Grand Companions
Native Americans understood this from early times. They may have been the first to recognize that corn, beans, and squash made good growing companions. These plants all like the same growing conditions and can share space amicably. The beans make ... [... more]
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Warm Season Vegetables Go Undercover
In tests conducted by the Horticulture Department at the University of Saskatchewan rowcovers have benefitted many vegetable crops under local growing conditions. Sweet corn planted under rowcovers emerged 3 days ... [... more]
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Gardening with Woodland Plants
 Excellent Design Ideas Combined with Plant Profiles and Photographs: Check with Your Nursery for Local Versions That Winter Well If you live in Somerset, England, this book will be an irreplaceable guide to improving your woodland . . . or creating one ... [... more]
CDN$45.95
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The Lawn and Garden Owner's Manual: What to Do and When ...
Full of useful information on refreshing tired-out lawns and gardens, The Lawn and Garden Owner's Manual is a terrific, comprehensive guide to ongoing care and maintenance of those long-suffering lawns, fruit trees, and ornamental trimmings. Emphasizing ... [... more]
CDN$24.95
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Natural By Design
from a new mexico gardener... Of the many books I've read on southwest gardening, this was the most rewarding. I learned so much about native and adaptive plants that are suited to our climate and growing conditions here in the southwest. Also about the ... [... more]
CDN$43.95
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Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the ...
Unjust Desserts! As an investigative report par excellence, Carol Off provides her reader with a very disturbing insight into the commercial world of big chocolate. What she finds is an industry that both exploits it workers - mainly children - betrays ... [... more]
CDN$22.00
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Easy Orchids: Simple Secrets for Glorious ...
Mostly Great Book for Beginners I think the oddest thing that confronts new orchid owners is learning that, unlike most other types of plants, most orchids cannot all be treated the same way. The various species or varieties of, for example, ferns and ... [... more]
CDN$17.95
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The Organic Gardener's Home Reference: A Plant-By-Plant ...
This is truly a one-stop comprehensive guide to organic gardening: it is a big book filled with techniques, definitions, solutions to gardening problems, and a huge listing of organic gardening resources. It's one of the most thorough guides I have seen ... [... more]
CDN$32.95
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Afflictions Of Succulents, Part I (Pests)
Many C & S are tolerant of varying conditions. A plant weakened by improper growing conditions, however, is far likelier to attract pests or fall victim to disease. In fact, some of the most common problems are ... [... more]
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Growing Shrubs And Perennials In Containers
What are the advantages of growing shrubs and perennials in containers? Well, firstly, it allows you to provide specific growing conditions for plants. For example, if you have chalky soil you can grow lime-hating plants like Rhododendrons in ... [... more]
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Perverse Penances: Gardening Our Way Back To Eden
Instead of looking into the next yard to see if the grass was greener, they began to study their own yards, to listen to their plants, discover their needs and improve their growing conditions. Their gardens grew, and soon they discovered that ... [... more]
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Growing Garlic
Plant the largest cloves root end down from just covered to 25 mm/1in deep and 100mm/4in distance apart. Poor production can be the result of seed quality, growing conditions, the variety, seasonal conditions and disease. The better the leaf ... [... more]
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