269 - The Alchemy of Herbs

The Alchemy of Herbs: A Beginner's Guide: Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use by Adidas Wilson (Author, Publisher)

Select herbs can grow extraordinary well indoors or outdoors, in containers or the ground, it all boils down to what you want to do. If the space receives less than five hours of sunlight in a day, you might be better off going indoors for easier accessibility especially for watering and cooking.

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338 - The Ten-Minute Gardener

The Ten-Minute Gardener: A Month-by-Month Guide to Growing Your Own by Val Bourne (Author)

Whether you have a spacious plot or a small patch in the garden, this handbook is full of tried-and-tested tips from a seasoned old hand.

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Home Gardener's Orchids

Home Gardener's Orchids: Selecting, growing, displaying, improving and maintaining orchids by David Squire (Author)

Home Gardener's Orchids is the essential guide to choosing and growing orchids successfully in any climate. Orchids have a reputation for being hard to grow, but this comprehensive manual will lead gardeners straight to the best variety to cultivate in their climate, and provide all the necessary information to make their flowers flourish.

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Authentic Japanese Gardens

Authentic Japanese Gardens: Creating Japanese Design & Detail in Your Garden by Yoko Kawaguchi (Author)

This beautifully illustrated book provides an inspirational and practical introduction to the traditions of Japanese Zen gardens, using natural materials such as wood, bamboo, rocks and pebbles.

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The Year-Round Hoophouse

The Year-Round Hoophouse: Polytunnels for All Seasons and All Climates by Pam Dawling (Author)
Design and build a hoophouse or polytunnel, and grow abundant produce year-round in any climate.
Growing in hoophouses – also known as high tunnels or polytunnels – reduces the impact of an increasingly unpredictable climate on crops, mitigates soil erosion, extends the growing season and keeps leafy greens alive through the winter, and enables growers to supply more regional food needs.

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Starting & Saving Seeds

Starting & Saving Seeds: Grow the Perfect Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, and Flowers for Your Garden by Julie Thompson-Adolf (Author)
Grow fabulous food and flowers from seeds, then save seeds to make next year's garden even better.

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Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees: Gardening Alternatives to Nonnative Species

Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees: Gardening Alternatives to Nonnative Species: An Illustrated Guide by Charlotte Adelman (Author), Bernard L. Schwartz (Author)
In this companion volume to the bestselling The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants, Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz offer another indispensible guide to replacing nonnative plants with native alternatives. This time, their subject is the native woody species that are the backbone of our gardens and landscapes.

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