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How to Create a Butterfly Garden: Bringing the Beauty of Butterflies into Your World

Mathew Tekulsky - Skyhorse
Format: Paperback

Author Mathew Tekulsky wrote the first book on butterfly gardening for North America, nearly 40 years ago! Butterfly gardening is the practice of attracting beautiful butterflies to your garden by growing common plants and flowers that they use for food and nectar. This fun and wonderfully...
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The Good Garden: How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food―All in Your Own Backyard

Chris McLaughlin - Island Press
Format: Paperback

What makes a garden good? For Chris McLaughlin, it's about growing the healthiest, most scrumptious fruits and veggies possible, but it's also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth become a sanctuary for threatened wildlife, sequester carbon, and nurture native plants?...
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The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook: Identify and manage diseases and other common problems on edible plants

Susan Mulvihill - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

If you're tired of battling blight on your tomatoes, losing your basil to downy mildew, and watching deer raid your vegetable garden, you'll find all the answers you need right here. In The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook, author and veggie-growing guru Susan Mulvihill...
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Four-Season Food Gardening: How to grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs year-round

Misilla dela Llana - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Unlike most other vegetable gardening books on the market, this one approaches the subject through the lens of , even if you live in a cold climate. Using , such as cold frames, mini hoop houses, and thick mulches, combined with a thoughtful , you'll discover that eating from your backyard...
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The Month-by-Month Gardening Guide: Daily Advice for Growing Flowers, Vegetables, Herbs, and Houseplants

Franz Bohmig - ‎Timber Press
Format: Paperback

How, when, and where are common questions for every home gardener - no matter their level of experience. How do I prune my lilac? When do I start my tomato seeds? Where should I plant my hydrangea? The Month-By-Month Gardening Guide is here to help. This compendium of practical advice...
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The Modern Gardener: A Practical Guide to Houseplants, Herbs & Container Gardening

Sonya Patel Ellis
Format: Hardcover

This informative guide to selecting, potting, and tending to all types of plants will give your home a trendy, modern appeal.The Modern Gardenerwill help you give your home a chic, modern aesthetic with the right plants - indoors and out. With sections devoted to choosing the right plants,...
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Tiny Space Gardening: Growing Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Small Outdoor Spaces

Amy Pennington - Sasquatch Books
Format: Paperback

Learn the basics of gardening in pots and containers, find small windowsill and countertop projects, and receive specific recommendations for edibles that grow well in containers. Also included are 30 simple recipes you can make with your harvest, from Zucchini Fritters to Herby Pasta with...
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Landscaping For Dummies

Teri Chace - For Dummies; 2nd edition
Format: Paperback

As families spend more time at home, they're expanding their living space to their yards, decks, and patios. When you're ready to upgrade the look of your landscape, Landscaping For Dummies offers advice on installing fences and walkways, choosing hardy plants and trees, and enhancing...

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Grow More Food: A Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Getting the Biggest Harvest Possible from a Space of Any Size

Colin McCrate - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Just how productive can one small vegetable garden be? More productive than one might think! Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, former CSA growers and current owners of the Seattle Urban Farm Company, help readers boost their garden productivity by teaching them how to plan carefully, maximize...
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The Gardener's Palette: Creating Colour Harmony in the Garden

Jo Thompson - ‎Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Color can set a mood at a glance - we all choose colors every day to reflect how we're feeling or as personal expression, with our clothing and in our homes. So why can it seem so difficult to choose and use colorful plants well? Since our gardens are where we spend time every day to relax,...
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Botany for Gardeners, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to the Science of Plants

Brian Capon - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

What happens inside a seed after it is planted? How are plants structured? How do plants reproduce? The answers to these and other questions about complex plant processes can be found in the bestselling Botany for Gardeners. First published in 1990 with more than 260,000 copies sold, it has become...
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