Author : Joe Lamp'l
Publisher : Cool Springs Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1591864267
The first Green book from Cool Springs Press, written by popular television personality, Joe Lampl, known as Joe Gardener. With a platform that encourages earth-friendly gardening, Joe will offer tips that will save water, conserve resources, promote healthy and safe plant growth, and eliminate damage to the earth.
Author : Carol Wall
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 37,77 MB
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0698150988
"In this profoundly moving memoir, Owita teaches Wall how to find grace amid heartbreak and to accept that beauty exists because it is fleeting—as in her garden, as in life." —People, 4 stars "A perfect spring awakening." —Good Housekeeping A true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing—and ultimately everything—in common. Carol Wall, a white woman living in a lily-white neighborhood in Middle America, was at a crossroads in her life. Her children were grown; she had successfully overcome illness; her beloved parents were getting older. One day she notices a dark-skinned African man tending her neighbor’s yard. His name is Giles Owita. He bags groceries at the supermarket. He comes from Kenya. And he’s very good at gardening. Before long Giles is transforming not only Carol’s yard, but her life. Though they are seemingly quite different, a caring bond grows between them. But they both hold long-buried secrets that, when revealed, will cement their friendship forever.
Author : Jamie Wood
Publisher : Celestial Arts
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,61 MB
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1587613859
Green magick, or stewardship of the earth, begins right in our own backyards. When we cultivate an herb garden—even if it’s just a few potted plants on a sunny windowsill—we are tending living, sentient beings who respond to our intention, our energy, and our tender loving care. The “fae” (faerie) essence residing at the heart of each nurtured plant manifests in its foliage, flowers, fragrance, and flavor, and its unique healing, nourishing, and restorative properties. In The Faeries’ Guide to Green Magick from the Garden author and free-fae-spirit Jamie Wood offers fresh, faerie-centric profiles of thirty-three familiar medicinal and culinary herbs accompanied by recipes for natural healing remedies, earth-friendly beauty products, and tasty treats. Fantasy artist Lisa Steinke pairs each herb with a vibrant portrait of its personality—its unique faerie signature—in her lyrical poetry and luminous paintings. With blissful blessings, magickal meditations, and zesty spells sprinkled throughout, The Faeries Guide to Green Magick from the Garden will help you get in touch with your own fae spirit and explore the earthly—and earthy—delights of your own garden.
Author : Richard Lay
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 45,27 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1616419482
Provides a guide to gardening, covering such subjects as preparing soil, fertilizing, and removing pests.
Author : R. J. Ruppenthal
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 35,38 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 160358028X
Free space for the city gardener might be no more than a cramped patio, balcony, rooftop, windowsill, hanging rafter, dark cabinet, garage, or storage area, but no space is too small or too dark to raise food. With this book as a guide, people living in apartments, condominiums, townhouses, and single-family homes will be able to grow up to 20 percent of their own fresh food using a combination of traditional gardening methods and space-saving techniques such as reflected lighting and container "terracing." Those with access to yards can produce even more. Author R. J. Ruppenthal worked on an organic vegetable farm in his youth, but his expertise in urban and indoor gardening has been hard-won through years of trial-and-error experience. In the small city homes where he has lived, often with no more than a balcony, windowsill, and countertop for gardening, Ruppenthal and his family have been able to eat at least some homegrown food 365 days per year.
Author : Laurie Carlson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 1995-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1569767866
Budding gardeners will learn what it takes to make things grow with fun activities that require only readily available materials.
Author : Barbara W. Ellis
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 32,80 MB
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1469620987
What if, one step at a time, we could make our gardens and landscapes more eco-friendly? Barbara W. Ellis's colorful, comprehensive guide shows homeowners, gardeners, garden designers, and landscapers how to do just that for the large and beautiful Chesapeake Bay watershed region. This area includes Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and part of West Virginia (translating to portions of USDA Zones 6, 7, and 8). Here, mid-Atlantic gardeners, from beginners to advanced, will find the essential tools for taking steps to make their gardens part of the solution through long-term planning and planting. The guide is built from the ground up around six simple but powerful principles that anyone can use: * Reduce lawn * Build plant diversity * Grow native plants * Manage water runoff * Welcome wildlife * Garden wisely Included are detailed instructions for assessing and designing your particular garden or landscape site; choosing and caring for trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, and flowers; and succeeding with such conditions as shade or poor soil. From rain gardens to woodland gardens, meadow gardens to wildlife gardens, and much more, this indispensable guide features more than 300 color photographs.
Author : Toby Hemenway
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 34,43 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1603580298
This extensively revised and expanded edition broadens the reach and depth of the permaculture approach for urban and suburban gardeners. The text's message is that working with nature, not against it, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens.
Author : Jerry Baker
Publisher : Jerry Baker
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780922433360
Handy hints, timely tonics, and super solutions to turn your yard into a green garden paradise!
Author : Edward C. Smith
Publisher : David & Charles
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 35,75 MB
Release : 2004-04
Category : Organic gardening
ISBN : 9780715317815
Renowned American vegetable gardener Ed Smith, works according to four principles. He explains these principles: wide rows, organic methods, raised beds and deep soil, to show how to grow high yield crops and produce better quality food.
