Nature, recreation and sports / Gardening

Dig for Victory

by Summersdale

Wise words for gardeners

"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a home-grown tomato."  —Lewis Grizzard

The World War II slogan is still pertinent in these thrift times as more...

Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm

by Forrest Pritchard & Joel Salatin

One fateful day in 1996, upon discovering that five freight cars’ worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard undertakes to save his family’s farm. What ensues—through...

Butterfly Gardening for Texas

by Geyata Ajilvsgi

Texas hosts an unparalleled number of butterfly species, and whether one lives near the beaches of the Gulf Coast or in the mountains of the Trans-Pecos, all Texans can enjoy the color and tranquility that butterflies...

Creating Rain Gardens

by Cleo Woelfle-Erskine & Apryl Uncapher

Homeowners spend hundreds of dollars watering their yard, but there is an easy way to save money and resources—rain gardening. But what is it? As simple as collecting rain to reuse in front and backyards....

Teach Yourself Canasta

by Jean Lachaume

This book is a comprehensive guide to Canasta, part of the rummy family of card games that originated in Uruguay. Contents Include: Definitions; Canasta; The Origin of Canasta; The Pack; Rules for Canasta; Alternative...

Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America

by Kendall H. Brown & David M. Cobb

Quiet Beauty: Japanese Gardens of North America is an extraordinary look at the most beautiful—and serene—gardens in the United States and Canada. Most Japanese garden books look to the gardens of Japan. Quiet...

Gardening in Pyjamas: Horticultural enlightenment for obsessive dawn raiders

by Helen Yemm

This is the perfect book for you if you are one of the many people who feel that gardening could be your ultimate pleasure if only you knew just that little bit more about it. The Daily Telegraph's much-loved...

Perennial Garden Color

by William C. Welch

Gardeners in Texas and the South face their own special problems with climate and growing seasons, and they need a guide written specifically for the region in order to have the greatest chance of success. William...

The Lavender Lover's Handbook

by Sarah Berringer Bader & Janet Loughrey

With its intoxicating scent, gorgeous wands of purple flowers, and silvery foliage, lavender is one of the most sought-after plants. But the horticultural reasons for choosing lavender go far beyond its beauty....

Trellises, Planters & Raised Beds: 50 Easy, Unique, and Useful Projects You Can Make with Common Tools and Materials

by Editors of Cool Springs Press

A step-by-step guide that gives any gardener all the information needed to make garden furnishings that are both simple and beautiful. This book includes 50 complete plans for trellises, raised beds, planters,...

Vegetables and Herbs for the Greenhouse and Polytunnel

by Klaus Laitenberger

With our unpredictable weather, there's never been a better time to cultivate vegetables under shelter. Experienced grower, Klaus Laitenberger shows how to use the heat and shelter of a greenhouse or polytunnel...

Dead Snails Leave No Trails, Revised: Natural Pest Control for Home and Garden

by Janet Hogan Taylor & Loren Nancarrow

A practical guide to repelling indoor and outdoor pests using organic methods, updated with new information on getting rid of bedbugs and dust mites, plus includes updated online resources.

If you’ve ever...

The Drunken Botanist

by Amy Stewart

Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet?  In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs,...

Gardening for Geeks: DIY Tests, Gadgets, and Techniques That Utilize Microbiology, Mathematics, and Ecology to Exponentially Maximize the Yield of You

by Christy Wilhelmi

Geek out with Mother Nature!

There is much more to gardening than what you've learned in school. With Gardening for Geeks, you'll examine your ecosystem and discover how you can create the right environment...

A Slow Passion: Snails, My Garden and Me

by Ruth Brooks

When BBC Radio 4's Material World programme announced a search for the UK's top amateur scientist, little did anyone expect that the winning experiment would comprise one of our humblest garden pests. Ruth Brooks...

The Inspired Garden: 24 Artists Share Their Vision

by Judy Paolini & Nance Trueworthy

It's not surprising that visual artists would create particularly interesting gardens. Besides a trained eye, they use their penchant for fearless artistic expression. This book offers a most unusual personal...

Designing the Maine Landscape

by Theresa Mattor & Lucie Teegardeb

Frederick Law Olmsted and others saw the landscape as it was and enhanced it, instead of imposing rigid design upon it. Groundbreaking landscape architects Beatrix Farrand and Fletcher Steele, among others,...

A Green and Pleasant Land: How England's Gardeners Fought the Second World War

by Ursula Buchan

'War is the normal occupation of man - war and gardening' Winston Churchill

A Green and Pleasant Land tells the intriguing and inspiring story of how Britain's wartime government encouraged and cajoled its citizens...

The Plum and Its Cultivation with Information on Soils, Tree Forms, Planting, Pruning, Diseases and Pests, and Varieties - An Article

by N. B. Bagenal

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Plants - Ferns, Palms and Cycads

by William Watson

A guide to ferns, palms an cycads that will prove of much interest to the modern gardener. Illustrated with black and white photographs. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before....