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The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone

Joseph Tychonievich - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

"A fun read packed with practical advice, it's the perfect resource for new gardeners, guiding you through every step to plant, grow, and harvest a thriving and productive food garden." - Joe Lamp'l, founder and creator of the Online Gardening AcademyLike having your own personal...
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Edible Gardening: Growing Your Own Vegetables, Fruits, and More

Lisa J Amstutz - Capstone Press
Format: Print book

Whether a gardener, a chef, or both, readers will find easy gardening projects for edible plants in this book. Includes tips and variations for indoor and outdoor projects.
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Fearless Gardening: Be Bold, Break the Rules, and Grow What You Love

Loree Bohl - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Too often gardening advice comes in the form of rules: do this, don't do that, buy this, don't buy that, plant this, don't plant that. But this kind of guidance can stifle creativity and personal expression, resulting in gardens that feel impersonal and generic. With Fearless...
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Garden Renovation: Transform Your Yard Into the Garden of Your Dreams

Bobbie Schwartz - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

A do-it-yourself guide to a complete garden rehab Gardens, just like houses, sometimes need makeovers. The changes can be as minor as replacing a shrub or as major as pulling everything up and starting from scratch. No matter the size of your space or the scope of the project, the sage...
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The Visual Encyclopedia of Garden Techniques: All the essential garden tasks shown step by step, with 950 color photographs and illustrations

Jonathan Edwards - Lorenz Books
Format: Print book

Whether you are an experienced gardener or a complete beginner, this book contains everything that you need to know about planning, planting and maintaining your garden.
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Grow Food for Free: No Cost, Low Effort, High Yield

Huw Richards - DK PUB
Format: Paperback

Huw Richards is a man on a mission. He wants everyone to grow their own fruit and vegetables, and he wants to prove that you don't need much money (or even your own garden) to do so.

Grow Food for Free shows you how to produce no-cost, low-maintenance fruit and vegetables....

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How to Attract Birds to Your Garden

Dan Rouse
Format: Hardcover

Make a difference to your local birdlife. Help reverse the decline in bird numbers by creating a haven in which they will thrive. It's a win-win. Provide the best shelter, feeding, and nesting opportunities for them and then you can reap the rewards as they sing and entertain.No need...
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The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage

David L. Culp - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Brandywine Cottage is David Culps beloved two-acre Pennsylvania garden where he mastered the design technique of layering interplanting many different species in the same area so that as one plant passes its peak, another takes over. The result is a nonstop parade of color that begins...
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The Modern Homestead Garden: Growing Self-sufficiency in Any Size Backyard

Gary Pilarchik - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Modern homesteading is a lifestyle focused on and . It doesn't matter whether "home" is 50 acres in the country, a suburban corner lot, or an apartment in the city; all you need is a desire to and live a more sustainable life. To be a modern homesteader, you don't have...
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The New Heirloom Garden: Designs, Recipes, and Heirloom Plants for Cooks Who Love to Garden

Ellen Ecker Ogden
Format: Paperback


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The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm: How to Start and Run a Profitable Market Garden That Builds Health in Soil, Crops, and Communities

Daniel Mays - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

No-till - a method of growing crops and providing pasture without disturbing the soil - has become an important alternative to standard farming practices. In this comprehensive guide to successful no-till vegetable farming for aspiring and beginning farmers, author Daniel Mays, owner...
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Striking Succulent Gardens: Plants and Plans for Designing Your Low-Maintenance Landscape [A Gardening Book]

Gabriel Frank - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

Design a succulent garden of your own, with inspiration, advice, and instructional step-by-step projects for container gardens, small-space gardens, mixed gardens, and more.You cant help but be mesmerized by the eye-catching geometric forms and jewel-toned colors of succulents. But how do you grow...
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Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Sustain a Thriving Garden

Tammy Wylie - Rockridge Press
Format: Paperback

Learn all about raised beds -- and up your gardening game.Worried about space? Interested in bigger and better yields? Raised-Bed Gardening for Beginners shows you all the amazing advantages of raised-bed gardens -- and how easy creating them can be.A complete primer for fresh and experienced...
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