December brought a Pink Snow Rose, and other things of ...
A short piece about what to plant in Western Australia around about Christmas time. Serissa japonica rosea, the Pink Snow Rose looked a good bet to liven up the colour scheme for December around my place. The Snow Rose grows to a height of about ... [... more]
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Alan Titchmarsh How To Be A Gardener Book One
 From Amazon.co.uk: No safer pair of hands than those of Alan Titchmarsh could be imagined to coax the nervous would-be gardener into picking up a spade. The BBC evidently think so, as they have commissioned the two series and accompanying volumes of How [... more]
CDN$52.95
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The Complete Container Garden
From Amazon.com: Equal parts gorgeous and practical, Reader's Digest's The Complete Container Garden provides clear and straightforward advice accompanied by brightly colored close-up photography. From spring bulbs to winter berries, the range of plants [... more]
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Great Garden Companions
Useful addition to the organic garden library.....: Although GREAT GARDEN COMPANIONS appears to be about what to plant with what, Sally Cunningham's book is about much more. Cunningham is a 'Master Gardener' associated with the Cornell Cooperative [... more]
CDN$20.99
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Alan Titchmarsh How to Be a Gardener Book Two
From Amazon.co.uk: How to Be a Gardener: Book Two is the follow-up to the phenomenally successful How to Be a Gardener: Book One by Alan Titchmarsh, aka TV's Mr Gardening. Titchmarsh's title suggests what many will agree with, namely that gardening is [... more]
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The Transformation of Rural China
The best book written on modern China's rural development: Jonathan Unger, a highly regarded China scholar from Australia, has been studying rural China for 3 decades. In the 1970s, when most scholars were prevented from doing true fieldwork in the PRC, [... more]
CDN$31.20
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The Pacific Northwest Gardener's Book of Lists
mixed feelings: In one sense, this book is great. If you want a list of plants that fit one certain criteria, just look for that list. The book is fairly easy to use in this sense, and that's why I gave it three stars; it seems like the authors spent a [... more]
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Great Garden Companions: A Companion Planting System For ...
Useful addition to the organic garden library.....: Although GREAT GARDEN COMPANIONS appears to be about what to plant with what, Sally Cunningham's book is about much more. Cunningham is a 'Master Gardener' associated with the Cornell Cooperative [... more]
CDN$41.95
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Ortho's All about Perennials
a very useful guide: I have found all of the Ortho series of gardening books to be very useful. In a relatively condensed fashion, the book on perennials communicates a wealth of information. I own several longer, hardbound books about perennial [... more]
CDN$16.02
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Fireworks in the Garden!
Ornamental grasses in northern gardens are being used more now that good research on winter hardiness can help us with what to plant. Fireworks in the garden? Or maybe they are fountains. Anyway, that's what the flowers of the ornamental grasses ... [... more]
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Warm Climate Gardens - Part 3.
While you are deciding what to plant and where, your collection of bulbs and plants will need housing. Bulbs and corms for hot gardeners to plant. While you are deciding what to plant and where, your collection of bulbs and plants will need ... [... more]
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The No-Fail Herb Garden: Informal Recipe for Success
Herb Gardening for Beginners: what to plant, where to plant it, how to plant it and what to do with it once you've grown it! Last week I promised to tell you more about my gray garden and more about herbs. Well, just as I hinted, my gray garden ... [... more]
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