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Annuals for Ontario
(Paperback)
Alison Beck, Kathy Renwald; Edited by Shelagh Kubish
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Discover the best annuals for Northern California with this
colorful guide. Plenty of photographs accompany clear,
easy-to-follow gardening advice, including tips on when to plant,
growing from seed versus nursery-grown bedding plants, optimal
growth conditions, problems and pests. This handy reference
features almost 450 annuals best suited to the region.
'The perfect companion to the seasons' - India Knight Welcome to
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2021. If you are new to The
Almanac then welcome; if you are a regular reader then hello! The
Almanac is about celebrating the unfolding year in all its various
facets. The old dependables which I include every year are back:
moon phases, sun rises and sets, tide time tables and the sky at
night. As ever there are seasonal recipes and monthly gardening
tips for the flower and vegetable garden too, as well as a bit of
folklore, and nature and a song for each month. This year's edition
has a theme: movement, migration and pilgrimage. This was not a
reaction to the unsettling events of last year - it was half
written by the time Covid-19 hit - but writing it from lockdown did
give me a heightened appreciation of the way in which Britain and
Ireland have always and continue to be places of movement, and are
intimately connected to the rest of the world. You will find within
this book migration tales for each month of this year, but I have
also searched out seasonal tales of human movement, and included a
pilgrimage for each month, some ancient, some current, all
underlining the spiritual benefits of putting one foot in front of
the other. Every month I have included a method of navigating using
the stars, sun or moon, so you can find your way around in the dark
(or just look out of your window and know where south is). And our
monthly folk songs are all shanties this year, work songs with
movement at their very heart, created to coordinate muscle power to
drive sailing ships backwards and forwards across the Atlantic
Ocean, and containing influences from the eastern seaboard of the
US down to the Caribbean and beyond mixed with British and Irish
folk traditions. These songs are stitched through with movement and
travel, as is this Almanac. PRAISE FOR THE ALMANAC: A SEASONAL
GUIDE 'This book is your bible' - The Independent 'An ideal
stocking filler' - The English Garden 'I love this gem of a book' -
Cerys Matthews 'Indispensable' - Sir Bob Geldof 'An uplifting
nature-inspired guide' - Country & Town House magazine
Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in You Magazine 'A lavish
monthly guide to getting the most from your garden' Daily Mail A
punnet of plums from your tree, a handful of gooseberries;
home-grown nuts and herbs, and a few freshly laid eggs from your
hens - all enjoyed in your own small plot. What could be more
satisfying? The Garden Farmer is an evocative journal and monthly
guide to getting the most out of your garden throughout the year.
Whether you are a keen gardener looking for inspiration, or just
starting out and wanting to rediscover and reclaim your patch of
earth, Sunday Telegraph garden-columnist Francine Raymond lays the
groundwork for a bountiful year of garden farming. Maybe you would
like to get outside more, grow a few essential vegetables, some
fruit trees or bushes for preserving, and create a scented kitchen
garden to provide for you year round. Or perhaps you will raise a
small flock of ducks or geese, or even a couple of pigs? Could this
be the year you decorate your home with nature's adornments,
encourage wildlife back to pollinate your trees and plants, and
spend celebratory hours in a haven of your own creation? Each
chapter of The Garden Farmer offers insight into the topics and
projects you might be contemplating that month, along with planting
notes and timely advice, and a recipe that honours the fruits of
your labour. With just a little effort and planning, every garden
can be tended in tune with nature, and every gardener can enjoy a
host of seasonal delights from their own soil. Keep up-to-date with
Francine's gardening adventures on her blog at
kitchen-garden-hens.co.uk.
Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can
serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate
wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally,
gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all
walks of life, and since the Garden of Eden many iconic gardens
have inspired great artists, poets, musicians, and writers. In this
Very Short Introduction, Gordon Campbell embraces gardens in all
their splendour, from parks, and fruit and vegetable gardens to
ornamental gardens, and takes the reader on a globe-trotting
historical journey through iconic and cultural signposts of gardens
from different regions and traditions. Ranging from the gardens of
ancient Persia to modern day allotments, he concludes by looking to
the future of the garden in the age of global warming, and the
adaptive spirit of human innovation. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very
Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains
hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized
books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas,
and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly
readable.
Washington and Oregon gardeners can easily select and care for
their gardens' trees and shrubs with the help of this guide. It
describes 551 species, hybrids, varieties and cultivars grouped
into 96 accounts. Practical advice on pruning, optimal location,
maturity, planting, pests and diseases is included.
Discover the best annuals for the Northwest with this colorful
guide. Plenty of photographs and illustrations accompany clear,
easy-to-follow gardening advice. Tips on when to plant, growing
from seed versus nursery-grown bedding plants, optimal growth
conditions, problems and pests are also included.
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Penstemons
(Paperback)
Robert Nold
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With some 270 species, "Penstemon" is the largest genus endemic to
North America, with examples to be found in every state in the
continental U.S. Penstemons are particularly beloved by rock
gardeners, but as Panayoti Kelaidis points out in his foreword,
they belong in every garden, since "one penstemon or another will
thrive in virtually any microclimate a garden can contrive, from
hot, desert exposures to dank shade."
Fresh from his award-winning monograph on penstemons, Robert Nold
turns his attention to one of the best-loved - and most frequently
misunderstood - groups of garden plants. "Columbines: Aquilegia,
Paraquilegia, and Semiaquilegia" is the first gardener's guide to
these striking plants in more than half a century; and in his
funny, personal, and charming prose, Nold makes sense of the
thorniest taxonomic and horticultural questions they present.
Sixty-five species of Aquilegia receive detailed examination, with
a complete summary of cultivation needs, history, and biology. The
author also describes plants of the genera "Semiaquilegia" and
"Paraquilegia," cutting through confusion and dissension to create
a useful overview of these "columbine cousins." Nold also provides
a brief history of hybridization, and practical chapters on
propagation and pests and diseases round out the book. In addition
to beautiful paintings by the author's wife, celebrated botanical
artist Cindy Nelson-Nold, the book also boasts several dozen
exquisite photos of columbines in the wild and in gardens.
Stinging nettles are, for many of us, nothing more than persistent
weeds with a painful sting. But apart from having an important role
in the web of life, nettles are an incredibly useful plant to
mankind. They have been put to myriad uses by our ancestors, and
many of these are still valid today. Already stinging nettle
products are growing in popularity in the field of alternative
medicine, as their wide range of health benefits becomes better
known. This unique book explores the diverse uses of this
fascinating plant - in the garden and the kitchen, for their
medical and fibrous properties and so on. It is packed with
practical suggestions, as well as a guide to the botany of stinging
nettles, and how to collect and store them. For example, you will
discover how to use nettles to: make a liquid plant fertiliser brew
an unusual beer make a dandruff treatment protect beehives flavour
an omelette make friendship bracelets repel flies naturally make
green or yellow fabric dyes keep yourself warm in the winter and
much more ... The many health benefits of taking nettles in various
forms include relief from: hay fever and other allergies; acne and
other skin conditions; arthritis and rheumatism; asthma; stress;
high blood pressure; depression; enlarged prostate gland. The book
also features Digital Nettle Art
Turn gardening into a nature adventure with wildlife-gardening tips
that will transform your space into a haven for butterflies, a
raceway for hummingbirds, and a thriving ecosystem that will
delight and inspire the young and young-at-heart. The simple act of
gardening with children is wonderful, but when elevated to embrace
wildlife, it can become an even more exciting and joyful family
experience, full of surprise and delight.
This book discusses traditional Maori uses of native plants of the
South Island of New Zealand and traditions around them. The text
describes the features and uses of each plant, listed
alphabetically for quick reference. These stories of native plants
of the South Island describe how Maori and Europeans grew and
processed the plants, and it uncovers some surprising uses of
native plants. Written by a journalist, the book is engaging,
enlightening and user-friendly and is beautiful to browse and
informative about native plants.
This step-by-step guide will answer all of your questions about how
to create beautiful gardens designed to welcome beneficial
pollinators across the South. Combining up-to-date scientific
information with artful design strategies, Danesha Seth Carley and
Anne M. Spafford teach gardeners of all levels to plan, plant, and
maintain successful pollinator gardens at home and in shared
community sites. Everyday gardeners, along with farmers,
scientists, and policy makers, share serious concerns about ongoing
declines in pollinator populations, and here Spafford and Carley
deliver great news: every thoughtfully designed garden, no matter
how small, can play a huge role in providing the habitat,
nourishment, and nesting places so needed by pollinators. This book
explains all you need to be a pollinator champion. Covers USDA
hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9, including twelve southern states;
Explains what makes pollinators happy-bees, for sure, and many
others, great and small; Brings science and art together in gardens
of all types, including urban, food, container, community, school,
and large-scale gardens; Provides step-by-step instructions, from
choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the
best plants, designing, landscaping, and sustaining your garden
through the seasons, and much more; Richly illustrated with
photographs, design plans, and handy charts and lists.
The most successful gardens work with nature to create natural
environments in which jobs such as pollination and pest control are
left to the wildlife. In this definitive guide, Alan Titchmarsh
shows how to create natural ecosystems in your garden to encourage
beneficial insects, birds and other wildlife and establish the best
environment in which your garden will thrive. * Design ideas and
planting plans for wildlife-friendly gardens * Wildlife gallery
showing common birds, mammals, amphibians and insects and how to
attract them to your garden * How to create natural habitats *
Recommended trees, shrubs and flowers for biodiversity * Seasonal
tasks for the year
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