Hand-made style for outdoor living Outdoor style often comes at a high price, but it doesn't have to. This lushly designed guide empowers you to create your own show-stopping containers made from everyday materials such as concrete...
Gardening
- Author:Gutierrez, Annette GolitiSummary:
- Author:Miller, Victoria RedhedSummary:
Pure Poultry is a timely resource for new and experienced poultry keepers who want to raise heritage breeds as an integral part of a more sustainable food system. This inspiring "how-to and why-to" guide combines revealing and...
- Author:Niemann, DeborahSummary:
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to raising goats (or any livestock for that matter). But by working with nature, you can raise happy, healthy dairy goats and produce your own milk, cheese, meat, fertilizer, leather, fiber and...
- Author:Shepard, MarkSummary:
Restoration Agriculture reveals how to sustainably grow perennial food crops that can feed us in our resource-compromised future. The restoration agriculture system described in this award-winning book works! It is possible for humans...
- Author:Lovejoy, SharonSummary:
Plant a pumpkinseed with a child, and cultivate wonder. This simple act of reconnecting with children with nature is Sharon Lovejoy's purpose and joy and gift. Author of Sunflower Houses: Garden Discoveries for Children of All Ages and...
- Author:Pollan, MichaelSummary:
Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the seventy-five greatest books ever written about gardening, Second Nature has become a manifesto for rethinking our relationship with nature. With chapter ranging from a...
- Author:Conner, CindySummary:
Historically, seed companies were generally small, often family-run businesses. Because they were regionally based, they could focus on varieties well-suited to the local environment. A Pacific Northwest company, for example, would...
- Author:Cook, Will, Williams, JanetSummary:
This comprehensive program will show you how you can have homegrown, garden-fresh, fruits and vegetables anytime and anywhere you want.
- Author:Dungy, Camille T.Summary:
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics Circle Criticism finalist Camille T. Dungy diversifies her garden to reflect her heritage. In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother...
- Author:Pavlis, RobertSummary:
Soil Science for Gardeners is an easy-to-read, practical guide to the science behind a healthy soil ecosystem and thriving plants. The book debunks common myths, explains soil science basics, and provides the reader with the knowledge...
- Author:Robertson, StuartSummary:
Nearly everybody who gardens grows something in a container. Its often the first introduction a person has to growing plants either to look at or to eat. This book is for anyone who wants to grow things without a garden, whether its on...
- Author:Robertson, StuartSummary:
With illustrations by the author, Stuart Robertsons Tips on Organic Gardening is an easy-to-read guide that answers the most frequently asked questions about general gardening techniques for urban and rural gardeners. This guideis...
- Author:Lovejoy, SharonSummary:
A magical book of adventures and appreciations written and illustrated by the author of Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots this award-winning title was published by a small press in Colorado in 1991. The reviews say it all: A fetching...
- Author:Dell, Owen E.Summary:
Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies provides hands-on, how-to instruction for realizing the benefits of a sustainable landscape, from selecting sustainable hardscape materials to installing a rain-water catchment system to choosing...
- Author:Dawling, PamSummary:
Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce. But most of the available resources on food production are aimed at...
- Author:Lowenfels, JeffSummary:
From the bestselling author of Teaming with Microbes and Teaming with Nutrients Teaming with Fungi is an important guide to mycorrhizae and the role they play in agriculture, horticulture, and hydroponics. Almost every plant in a garden...
- Author:Roach, MargaretSummary:
Margaret Roach has been harvesting thirty years of backyard parables-deceptively simple, instructive stories from a life spent digging ever deeper-and has distilled them in this memoir along with her best tips for garden making,...
- Author:Curtis, Charles H.Summary:
Of historical interest to gardening enthusiasts and historians this topiary gardening guide gives practical advice as well as a fascinating account of topiary through the ages. Topiary, the art of trimming hedges, shrubs, and trees into...
- Author:Olson, DonaldSummary:
A fantastic garden journey that only California can provide In The California Garden Tour, veteran travel writer Donald Olson highlights 50 outstanding public gardens and provides all the information you need to make the most of your...
- Author:Green, GregSummary:
The Cannabis Breeder's Bible sets a new standard of excellence for cannabis cultivation and breeding manuals and gives readers the tools they need to grow the most popular and potent marijuana varieties and strains in the world....