, Potter bought Hill Top Farm overlooking Esthwaite Water in the Lake District, a region of hills and lakes famous for its glorious landscapes. She continued to buy property in the area with her royalties, and by the time she died 37 years later, she had amassed over 4,000 acres. She fought vigorously to preserve the beauty of the Lake District and its rural ways, leaving her estate to the National Trust, Britain's leading conservation agency. This book, written by an official of the Trust, is a tribute to the jewel of the estate, 17th-century Hill Top Farm. Potter restored and furnished it as a showcase of English country ways, though she actually lived in a large cottage nearby. Her substantial collection of Lake District antiques reflected the influential Arts & Crafts movement, which emphasized the integrity of handmade objects in a period of increasing mechanization. The book takes us on a tour of the farm, alternating the artist's original photographs and watercolors with photographs of the building and countryside as they look today. Several two-page spreads of the garden in early summer and the Lake District in late autumn are especially beautiful. Unpretentious, solid, charming, understated: At Home with Beatrix Potter embodies the rustic virtues that Beatrix loved. --John Stevenson Read more
THE twisting and weaving of Nature's materials, grasses, twigs, rushes and vines, into useful and beautiful forms seems almost instinctive in man. Perhaps it came to him as the nest-weaving instinct comes to birds—for at first he used it as they do, in the building of his house. Later, shields and boats were formed of wicker work, but how long ago the first basket was made no one is wise enough to tell us. To-day Indian tribes in South America weave baskets from their native palms, South African negroes use reeds and roots, while the Chinese and Japanese are wonderful workmen in this as in other arts and industries; but basketry has come down to us more directly through the American Indian. Generations of these weavers have produced masterpieces, many of which are preserved in our museums, and the young basket maker need not go on long pilgrimages to study the old masters of his craft. Here at last, as in England, the value of manual training is being realized, and basketry is taking an important place; following the kindergarten and enabling the child to apply the principles he has learned there. He still works from the centre out, and weaves as he wove his paper mats, but permanent materials have replaced the perishable ones, and what he makes has an actual value.
Basketry also fills the need for a practical home industry for children; so not only in school, club and settlement, but on home piazzas in summer young weavers are taking their first lessons. Though they are unlearned in woodcraft, and have not the magic of the Indian squaw in their fingertips, they can, and do, feel the fascination of basketry in the use of rattan, rush and raffia. It is hoped that this book may be a help in teaching them "Basket Making for Fun & Profits."
CONTENTS
Preface v
CHAPTER I
Materials, Tools, Preparation, Weaving .3
CHAPTER II
Raffia and Some op Its Uses .11
CHAPTER III
Mats and Their Borders .21
CHAPTER IV
The Simplest Baskets .27
CHAPTER V
Covers .33
CHAPTER VI
Handles .51
CHAPTER VII
Work Baskets .65
CHAPTER VIII
Candy Baskets .83
CHAPTER IX
Scrap Baskets .101
CHAPTER X
Birds' Nests .113
CHAPTER XI
Oval Baskets .127
CHAPTER XII
The Finishing Touch .149
CHAPTER XIII
How to Cane Chairs .159
CHAPTER XIV
Some Indian Stitches .169
CHAPTER XV
What the Basket Means to the Indian .181 Read more
4 LB, 0-45-0, Triple Super Phosphate, Provides Readily Available Form Of Phosphorous, Stimulates Root Development and Larger Blooms, Use On Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables, Box. Read more
Early yellow corn for the sweetest cornmeal. A favorite for sweet, delicious cornmeal for baking and cereal. Maturing early on 7' single stalks, the 7-8" ears are medium sized, having glossy yellow kernels with white caps. It dries early in the field for success in short seasons. While not high yielding, Nothstine's flavor is enough reason to grow it. Read more
Prepare to attend the Pickle Fest in Serendipity, Oregon, along with Paige Turner and Adam Hayes. But first you must help them unravel the mystery of how the city manager wound up dead in a mound of mulch in the city park that Paige was hired to landscape. Can Adam’s knowledge of the law keep her out of jail and win her love?
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