Rain on Demand: Drip Irrigation and Drip Hybrids
With California's normal summer finally here (take that, El Nino!), our hot weather is apparently here to stay. It doesn't take long to tire of dragging that hose or hand-watering your garden. Which brings us to drip irrigation and so-called drip ... [... more]
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Saving Water in the Garden
Saving Water in the Garden. Starts with drip irrigation systems, but also includes so-called drip hybrids. This includes bubblers and micro-spray heads. Our hot weather certainly seems to be here to stay. It certainly doesn't take long to get ... [... more]
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Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
 Solutions that work: Polak's book is a fantastic balance between C.K. Prahalad's view that multi-national corporations will save the world and Jeffrey Sachs' view that we can donate people out of poverty. The development "experts" in Polak's [... more]
CDN$30.95
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Garden Watering Systems: Sprinklers, Drip Systems, ...
Sunset Garden Watering Systems: Sunset's Garden Watering Systems do-it-yourself manual is an excellent guide. I knew little to nothing about micro-irrigation before reading the manual. I needed to learn quickly for a project on drip irrigation. Sunset's [... more]
CDN$20.03
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The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping: Home ...
Good Introduction to Landscaping, good reference: I have a couple of minor criticisms about this book, so let me begin with those. Firstly, it is showing its age. It makes frequent reference in the early chapters to the water shortages and environmental [... more]
CDN$38.00
Amazon CA |
Weedless Gardening
From Amazon.com: "There's no such thing," my ace-gardener mom said when I told her about Weedless Gardening. I think author Lee Reich would agree that the title is a bit misleading (there will always be some weeds). Also a bit misleading are [... more]
CDN$9.95
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Pillar Of Sand
This book should be required reading for everyone: The expansion of irrigation world wide has made a major contribution to increased food production, but for many years the World Watch Institute and the Earth Policy Institute have called attention to the [... more]
CDN$22.50
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Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers
Fantastic reference work to answer disease & insect problems: I use this book as my first reference work to answer disease and insect problems in vegetables for the public. The layout is extremely easy to use. Each section is very clear and concise. [... more]
CDN$89.99
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