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The Food Forest Handbook

by Michelle Czolba & Darrell Frey

A food forest is a productive landscape developed around a mix of trees and perennials. Rooted in permaculture principles, this integrated approach to gardening incorporates a variety of plants such as fruit...

Stuff Every Gardener Should Know

by Scott Meyer

This handy little gift book is the perfect pocket guide to your garden!

For the green thumb in your life, this delightful companion is blooming with fun facts and helpful ideas for everything from indoor seed-starting...

The 20 Minute Gardener: Projects, Plants and Designs for Quick & Easy Gardening

by Editors of Sunset

In the Western Garden Book: The 20-Minute Gardener learn the secret to achieving a beautiful garden with minimum effort, paying attention to it in brief time increments all week and season long rather than devoting...

Plants You Can't Kill: 101 Easy-to-Grow Species for Beginning Gardeners

by Stacy Tornio

"I kill everything I plant."

Does this sound like you or someone you know? Give yourself a pat on the back because admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. And lucky for you, you can easily...

Homegrown Pantry: A Gardener's Guide to Selecting the Best Varieties & Planting the Perfect Amounts for What You Want to Eat Year-Round

by Barbara Pleasant

Whether selecting the right variety of pumpkin for pie filling or the best beets for easy pickling, Homegrown Pantry is the essential reference for planning a garden that produces the best varieties and the...

Grasses, Sedges, Rushes And Ferns Of The British Isles

by N. Barrie Hodgson

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the various different kinds of sedges, grasses, rushes and ferns native to the British Isles. It provides detailed descriptions of the different types of flora...

Building Raised Beds: Easy, Accessible Garden Space for Vegetables and Flowers. A Storey BASICS® Title

by Fern Marshall Bradley

A Storey BASICS title addresses the popular topic of raised-bed gardening with this introduction to simple raised beds that any homeowner or beginning gardener can plan, build, and plant in a weekend with basic...

The Scything Handbook: Learn How to Cut Grass, Mow Meadows and Harvest Grain with a Scythe

by Ian Miller & Kiko Denzer

The Zen approach to mowing lawns, wacking weeds, harvesting crops, and building modern homesteader abs!

The Permaculture Transition Manual: A Comprehensive Guide to Resilient Living

by Ross Mars, Simone Willis & Rob Hopkins

Harness the power of permaculture to thrive, not just survive, the great transition from fossil fuels

100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive

by The Xerces Society

In an at-a-glance, photo-driven format, 100 Plants to Feed the Bees presents 100 nectar- and pollen-rich plants that home gardeners can cultivate to create a more bee-friendly world.

Ikebana/The Art of Flower Arrangement - Ikenobo School

by Tadao Yamamoto

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Three Articles on Growing Currants and Gooseberries - Including Information on Propagation, Planting, Pruning, Pests, Varieties

by Various

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.

An Article on the Lychee and its Relatives being Fruits of the Sapindaceae Family Found in the Tropics

by Wilson Popenoe

This article contains a wealth of geographical, historical and botanical information about the rose family fruits in the tropics. Contents Include: Lychee - Cultivation, Propagation, Yield and Picking, Pests...

Plants - Transplanting, Pruning and the Tools Involved

by W. J. Bean

This guide will prove of much interest to the modern gardener. Illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams. Contents Include: Need for Transplanting; Season for Transplanting; How to Transplant; Pruning...

A Guide to Pruning Hardy Fruit Trees

by Frederick W. Keeble

All aspects of pruning the orchard are covered in this informative article written by an expert on the subject. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully...

A Guide to Growing Pineapples under Glass

by David Thomson

All aspects of pineapple cultivation in the greenhouse are dealt with in this handy volume written by an expert on the subject. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding gardener, it contains a wealth of...

A Selection of Articles about Growing Fruit Plants, Bushes and Trees in Pots

by Various

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.

Pruning Pear Trees - Three Articles

by Various

All aspects of pruning pear trees are dealt with in this handy volume written by various experts in the subject. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding gardener, it contains a wealth of information forming...

Apple Trees - An Article on their Different Varieties

by Robert Atkinson

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.

An Article on the Construction of Cold Frames for Early Vegetable and Flowering Plants

by Charles H. Nissley

This volume contains an article on the construction of cold frames for early vegetable and flowering plants. Written in clear, concise language and including simple instructions and invaluable information on...