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Price: $35.00
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Sale: $21.25
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Manufacturer: DK ADULT
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Alan Toogood
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Publisher: DK ADULT
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635.043
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Publication Date: 1999-04-26
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: The American Horticultural Society's Plant Propagation is one of those stuck-on-a-desert-island books. All the information you could ever possibly want in order to propagate virtually any plant or tree or cactus or succulent that might be growing on said desert island is to be found somewhere between the covers of this marvelous, informative book. If you're tired of buying many pots of expensive perennials, tuck a copy of Plant Propagation under your arm and buy one good specimen. From that specimen, following the simple directions, make many plants. It's the kind of skill that all grandmothers of a more distant generation seemed to have. Still mixed up about hypogeal and epigeal germination? Can't tell a bulbil from a cormel? The very first section covers all the basics of plant biology as well as the history and basic how-to of propagation. The body of the book is divided into "Garden Trees," "Shrubs and Climbing Plants," "Perennials, Annuals and Biennials," "Cacti and Other Succulents," "Bulbous Plants," and "Vegetables." Each section begins with an overview of appropriate propagation techniques: the many styles of grafting, seed saving, taking cuttings, and bulb and root division. Individual plants within each section are addressed alphabetically. With Plant Propagation in hand, you can hybridize your own rose and name it after yourself. The text is written to an intelligent, somewhat experienced gardening reader, and the lush illustrations are accurate and effective. --Schuyler Ingle
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Price: $34.95
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Sale: $22.40
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Manufacturer: Agarikon Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Paul Stamets::J. S. Chilton
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Publisher: Agarikon Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635.8
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Publication Date: 1983-12
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Reading Level: 415
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Price: $23.95
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Sale: $12.00
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Manufacturer: Broadway
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Jeannie Ralston
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Publisher: Broadway
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Dewey Decimal Number: 633.81
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Publication Date: 2008-05-27
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: “I couldn’t help but question how I’d gotten to this strange spot in my life, so far from what I’d expected for myself. Yes, there had been a heady romance a few years back. Then a slew of subsequent decisions, fueled by love and yearnings I didn’t even know I had. But I never, ever would have suspected that this was where the sum total of them would bring me. That afternoon a new doubt dripped into my mind. When do you know, I wondered, whether the choices you’ve made were the right ones?”
In 1990, Jeannie Ralston was a successful magazine writer and bona fide city girl—the type of woman who couldn't imagine living on soil not shaded by skyscrapers. By 1994, she had called off an engagement, married Robb, a National Geographic photographer, and was living in Blanco Texas, population 1600.
The Unlikely Lavender Queen is the intimate story of a woman who gives up a lot for the man she loves – her beloved blue state, bagels and all-night bodegas—only to have to wonder: Was it too much? Ralston offers a lively chronicle of her life as a wife, new mother and an urban settler in rural Texas. As she labors to convert a dilapidated barn into a livable home, deal with scorpions and unbearably hot summers, raise two young children while Robb is frequently away on assignment, she realizes her ultimate struggle is to reconcile her life plans and goals with her husband’s without coming out the proverbial loser. And just when it seems like she might be losing that fight--and herself-- a little purple bloom changes her life.
For centuries lavender has been a mystical herb, so valuable to ancient Romans that a bushel would cost nearly a month’s wages. But when Robb returns from a trip to Provence with a plan for growing lavender on their land, Ralston is not convinced—in fact the last thing she needed or wanted was to take up farming on top of everything else. Then, much to her surprise, she slowly but surely falls in love with lavender, and in the course of growing and selling blooms, hosting the public at the farm, and creating lavender products, she discovers a new side of herself. A few short years later, Ralston had built Hill Country Lavender, a thriving commercial enterprise that transforms both her little corner of Texas and her life.
The Unlikely Lavender Queen will resonate with all women who have faced the tough choices that come with “having it all” and secretly (or not so secretly) hoped for great adventure to come along and surprise them. Ralston’s honest, funny, and poignant memoir is a testament to the fact that such adventures await us around every bend in life.
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Price: $40.00
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Sale: $25.24
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Manufacturer: National Geographic
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: National Geographic
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Publisher: National Geographic
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Dewey Decimal Number: 613
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Publication Date: 2008-11-18
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Reading Level: 360
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Description: A natural choice for the millions of people turning to a healthier lifestyle, this book invites readers on a sumptuously illustrated walk through the world garden to discover the story of some 250 food plants from field to table. Illustrated with more than 500 images and written by top international horticultural and culinary experts, the sumptuous Edible explores the origins, history, and contemporary cultural and culinary uses of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, beverage plants, herbs, and spices. A rich introduction begins the book, revealing early agriculture and our "green" future. Then an eight-chapter "Food Directory" cameos individual plants, with reader friendly layouts framing each entry’s biography, botanical description, culinary role, and healing powers. In addition to the lively and authoritative narrative, Edible intrigues readers with layers of information: literary quotes, boxes on ancient origins of exotic foods, political underpinnings, nutritional values, longstanding remedies, and more. Tantalizing anecdotes dip into such diverse topics as the Japanese Cherry Festival; cacao, Mayan "food of the gods;" and the 17th-century Nutmeg Wars, which determined New York’s future. A glossary and index complete the book.
The National Geographic Desk Reference to Nature’s Medicine has proven itself a steady sales record. With huge appeal for both the health-conscious and the legions of devotees who follow today’s chefs in the media, Edible is a recipe for success.
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Price: $126.60
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Sale: $67.28
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Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Hudson T. Hartmann::Dale E. Kester::Fred E. Davies::Robert Geneve
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Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Edition: 7
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Dewey Decimal Number: 631.53
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Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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Reading Level: 880
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Description: For university-level courses in Plant Propagation. Some background in biology is assumed. Hallmarked as the most successful text of its kind, this remarkably thorough book covers all aspects of the propagation of plants--both sexual and asexual--with considerable attention given to human (vs natural) efforts to increase plant numbers. The text presents both the art and science of propagation, and conveys knowledge of specific kinds of plants and the particular methods by which those plants must be propagated.
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Price: $32.95
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Sale: $32.95
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Manufacturer: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Paul Przybylowicz::John Donoghue
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Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 630
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Publication Date: 2008-02-14
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Reading Level: 217
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $9.42
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Manufacturer: Mitchell Beazley
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Philip McMillan Browse::The Royal Horticultural Society
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Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
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Edition: 3rd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635
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Publication Date: 1999-03-01
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: 550 two-color illustrations.
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Sale: $74.75
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Binding: Paperback
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Dewey Decimal Number: 580
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Reading Level: 800
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Price: $42.00
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Sale: $76.28
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Manufacturer: ANR Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Steve H. Dreistadt
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Publisher: ANR Publications
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635.97699
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Publication Date: 1994-08
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Reading Level: 504
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Description: This is the ultimate guide to managing landscape pests! With this manual in hand you will be able to diagnose and manage hundreds of insect, mite, weed, plant disease, and nematode pests. Inside you'll find updated information on how to use environmentally safe, ecologically based IPM methods; landscape designs that prevent pests; how to select resistant varieties; advice on the use of less-toxic pesticides such as botanicals, oils, and soaps; and tips on planting, irrigating, and other plant-care cultural activities that help in avoiding problems. Contains over one hundred pages of easy-to-use tree and shrub pest tables; invaluable in helping you identify common pest problems now on over 200 types of ornamental trees and shrubs. Includes 432 color photographs, 117 drawings and tables, references, glossary, and an index.
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Price: $7.95
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Sale: $4.77
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Manufacturer: Blume
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Andi Clevely
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Publisher: Blume
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Edition: Tra
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635
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Publication Date: 2002-09-01
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Reading Level: 64
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Description: Each beautifully illustrated book in this collection covers an important topic of gardening, including selection and location of plants, garden design, gardening tools, and vegetable and flower gardens. Una colección de guías hermosamente ilustradas y explicativas sobre las labores de jardinería y horticultura, que incluyen desde la planificación y el diseño de jardín, pasando por la labor práctica del jardinero, hasta la selección de las plantas y hortalizas más adecuadas.
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