How to Grow More Vegetables
by John Jeavons
How to grow more vegetables that you ever thought possible on less
land than you can imagine. This pioneering work is internationally renowned
as the best work on biointensive gardening for individuals. Now in a fifth
revised edition, with over 300,000 copies in print in seven languages.
192 pages. List price $16.95.
$15.20
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Dead Snails Leave No Trails
by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Taylor
Natural pest control for home and garden. Simple and effective natural
pest-control methods for chemical-free gardening, including beneficial
plants, eliminating ants, roaches, and rodents indoors and out, nontoxic
flea relief for pets, and more. 30,000 copies in print. Paperback. 160
pages. List price $11.95.
$10.70
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The Children's Kitchen Garden
by Georgeanne and Ethel Brennan
A book of gardening, cooking, and learning. An inspiring, practical
book filled with full-color illustrations, recipes, and projects for parents,
teachers, and kids who want to grow and eat their own tasty food. In France,
a child's education simply isn't complete unless it includes an appreciation
of the finer things in life. And, in France, that means growing healthful,
delicious foods, and cooking them, too. In Berkeley, California, the teachers
and students at the East Bay French-American School are working together
to implement this model on American soil-and to make it fun! This practical
resource for parents explains how to teach any child (ages 5 to 12) anywhere
the value of growing, harvesting, and eating fresh, wholesome fruits and
vegetables. This idea-packed, fun-to-read book brims over with full-color
illustrations, recipes, and projects for parents, teachers, and kids. Paperback.
146 pages. List price $16.95.
$14.95
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The Backyard Guide
to Sustainable Agriculture
by John Jeavons and Carol Cox
From the author of our best-selling and widely beloved HOW TO GROW
MORE VEGETABLES comes this “quick and dirty” introduction to biointensive
gardening that shows it is not only possible but easy to grow astonishing
crops of healthful organic vegetables and fruits, while conserving resources
and actually helping the soil. A revolutionary approach to feeding ourselves
and nurturing the land, this book includes:
• Step-by-step illustrations and instructions that make these
techniques simple for even the novice gardener. •Everything you need to
know about planning crops, composting, harvesting, and more. • Complete
resources for seeds, tools, and other garden supplies. Feed a family of
four on the bounty of your backyard, or just get more out of your garden
with less effort with this wonderful resource. Paperback. 128 pages. List
price $11.95.
$10.70
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Flowerkeeping
by Georgeanne Brennan
and Kaythrn Kleinman
In this inspirational keepsake, Georgeanne Brennan and Kathryn Kleinman
present an original approach to preserving and arranging flowers. Starting
with Victorian traditions and techniques used to create wreathes, table
decorations, wall hangings, picture frames, and other flower assortments,
the authors move on to more recent techniques, describing waxing, sugaring,
air drying, freezing, pressing, and using silver sand and silica. Tips
and advice are complemented with superb color photographs. Paperback. 144
pages. List price $17.95.
$15.95
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The Wildlife Sanctuary Garden
by Carol Buchanan
Think living in the suburbs means losing touch with truly wild nature?
Think again! Carol Buchanan has been drawing wild critters to her suburban
backyard wildlife sanctuary. This book show how easy it is to make even
a tiny urban plot into a haven for turtles, frogs, butterflies, birds,
raccoons, and other wonderful creatures. Practical, hands-on chapters tell
what to pland and how to nurture wildlife, as well as how to make sure
pet cats and dogs coexist peaceabley with your new wild friends. With a
wealth of drawings, diagrams, sample plans, and color photographs of wildlife
sanctuary gardens nationwide, this book is a one-of-a-kind treasure. Paperback.
192 pages. List price $11.95.
$10.70
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The Worm Book
by Loren Nancarrow
and Janet Hogan Taylor
The complete guide to gardening and composting with worms. Warms are
the latest (as well as likely the oldest) trend in earth-friendly gardening,
and in this handy guide, the authors of Dead Snails Leave No Trails demystify
the world of worm wrangling, with everything your need to know to build
your own worm bin and make your garden worm-friendly. Keep your success
a secret from your neighbors who fish. Paperback. 160 pages. List price
$11.95.
$10.70
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