Growing Citrus: The Essential Gardener's Guide

Ruth Kassinger

Paradise Under Glass: An Amateur Creates a Conservatory Garden

A witty and absorbing memoir about one woman's unlikely desire to build, stock, and tend a small conservatory in her suburban home, interwoven with the history of conservatories from the Renaissance to today.

Burpee the Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener: A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically

A Backyard-Gardener's Guide to Growing a Bountiful, Great-Tasting Harvest The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener features: A full-color encyclopedia of over 100 vegetables and herbs with detailed, expert advice on growing them successfully from planting to harvest Planting and growing techniques that keep maintenance to a minimum Entries on how to grow unusual edibles, such as refreshing mesclun for salads, colorful edible flowers, spicy mustards, and more Descriptions and photos of a host of succulent vegetables, both hybrids and heirlooms, from common to exotic Complete information on improving even the poorest garden soil using safe, organic techniques, plus practical advice on making compost Recommendations on garden tools you need-and those you don't Information on controlling pests and diseases organically, without resorting to poisonous sprays Spectacular full-color photographs of vegetables and herbs, food gardens, and edible landscapes, plus 30 black-and-white line drawings

John Diekelmann, Robert Schuster

Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities

This updated and expanded edition focuses on plant communities. It approaches landscape design as the establishment of natural ecosystems, rather than the mere planting of specimens. The text also emphasizes the natural landscapes of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Page dim. Weight: 538 grams