Crape Mrytles: Summer Show Stoppers
Shorts, sun tan lotion, t-shirts, the beach. All are symbols of hot summer weather. Ah, but we've forgotten the summer garden show stopper: none other than crape myrtles! Yes, Lagerstroemia is another way to gauge hot weather. Crape myrtles are ... [... more]
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Toaster Oven Cookbook: Revised
 have a hot plate: This slender paperback has a lot to offer in the food category, which is the main point. The recipes were more gourmet and ethnic than I expected, with a lot of new dishes. Even if you choose not to cook them in a tabletop/toastr oven, [... more]
CDN$9.95
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Microwave Gourmet
potatoes without a hard spot?: Dear Barbara Kafka, I'd be happy to buy your book if first you could tell me why my microwaved baked potatoes come out with an inedible hard spot somewhere, sometimes 1/3 of the potatoe. I put the potatoe on a double thick [... more]
CDN$27.95
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Angelo
From Amazon.com: From the creator of The New Way Things Work, Castle, and Black and White, comes a poignant tale of a very curious friendship. Angelo is an old Italian craftsman who restores facades of Roman buildings. Sweeping away feathers and twigs [... more]
CDN$7.95
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Jane Austen's Letters
From Amazon.com: Jane Austen famously labeled her literary ambit a "little bit (two inches wide) of ivory." Luckily, her personal travels and those of her family were slightly more extensive, otherwise we should be without her letters. Not only [... more]
CDN$12.94
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The Twenty Seven Points
Artist: The Fall Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0021823626024 Format: Import Format: Live Number Of Discs: 2 Original Release Date: 1995-09-05 Release Date: 1995-01-01 UPC: 021823626024 Tracks: Mollusc in Tyrol Return Ladybird (Green Grass) Idiot - Walk Out Ten [... more]
CDN$22.99
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Extricate (Bonus Cd)
Artist: Fall Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602498474631 Number Of Discs: 2 Original Release Date: 2007-06-05 Release Date: 2008-03-17 UPC: 602498474631 Tracks: Sing! Happy I'm Frank Bill Is Dead Black Monk Theme, Pt. 1 Popcorn Double Feature Telephone Thing [... more]
CDN$19.99
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May Gardening In The Low Desert 2001
What a marvelous spring we have had here in this part of the low desert! But now, hot weather seems to have set in so we have little time to finish up spring planting. Most of our veggies and flowers should be planted by now though you can still ... [... more]
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Saving Water in the Garden
Saving Water in the Garden. Starts with drip irrigation systems, but also includes so-called drip hybrids. This includes bubblers and micro-spray heads. Our hot weather certainly seems to be here to stay. It certainly doesn't take long to get ... [... more]
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Saving Water with New Irrigation Methods
With our hot weather apparently here to stay, it doesn't take long to get tired of dragging the hose around the garden. Since you may already have an automatic sprinkler for your lawn, many home gardeners seem to have either obsolete or no ... [... more]
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A HOT SPELL
The recent spell of hot weather has made things hectic in the garden again. It is a struggle just to keep plants alive never mind trying to get them to grow. Troughs that were planted up in the cool damp spell a few weeks back are now drying out ... [... more]
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Water Conservation
With our hot weather here to stay, it might not be a bad time to go over some outdoor water conservation methods. Some of these you've heard before (right here in this column in fact), but it never hurts to get a reminder. Take mulch for ... [... more]
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