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Now in a new edition, The Color Atlas of Turfgrass Weeds, Second Edition is a critical tool for weed identification and turfgrass management. Hundreds of full-color photographs provide detailed plant features--assisting with the quick identification and control for hundreds of weeds. The book also illustrates …
Contributed by amazon 19.02. 2008 09:33:39 (15247 readers) Match on Title and Article's text |
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Crown Vetch (Coronnilla varia) Great for bare slopes and banks! Covers Ground Quickly and Beautifully! Crown-shaped clusters of tiny pink blooms bloom for months, and the rapidly-spreading foliage prevents soil erosion and smothers weeds! Crownvetch is one of the easiest, fastest, and most beautiful …
Contributed by amazon 09.07. 2007 10:37:28 (15919 readers) Match on Article's text |
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A complete step-by-step guide to the care and feeding of lawns across the U.S. Easy-to-follow photos and advice for every situation, from revitalizing a weed-filled lawn to starting from scratch. Expert tips on mowing, fertilizing and watering-plus how to stop weeds and pests in their tracks. All the …
Contributed by amazon 11.08. 2007 08:43:41 (9798 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Celebrate the low-light areas of the garden; the trick is knowing which plants to choose, and then placing them properly for best success. Written by a renowned horticulturist and former gardener at London’s Buckingham Palace, this field guide continues the well-received Success with gardening series, …
Contributed by amazon 28.11. 2007 10:41:26 (15614 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Weary of plain green turf grasses, boring brown wood chips, and high-maintenance yards, creative gardeners and homeowners are turning to colorful, reliable ground covers. Through their versatility and ease of maintenance, these plants substantially increase our enjoyment of the landscape while simultaneously …
Contributed by amazon 02.04. 2007 10:32:02 (12205 readers) Match on Article's text |
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The Essential Garden Maintenance Workbook takes over where Rosemary Alexander s first book leaves off. With the newly designed garden in place how do you manage the work in a garden and keep it looking good year in and year out? How do you prune, look after your soil and keep spring bulb plantings looking …
Contributed by amazon 09.04. 2007 19:52:06 (14890 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Growing Green: Animal-Free Organic Techniques is an essential guide about organic growing and is perfect for absolute beginners as well as experienced professionals. This book introduces the concept of stockfree-organic and shows, through case studies, that when growers abandon the use of slaughterhouse …
Contributed by amazon 10.07. 2007 14:39:44 (16182 readers) Match on Article's text |
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In the modern suburban landscape, beautiful, green lawns are perhaps the most ubiquitous feature of all. It?s difficult to imagine a friendly neighborhood without broad, clean stretches of neatly shorn grass. …
Contributed by amazon 30.03. 2007 11:27:47 (12527 readers) Match on Article's text |
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From Canada’s leading garden expert comes a unique and practical step-by-step guide to creating the garden of your dreams. With her inimitable charm and boundless knowledge, noted gardener and author Marjorie Harris establishes the template for creating the garden that is right for your tiny urban …
Contributed by amazon 31.08. 2007 10:29:12 (9644 readers) Match on Article's text |
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In this introduction to sustainable landscaping practices, Linda Chalker-Scott addresses the most common myths and misconceptions that plague home gardeners and horticultural professionals. Chalker-Scott offers invaluable advice to gardeners gardeners who have wondered: …
Contributed by amazon 08.04. 2008 09:11:07 (15721 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Pro Secrets for a Beautiful Yard (Toro) | oro knows lawns, and with this book, homeowners will have Toro at their side, helping them maintain a beautiful yard through authoritative step-by-step text, 350 color photos, and 101 full-color illustrations. For more than eight decades, Toro has been intimately …
Contributed by amazon 22.03. 2008 17:50:21 (11725 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Hemenway, a permaculture expert and associate editor of The Permaculture Activist, explains how gardens can function as ecosystems, describes the basic parts of an ecological garden (soil, water, plants, and animals), and shows how to create backyard ecosystems through guilds. Guilds, the author tells …
Contributed by amazon 30.05. 2007 10:19:30 (17810 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Groundcovers are low-growing plants that form a sod as they develop in a horizontal direction. Some varieties are evergreen and some are even reasonably tolerant of being walked on. An advantage of using groundcovers is that their closely-knit carpet of leaves gives weeds down. …
Contributed by pph 11.04. 2007 20:26:16 (18789 readers) Match on Article's text |