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 | With the increased interest in and demands for compost from commercial horticultural industries, composting is on the verge of becoming an economically feasible option for waste management. While horticultural producers can create some of the compost to meet their own needs, demand has grown beyond what they can supply for themselves and others. Compost Utilization in Horticultural Cropping Systems gives you the tools to meet the needs of this growing industry. Consider these statistics: America ...
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 Price: 134.80 $ |  | In any season and any year, the most reliable farming tool between two covers . . . KNOTT\S HANDBOOK FOR VEGETABLE GROWERS Fourth Edition This classic handbook is considered by generations of commercial growers as the standard reference tool for growing vegetable crops. Filled with information, largely in the form of tables and charts, from hard statistics on vegetable production and consumption to fascinating esoterica, such as vegetable botanical names and vegetable names in nine languages (Fr ...
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Price: 110.00 $ |  | After the success of the first International Annual of Floral Art, the second edition is sure to be another massive success among florists and flower lovers. The aim of this yearbook is to offer a sweeping panorama of the innovative floral art that exists internationally. Each year, the publishers world-renowned floral designers vouch for hundreds of entries, carefully selected by an international jury of specialists. This 06/07 edition assembles even more personalities and creations that displa ...
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Price: 70.97 $ |  | While there are many excellent publications written about the plant world, there has been no book available which deals specifically with the trees and shrubs of the Northern Great Plains. This is why it is particularly noteworthy that Mr. Donald G. Hoag, the author, has so painstakingly and successfully brought together the scholarly information presented in this book. This information can be as readily used by the amateur who enjoys planting a few trees and shrubs around the house as by the bo ...
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Price: 53.87 $ |  | Arisaema is a large genus within the Arum family, consisting of about 200 species, subspecies, and varieties distributed widely around the globe. They are remarkable for their exotic-looking inflorescences — which inspired the common name of cobra lily — and for the fact that they can change sex from year to year. The Genus Arisaema (2002) was the first comprehensive study of the genus since 1920, and indeed the first ever in the English language. This second revised and updated edition includes ...
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Price: 41.40 $ |  | This year the Huntington celebrates the centennial of its spectacular desert garden, one of the largest such collections of cacti and other succulents in the world. Visitors to the twelve-acre garden marvel at its more than 3,000 species, including the vivid blue and green Puya, a rare type of bromeliad; the Lithops, or living stone, whose camouflaged leaves mimic the shape and color of rocks; and the dazzling red, orange, and yellow torch-like blooms of the winter-flowering aloe. In this beauti ...
Amazon / Huntington Library Pr / Book
Price: 39.95 $ |  | As the seasons change so does your garden and it can be a challenge trying to work out what you need to do to keep your it under control. But, Year-round Gardening make it easy for you. Here, in clear chapters organised by season is all the know-how you need about what to do in your garden and when.Did you know that by pruning your flowering shrubs at the right time, youll get a better show when they come into bloom? That by picking the best moment to propagate your cuttings will have a greater ...
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Price: 39.17 $ |  | The Gardener’s Year is not about quick fixes or design makeovers, but simply about knowing what you should be doing in your garden, when, and why. Month-by-month, Alan Titchmarsh tells you how to keep your garden looking its best, with sections on lawns, trees, shrubs and climbers, flowers, patios and containers, vegetables and herbs, fruit, greenhouses, and water gardens. Designed for easy reference, the book will answer all your questions, from what seeds you can plant in your vegetable plot i ...
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Price: 31.08 $ |  | Often described as the most beautiful garden in England, Hidcote is a jewel in Englands horticultural history. The gardens creator, Lawrence Johnston, was inspired by many of the Arts and Crafts design ideas at the turn of the 20th century. From 1907 this intriguing American-born plant hunter transformed 10 acres of Gloucestershire hillside into one of the worlds most influential gardens, a complex mixture of hedged rooms and vistas, lavish planting, and simpler, informal areas. Today, it is one ...
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Price: 28.98 $ |  | The tradition of the kitchen garden, or potager, has for centuries been a cornerstone of the French country way of life-a year-round communion between the kitchen and the garden culminating in simple, gratifying meals prepared fresh with the flavors of the season. Taking up where the very popular Potager left off, In the French Kitchen Garden is a lovingly written, beautifully illustrated guide to cultivating a potager. Georgeanne Brennan imparts her passion for the potager while offering advice ...
Amazon / American Master Products, Inc. / Book
Price: 27.18 $ |  | Many people want to grow fruit on a small scale but lack the insight to be successful orchardists. Growing tree fruits and berries is something virtually anyone with space and passionate desire can do - given wise guidance and a personal commitment to observe the teachings of the trees. A holistic grower knows that producing fruit is not about manipulating nature but more importantly, fostering nature. Orcharding then becomes a fascinating adventure sure to provide your family with all sorts of ...
Amazon / Chelsea Green Publishing / Book
Price: 25.83 $ |  | Distinguished plantsman and gardening writer David Joyce makes his choice of the best flowers – beautiful, distinctive and easy to cultivate – for the garden and for arrangements. 250 first-choice plants, all illustrated and over a thousand plants in all are described together with growing instructions and advice on how to make original and striking displays in the garden and the house throughout the year. The information is suitable for all sizes and styles of garden, and all gardeners, whether ...
Amazon / Frances Lincoln / Book
Price: 24.90 $ | | | The Gardener’s Year is not about quick fixes or design makeovers, but simply about knowing what you should be doing in your garden, when, and why. Month-by-month, Alan Titchmarsh tells you how to keep your garden looking its best, with sections on lawns, trees, shrubs and climbers, flowers, patios and containers, vegetables and herbs, fruit, greenhouses, and water gardens. Designed for easy reference, the book will answer all your questions, from what seeds you can plant in your vegetable plot i ...
Amazon / BBC Books / Book
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