Healthy Plants Don't Get Nits! (Organic Gardening: Part One)
I consider myself to be a gentle gardener, rather than a strictly organic gardener. When I encounter a problem in my garden at home, I try to solve it by using the gentlest solution possible. By gentle, I suppose I mean the least intrusive method ... [... more]
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Compost, by Gosh!: An Adventure with Vermicomposting
 What fun By Gosh: Great book! Fun, Funny, Educational, with a message yet! Describes a wonderful project to start with your kids. Oh no? Oh Yes!: When I first heard that the Worm Queen in Kalamazoo (Mary Appelhof) had published a kids' book on [... more]
CDN$21.95
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Composting for All
affordable: Nicki Scott released the second edition of Composting For All in 2004; obviously this is a popular publication within the UK, and it is certainly affordable. Here is one booklet that practices what it preaches ? the cover is printed on 80% [... more]
CDN$3.80
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The Art of Infrared Photography
Glorified Magazine: Let's make this clear... I won't put any more effort into writing this review than the author spent on the book itself. So this is going to be short and sweet! This book is a glorified magazine. Worth $14.95 - tops. The pitfalls of [... more]
CDN$44.95
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Impatient Gardener
From Amazon.com: This is a hands-on manual for the gardener who imagines he has a brown thumb, will murder a houseplant by looking at it the wrong way, and couldn't grow mold on bread. Jerry Baker, one of America's best-known garden experts, has written [... more]
CDN$22.95
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Tropical Plants
Showy Book Loses Stars for Imbalance, Lack of Variety: Neither a good specimen guide nor glamorous coffee table showpiece, this nonetheless fills a gap in my growing library of tropical gardening books. It could be a nice introduction to tropical plants, [... more]
CDN$49.00
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Monster Of God
Amazon.ca: The human mind, for reasons that were once obvious, has long been haunted by intimations of things that go bump in the night. And nothing, as the eminent natural historian David Quammen writes in Monster of God, goes bump quite like what he [... more]
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Monster Of God
Amazon.ca: The human mind, for reasons that were once obvious, has long been haunted by intimations of things that go bump in the night. And nothing, as the eminent natural historian David Quammen writes in Monster of God, goes bump quite like what he [... more]
CDN$23.50
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Controlling Pests and Diseases Naturally
Control pests and diseases without using harmful synthetic pesticides. These include companion planting, biological controls to physical barriers. A healthy plant is less prone to pests and diseases. Written by Geoffrey Ian Miller. The 20th ... [... more]
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Top 10 Garden List
Everyone would rather have a healthy garden than a sick one. After all, healthy plants not only look better, but also means less work (not to mention fewer chemicals) trying to get them healthy again. With that said, here are the 10 most ... [... more]
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Growing On
Potting up your seedlings properly helps to guarantee successful, healthy plants. Last article we discussed a flotation method for germinating seeds that don't retain their viability for a long time. Once the seeds have germinated, growing them ... [... more]
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Growing 101 Herbs That Heal: Gardening Techniques, ...
From Amazon.com: An excellent guide for novices and experts alike, Growing 101 Herbs That Heal combines gardening, cooking, crafts, and natural healthcare into one sturdy manual. The author's care and concern for healthy plants and people are evident on [... more]
CDN$27.95
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