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• The Garden Primer

  Damrosch, Barbara

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  A user-friendly gardening encyclopedia, useful for both novice gardeners and seasoned planters.

• Encyclopedia of Garden Plants for Every Location

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  Featuring information on over 3,000 plants, this book will help you plan what to grow in your garden and when you should grow it!

• How Plants Work

  the Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do

  Chalker-Scott, Linda,

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  A primer on the physiology of common garden plants which will help you to better cultivate your home garden.

• Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

  a Simple Guide to Growing Vegetables at Home

  McSheehy, Jill,

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  Offers easy-to-follow steps for starting your very own vegetable garden. You'll find helpful tips from choosing between in-ground or raised bed gardens to creating a full-season garden plan, so you know what to grow, what crops to rotate, and more.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Growing Perennial Foods

  a Field Guide to Raising Resilient Herbs, Fruits & Vegetables

  Tucker, Acadia,

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  A guide to growing resilient perennials which can resist climate extremes, thrive without fertilizers or pesticides, and require little water. Includes profiles of 34 popular herbs, fruits, and vegetables with instructions on how to plant, grow, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Perennial Care Manual

  A Plant-by-Plant Guide: What to Do and When to Do It

  Ondra, Nancy J.,

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  This comprehensive resource covers everything you need to know, from planning and planting to watering, mulching, pruning, propagating, and more. Author Nancy Ondra also includes an in-depth, plant-by-plant guide showing you how to maintain more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Truth About Garden Remedies

  What Works, What Doesn't & Why

  Gillman, Jeff, 1969-

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  Fearlessly conducting original experiments and harvesting wisdom from the scientific literature, horticulturalist Jeff Gillman assesses new and historic advice and reveals the how and why‚ and sometimes the why not‚ for more than 100 common and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Let It Rot!

  the Gardener's Guide to Composting

  Campbell, Stu

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  This guide will help you to recycle your household waste materials into rich, soil-nourishing compost.

• Vertical Gardening

  Grow Up, Not Out, for More Vegetables and Flowers in Much Less Space

  Fell, Derek,

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  Have limited space for your garden? This book will help you to maximize your planting space!

• All New Square Foot Gardening

  More Projects, New Solutions, Grow Vegetables Anywhere

  Bartholomew, Mel,

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  Square Foot Gardening, first introduced by Mel Bartholomew in 1981, is a gardening method which can help home gardeners grow more fresh produce with less space. This edition adds some new techniques and over 150 new photos and illustrations to help…Read moreRead more of this annotation