Gardening

Learn how to transform an ordinary backyard garden into a true showpiece.

This book is devoted solely to hummingbird gardening and is a practical guide to cultivating flowers and other plants that will attract the hummingbirds of North America to your home and garden.

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.

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In Practical Rose Gardening, author Inger Palmstierna shares two of her special interests with us: modern roses, where the assortment is ever changing, and how one can use roses in a garden together with other plants.

When Brett Markham published a small black and white handbook about how to run a successful mini farmhe never dreamed how popular the book would soon become.

Fifteen peopleplus a class of first graderstell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community.

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own landscaping business?

A garden should be easy and fun to care fordont complicate things unnecessarily.

Bestselling author Brett Markhams new handbook gives us the mini farming basics along with in-depth tips on vegetable gardening, fermenting, composting, and self-sufficiency in a handy new format and design.

Great compost is one of the most important secrets of successful organic gardening.

Margaret Armstrong, a prolific book cover designer and illustrator, spent a few years traveling around the western United States at the beginning of the twentieth century, and in 1911 she was one of the first women to descend to the floor of the Grand Canyon.

Anyone can buy marijuana seedsthey are legal to purchaseand with some soil, water, and light, you can grow your own plants.

Growing your own food is a hot topic today because of the high cost of transporting food long distances, the heightened problem of diseases caused by commercially grown foods, concerns of the overuse of chemicals in mass food production, and the uncertain health effects of GMOs.

The first thing to do about starting an orchard is to plan for it, Jacob Biggle, the author of this handy little book, advises.

When The Biggle Garden Book was first published in 1908, most people were in the habit of raising their own food and flowers.

The only just and true way for an honorable and manly man is to grow them, and let everybody about the place have all he can eat.

Fifteen peopleplus a class of first graderstell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community.

Marijuana seeds are legal to buy andwith some soil, water, and lightcan grow into one of humanitys favorite pastimes.

Fairy gardens are enjoying an astonishing surge in popularity and now you can begin making your own enchanting miniature landscapes, complete with pint-sized accessories, diminutive plants, and quaint fairy figures.

Maximize your vegetable output!

The first guide to the ancient traditions of Russian herbal medicine and their extensive medicinal applications today.

There's nothing quite like a thirst-quenching beverage, especially when it's made with fresh ingredients you picked from your very own garden!

Loaded with complete plans and easy-to-follow construction tips, Garden DIY offers a creative mix of both practical and decorative projects for gardening enthusiasts.

With over 40 projects to make your own creative containers, Container Gardener's Handbook will show you how to reveal the full potential of overlooked pots and transform your garden.

Practical introduction to the fascinating world of growing and caring for orchids.

Comprehensive Guide to the Urban Farm Movement It doesn't take a farm to have the heart of a farmer.

Nearly twenty years ago Beth Miller moved with her husband and four young kids from suburban New Jersey to a 200-year-old Federal period house and barn in rural Maine.

Through this collection of delightful essays and beautiful illustrations, long-time contributor to Country Living Gardner Sharon Lovejoy shares the boundless joys of a country garden.

The popularity of fairies and fairy houses has soared, as has the growing movement to get children interested in outdoor activities such as gardening.

From the decorative to the practical, Brickwork Projects for Patio & Garden offers a range of projects for all levels of expertise.

Midwest Home Landscaping, Including Southern Canada, third edition, shows how to beautify 23 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios.

Garden Secrets for Attracting Birds provides valuable insight on turning your yard and garden into a mecca for birds - many of which are pollinators!

Grow beautiful fruits, vegetables, and flowers with rich soil you produce yourself!

Whether you have a backyard or only a terrace, you bet you can grow beautiful heirloom tomatoes!

Create a colorful garden with tiles galore!

Southeast Home Landscaping, third edition, is a larger-format edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping southeast-style.

Looking to make your home greener?

The smallest window sill, the tiniest balcony, or a sliver of space on a bookcase can now be adorned by thriving greenery!

Wood is the ideal material for creating fabulous garden features, from trellises and planters to decking, fences, chairs, benches, tables, sheds, pergolas and more.

Packed with practical advice from leading cultivation specialists, this concise, easy-to-use book covers virtually every aspect of garden design and maintenance-from choosing a plot to selecting plants, maximizing space and building raised beds.

Modern apartment dwellers who want to enjoy green growing things often lack the space for a garden.

From renowned National Wildlife Federation naturalist and TV host David Mizejewski comes a new book to show you how to create a magical ecosystem right in your backyard!

Outdoor Paint Techniques and Faux Finishes shows beginning and advanced decorators how to revitalize their outdoor environment with weatherproof paint effects.

A stunning flower garden that blooms throughout the seasons depends on the artful combination of annuals, perennials, and bulbs.

This book offers a fun and lighthearted guide to growing your own salads, herbs, vegetables, and fruit, armed with little more than a trowel and some seedlings.

Perennials are the types of plants that bloom every year, and because they know what to expect in terms of color, blooms, and textures, many gardeners use them to provide a basic structure to their gardens, borders, and the overall landscape.

Planting annuals is a great way to quickly add color and texture to any garden, border, or landscape.

Fast, Fresh Garden Edibles shows homeowners how to use every square inch of available space to grow fresh vegetables in the shortest possible time.

The exquisite art of bonsai is beautifully demonstrated in this authoritative, practical handbook, which takes the reader from a first foray into the world of miniature trees to a level of considerable expertise.