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Book covers best varieties for your area, planting, fertilizing, pruning, and training. Also techniques for containers and small home garden.Clean and Tight. Color photos with index. 112 pages. Some edge wear, nick at top of back cover.

This book offers tips on training, mulching, watering, fertilizing, and preventing trouble with your tomato gardening. It also has some recipes.Clean. No marks inside. Cover and spine show some wear. Sticker residue on front. Cover has a couple lightly bent (not creased) areas. My removable sticker on back.

This book covers garden basics, planning, planting and more, including small space gardening. Index. 144 pages. Color photos.Book has handmade "pocket" taped to inside front endpaper with newsprint articles. See photo. Pages are tight with very slight age discoloration on edges. Cover is Very Good, no visible edge wear. Book has very slight "been in storage" smell.

This book has 40 inspiring transformations with ideas for you.Turn bare patches of lawn into exciting garden spaces.Clean and Tight. Covers have never been bent back. No marks, etc. Beautiful glossy photos. 144 pages.

A former research biologist answers lots of questions and tells stories of 20 common garden vegetables. Learn about nutrition and how to harvest.Clean, no marks inside; however the page edges show some slight stain/discoloration. See photo. Bibliography, Index, 210 pages.

Essential information for growing and arranging flowers. Black & white illustrations and lots of color photographs. Index, 256 pages.Green cloth covered boards. Light stain on front cover. Inscription inside front cover: Raylee Yoder, April 1991, From Sharon and Don Erland, Anniversary #2.Printing and binding stamp from Italy on back endpaper. Some bottom edge wear. One page has mis-cut and is folded up. See photo. Good usable reading copy.

Author Bunny Guinness shows how plant-loving adults and exuberant children can coexist in the same place in this book. Lots of ideas and inspiration with "how to" put into practice. Covers design and planning, playhouses and tree houses, garden games, outdoor living, water garden, garden for wildlife and pets, and planting.Clean. Tight. Lots of illustrations and beautiful color photographs. 168 pages. Very, very slight edge or corner wear to book or dust jacket.

2-sided Plant Care spin wheel. Just spin the wheel so that the popular name for the plant shows in the window and see the Horticultural Name, Reproduction type, Moisture needed, Light needed, Humidity guide, Heat guide, Potting Mix needed, and Care required. Each side has different plants with color photos. Covers plants and flowers. Size: approx. 12" tall x 9.25" wide. Some chipping, bumping, stains, and bends. See photos for additional condition description.

This guide gives expert advice on choosing and using fuchsias. It also covers spring and summer bedding plants. Beautiful photographs combined with practical advice.Clean and Tight. Only a couple tiny edge wear spots on spine. Thin hardbound book. 80 pages.

This book has creative ideas for decks, patios, paths, steps, fences, gates, shade, storage, etc. It also has techniques for design and construction with wood, brick, stone, and concrete.Clean. Slight edge wear. Scratch near bottom of front. Some edge discoloration on pages due to age. Sticker residue on back cover.

From front DJ flap: "In A Garden of Words, Martha Barnette weaves together the ancient root words, the legends and folklore, botanical facts, and medieval stories into a lively exploration of the origins of flower names."
Quote from back cover: "If you prefer reading to weeding, this is the garden book to get." - Michael Gartner, president of NBC News and author of the syndicated newspaper column "Words, Words, Words"
Book - Fine condition. Tan paper over boards w white cloth spine. Gold gilt text on front and spine. Very slight impression on endpaper of previous price. Clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Near Fine condition. Light rubbing on back cover.
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188 pages including List of Flowers and Acknoowledgments.

Step by step instructions for basic gardening techniques. Simple for the beginner, complete enough for the expert. Illustrations for each technique. Index. 192 pages. Book is clean; however, there are a couple water drop wrinkles/slight stains in the back half of the book that were obviously dried quickly - no stuck pages, no mildew or other visible damage. See photos.Front cover has bend near bottom. Front & back covers have bottom corner edge wear. Pages are tight.

From the Introduction: "It is one of the expressed purposes of the Herb Society to educate the general public to the many uses and delights of herbs."
"This is a book aimed at cooks of varying degrees of skill."
"An entirely new aspect of this book is the section devoted to the illustration of culinary herbs."
The recipes have everything from appetitizers, to main dishes, to desserts., plus harvesting and preserving your herbs. How about Tarragon Grits (cheesy grits with tarragon)? or a Hoosier Cream Pie (with mace and nutmeg)? or a Gingered Walnut Crust? So many recipes sound delicious!
Book - Good condition. Soiling on covers, along with rubbing and bumping. Some edge/corner wear, plus the entire book has a "twist" (that could probably be resolved by proper shelving).
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224 pages including Index.

Even though this is an older book, there is lots of good information for any type of indoor gardening. Book covers topics like Terrariums, Forcing Bulbs, Bonsai, Vegetable Growing in the Kitchen, Propagation, Plant Pests and Diseases.Black & White illustrations, plus photographs by Bill Swan. Index. 160 pages.Good reading copy. Age discoloration on page edges and some pages. Front cover has sticker residue at top. Back cover has crease. Pages are tight.

From back cover: "Are Moles messin' with you lawn? Beetles brunching on your bee balm?...Do your neighbors' pets think your yard is their own personal privy?...Jerry Baker has a terrific tonic or super solution that'll say "Bug Off -- NOW!"
This book is full of solutions for yard and garden problems using common household products.
Very Good+ condition. There is very slight rubbing to the cover and a couple bumps. Very minimal edge or corner wear. Clean and tight.
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374 pages including the Index.

This stapled booklet is a tree identification resource in winter when they have lost their leaves. Ivory cover with color image and black text. Illustrations are black and white.Very Good condition. Cover has a few small, light marks. Pages are clean and tight. Please see photos. 43 pages including Index.

2-sided Plant Care spin wheel. Just spin the wheel so that the popular name for the plant shows in the window and see the Horticultural Name, Reproduction type, Moisture needed, Light needed, Humidity/Heat guide, and Potting Mix needed. Each side has different plants with color photos. Covers plants and flowers. Size: approx. 9" tall x 7" wide. Chip in one corner. See photos for additional condition description.

This is a wonderful book for someone who likes organic gardening or farming, who is also interested in it's roots.From the forward: "My own observations, coupled with some intensive study of the subject, have led to a firm conviction that understanding and application of organic farming principles is essential to the continuance of healthy plant and animal life on this planet." The book covers topics such as: The Failure of Poison Sprays, Why Compost?, Insect Pests, Minerals and Trace Elements, and more. The book is very readable.Condition: The spine is sun faded. The front cover shows a couple light stains and marks, and has a small gold horse image; it is also partly separated from the title page, the back cover shows very little wear. There is little wear on edges and corners. Inside end papers have age spots and areas. Also front end paper has previous owner's name and a date of 1952. Pages are free of marks, but are age tanned. The book includes occasional wood-block-type images. Please see… Read More

The Naturalist's Garden will show you how to enjoy your garden - and the birds, butterflies, and other creatures that share it with you...Create flower borders to lure butterflies, hummingbirds, etc.Add wildflowers. Design a water garden. Recognize habits of birds and other wildlife.Clean and Tight. No marks or stains. 272 pages. Almost like new, but dust cover has a tiny tear near spine on front.

From front cover this includes:

Their favorite flowers
Their Fascinating beauty and behavior
15 plans for irresistible gardens

Beautiful color photos and lots of information included.
Very Good+ condiiton. Very light rubbing on covers. Soft thumb crease on front. Very little edge/corner wear. Three pages have small corner creases. Clean and tight.
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96 pages including Index.