Too Many Gardens....Too Little Time
Spring is approaching and with it, an abundance of public gardens are ready to greet you with open blooms. As spring approaches, public gardens across the country are primping and preening, getting ready to enchant visitors with their colorful ... [... more]
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The Night Visitor: And Other Stories
 gritty!: Traven packs a lot of detail into each of these stories. An interesting collection worth a read. Stories of Mexico before Disney and Taco Bell: To say that B. Traven captures the essence of old Mexican life outside the big cities, coming from a [... more]
CDN$25.00
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The Honorable Visitors
Literary perspectives on Japan: In "The Honorable Visitors," Donald Richie has combed through the writings of illustrious visitors to Japan, collecting their overall impressions and quoting their original writings as much as possible. Richie [... more]
CDN$25.29
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Our Sunday Visitor's Treasury of Catholic Stories
Chicken Soup for Catholics: If you like the Chicken Soup books or William Bennett's Book of Virtues then you will enjoy Our Sunday Visitor's Treasury of Catholic Stories. These are stories to be read to our children and cherished. Many are familiar; [... more]
CDN$15.58
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Visitor Q (Full Screen)
The horrors of family dysfunction: When the outside world fails us, whether it's dealing with a crap job day after day or a love life that goes nowhere or rejection in various forms we often turn to our family. For many of us the family is a safety nest, [... more]
CDN$36.99
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Costa Rica's National Parks and Preserves: A Visitor's Guide
Waste of paper!: This book provides very little practical information. I purchased this book hoping it would contain more info on the parks than the standard Costa Rica guidebooks. I was sadly disappointed. The other guide books such as The New Key to [... more]
CDN$21.50
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The Appalachian Trail: A Visitor's Companion
The Appalachian Trail: A visitor's companion: Book was in excellent condition for being used. The book was well protected during shipping. Arrived in a reasonable time period. Great christmas gift! Best naturalist guide to the AT: This books contains [... more]
CDN$23.95
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The Gardener's Vision
Is there something special about the gardener's view of the world? Gardeners see differently. The casual visitor sees only a collection of pretty flowers, but we have learned to look past that surface to the quality of the soil, the juxtaposition ... [... more]
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Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Acers Don't Care
For three weekends our garden in the country has been open to the Australian Open garden Scheme Visitors or to Garden Clubs. It has rained on nearly every day in October. We normally love to get the April showers in October, but this is ... [... more]
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Garden Paths
A garden path is always a way to get from one part of the garden to another. A path should always lead somewhere; paths which just suddenly end make the visitor feel like they are in a maze. My garden used to have some paths like this, once I ... [... more]
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Tacky Garden Contest
I have a couple plastic pink flamingos tucked away in the corner of my backyard. I admit that the flamingos are the height of tackiness, but I put them in to add a touch of whimsy to my garden. It shows visitors that I won't take my garden too ... [... more]
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Planting for Butterflies and Hummingbirds
With the right plants in your yard you can encourage them to stay for a while. Let's look at what it takes... These lovely and charming visitors are as useful in our gardens as they are beautiful. They are airy and soft, quick and gentle, and ... [... more]
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