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The Organic Gardeners Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control is a complete problem-solving guide to keeping your garden and yard healthy without chemicals.
Sustainability is now one of those things that most people see as a consumer buzz word, but what actually brought the word out into the world was the observation of several uncontrolled industrial and commercial sectors, reeking havoc on the environment in the name of progress, higher yields and even hygiene. . .
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I have been re-reading People with Dirty Hands: The Passion for Gardening by Robin Chotzinoff for the Garden Bloggers Book Club. Just like last time, I am amazed by her ability to ferret these...
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That's right. Sometimes it is too hot to weed and I am too lazy. So I go to the library and load up on gardening books (mainly). That is part of my obsession with gardening, and somewhat easier on the back... although I find my mind is more cultivated than my yard that way.
Since I have read many books that greatly interest me recently, I now have a list of ones I want to buy from Amazon and can add to my reviews here @ the blog. I used to buy so many gardening magazines, but that seems to be replaced with my blog reading. Nothing quite replaces a hardcover book or handy reference paperback in hand, however. I don't believe that internet will ever fully replace our reading in books... the entire sensory experience is different.
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The Kitchen Garden, A Practical Guide to Planning & Planting
  This book from the Wayside Gardens Collection belongs on the shelves of those who decide they must have a Kitchen Garden as part of their landscape. While some books of this type (such as 'Herbs' by Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead) hybrid recipes and food related chapters with garden information, Andi Clevely's 'The Kitchen Garden' is one book that actually sticks to the gardening aspect of growing food for the kitchen. Kitchen gardens are a bit different from the usual veggie patch and Clevely's book well illustrates that fact. In fact, the illustrations are a real asset of owning this book!. . .
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Ten years ago, in anticipation of having a garden a few years later, I bought John Brookes's Garden Design Book. I am glad I kept this on on my bookshelf, as a few weeks ago when I once again opened the book and browsed the chapters it was such a revelation-here was no coffee table book with mere pretty pictures, but an actual course in garden design. I realised that in using this book one actually could learn how to design a garden, as opposed to merely copying arrangements and vignettes. It doesn't matter what your climate or topography or type of plants-this book is a TOOL. . . .
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I received Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls in the mail to review and I was surprised to discover that I had actually already read it. Well, kind of… I read the 1st edition, which is kind of like the difference between King Kong (1933) and King Kong (2005). Both are great in their own. . .
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Yesterday, I reviewed the book “Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls”. After I read the book, I had the delightful opportunity to ask one of the authors or the book, Noel Kingsbury, a few questions. I skipped over the availability question this time. While he is quite adorable, I thought that the audience at large. . .
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I’ve always wanted a cutting garden. Although I love having bouquets of flowers in my house, I don’t like picking flowers from my carefully planned borders. A separate plot, preferably in an inconspicuous spot from which I could plunder as many blossoms as I wanted without worrying about leaving holes in my planting scheme, is definitely the answer. But how to begin? How to decide what to plant, when to plant, the best methods of harvesting to ensure the longest vase life? Surprisingly, I found the answers to all of my questions as well as questions I didn’t know I should be asking in “The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut flowers”.
In this revised and expanded edition, Lynn Byczynski covers every aspect of raising flowers for sale in easy to understand terms. The book is incredibly detailed but I was never bored. Rather than a manual or a textbook, it was like a friendly talk over the backfence. It’s obvious that she loves flowers and the business of growing flowers. The author starts with the basics of site, soil, seeds and plants then moves through pests, diseases, season extenders and harvest. She devotes several chapters on what to grow, not only the usual annuals and perennials, but also plants one doesn’t usually think of, trees and shrubs, whose foliage, flowers and berries are used in both fresh and dried arrangements. Then she moves on to flower arranging, transport and marketing.
Along the way, successful flower farmers are featured. Their farms, their market niches, how they got started and how they have expanded or shrunk their businesses to suit their financial and lifestyle goals are explained.
All of the information is presented in an easy to understand format. Each concept is clearly explained. Technical terms are defined. No prior knowledge is assumed on the part of the reader. Nor is the book limited to one climate or region of the country. For information not covered in the book, sources are given where the information can be found. The author points out how the each section applies to both large and small farms and even cutting gardens such as I envision.
Whether you are thinking of growing flowers for market or just want a cutting garden, I can’t recommend this book highly enough. But don’t take my word for it. Cathy Jones of Perry-winkle Farm in central North Carolina was one of the experienced flower farmers asked for their Top Ten varieties for each area of the country. Cathy says, “It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was reading The Flower Farmer to learn just these sorts of things!”(page 25)
As for me, I’m finally going to plant that cutting garden. Thanks to “The Flower Farmer”, I know what to plant, when to plant it, and how to plant it. I’ve learned about succession planting and other techniques to extend the season. And when it comes time to harvest my flowers, I know the proper way to harvest each variety to prolong its vase life.
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Riding down the highway, from Tennessee to North Carolina, listening to the car tires hum against the pavement, I finished our Garden Bloggers’ Book Club selection for April/May. Halfway into it, I sent up a prayer of gratitude for Ann L. Armstrong and Lindie Wilson, who worked so hard to bring us another work [...]
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I often find myself getting to a point in my gardening where I need some new challenges or inspiration. It usually comes after walking around some of the big-box nurseries where everything soon becomes blah! The same plants. The same features. Even gardening tools can become a little boring - and that's saying something. . . .
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The bluebird carries the sky on his back.Henry David Thoreau ~ 1852
Romie and I saw our first bluebird last spring. We were working in the garden, near an ornamental birdhouse, and I saw a flash of brilliant blue out of the corner of my eye. I looked up and saw the bluebird perched atop the birdhouse. I whispered to Romie, "Look!"
We stood for a moment, in awe of the beauty of this rufous-chested bird and we knew we were in the presence of something special. Neither of us had ever seen one before. It took a look into the small hole of the birdhouse, and then it flew away. . . .
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It seems every year around this time, bookstore shelves swell with gardening tomes. Most go back whence they came after I drain my latte cup. But a select few stand out. Here are my picks for books that should actually make it out of the store. Drink up!
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Think Green! Win this wonderful children’s book. See details below.
We have made such a mess of this Planet with our overconsumption, wasteful habits and lack of respect for the environment. In rectifying this situation, we must teach our young to be good stewards of the Earth so they don’t make the same mistakes we made. . ..
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 Some of you know about my love for moths and butterflies. I'm constantly awed by these remarkable creatures, and of course it would be nearly impossible to have any sort of garden without them. Well if I'm in love, then Swiss author and photographer Thomas Marent is obsessed - in a good way. And his gloriously gigantic new book, simply titled Butterfly, offers a (much) larger than life size look at these 'flying flowers.'. . .
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Hey, Mr. Green is a cumulative assortment of green every day questions and answers posed to Bob Schildgen (aka “Mr Greenâ€) for his column in the Sierra Magazine. The column was started in 2005 to provide useful answers to question posed by their confused or curious readers who wished to protect the environment in their daily lives. . . .
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I love reading out of print wildflower or garden books, especially when they are from the 1800's or early 1900's. I love the descriptive writing styles and the peek they give us into the gardens and woods of their time. Today I am reading How To Know The Wild Flowers by Mrs. William Starr Dana. This edition was updated and published in 1900. I looked up Trout Lilies, which are also known as Yellow Adder's Tongue, Dog's Tooth Violets. . . .
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This evening I had the pleasure of attending Amy Stewart's appearance at The Horticultural Society of New York. Amy was promoting the paperback edition of her bestseller, Flower Confidential, and provided a synopsis of the themes she covers in...
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 A few weeks ago I was asked if I would like to review this book, no strings attached. One look at the cover made me say yes. If you know me at all, then you know that organic is right up my street and as this book claims to be 100 % organic, how could I refuse? A few days after I had said yes, I received the book through the mail. It made a resounding thump in my mailbox because, good heavens, is this a hefty tome or what; 820 pages in all!. . .
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Twenty years ago (gosh, has it been that long??), we lived in a tiny apartment with a postage stamp sized garden and I had just been bitten by the gardening bug. I read everything I could on gardening and I vividly remember discovering Barbara Damrosch’s The Garden Primer at the local library where I worked. It was full of practical advice dispensed in such an engaging manner and I ended up buying myself a copy. Since then, gardening publishing has changed somewhat and books are usually geared toward specific regions of the country. This can be a good thing – I’m sure I rely on The Southern Living Garden Book more than any other book in my library but folks in California and New England won’t get too much out of it. . . .
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 Available only in Canada
through Chapters/Indigo bookstores
It's had a cover makeover and a name change to Basic Gardening, but the content of my book is identical to the original version, Clueless in the Garden: A Guide for the Horticulturally Helpless, which has been out of print for about a year.
When the book came out five years ago (has it already been that long?), the "Dummies" series was popular. The publisher Key Porter, had the me-too idea of commissioning a number of "Clueless" books on topics like cooking, wine, etc. . . .
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Congratulations to Louise Zaagsma, who won a copy of Nightshade, the sixteenth mystery in the China Bayles series by Susan Wittig Albert. She followed the link on Susan’s guest post to enter the drawing for the free copy. Each post in Susan’s blog tour has a unique link to a separate drawing for a copy of Nightshade. You’ll find a calendar and links here. There is still time to enter on the remaining blogs on the tour.
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Thank you, Karen, for hosting me today! This blog tour celebrates the launch of Nightshade, the sixteenth China Bayles mystery. China (for those who haven’t yet been introduced to this mystery series) is a former criminal defense attorney who has opted for a quieter life as the owner of an herb shop in Pecan Springs TX. Each book in the series includes a signature herb that has something to do with the story, the characters, and or/the themes of the book. In this post, I’ll be telling you something about the herbs in Books 7, 8, and 9. (For posts on other books, check out the tour calendar.). . .
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Just as we wonder guiltily whether the food we put in our mouth is good for us, so we now wonder just as guiltily whether what we do in the garden is good for the planet. It was not so much that way...
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Congratulations to Mary Laverty, who won a copy of Nightshade, the newest novel in the series by Susan Wittig Albert. Mary followed the link on Susan’s guest post to enter the drawing for the...
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 This little book by Barbara W. Ellis seems to have a Napoleon complex - tiny in size with such a boastful title - so I was skeptical of its claims. . . .
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