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Hydroponics for the Home Grower

Howard M. Resh - CRC Press
Format: Print book

Hydroponics offers many advantages to traditional soil-based horticulture. These include greater control over many of the limiting factors, such as light, temperature, and pests, as well as the ability to grow plants in all seasons. With instruction from one of the top recognized authorities...
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Trees for Gardens, Orchards, and Permaculture

Martin Crawford - Permanent Publications
Format: Print book

Are you wondering which productive trees to plant in your garden? Or are you planning a forest garden? Perhaps you are planting an orchard but want a greater diversity of useful trees than is typical? Or youd like to know what unusual fruit trees you can use? The answers to all these questions...
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Natural Companions: The Garden Lover's Guide to Plant Combinations

Ken Druse - Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Format: Hardcover

In Natural Companions, acclaimed garden writer Ken Druse presents recipes for perfect plant pairings using diverse species that look great together and bloom at the same time. Organized by theme within seasons, topics include color, fragrance, foliage, grasses, edible flowers and much more,...
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Growing Under Cover: Techniques for a More Productive, Weather-Resistant, Pest-Free Vegetable Garden

Niki Jabbour
Format: Paperback

Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and pest infestations are challenging today's vegetable gardeners. But best-selling author Niki Jabbour has a solution: Growing Under Cover. In this in-depth guide, Jabbour shows how to use row covers, shade cloth, low tunnels, cold frames,...
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Vegetables Love Flowers: Companion Planting for Beauty and Bounty

Lisa Mason Ziegler - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried and true technique! Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden, but there's more to the method than you might think. Vegetables Love Flowers will...
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Pruning Simplified: A Step-by-Step Guide to 50 Popular Trees and Shrubs

Steven Bradley - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Paying a professional to prune your trees and shrubs is an unnecessary expense. You can tackle most trees and shrubs on your own, and Pruning Simplified by Steven Bradley makes it easier than ever to learn how to prune. He offers expert advice on the best tools for the job, specific...
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Perennials: The Gardener's Reference

Susan Carter - Timber Press
Format: Illustrated]

Perennials play a central role in today's gardens. Choosing specific plants, however, can be daunting. Is this plant hardy in my area? How big does it get? When does it bloom? Perennials: A Gardener's Reference answers these and many other questions for more than 2,700 species and cultivars...
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Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden

Alan Branhagen - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Native Plants of the Midwest, by regional plant expert Alan Branhagan, features the best native plants in the heartland and offers clear and concise guidance on how to use them in the garden. Plant profiles for more than 500 species of trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, ground covers,...
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Essential Pruning Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers

Tony Kirkham - Timber Press
Format: Print book

A master class on pruning Pruning is an essential part of garden maintenance; it is necessary to regulate and control growth and to encourage flowering and fruiting on trees and shrubs. It is also one of the most difficult parts of garden maintenance. To prune well, gardeners must have...
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Success with Small-Space Gardening

Graham Clarke - Guild of Master Craftsman
Format: Paperback

Small gardens can be just as breathtaking as large luxurious plots. And whether it's a modern urban oasis or just a tiny nook in which to grow some vegetables, Success with Small-Space Gardening has the advice and guidance you need to create your intimate corner of nature. There are even...
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The Art of Creative Pruning: Inventive Ideas for Training and Shaping Trees and Shrubs

Jake Hobson - Timber Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Nothing brings a touch of artistry to the garden like ornamental pruning, and a series of deliberate cuts can create landscapes and evoke faraway places. All that's needed to recreate the effect in the garden are a sharp pair of pruners, some imagination, and the instruction found in The...
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The Revolutionary Yardscape: Ideas for Repurposing Local Materials

Matthew Levesque - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Budget-friendly, environmentally sound, and one-of-a-kind, discovering new uses for what you already have or what you discover in the salvage yard is truly living local. It reduces a garden’s environmental impact, saves money, and ― most importantly ― is fun and creative....
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Floret Farm's a Year in Flowers: Essential Guide to Designing Gorgeous Arrangements for Every Season

Benzakein, Erin - CHRONICLE BOOKS

Learn how to buy, style, and present seasonal flower arrangements for every occasion.With sections on tools, flower care, and design techniques, Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers presents all the secrets to arranging garden-fresh bouquets. Featuring expert advice from Erin Benzakein, world-renowned...
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Field, Flower, Vase: Arranging and Crafting with Seasonal and Wild Blooms

Chelsea Fuss
Format: Hardcover

Based on her extraordinarily popular flower-arranging workshops, Chelsea Fuss's first book combines an alluring sense of place with everything readers need to know to forage, gather, and arrange fresh and dried botanicals. Each arrangement is addictively easy to make, and the featured...
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