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The Complete Kitchen Garden is an inspiring collection of garden
designs and recipes for the home gardener and cook. based on the
seasonal cycles of the garden, each chapter provides a new way to
look at the planning stages with themes and designs such as "the
salad lover's garden," "the heirloom maze garden," "the children's
garden," and "the organic rotation garden." More than 100 recipes
featuring the food grown in each specific garden encompass a full
range of soups, salads, main course savory dishes, and desserts, as
well as condiments and garnish to dress up the plate.Praise for The
Complete Kitchen Garden:"With charming hand-drawn planting plans,
bright color photos, and tempting recipes. . . . Ms. Ogden's book
arms wannabe gardeners with all the tools to plan a productive
garden before seeds ever meet the ground."-Wall Street
Journal"There's no reason a vegetable garden must be an eyesore,
banished to the corner by the garage. . . . The Complete Kitchen
Garden . . . combines design advice, garden wisdom and recipes."
-The Chicago Tribune
Nearly twenty years ago Beth Miller moved with her husband and four
young kids from suburban New Jersey to a 200-year-old Federal
period house and barn in rural Maine. She didn't garden, she didn't
keep chickens or bees, she didn't know how to preserve food, and
she didn't know how to make soap or hook rugs. She embarked on a
journey to learn these heritage skills that have been largely
forgotten, and today she owns and operates Parris House Wool Works,
a traditional rug-hooking company serving both crafters and end
buyers. It is also a working village homestead and workshop where
she practices and teaches heritage skills, including all aspects of
gardening, beekeeping, rug hooking, preserving, and soap making.
Seasons at the Parris House is separated into seasonal sections and
includes historical context and homestead related activities for
each season, plus instructions for a set of related projects and
recipes.
No matter what the type of garden or outdoor space, trees and
shrubs are usually featured. This is because they are so versatile.
Depending on the species chosen, shrubs and trees can form the
background to a garden, be a focal point or add height to an
overlooked garden.Whatever your garden needs, a tree or shrub can
provide it. This book details the basics of choosing, buying,
planting establishing and transplanting. A comprehensive plant
directory has A-Z lists of species within different categories -
seasons, colour, size etc.The final section of the book looks at
how to care for shrubs and trees, giving practical advice on how to
prune and clip, and the pests, diseases and other problems to watch
out for.
In our ecologically aware times, composting is one smart way to
minimize our carbon footprint and help the earth. This new entry in
the highly successful Specialist series gives gardeners all the
guidance they need to start making, storing, and using their own
compost.It offers Information on different types of compost and
their ingredients, advice on constructing a compost bin, and
detailed explanations of wormeries, green manuring, and seed and
potting composts. There's no better or easier-to-follow guide for
the eco-smart gardener!
When the inspiration hits to start an organic garden, many novices
could benefit from a guidebook that speaks directly to their
enthusiasm, their goals, and, of course, their need for solid
information that speaks a newbie's language--from the most trusted
source for organic gardening methods.In "Rodale's Basic Organic
Gardening, "general garden-building skills (from "Do I need to
dig?" to "Where do I dig?") and specific techniques (from "How do I
plant a seed?" to "How much should I water?") are presented in
growing-season order--from garden planning and planting to growing
and harvesting. Many other need-to-know topics like soil, compost,
seeds, pest control, and weeds are explained in simple language to
ensure success, even on a small scale, on the first try. More than
100 common garden terms are defined, and Smart Starts sidebars
offer doable projects to build confidence and enthusiasm for
expanding a garden when a gardener is ready. A flower, vegetable,
and herb finder highlights easycare plants with good track records.
Plus, there are no-dig garden methods, simple garden layouts, and
tips and hints inspired by the most popular page views on
OrganicGardening.com.With a "no question is unwelcome" approach, a
troubleshooting section lessens frustrations and encourages
experimentation. "Rodale's Basic Organic Gardening "is everything a
beginning gardener (or one who's new to gardening organically)
needs to get growing and keep a garden going strong all season.
This is the fascinating story of a small group of
eighteenth-century naturalists who made Britain a nation of
gardeners and the epicenter of horticultural and botanical
expertise. It's the story of a garden revolution that began in
America.
In 1733, the American farmer John Bartram dispatched two boxes of
plants and seeds from the American colonies, addressed to the
London cloth merchant Peter Collinson. Most of these plants had
never before been grown in British soil, but in time the
magnificent and colorful American trees, evergreens, and shrubs
would transform the English landscape and garden forever. During
the next forty years, Collinson and a handful of botany enthusiasts
cultivated hundreds of American species. "The Brother Gardeners
"follows the lives of six of these men, whose shared passion for
plants gave rise to the English love affair with gardens. In
addition to Collinson and Bartram, who forged an extraordinary
friendship, here are Philip Miller, author of the best-selling
"Gardeners Dictionary"; the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, whose
standardized nomenclature helped bring botany to the middle
classes; and Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, who explored the
strange flora of Brazil, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia on the
greatest voyage of discovery of their time, aboard Captain Cook's
"Endeavour."
From the exotic blooms in Botany Bay to the royal gardens at Kew,
from the streets of London to the vistas of the Appalachian
Mountains, "The Brother Gardeners" paints a vivid portrait of an
emerging world of knowledge and of gardening as we know it today.
It is a delightful and beautifully told narrative history.
"From the Hardcover edition."
A Garden View of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea "This
book is a feast, a dream, a wondrous adventure....-Sherry Richert
Belul, founder of Simply Celebrate and author of Say It Now. Winner
2021 Eric Hoffer Award #1 New Release in Philosophy, Consciousness
& Thought, Tropical Climate Gardening, and Botany During a
tropical storm. In the aftermath of chemotherapy. In the midst of
marital discord. These are among the times author Charlene Costanzo
found comfort, joy, hope, and healing on Sanibel Island. Now, comes
a collection of insightful life-guiding reflections inspired by the
tropical botanicals of her precious flower garden. Life lessons and
line art in the tropics. In the tradition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh,
Charlene finds awe in the bounty of seashells along the Florida
shoreline. But, it's the foliage in Sanibel's botanical garden that
brings daily reflections and lesson-bearing messages. Translating
the beauty of botany. If you look closely, plants sprout with
willpower and bloom with determination. Drawing from the beautiful
nature of trees and flowers, Charlene crafts garden-inspired
messages from her experiences with healing and understanding.
Inside, find quotes, reflections, and bonus material: Pen-and-ink
line drawings with illustrations of flowers, leaves, and garden
plants Charlene's Twelve Gifts resource and lessons learned in the
garden An epilogue from two other locales Sedona, AZ and St. John,
VI Relaxing garden gift or beach gift. If you're exploring the
secret life of trees or the beauty of a cut flower garden, this
environmentalist memoir is a great addition to any shelf of nature
books. A combination of garden book and meditation book, it is both
an ode to ecology and a collection of healing, discoveries, and
epiphanies. Looking for Anne Lamott books, gardener gifts, or
inspirational gifts for women or enjoyed bestsellers like Braiding
Sweetgrass or The Hidden Life of Trees then Twelve Gifts from the
Garden is your next read!
Handy guide is packed with the best plant varieties you'll want for
your garden: annula, perennials, trees and shrubs, vines, roses,
bulbs, ornamental grasses and herbs.
Almost eighty years after her death, Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) is
still one of the most influential of all English garden designers.
Best known for the superb use of colour schemes in her hallmark
flower borders, she combined an early training in art with
self-taught horticultural skills. Early influences included William
Morris, John Ruskin and William Robinson, but it is her partnership
with the architect Edwin Lutyens that produced some of the most
distinctive of Edwardian houses and gardens. From her house (and
nursery) at Munstead Wood, Surrey, Jekyll designed over 400 gardens
across Britain and Europe, and some in America where her archive of
designs and drawings is now held. This book explores her life,
influences on her early work in art and crafts, the transfer to
Munstead Wood and working relationship with Edwin Lutyens, as well
as her own writings and achievements.
A photographic portrait of 16 private gardens in New York and
Connecticut through the seasons, weathers, and times of day. For
his third book of landscape photographs with Monacelli, following
Magnificent Trees of the New York Botanical Garden and The
Rockefeller Family Gardens, Larry Lederman has selected 16 private
gardens in New York State and Connecticut and studied them in
depth, presenting views through the seasons and weathers to capture
their essential spirit. As Gregory Long, President Emeritus of the
New York Botanical Garden, observes: After selecting the gardens,
Lederman sets out to learn and understand them. He visits in all
seasons, in all weather, at many times of day, in many light
conditions. He wants to analyze their design and study their
character. He wants to know their plants and see their
environmental conditions and visual elements from many points of
view. He wanders. He walks the paths, forward and backward, and
stops frequently so that his camera can memorize views and details.
As a result of this time spent and such intense scrutiny, he
sometimes discovers aspects of a place that the residents
themselves have never seen or fully appreciated. I think the owners
of the gardens in this book will see vistas, patterns, designs on
the land they did not know they possess. They will love their even
gardens more, and their commitments will grow.
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