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More comprehensive than ever, the Complete Guide to Florida Gardening explains in step-by-step fashion how to create one's own personal outdoor paradise. Addressing the needs of gardening notvices, seasoned hobbyists, and horitculture professionals alike, Stan DeFreitas has, once again, created a reference book that no Florida gardener should be without. Explains in step-by-step fashion how to create one's own personal outdoor paradise. Addressing...
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Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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"If you think it's impossible to grow your own food because you don't have a large yard or you live in the city...think again. There is a plethora of urban gardening options to create beautiful, productive edible gardens no matter where you live. The key to succeeding as an urban gardener is to choose the method(s) that make sense for your unique living situation and then give your plants what they need to thrive. In Field Guide to Urban Gardening,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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A young family learns to grow a garden, describing how they prepared the soil, watered their plants, dealt with the animals who invaded their garden, and how all their hard work finally paid off as they harvested vegetables and flowers.
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Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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Your guide to all types of gardening in the Sunshine State. Written by beloved Florida gardening expert Tom MacCubbin, Florida Month-by-Month Gardening is the perfect companion book to our Florida Getting Started Garden Guide. Inside, MacCubbin presents a foolproof monthly breakdown of exactly what you should plant in Florida's peninsular climate, exactly when you should plant it for the best seasonal success, and exactly how to take care of it. From...
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Workman Pub
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"The goal of The Garden Primer is to answer as many fundamental questions about gardening as possible, and to impart to new, and even relatively experienced, gardeners the kind of wisdom and knowledge that comes from a lifetime of having your hands in the earth"--Front Cover Flap.
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Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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The Little Gardener is an engaging illustrated guide for parents, grandparents, caregivers, and educators who want to help children explore the natural world through gardening. Part how-to, part teaching tool, and part inspiration, The Little Gardener is a thoughtful combination of detailed instructions, tips, anecdotes, and seasonal activities designed to connect gardeners to natural systems. With fun projects, useful charts, and creative journal...
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An Idaho farmer cultivates Russet Burbank potatoes so that a customer at a McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden French fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the fall and, come spring, has a riotous patch of color to admire. Two straightforward examples of how humans act on nature to get what we want. Or are they? What if those potatoes and tulips have evolved to gratify certain human desires so that humans will help them multiply?...
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Storey Pub
Pub. Date
2008
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From the Publisher: You can also have houseplant fun with fruits, nuts, herbs, and spices. From the common carrot to the exotic cherimoya, dozens of foods have pits, seeds, and roots waiting to be rescued from the compost bin and brought back to life on your windowsill. Planted and nurtured, the shiny pomegranate seeds left over from breakfast and the piece of neglected ginger root in your refrigerator will grow into healthy, vigorous houseplants-kitchen...
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Pineapple Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2003
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Take a stroll through the garden of a self-confessed hortimaniac. Gardening is Marie Harrison's avocation, passion... some might say, obsession. In her personal, witty style (she refers to her husband as Amiable Spouse, or A.S. for short), Marie divulges her own tried-and-true ways of gardening along the coasts of the southeast United States. Marie covers perennials, flowers grown from bulbs, herbs, shrubs and small trees, vines, edible flowers, and...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2022].
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"You've probably heard about the benefits of greenhouse gardening--fresh, year-round produce from the comfort of your own home. But you're thinking... "How do I start?" That's where Greenhouse Gardening Guide for Beginners comes in. If you have little or no experience with building greenhouses or gardening in general, then this book is for you. It will provide you with 200 pages of information and guidelines with everything you need to know about...
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Dk Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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"Let author, presenter, and wildlife conservationist Dan Rouse show you how you can make your outdoor space more welcoming for a wide variety of visitors, from planting pollinator-friendly perennials to providing access for curious squirrels. Learn the best ways to provide shelter, food, and water; discover the best planting choices and how they can help; then sit back and watch as your garden becomes a much-needed refuge for a huge range of species....
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IDG Books Worldwide
Pub. Date
©1999
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No patch of earth is too small to create a delectable vegetable garden when you have Vegetable Gardening For Dummies to help get you started. If you?ve always wanted to grow your own mouthwatering tomatoes, luscious lettuce, crisp, colorful carrots, and virtually any produce you love, you can make that happen with a little planning and care (not to mention the expert advice you get from this book!). After you taste how good homegrown vegetables are,...
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