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Sunset Western Garden Book 96 reviews
Sunset Books, 2007
Best ever Sunset Western Garden Book issue
+ perfect customer service
+ Valuable Tool
+ Western Garden
+ Western Garden Book by Sunset
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The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (A ... 17 reviews
Eliot Coleman
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1995
simply down to earth - literally
+ Lots of new ideas!
+ Amazing Book... A must have for organic gardening
+ Wooo...
+ My new constant companion
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Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
Toby Hemenway
Chelsea Green, 2001
Permaculture is a verbal marriage of “permanent” and “agriculture.” Australian Bill Mollison pioneered its development. Key features include: use of compatible perennials; non-invasive planting techniques; emphasis on biodiversity; specifically adaptable to local climate, landscape, and soil conditions; highly productive output of edibles. Now, picture your backyard as one incredibly ...
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Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners29 reviews
Suzanne Ashworth, Kent Whealy
Seed Savers Exchange, 2002
Very Great Book
+ Essential Book
+ Love this book!
+ Fantastic book for those looking to start saving seed
+ Great book
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Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting7 reviews
Ray Rogers, Richard W. Hartlage
Timber Press, Incorporated, 2007
Gorgeous book and inspired arrangements
+ Great Book for Planning Color Choices In Garden
+ A great reference book for selecting the right plants and right pots for your garden
+ pots in the Garden-a Northern Ireland view
+ Pure inspiration
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All New Square Foot Gardening125 reviews
Mel Bartholomew
Cool Springs Press, 2006
An excellent alternative to row gardening.
+ wow
+ Mel's a Genius!
+ Now is the time to garden!
+ Can't wait to give it a try!
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The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques43 reviews
Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006
Boils It All Down and Makes It Easy
+ Complete instructions for most perennials
+ Great Resource
+ Fabu!
+ A classic
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Betty Crocker's Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cooking Today27 reviews
Betty Crocker Editors
Betty Crocker, 2000
Best cookbook I have!
+ great recipes
+ DON'T MISS! UMMMMM GOOD
+ Low Fat, Low Cholesterol does taste good
+ Good Solid Cookbook
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Designing with Succulents34 reviews
Debra Lee Baldwin
Timber Press, Incorporated, 2007
Wonderful resource for the Northwest gardner as well
+ Beautiful!
+ Great ideas!
+ Designing with Succulents
+ A must read! You'll be surprised at the versatility of these plants.
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The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book (Encyclopedia of Country Living)121 reviews
Carla Emery
Sasquatch Books, 2003
A must have
+ Folksy, easy reading
+ Great resource for simple living in urban areas or BFE
+ Carla Emery's Book A Must Have
+ A pillar of the homesteading community
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Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home 17 reviews
Julie Moir Messervy, Sarah Susanka
Taunton, 2006
Great Idea Book
+ You can have a million-dollar view from your home
I am an interior designer and thought this book was great for exterior ideas. I highly recommend it.
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How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office38 reviews
B. C. Wolverton
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1997
Fabulous
+ Simple, useful,straight to the point
+ EXCEPTIONAL!!
+ Great guide if you want to have indoor plants
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Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi47 reviews
David Arora
Ten Speed Press, 1986
Great Book!
+ This is an advanced text
+ good condition, good shipping time
+ Mushrooms Demystified
+ Fantastic, comprehensive resource
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Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long47 reviews
Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch
Chelsea Green, 1999
Not A Waste Of Money
+ Useful book
+ New take on gardening
+ Great insight for winter gardening
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Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and ...51 reviews
Michael A. Dirr
Stipes Publishing, LLC, 1998
An Industry Standard; not for casual weekend gardner's
+ "Woodies" bible
+ If you are an avid gardener, you will want this book
+ textbook for a lifetime
+ long time plant person
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Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia55 reviews
Michael A. Dirr
Timber Press, Incorporated, 1997
Review of Michael Dirr's book on trees
+ a quick visual reference for northern gardeners
+ Very Detailed
+ Thank you for this book!
+ A Beautiful Book
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Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables29 reviews
Mike Bubel, Nancy Bubel
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1991
root cellaring
+ Excellent knowledgebase for raising and keeping veggies!
+ Root Cellaring
This is something I have always wanted to do but always living in the city have never done. When we move to Montana I will make my first attempt and this book explains several methods as well as what veggie keep best and how to preserve them. Love it.
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Projects for the Birder's Garden: Over 100 Easy Things That You can Make to Turn Your Yard and Garden into a ...11 reviews
Rodale Books, 2004
Hands-on Inspiration
+ Birds AND I enjoyed this one!
+ Fantastic Resource for the Bird Lovers
+ Great book for birders
+ Fun
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Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series)139 reviews
Scott Cunningham
Llewellyn Publications, 2000
Encyclopaedia of Magical Herbs
+ Excellent herb book for Pagan and Wiccan ... BUT
+ Excellent resource!
+ Not perfect... but pretty damn close.
+ Can't say enough good things!
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Sunset Western Landscaping Book7 reviews
Sunset Publishing Corporation, 2006
Excellent
+ Extremely Useful
+ Best landscaping book ever
+ Very useful
+ A fine companion to "Sunset Western Garden Book"
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