Gardening - Reference

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...

First published in 1917, this vintage book contains a beginner-friendly guide to garden frames-wooden enclosures for plants that often have lids and enable the growing of some plants all year round. It offers useful information on the different types of frames that can be...

First published in 1917, "Potatoes and Root Crops" is a beginner-friendly guide to cultivating a range of root vegetables, including onions, potatoes, carrots, artichokes, and more. Root crops are a great place to start for those with little previous experience as they stay in...

In this newly updated guide, you will learn the fundamental aspects of all tomato plants that have helped growers around the world create the largest tomatoes. You will learn the basics of composting and fertilization and what each tomato plant benefits best from. You...

Never garden alone The Month-By-Month series is the perfect companion to take the guesswork out of gardening. With this book, you'll know what to do each month to have gardening success all year. Written by authors in your state, the information is tailored to...

"The Story of the Garden" provides a detailed history of the garden, exploring its origins and development throughout the ages. Contents include: "The Traditional Influence of Ancient Garden Lore", "The Mediaeval Garden", "The Tudor Age", "Stuart Times", "French and Dutch Influences", "The Georgian Period",...

"Plant Families - How To Know Them" is a 1948 guide to identifying plants by H. E. Jaques. It aims to teach the reader how to readily attribute any and every plant they see to its proper family, as well as to provide them...

This vintage book is a complete guide to the tomato, being a treatise on history, benefits, common problems, growing, harvesting, marketing, and many other related aspects. Easy-to-digest and profusely illustrated, this vintage handbook is a wealth of timeless information, and will be of considerable...

First published in 1849, "The Ladies Flower-Garden Of Ornamental Annuals" is a charming guide to a variety of plants that can be found in typical gardens. It offers detailed descriptions of each plant treated, as well as tips on planting propagating, maintaining, etc. This...

This antiquarian text contains a simple and practical guide to home food production, containing all the information an amateur gardener could possibly need to know about starting and managing their own vegetable garden. This text was originally produced during the Great War period to...

First published in 1910, "Gardening Difficulties Solved" contains a selection of Questions and Answers taken from the columns of "The Gardener" magazine. The questions deal with a wide range of gardening topics and represent some of the most common problems faced by gardeners. Their...

"The Garden At Home" is a 1912 gardening handbook written by H. H. Thomas. Designed for the amateur gardener, it gives an overview of some of the more common aspects of gardening as well as simple, practical instructions and expert gardening tips. Profusely illuminated...

Originally published in the 1920s. One of the earliest titles ever published on fern gardening and culture. The author was a well known gardening expert with many books to her credit. Contents Include: Ferns in General Fern Collecting How to Form an Outdoor Fernery...

Town Gardening is a comprehensive handbook written by B.C. Ravenscroft in 1883, providing a detailed guide to growing trees, shrubs, and plants suitable for town culture in outdoor gardens, window gardens, and greenhouses. The book covers a wide range of topics including soil preparation,...

The Gulistan or Rose Garden of Beauties is a book translated by Charles F. Horne. It is a collection of stories and poems written by the Persian poet Saadi in the 13th century. The book is divided into eight chapters, each dealing with a...

Choose the right houseplants for your space and then help them thrive with Houseplants for Beginners at your side. Having happy, healthy plants can make a space feel happy and healthy too. They add color, texture, and beauty--and can also improve air quality. For...

Houseplants is the ultimate guide to growing healthy indoor greenery. Learn the basics of caring for houseplants, with tips on light, water, humidity, potting, grooming, temperature, propagation, and more. Discover profiles of more than 80 popular houseplants, including asparagus fern, croton, episcia, fuchsia, pothos,...

Are you feeling run down and burned out from living in an urban environment? Do you want to cut down on living expenses and get back in touch with nature? Let's take a look at what the Northeast Backyard Homestead 3-In-1 Forager's Collection has...

A Dissertation On Oriental Gardening is a book written by William Chambers in 1773. The book is a comprehensive study of the art of gardening in the oriental style. Chambers explores the principles and techniques of oriental gardening, drawing on his own experiences and...

A Book of Sundry Drafts, Principally Serving for Glasiers: And Not Impertinent for Plasterers, and Gardeners is a book written by Henry Shaw and published in 1848. The book is a collection of various drafts and designs that are mainly intended for use by...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Taking its cues from the wonderful world of online dating, Houseplant Hookups explores the pros and cons of cohabitating with different houseplants.★ "Isabel, who hails from three generations of plant-loving family members, shares her expertise and knowledge of houseplants in this amusing, informative book,...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

DK brings you a horticultural handbook to fulfill your every need and seed! Get your gardening gloves on and join the green-fingered journey to growing orchids successfully at home. Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Orchids contains everything you need to raise stunning, long-lasting blooms...

Supercharge your food garden while reducing your workload with over 80 detailed solutions, techniques, and methods that resolve some of gardening's most common challenges. Illustrated with gorgeous photographs of inspiring gardens, projects in process, and tempting homegrown vegetables, and authored by Resh Gala, a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

First published in 1931 by renowned horticulturalist Arthur Johnson, Plant Names Simplified is an established classic. Presented in a glossary format, this pocket-sized reference book gives the name, pronunciation, and classification of common plants and the meaning behind the Latin origins of the name....

We may all feel we know what an "English" garden is, but do we really? England's Gardens offers a holistic, modern-day tour and an update on the history of some of the most iconic, enduring, and influential gardens across the country. A fresh take...

The ultimate guide to gardening in the Sunshine State! Written by beloved Florida gardening expert Tom MacCubbin, Florida Month-by-Month Gardening presents a foolproof monthly breakdown of what you should plant in Florida's peninsular climate, when you should plant it for the best chance of...

This inspirational book from Kew Gardens' cacti and succulents expert is the perfect guide to growing and maintaining a wide variety of these fascinating plants. Indoors or outside, in the smallest spaces or as features in large gardens, succulents and cacti are popular in...

A book gardeners need with climate change upon us. Few gardens have perfect growing conditions. Invariably, there's a corner too shady, wet, windy or dry. The solution: a tough plant. Unkillable. One that will shrug off the worst conditions, and even thrive despite them....

An essential guide to rearing butterflies and moths in a butterfly-friendly garden. This outstanding guidebook is for butterfly lovers and gardeners who not only want to create a butterfly-friendly garden, but also want to support butterflies and moths in order to maintain healthy populations....

The definitive reference guide to garden design, its rich history, and the creative art of gardening - a luxuriously illustrated A-Z compendium of more than 200 garden elements, styles, features, and ornaments for gardeners around the globeWith its easy-to-use A-Z format, The Garden examines...

A super bloom is a natural phenomenon in which climate and conditions align to allow plants to flower in such abundance that they transformthe landscape, bathing it in color. When a super bloom arises, it is a miraculous sight. Super Bloom is a love...

Explore the secret pantry of delicious flavors hiding in your local greenbelts. Your dinner need never be boring again. Would you like to get outdoors, connect with nature, and relearn the wisdom of the ancient tribes living close to the land? Do you realize...

For centuries, man and mole have taken from the soil in their bid to survive. This has resulted in bitter conflict between these adversaries and one that continues today. Whatever the season, whatever the weather, wherever the mole Mole catchers have worked to remove...

Edition, with commentary, of the first comprehensive attempt to describe the landscape garden. Thomas Whately's Observations on Modern Gardening (1770) is the first and most comprehensive study of what has come to be known as the English landscape garden, often claimed to be this...

An A-Z guide covering everything from acid soil to zucchini, the hints and tips you will find have been culled from leading horticulturists and accomplished home gardeners from all over the country. The Reader's Digest Quintessential Guides do what the Reader's Digest does better...

The legalization of marijuana has changed the way we live, party, and treat illnesses. If you have ever wanted to grow your own Cannabis, now you can, with the help of Tommy McCarthy's expert advice and full-color photography. Marijuana seeds are legal to buy...

From why Matucana and High Scent sea peas are far superior to the Valerie Harrod variety, to the easy way to sex an earwig, Dr. Ken Thompson provides an expert's miscellany of gardening knowledge, aimed at making you not necessarily a better gardener--but quite...

The featured trees include those that are commonly accessible in the nursery trade, some new and promising possibilities, and a few that have been forgotten but require fresh attention. Each tree profile contains the common and botanical names, as well as information about the...

Following the success of Plants You Can't Kill, Tornio now takes a look at those plants that can actually kill you if you're not careful. This book will offer up information to gardening enthusiasts of all levels about common plants that are toxic, poisonous,...

Create a beautiful, climate-resilient, sustainable garden that will take your outdoor space into the future. As we live with an increasingly changing climate, summer droughts, winter waterlogging, high winds, erratic frosts and frequent pests are challenges that all gardeners face. This forward-thinking book -...

[THE COMPLETE TEXT] to Columella's De Agricola, written during the second half of the first century of our era, is our most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman farming. He is throughly versed in the writings of his predecessors and contemporaries and...

Biodynamic agriculture first originated in central Europe but is now practiced in farms, vineyards and gardens all over the world. At the heart of the biodynamic approach are the eight preparations -- Horn manure, Horn silica, Yarrow, Chamomile, Nettle, Oak bark, Dandelion and Valerian...

Getting Your FREE Bonus Download this book, read it to the end and see "BONUS: Your FREE Gift" chapter after the conclusion. Gardening Collection: Over 80 Lessons and Tips To Grow Fruits, Vegetables, Herbs And Berries Gardening is a rewarding hobby because a wonderful...

Each page in this beautiful book includes loads of helpful information for the beginner as well as the advanced gardener. Full color pictures of the plants give you the true-life colors to make coloring and identification easier.The coloring page is separate from the information...

Valuable advice from an expert in soil science. Intended for both small- and medium-sized gardens, Improving Your Soil reveals the steps to take to achieve the perfect soil in which to grow plants. With clear and specific directions on how to amend poor soil,...

Learn how to grow and arrange your own beautiful flowers! With the right guidance and a little practice, you can grow a cut-flower garden from seed and brighten every room in your home with fresh blooms! Flower Gardening for Beginners has all the information...

Discover the science behind gardening that will revolutionize your approach and make growing vegetables easier and more enjoyable than ever before... You've done everything right. You spent hours seeding, watering, and tending to your garden only to find that you end up with a...