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How to Create a Natural and Sustaining Environment for Your Houseplants | Chock full of up-to-date information on using all-natural growing principles in the specialized indoor environment, Indoor Gardening the Organic Way reveals how to grow houseplants the way nature intended. It invites the reader …
Contributed by amazon 15.10. 2007 21:06:35 (16604 readers) Match on Title and Article's text |
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Practical Steps To Create A Self-Sustaining World The Permaculture Way shows us how to consciously design a lifestyle which is low in environmental impact and highly productive. It demonstrates how to meet our needs, make the most of resources by minimizing waste and maximizing potential, and still leave …
Contributed by amazon 06.09. 2011 11:07:41 (21157 readers) Match on Title and Article's text |
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Design and Cultivation | Clematis are among the more versatile and diverse plants for any garden; few flowers can fill so many garden niches, from specimen plants to dwarf perennials, or container selections to multistory vines. Wherever they are found, their blooms never fail to induce rapture and awe. …
Contributed by amazon 06.04. 2007 10:31:05 (9931 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Showy clusters of white flowers in summer give way to bluish-black berries in fall. The blooms attract butterflies and the berries are loved by birds! Perfect as an informal hedge or screen; great for borders and naturalized settings, too. Compact shrub grows just 3-5 tall with a 3-4 spread. Potted plant. …
Contributed by amazon 30.05. 2007 09:47:10 (21458 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Timeless Techniques for the Ecological Gardener | Gardener s through the centuries have built up a marvellous amount of shared gardening knowledge - how best to nourish the soil, ingenious ways with irrigation, propagation and grafting, and the most effective control of pests and diseases. …
Contributed by amazon 04.02. 2009 14:58:16 (23077 readers) Match on Title and Article's text |
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Energizing, Inspiring, Edible, and Exciting: That’s what bestselling author Katherine Whiteside says gardening ought to be. Whether you have a half acre of land in the country or a tiny patch of grass in the city, whether you’re an experienced digger or you’ve never held a trowel, Whiteside offers …
Contributed by amazon 27.09. 2007 09:03:10 (11919 readers) Match on Title and Article's text |
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The Vibrant World of Busy Lizzies, Balsams, and Touch-me-nots | Many gardeners know of Impatiens walleriana, the species that lies behind the myriad colorful garden varieties that brighten up containers, window boxes, and shady spots throughout the world. The genus Impatiens is enormous, comprising over …
Contributed by amazon 04.12. 2007 12:06:46 (15048 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Thread leaf coreopsis is a wonderful, maintenance-free perennial which shines its way through any garden with rich-coloured flowers all summer long. You can have a country garden or be a town-garden enthusiast, coreopsis will still have features suitable for your plot. …
Contributed by havlis 07.06. 2008 07:23:34 (49255 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Offers spiritual nourishment and comfort at a time of uncertainty throughout the world Links conservation issues and the natural world to the Christian message These thought-provoking inspirational reflections on the natural world offer descriptions of plants, their practical uses and links them to aspects …
Contributed by amazon 07.10. 2007 20:26:25 (12313 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Way to grow: Expert advice on choosing and growing great perennials | Finding a perennial that thrives in your garden is like giving yourself a gift that comes back year after year. Learn how with this revised, larger edition, packed with professional advice on how to choose and care for perennials for …
Contributed by amazon 24.09. 2007 10:25:25 (8665 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Rituals for Sustaining Activism | In 2003, Minister Donna Schaper wrote an op-ed for The New York Times detailing her rejection from the Coral Gables Garden Club. It seems that the ladies of the club thought shed bring inappropriate people into the club (meaning gays and blacks). Because of this piece, …
Contributed by amazon 27.07. 2007 08:44:00 (8330 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Do you wonder why your lawn is brown? Do you love flowers, but think you can t afford to grow them? Do you think producing your own vegetables would take a miracle? Well stop worrying! Jerry Baker, America s master gardener, understands all your hopes dreams and fears about your garden. And in the pages …
Contributed by amazon 29.03. 2007 11:57:50 (15237 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Perennials can form a key part of a garden s structure and are dynamic and colorful plants whose forms and textures can be used to alter moods and influence the way we respond to and use a garden. The first section of this book shows how to create garden schemes with perennials, and the second section …
Contributed by amazon 03.04. 2007 10:45:26 (20554 readers) Match on Article's text |
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A Year of Color in the Flower Garden | Approaching a flower garden as a blank canvas and the gardener as an artist, The Gardener’s Palette demystifies the somewhat daunting task of conceiving, planning, and planting a beautifully executed flower garden. …
Contributed by amazon 27.05. 2008 11:05:16 (14316 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Californian blue lilac | This Californian lilac is an outstanding introduction from New Zealand. In the warmer days of late spring it blooms with profusion of dense panicles of deep blue flowers. Leaves are short, obovate, dark green with reddish brown tint. Branches are chocolate brown, fragile and …
Contributed by havlis 07.06. 2008 07:01:38 (51932 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Large, cupped, full-petalled flowers of rich, dark crimson, eventually turning to a most pleasing shade of rich purple. Powerful Old Rose fragrance. Makes a striking climber of 6 ft - 8ft. …
Contributed by havlis 17.03. 2008 10:46:33 (60018 readers) Match on Article's text |
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