Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants ...
 great book!: OUT OF THE 4 BOOKS THAT I OWN ON THE SUBJECT. THIS IS THE BEST GUIDE ON EDIBLE WILD PLANTS THAT I HAVE READ.DON'T LET THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO PHOTOS IN THE BOOK BE A CONCERN. THE DRAWINGS ARE EXCELLENT! EVERYTHING IS IN DETAIL WITH SIDE [... more]
CDN$27.95
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A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and ...
Easiest book for everyone: I've been teaching in the outdoors using field guides with novices for 18 years, so I offer this advice to assist beginners in choosing a wildflower guide. I have used both this book and the Newcomb book and greatly prefer this [... more]
CDN$21.95
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Western Garden Book: Completely Revised And Updated
Great Reference: Very good short descriptions with genus and species listed. Thorough and informative. It is helpful for the novice and experienced gardener alike. Plant pictures are not photographs, but are realistic graphic depictions. Textural [... more]
CDN$56.95
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Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water
Wet feet again.: Although I first read this collection of essays nearly five years ago, Derrick Jensen's recent interview with Moore in "The Sun" magazine prompted me to get my feet wet in this river again. "I have come to believe that all [... more]
CDN$15.00
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Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary
Valuable tool for a field ecologist: I am a plant community ecologist that prides myself in knowing many of the plants in the Intermountain West. However, myself and students are always finding new plants, especially as we move into new areas. My primary [... more]
CDN$27.61
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Tropical Ornamentals: A Guide
Not for the novice gardener: I was very disappointed with the purchase of this book. Living on a tropical island I am surrounded by most, if not all of the plants in this guide. I was looking for a book to help me identify plants in my surroundings that [... more]
CDN$36.41
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Taylor's Guide to Annuals: How to Select and Grow more ...
Taylor's Guide to Perennials: The colored pictures in order are extremely helpful in identifying plants. There are sun/shade and water information for each plant. Sometimes the common names aren't given and I don't know all of the Latin names for plants. [... more]
CDN$25.95
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Succulents: The Illustrated Dictionary
exactly what I expected.: Really nice book... just loaded with pictures. If you are looking for a photo reference of a lot of succulent plants, this book does the trick. No cultivation information: I am a beginner with succulent plants and rock [... more]
CDN$33.95
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Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country
Excellent all-in-one guide: "A Naturalist's Guide to the Canyon Country" is an excellent overview of the natural history of the Colorado Plateau, and especially valuable for first time visitors and amateur naturalists. When my sister brought [... more]
CDN$36.95
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Participating in Nature: Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide ...
Peer review: As a survival instructor and naturalist for one of the largest state parks in the US (420 square miles) I was very impressed by PARTICIPATING IN NATURE. Elpel has some wonderful insights not only into primitive technologies, but also on [... more]
CDN$17.01
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Seed Sowing and Saving: Step-by-Step Techniques for ...
Just what I needed: I bought this after seeing it as one of the few books offered by Vesseys Seeds (vesseys.com). (It was listed at\omoney\c - lucky for me I often comparison shop.) Many propagation books contain information on seed starting, but because [... more]
CDN$22.95
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Weeds of the Northern U.S. and Canada: A Guide for ...
Weeds of Canada and...: Strangely enough in Canada this book has "CANADA" writ large under weeds with the "& northern united states" in small letters on same cover!! Anyways, I bought this book because it is so clearly indexed by [... more]
CDN$29.95
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