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Pub. Date
[2013], c2010
Language
English
Description
According to guest Rose Hayden Smith, an expert on gardening and U.S. history, "The Victory Gardens of World War I and World War II helped Americans weather hard times. They helped the family budget; improved dietary practices; reduced the food mile and saved fuel; beautified communities; and empowered every citizen to contribute to a national effort." The current struggling economy has caused a resurgence of victory gardens across America, and one...
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Pub. Date
[2013], c2007
Language
English
Description
Vaucluse House: Peter Cundall visits Sydney's Vaucluse House, which was built in 1803. It's surrounded by 25 acres of gardens, including a pleasure garden, bushland, and significant trees. Peter also lends a hand in the huge kitchen garden. Compost Tea: Jerry Coleby-Williams shows how to make his grandfather's recipe for compost tea, a liquid manure that serves as a great garden fertilizer. Camellias: Jane Edmanson shows us a wonderful collection...
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English
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"An entire multicultural community gets involved in a year-long school garden project and enjoys the fresh food their children grow from seed to harvest. From the nitty gritty of taking turns to taking the garbage out to the compost and stir it around with latex-gloved hands to the sublime pleasure of enjoying the popcorn they grew, all of their activities are described and illustrated."--Amazon.com.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The UK s leading gardening publisher brings you a horticultural handbook to fulfill your every need and seed! Get your gardening gloves on and join the green-fingered journey to growing herbs successfully at home. A must-have volume for first-time gardeners, Grow Small Gardens has tons of tips and tricks to contains everything you need to create a garden in a small space, without compromising on design or beauty. Make the most of your windowsill,...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A fresh approach and simple way to transform your yard! The prospect of revamping a yard is daunting. Where do you start? How do all the various areas come together in a beautiful, cohesive way? The Beginners Guide to Starting a Garden simplifies the process by showing you how to spend fewer hours (and a minimal amount of money) in the garden by tackling one small area at a time. Youll find garden plans for ten unique areasthe entryway, the shady...
10) Gardening basics
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Cultivate your passion to grow In a 1625 essay, Francis Bacon called gardens "the purest of human pleasures," and what was true then is even more so today gardening can give you a serene refuge from the short-lived (and noisy!) distractions of modern life and a fertile basis for satisfaction that will bear fruit long into the future. To help you get started on your own leafy paradise, the new edition of Gardening Basics For Dummies grounds you thoroughly...
13) My garden
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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"This thorough handbook is profusely illustrated with helpful photographs and diagrams. A particularly interesting tool is the hypothetical garden plan that appears in each chapter to show how to apply the topics at hand. A practical, logical approach to the planning, design, and installation of a garden, this volume will be an invaluable resource for students, landscape professionals, and garden designers" --Cover, p. 2.
Series
Brooklyn Botanic Garden all-region guides volume hand 187
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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19) Rose's garden
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Rose finds a neglected patch of earth in the middle of a bustling city where she can plant the flower seeds collected from her travels in her magical teapot.
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