Saturday, 17 December 2016
Sunday, 20 November 2016
Citizen Farmers By Daron Joffe
Title | : | Citizen Farmers |
Author | : | Daron Joffe |
ISBN | : | 1617691011 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 224 |
IACP Cookbook Award Winner in Food Matters Biodynamic farming, with its focus on ecological sustainability, has emerged as the gold standard in the organic gardening movement Daron Joffe known as Farmer D has made it his mission to empower, educate, and inspire people to become conscientious consumers, citizens, and stewards of the land In this engaging call to action, IACP Cookbook Award Winner in Food Matters Biodynamic farming, with its focus on ecological sustainability, has emerged as the gold standa...
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Friday, 16 September 2016
Sissinghurst By Adam Nicolson
Title | : | Sissinghurst |
Author | : | Adam Nicolson |
ISBN | : | 0007240546 |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 342 |
Adam Nicolson, the son of writer Nigel Nicolson and grandson of Vita Sackville West and Sir Harold Nicolson, takes us on a personal journey through the history of one of England s great houses....
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Friday, 9 September 2016
Founding Gardeners By Andrea Wulf
Title | : | Founding Gardeners |
Author | : | Andrea Wulf |
ISBN | : | 0307269906 |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 352 |
From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen, and farmers.For the founding fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions, as deeply ingrained in their characters as their belief in liberty for the nation they were creat From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and i...
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Saturday, 13 August 2016
100 Vegetables and Where They Came From By William Woys Weaver
Title | : | 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From |
Author | : | William Woys Weaver |
ISBN | : | 1565122380 |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 336 |
A perfect leek from France Flavorful zucchini from Italy An infamous potato from Ireland, and a humble lentil from Ethiopia 100 Vegetables offers a veritable cornucopia of vegetables and stories from around the world from Argentina to Zimbabwe, from Australia to the United States William Woys Weaver veggie connoisseur, gardener, and historian guides us through a ran A perfect leek from France Flavorful zucchini from Italy An infamous potato from Ireland, and a humble lentil from Ethiopia 100 Veg...
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Saturday, 11 June 2016
Grow Great Grub By Gayla Trail
Title | : | Grow Great Grub |
Author | : | Gayla Trail |
ISBN | : | 0307452018 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 208 |
Your patio, balcony, rooftop, front stoop, boulevard, windowsill, planter box, or fire escape is a potential fresh food garden waiting to happen In Grow Great Grub, Gayla Trail, the founder of the leading online gardening community YouGrowGirl.com , shows you how to grow your own delicious, affordable, organic edibles virtually anywhere Grow Great Grub packs in tips an Your patio, balcony, rooftop, front stoop, boulevard, windowsill, planter box, or fire escape is a potential fresh food gard...
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Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Walled Garden By Rosemary Enright
Title | : | Walled Garden |
Author | : | Rosemary Enright |
ISBN | : | 080411224X |
Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 0 |
Diana Neville, caught in the spotlight of scandal by her husband s fraud and imprisonment, retreats with her daughter to her ancestral home, Gilbert s Tower Its garden, resplendent with rare fruit trees and flowers, breathes new life into her soul and inspires her to distribute the luscious organic cornucopia to stores and restaurants Diana soon finds herself a successfu Diana Neville, caught in the spotlight of scandal by her husband s fraud and imprisonment, retreats with her daughter to her ancestral h...
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Tuesday, 19 January 2016
The Elements of Organic Gardening By Charles, Prince of Wales
Title | : | The Elements of Organic Gardening |
Author | : | Charles, Prince of Wales |
ISBN | : | 0967007690 |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 176 |
From the Prince of Wales, an intimate guide to his Royal gardens and pioneering organic approach to creating world class beauty For twenty six years, the Prince of Wales has passionately honed the organic practices used at Highgrove, Their Royal Highnesses family home in Gloucestershire, as well as in his other gardens at Birkhall in the Scottish Highlands and Clarence H From the Prince of Wales, an intimate guide to his Royal gardens and pioneering organic approach to creating world class beauty For twen...
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Thursday, 6 August 2015
The Accidental Farmers By Tim Young
Title | : | The Accidental Farmers |
Author | : | Tim Young |
ISBN | : | |
Format | : | Kindle Edition |
Number of Pages | : | 264 |
When Tim and Liz Young decided to leave their comfortable suburban life and become first time farmers in rural Georgia, they embarked on a journey that would change their lives The Accidental Farmers reveals how the couple learned that hamburgers, bacon, and eggs don t come from the supermarket but from real animals that forge emotional bonds with their human caretakers When Tim and Liz Young decided to leave their comfortable suburban life and become first time farmers in rural Georgia, they embarked on ...
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Sunday, 12 July 2015
Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden By Robin Whiteman
Title | : | Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden |
Author | : | Robin Whiteman |
ISBN | : | 0821223879 |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 200 |
Brother Cadfael is the world s best known twelfth century monk, a renowned herbalist and clever sleuth who has appeared in twenty novels as well as an ongoing public television series starring Derek Jacobi Now, with this beautifully illustrated book, Cadfael fans can spend a typical year with their favorite monk, following him on his rounds as Shrewsbury s apothecary and Brother Cadfael is the world s best known twelfth century monk, a renowned herbalist and clever sleuth who has appeared in twenty novels...
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Sunday, 17 May 2015
Urban Farm Handbook By Annette Cottrell
Title | : | Urban Farm Handbook |
Author | : | Annette Cottrell |
ISBN | : | 1594856370 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 288 |
More than 150 sustainable resources for the Pacific Northwest More than 90 basic home production recipes 75 black and white and 35 full color photographs Up to date information on Seattle area urban farming permits and policyIs that a goat in your garage It might be if you ve been reading The Urban Farm Handbook City Slicker Resources for Growing, Raising, So More than 150 sustainable resources for the Pacific Northwest More than 90 basic home production recipes 75 black and white and 35 full color photo...
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Thursday, 18 December 2014
Planting Noah's Garden By Sara Bonnett Stein
Title | : | Planting Noah's Garden |
Author | : | Sara Bonnett Stein |
ISBN | : | 0395709601 |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 448 |
This is an account of ways in which many people in the USA are redesigning their gardens to encourage the return of birds, butterflies and other creatures driven away by the sterility of a suburban landscape The book contains advice on a wide range of topics relevant to ecological gardening, including the handling of group wholesale orders, killing invasive plants, collec This is an account of ways in which many people in the USA are redesigning their gardens to encourage the return of birds, butterflies ...
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Monday, 17 March 2014
Noah's Garden By Sara Bonnett Stein
Title | : | Noah's Garden |
Author | : | Sara Bonnett Stein |
ISBN | : | 0395709407 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 304 |
Published to rave reviews in 1993, Noah s Garden shows us how our landscape style of neat yards and gardens has devastated suburban ecology, wiping out entire communities of plants and animals by stripping bare their habitats and destroying their food supplies When Stein realized what her intensive efforts at making a traditional garden had done, she set out to ungarden Published to rave reviews in 1993, Noah s Garden shows us how our landscape style of neat yards and gardens has devastated suburban ecolo...
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Sunday, 19 May 2013
Bringing Nature Home By Douglas W. Tallamy
Title | : | Bringing Nature Home |
Author | : | Douglas W. Tallamy |
ISBN | : | 0881929921 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 360 |
If you cut down the goldenrod, the wild black cherry, the milkweed and other natives, you eliminate the larvae, and starve the birds This simple revelation about the food web and it is an intricate web, not a chain is the driving force in Bringing Nature Home The New York Times As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressure If you cut down the goldenrod, the wild black cherry, the milkweed and other natives, you eliminate the larvae, and starve th...
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Sunday, 17 March 2013
The Medieval Garden By Sylvia Landsberg
Title | : | The Medieval Garden |
Author | : | Sylvia Landsberg |
ISBN | : | 0802086608 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 145 |
As well as food and medicine, the medieval garden provided pleasure, repose and refreshment to the senses From detailed manuscript descriptions and illustrations, Sylvia Landsberg builds up a picture of the various styles of garden from the small enclosed herber with plant borders, turf benches, and rose covered trellises, to the vast cultivated parks of royalty and nobil As well as food and medicine, the medieval garden provided pleasure, repose and refreshment to the senses From detailed manuscript desc...
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