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Proper pruning will keep your landscape beautiful and thriving year after year. This authoritative guide includes more than 300 step-by-step illustrations to clearly demonstrate the correct pruning procedures for a variety of trees, shrubs, hedges,...

Hundreds of organic gardening tips and homespun remedies that come only from season after season of experience-a perfect gift for the green thumb. Born of necessity and ingenuity and honed through years of "trowel and error," these helpful hints include...

This 3rd Edition of Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning covers more than twenty additional plants in three new chapters. The result is the new definitive guide for the home gardener with friendly, expert advice from Cass Turnbull, founder of Seattle's...

For homeowners young and old looking for the easiest and most affordable way to grow the most vegetables, the raised row method shared in this breakthrough book is the new go-to choice. In the past decade, raised bed gardening has been wildly popular,...

Help your trees, shrubs, and vines look and yield their best by making the right cut every time. Whether you are hoping for more flowers or fruit, trying to create a dense screen, or struggling to manage out-of-control growth, there is a pruning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616086367Author Bob FlowerdewFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

Written in a clear and accessible style, Garden Practices and Their Science guides gardeners in the practical arts of plant husbandry and in their understanding of its underpinning principles. The author, Professor Geoff Dixon, is an acknowledged and...

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable...

Garden like Mother Nature, with an organic system that's good for plants and good for people. Say good-bye to backaches and weed problems! Lee Reich's organic Weedless Gardening eschews the traditional yearly digging up and working over of the soil...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979981616Author Joseph Emil BlumFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Sawmill Ballroom Publishing CompanyPublisher Sawmill Ballroom Publishing...

Buying individual plants can be expensive-but raising your own saves money and gives lots of gardening satisfaction. Every aspect of the art of propagation is covered, from the philosophy behind creating plants to the easiest species to grow to the best...

As the earth's neighbour, the moon affects not only ocean tides but also the growth and development of plants. In this finely illustrated, full-colour book - packed with practical tips for the novice as well as the advanced gardener - Peter Berg offers a...

The growing group of bird enthusiasts who enjoy feeding and watching their feathered friends will learn how they can expand their activity and help address the pressing issue of habitat loss with 100 Plants to Feed the Birds. In-depth profiles offer...

This book contains essential facts about the habitats, feeding preferences and behaviour of each type of garden wildlife, including their life cycles and how you can supplement their natural diet. It explains how to select the best plants for the...

After a long career in agricultural research in the UK and then in Africa, Richard Gibson 'retired' and got an allotment. In his work, he had found that African smallholders often rejected varieties bred for them on research stations - and that...

Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and...

The indispensable one-volume reference guide to gardening simply, beautifully, and well"-now 100% organic.. Jam-packed with useful information, old-fashioned common sense, and a lifetime's worth of experience, The Garden Primer is a classic, thoroughly...

Few insects are more important than bees, wasps, and ants. They maintain the garden's biological balance, fertilize vegetables, fruits, and flowers, and recycle nutrients within the soil. It's no exaggeration to say that a garden can't be understood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780744048124Author DKFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dorling KindersleyPublisher DKWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780831771997Author Patrick JonesFormat HardbackImprint Smithmark PublishersPublisher Smithmark PublishersWeight(grams) 712g

With over 30 years' experience as an organic and often experimental gardener, Bob is the perfect person to explain just how it works. He has long observed interesting and potentially useful interactions between different plants - how some flourish when...

John Evelyn is best known today for his Diary, second only in reputation to that of his friend and fellow-diarist, Samuel Pepys. In his own day he was famous for Sylva , his great work on trees and timber management, and he was also writing meticulous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432733179Author Paul R SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 64g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982566473Author Cheryl WilfongFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Heart Path PressPublisher Heart Path PressWeight(grams) 154g

What exactly is Bug Out Gardening? Having your own garden in your own back yard is great but what if you must evacuate and have to go to a remote location or start up a garden on a bunch of bad soil? Most Preppers have already realized that besides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780792310945Author John HardingFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Kluwer Academic PublishersPublisher Kluwer Academic Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780582408074Author M.F.J. HawkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Longman Higher EducationPublisher LongmanWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907317200Author Elizabeth McCorquodaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Black Dog Publishing London UKPublisher Black Dog Press

In this text, the author has distilled the wisdom of gardeners and the literature of yesteryear to create a book of answers based upon well tried techniques. Sometimes the author points out that some old ideas are nonsense and based upon faulty thinking...

This is one of a series of handbooks on gardening which are packed with facts and useful tips. This book looks at how to organize a low-maintenance garden.Book InformationISBN 9780004128566Author Peter McHoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint...

A practical guide to creating and maintaining an alpine garden, large or small. Presented in a month-by-month format which helps readers to plan seasonal tasks and to develop their skills through practical projects. It also contains plant profiles,...

Gardening expert Tony Lord unravels the elements behind the garden at Sissinghurst created by Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson. Different elements of the garden are captured in photographs and captions giving detailed information about the...

Chris Baines shows the reader how to transform a garden into a haven for wildlife. He sets the wildlife garden within the context of the broader concerns of regional ecology and reveals how we can each do our bit to safeguard the habitats of important...

Reproducing a rare 1827 plant and seed catalogue, possibly the earliest extant catalogue of its kind in Canada, Early Canadian Gardening presents an extensive range of garden plants -- trees, shrubs, fruits, and flowers -- that were grown for food,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780942256109Author Mary ApplehofFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Flowerfield EnterprisesPublisher Flowerfield Enterprises

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947793852Format PaperbackImprint Colour Library Direct LtdPublisher Colour Library Direct Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783770170067Author Dumont MonteFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint DuMont Buchverlag GmbH & CoPublisher DuMont Buchverlag GmbH & CoWeight(grams)...

Topiary is the art of clipping shrubs into ornamental forms, and is enjoying a revival. Almost any shape can be created - from birds into battleships. This is a complete guide for those new to topiary, with practical and easy-to-follow instruction on...

This is one of a series of handbooks on gardening which are packed with facts and useful tips. This book looks at water gardening.Book InformationISBN 9780004128634Author Philip SwindellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780304311316Author Robert PearsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Cassell IllustratedPublisher Octopus Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 140g