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The Water-Saving Garden: How to Grow a Gorgeous Garden with a Lot Less Water
Pam Penick - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback
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A guide to growing beautiful gardens in drought-prone areas utilizing minimal water for maximum results.. With climate change, water rationing, and drought on the rise, water conservation is more important than ever - but that doesnt mean your gardening options are limited to cacti and rocks.... |
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Hot Color, Dry Garden: Inspiring Designs and Vibrant Plants for Year-Round Beauty
NAN STERMAN - Timber Press
Format: Paperback
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Dry weather defines the southwest, and it's getting dryer. A water becomes more precious, our gardens suffer. If we want to keep gardening, we need to revolutionize our plant choices and garden practices. Hot Color, Dry Garden provides home gardeners wit a joyful, color-filled way to exuberantly... |
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Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard
Pam Penick - Ten Speed Press
Format: Print book
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A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, drought-tolerant, money-saving options that will appeal to today's busy, eco-conscious homeowner.Homeowners spend billions of hours - and dollars - watering, mowing, and maintaining... |
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Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, Revised Edition
Jeff Lowenfels - Timber Press; Revised edition
Format: Hardcover
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The 2011 Garden Writers of America Gold Award for Best Writing/Book proves soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life -- not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers,... |
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How to Mulch: Save Water, Feed the Soil, and Suppress Weeds. A Storey BASICSTitle
Stu Campbell - Storey Books
Format: Paperback
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Mulching makes your garden and yard much easier to care for, helping to retain moisture, keep weeds in check, and protect young plants. This concise guide shows you exactly how to mulch for any situation, covering sheet mulching, feeding mulches, and living mulches for use in the yard,... |
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Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and All Climates
Robert Kourik - Metamorphic Press
Format: Paperback
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Drip irrigation is the best way to help any plant flourish and survive tough times, especially short or long droughts. Pick the wrong "stuff " and you easily can feel overwhelmed. Robert Kourik's Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and All Climates clearly explains how to use less... |
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