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Download or read book Green Thumbs written by Laurie Carlson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Budding gardeners will learn what it takes to make things grow with fun activities that require only readily available materials.
Book Synopsis Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening by : Carol Wall
Download or read book Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening written by Carol Wall and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this profoundly moving memoir, Owita teaches Wall how to find grace amid heartbreak and to accept that beauty exists because it is fleeting—as in her garden, as in life." —People, 4 stars "A perfect spring awakening." —Good Housekeeping A true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing—and ultimately everything—in common. Carol Wall, a white woman living in a lily-white neighborhood in Middle America, was at a crossroads in her life. Her children were grown; she had successfully overcome illness; her beloved parents were getting older. One day she notices a dark-skinned African man tending her neighbor’s yard. His name is Giles Owita. He bags groceries at the supermarket. He comes from Kenya. And he’s very good at gardening. Before long Giles is transforming not only Carol’s yard, but her life. Though they are seemingly quite different, a caring bond grows between them. But they both hold long-buried secrets that, when revealed, will cement their friendship forever.
Book Synopsis Green Thumb by : Craig Miller-Randle
Download or read book Green Thumb written by Craig Miller-Randle and published by Plum. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one is born with a green thumb ... but anyone can grow one! Renowned indoor 'plantspert' Craig Miller-Randle takes you through the basics of helping indoor plants to thrive. Green Thumb is filled with advice that Craig has distilled in his 40+ years of experience. Whether it's choosing the right pot, propagating, watering or getting rid of pests, Craig has all the info you'll need. There are also photographic step-by-step projects, an A-Z guide to the care of indoor plants and loads of styling inspiration. You may think you're a born plant killer, but with Craig's guidance and techniques, you can grow lush, healthy and envy-worthy specimens to fill your home. Maybe you're at the beginning of your love affair with plants, perhaps you're already a collector of rare species or have a home full of plant pets ... whatever stage you are at, Green Thumb will help you select, care for and propagate plants with ease to grow your own lush indoor jungle. Chapters include: · Why grow indoor plants? · Plant A-Z · Potting, soil and containers · Location and light · Water and fertiliser · Temperature and humidity · Pests, diseases and troubleshooting · Styling · Propagating, totems and training This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.
Download or read book Green Thumb written by Rob Thomas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of two National Science Fairs for his work on plant life, thirteen-year-old Grady Jacobs isn't exactly Mr. Popularity. But he doesn't care. He's spending the summer with the famous botanist Dr. Phillip Carter in the Amazon jungle trying to save the rain forest with a new species of super trees. Although his duties are mostly relegated to kitchen patrol, Grady stumbles on a startling discovery: a binary system of sounds that enables him to control the movement of trees. Even as Grady discovers the tree language, he realizes that Carter's super trees aren't replenishing the Amazon's ecosystem -- they're killing it. When his unauthorized experiments are discovered, Grady flees from Carter's camp and finds refuge with the Urah-wau Indian tribe. but even with the tribe's help and the secret tree language, can Grady stop Carter's super trees? With his keen eye for popular culture now trained on the environment, award-winning author Rob Thomas tells a coming-of-age story bursting with action and adventure. Hanh on to that vine: It's going to be a wild ride.
Download or read book Green Thumb written by Tom Cardamone and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange mutations occured in the Florida Keys after the Red War. Now after living alone for decades because he misunderstands time, Leaf meets another like, yet unlike himself and begins a startling journey.
Book Synopsis Mrs. Greenthumbs by : Cassandra Danz
Download or read book Mrs. Greenthumbs written by Cassandra Danz and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty, informative, and fun, Mrs. Greenthumbs proves that Cassandra Danz is to flower gardening what the Frugal Gourmet is to cooking! More like an experienced neighbor than a gardening authority, she offers advice based on hard-won experience that just can't be found in other gardening reference books. 13 line drawings.
Book Synopsis Tistou of the Green Thumbs by : Maurice Druon
Download or read book Tistou of the Green Thumbs written by Maurice Druon and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where Tristou touches, flowers grow. He makes flowers grow in slums, prisons, and hospitals. His masterpiece: he causes the guns to shoot flowers and a senseless war is ended. It is then that the people discover he was an angel.
Download or read book Tiny Green Thumbs written by C. Z. Guest and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiny Bun and his grandmother plan, plant, and grow a vegetable garden. Includes step-by-step instructions for planting carrots, beans, cucumbers, corn, and sunflowers.
Book Synopsis The Herb Society of America's Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking with Herbs by : Katherine K. Schlosser
Download or read book The Herb Society of America's Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking with Herbs written by Katherine K. Schlosser and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh herbs offer a healthy and delicious way to spice up any meal, but growing and cooking with these delectable plants are endeavors fraught with uncertainty. What herbs will grow year-round on my kitchen windowsill? What foods complement rosemary? Which part of a lemongrass plant has the best flavor? Can I really eat the geraniums growing in my flower bed? This indispensable guide from The Herb Society of America takes the guesswork out of using herbs in the garden and in the kitchen by providing detailed information for cultivating a wide variety of herbs, along with easy-to-follow recipes that will surely impress even the most discerning palate. Ranging from Alliums (onions, chives, and garlic) to Zingiber (ginger), the volume's first section provides horticultural information for each of the sixty-three herbs found in the National Herb Garden's Culinary Garden, including common and botanical names, family, place of origin, hardiness, and general light and soil requirements. Botanical sketches accompany many of the entries. Each entry also includes a short history of the herb, gardening basics, and suggestions for using the herb in your kitchen. Culinary herbs without Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Status are included in a separate section, with an explanation of their history and ornamental value. An informative introduction to this section compares several different definitions of the word herb, explains the advantages of fresh over dried herbs, describes the proper storage and use of spices, and suggests the best timing and methods for harvesting herbs. In the second part of the book, HSA members offer classic and creative recipes for more than two hundred dishes incorporating a variety of herbs. Learn how to use the aromatic and flavorful herbs in your garden to enhance stews and casseroles, create dips and pestos, and add a new dimension to your favorite liqueurs. Among the mouth-watering recipes featured are Lemon Basil Tea Bread, Chicken Linguine with Fennel and Tarragon, Five-Herb Pasta Salad, and Rosemary Fizz. The concluding section of the book contains a fascinating personal tour of the two-and-one-half-acre National Herb Garden, which lies in the heart of Washington, D.C., at the center of the United States National Arboretum, and of its various themed areas, including the Knot Garden, the Antique and Heritage Rose Garden, the Dye Garden, the Colonial Garden, the Native American Garden, the Beverage Garden, the Medicinal Garden, and many others. Complete plant lists accompany the description of each garden. Green thumbs and gourmets alike will find inspiration in these pages to look at herbs in new ways -- perhaps to see beyond their cupboards and into their own yards for ways to liven up their meals -- and will gain the knowledge and confidence to grow and use herbs effectively. More than a gardening book, more than a cookbook, The Herb Society of America's Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking with Herbs will prove to be an indispensable companion for all herb lovers.
Book Synopsis The Grumpy Gardener by : Steve Bender
Download or read book The Grumpy Gardener written by Steve Bender and published by Time Inc. Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitive gardening advice - along with a story or two - for the novice or expert from one of the nation's most-trusted, and Grumpy, sources. Gardeners from across the country have turned to Southern Living Senior Garden Editor Steven Bender - known affectionately as "The Grumpy Gardener" - for his keen knowledge and gardening know-how with equal doses sarcasm and sidesplitting humor for nearly 35 years. Finally, the collected wit and wisdom of the magazine's most irreverent and beloved columnist can be found in a single A - Z volume, providing gardeners from coast-to-coast with his valuable tips for planting, troubleshooting, and growing flowers, vegetables, shrubs, trees and more, all delivered in his signature cantankerous style. Sidebars throughout the book - "Ask Grumpy" - help readers tackle common garden problems ("How do I get ride of little house ants?"), and readers from the past 35 years take part in the book when Grumpy shares his favorite reader's responses to some of his advice, his favorite rules for gardening, and Q & A's covering your favorite plants and flowers are all inside. Additionally, beautiful line-drawings and illustrations throughout make the book as beautiful to look at as well as entertaining to read. The Grumpy Gardener is sure to become the most trusted tool in your gardening shed!
Download or read book My Green Thumb written by Gail Holmen and published by . This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Green Thumbs, Everyone by : Patricia Reilly Giff
Download or read book Green Thumbs, Everyone written by Patricia Reilly Giff and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1996 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mrs. Alonzo is looking for the kids who trampled her prized garden, Beast and Emily use luck and gardening know-how to get themselves off the hook.
Book Synopsis Sticky Fingers, Green Thumb by : Hayley McKee
Download or read book Sticky Fingers, Green Thumb written by Hayley McKee and published by Hardie Grant. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hayley McKee is passionate about creating sweets that taste of nature, where the ingredients are familiar, the coloring is genuine, and the flavors are unmasked. In Sticky Fingers, Green Thumb she celebrates the use of vegetables, edible flowers and herbs in her incredible baked desserts. Sticky Fingers, Green Thumb includes recipes such as spiced parsnip and willow blossom cake; sweet pea and green tea cake; passionfruit cupcakes with raspberry basil frosting; peanut butter, rock salt and rosemary cookies; hibiscus brownies and lemon myrtle & fennel seed honey cake. Broken into five chapters: Real Baking Know-how; Vegetables in Baked Desserts; Herbs in Baked Desserts and Edible Flowers, each section includes a handy flavor wheel and gardening tips and tricks. This is baking as it should be – soulful, earthy and seasonal in Hayley's signature, delicious style.
Book Synopsis How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening by : Ruth Stout
Download or read book How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening written by Ruth Stout and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth Stout's classic How to Have a Green Thumb is a welcoming and trusted advisor for any gardener seeking a natural, bountiful harvest.
Download or read book GrowVeg written by Benedict Vanheems and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who has ever wanted to tend a little piece of ground but wasn’t sure where to begin, GrowVeg offers simple recipes for gardening projects that are both attainable and beautiful. Benedict Vanheems, editor of the popular website GrowVeg.com, guides aspiring green thumbs to success from the start, no matter what size gardening space you have. Get recommendations for veggie varieties for your first edible garden, plant a miniature orchard, and grow an edible archway, or keep your efforts contained by cultivating a rustic crate of herbs on a sunny balcony, a crop of carrots in a basket, or nutritious and delicious sprouts in a jar on the kitchen counter. The beginner-friendly instructions and step-by-step photography detail more than 30 approachable, small-scale gardening projects that will inspire and empower you to get growing!
Book Synopsis The New Plant Parent by : Darryl Cheng
Download or read book The New Plant Parent written by Darryl Cheng and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creator of Instagram’s House Plant Journal mixes love with scientific logic in this beautifully photographed guide for indoor gardeners. For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant’s needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. With this book, indoor gardeners can be less a passive follower of rules for the care of each species and much more the confident, active grower, relying on observation and insight. And in the process, the plant owner becomes a plant lover, bonded to these beautiful living things by a simple love and appreciation of nature. The New Plant Parent covers all of the basics of growing house plants, from finding the right light, to everyday care like watering and fertilizing, to containers, to recommended species. Cheng’s friendly tone, personal stories, and accessible photographs fill his book with the same generous spirit that has made @houseplantjournal, his Instagram account, a popular source of advice and inspiration for over half a million indoor gardeners.
Book Synopsis Gertie's Green Thumb by : Catherine Dexter
Download or read book Gertie's Green Thumb written by Catherine Dexter and published by Beech Tree Paperback Book. This book was released on 1995 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Gertie, lover of plants and animals, finds a working wishbone in the park and turns her family's home into a magical House of Nature.
