West Coast Gardening

Author : Linda A Gilkeson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01
Category : Pests
ISBN : 0991733509

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West Coast Gardening by Linda A Gilkeson Pdf

Author : Carla Albright
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-28
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781589793170

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Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest by Carla Albright Pdf

Part how-to guide, part workbook, and part plant encyclopedia, Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: From Northern California to British Columbia is the must-have reference book for both experienced gardeners moving to the coast and novice gardeners currently living near the shore. Along with basic information about soil construction, plant selection, and watering needs, Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest includes a workbook that will help you record the unique elements of the coast-wind, salt spray, and sun exposure-and design the garden of your dreams. Master Gardener Carla Albright provides valuable suggestions for vegetables, roses, trees, shrubs, and perennials hearty enough to thrive on the coast, as well as plants that are best avoided. Tips for choosing plants and controlling disease and insects will help you keep your coastal gardening looking its best. Ready for a break? Put down your trowel and take a trip to some of the coastal public gardens listed in the travel guide. These beautiful gardens will provide you with endless ideas that you can try in your own garden.

Author : Charlotte Milner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781465476210

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The Bee Book by Charlotte Milner Pdf

Discover more about our fuzzy little insect friends with award-winning author and illustrator Charlotte Milner. The perfect introduction to bee conservation for little ones. Learn all about the beautiful world of bees and their adventure from flower to flower. You'll find out just how much they matter, why they are declining, and what we can do to help in this adorable kids' ebook. Bees are brilliant at building, super social creatures and along with other insects, are responsible for a third of every mouthful of food you eat! Children will be fascinated by the beautiful pictures and learn plenty of buzz-worthy fun facts in every chapter, covering types of bees, beehives, beekeeping, how they pollinate plants and make honey. A beautiful kid’s educational ebook about bees with a crucial message: not only does it inform and educate about an issue that is a real threat, but it also delivers it in a way that is gripping for all ages. A dazzling celebration of bees, packaged in a gorgeous ebook with spectacular illustrations. What’s The Buzz About Honey Bees? Meet the humble honeybee face-to-face - an animal that is considered nature's hardest worker, in this engaging, educational kids’ ebook that you can treasure forever. What do they do all day? Why are bees important? Find out why they need our help and what you can do. Bees are responsible for so much more than making honey. This ebook is an essential tool in encouraging the protection of our precious buzzing friends for generations to come. Learn all about these valuable creatures: - What happens in the hive - What pollination is - Who the queen is - How honeybees talk to each other - How we can help them and much, much more! This adorable book is one of three children's books on conservation by award-winning author Charlotte Milner and includes The Sea Book and The Bat Book for your little ones to enjoy.

Author : April Pettinger,Brenda Costanzo
Publisher : Portland, Or. : Timber Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Gardening
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111966300

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Native Plants in the Coastal Garden by April Pettinger,Brenda Costanzo Pdf

This new edition of a regional classic has been completely revised, updated, and expanded to include many more facets of the joys and challenges of gardening in the maritime Pacific Northwest. Included are new plant discoveries and information on container gardening, design trends, community education and stewardship, and shoreline habitats. The authors offer comprehensive details for using native plants to transform any garden into a low-maintenance, water-wise paradise that utilizes the beauty of native plants and creates habitats for wildlife.

Author : Steve Whysall
Publisher : Whitecap Books Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1552859274

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Vancouver Sun's Best Plant Picks by Steve Whysall Pdf

A well-written and illustrated compilation of 15 years of Steve Whysall's best Vancouver Sun gardening columns. Suitable for coastal gardens in the Pacific Northwest it presents gardening options for each season and comprehensive plant information.

Author : Lori Weidenhammer
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781771620543

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Victory Gardens for Bees by Lori Weidenhammer Pdf

Who knew modern civilization may be brought down, not by plagues or war, but by bees? Or, more correctly, by no bees? This book investigates the growing problem of bee mortality and offers practical measures we can all take to help. In ecological terms, bees play a critical role in the survival of many plant communities and continuation of life on this planet. No pollination, no seeds. No seeds, no future. Now that bees are facing unprecedented levels of die-off caused by a toxic mixture of environmental stresses, a community-based effort is needed to make gardens, fields and landscapes healthy sanctuaries for bees. Just as citizens banded together to produce Victory Gardens to offset the perilous food shortages of World Wars I and II, now a similarly vital level of collective effort is needed to make our gardens into lifesaving shelters for these essential creatures. Planning a bee-friendly space can provide a beautiful and bountiful selection of edible crops, native plants and fragrant ornamentals, as well as herbs that have medicinal properties for both pollinators and people. With the help of ten inspiring garden plans and planting guides, Weidenhammer shows how bee-friendly plants can be used in creative combinations for plots and pots of all sizes, and are easily grown by novices and seasoned gardeners alike. In the spirit of the history-making Victory Gardens, readers will learn how to pack optimum benefits into a limited space for the survival of hive and home, and backyard beekeepers will learn great planting strategies for making sure their honeybees are healthy and have ample food to overwinter. Victory Gardens for Bees is also buzzing with DIY projects that will provide nesting sites and essential supplies for precious pollinators. With plenty of photographs to help readers identify bees of all stripes, beekeeping tips and other interesting bee-phemera, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to do their part to save bees.

Author : Elaine Stevens,Dagmar Hungerford,Doris Fancourt-Smith
Publisher : Whitecap Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1552850633

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The New Twelve Month Gardener by Elaine Stevens,Dagmar Hungerford,Doris Fancourt-Smith Pdf

This book is divided into monthly chapters, each with a list of garden highlights, a checklist of things to do, and selected topics of interest to gardeners.

Author : Elaine Stevens
Publisher : Whitecap Books Limited
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1895099935

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The Twelve Month Gardener by Elaine Stevens Pdf

Author : Jennifer Jewell
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604699999

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Under Western Skies by Jennifer Jewell Pdf

“Atkinson and Jewell invite each of us to reimagine one’s connection to the land while cultivating nature close to home. A must-read for anyone searching for inspired solutions for designing or refining a garden.” —Emily Murphy, founder of Pass the Pistil From windswept deserts to misty seaside hills and verdant valleys, the natural landscapes of the American West offer an astounding variety of climates for gardens. Under Western Skies reveals thirty-six of the most innovative designs—all embracing and celebrating the very soul of the land on which they grow. For the gardeners featured here, nature is the ultimate inspiration rather than something to be dominated, and Under Western Skies shows the strong connection each garden has with its place. Packed with Atkinson’s stunning photographs and illuminated by Jewell’s deep interest in the relationships between people and the spaces they inhabit, Under Western Skies offers page after page of encouraging ingenuity and inventive design for passionate gardeners who call the West home.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Gardening
ISBN : OCLC:1036971395

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The Twelve Month Gardener by Anonim Pdf

Author : April Pettinger,Brenda Costanzo
Publisher : North Vancouver, B.C. : Whitecap Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Native plant gardening
ISBN : 1552853314

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Native Plants in the Coastal Garden by April Pettinger,Brenda Costanzo Pdf

Updated and revised, this edition of the classic West Coast native plant gardening guide includes twice as many plant descriptions as the original book. With colour photographs and an updated resource section, this edition features new sections on plants of the shoreline habitat, container gardening, ornamental grasses, perfect pest control and bees in the garden. A new chapter on 21st century design weaves together observations of horticultural trends and the philosophy of gardening with native plants.Here's a start to transforming your garden into a low maintenance, water-wise design that utilizes the beauty of native plants and creates habitat for wildlife.

Author : Michael Kenneth Lascelle
Publisher : North Vancouver, B.C. : Whitecap Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1552855198

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A Place in the Rain by Michael Kenneth Lascelle Pdf

A garden design and landscaping book for planning or renovating gardens in the Pacific Northwest, including aesthetics, installation techniques, maintenance considerations, organic options.

Author : Steve Solomon,Marina McShane
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781570619731

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Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades, 35th Anniversary Edition by Steve Solomon,Marina McShane Pdf

Completely revised from cover to cover, this is the 35th anniversary release of Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades, the bible to organic vegetable gardening in the Pacific Northwest. Now in its seventh edition, the book has been thoroughly updated and includes a new formula for complete organic fertilizer and how to tweak it for a variety of different soil conditions, how-to sections for herbs and ornamental plants, new organization for better usability, updated sources for appropriate seed suppliers, and information about natural pest controls. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Steve Solomon
Publisher : New Society Publisher
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-30
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781550923858

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Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon Pdf

“Shows us how to garden like our ancestors gardened . . . with just four basic hand tools, and with little or no electricity or irrigation.” —Carol Deppe, author of The Resilient Gardener In hard times, the family can be greatly helped by growing a highly productive food garden, requiring little cash outlay or watering. This book shows that any family with access to 3-5,000 sq. ft. of garden land can halve their food costs using a growing system requiring just the odd bucketful of household wastewater, perhaps two hundred dollars’ worth of hand tools. Gardening When It Counts helps readers rediscover traditional low-input gardening methods to produce healthy food. Currently popular intensive vegetable gardening methods are largely inappropriate to the new circumstances we find ourselves in. Crowded raised beds require high inputs of water, fertility and organic matter, and demand large amounts of human time and effort. Prior to the 1970s, North American home food growing used more land with less labor, with wider plant spacing, with less or no irrigation, and all done with sharp hand tools. But these sustainable systems have been largely forgotten. Designed for readers with no experience and applicable to most areas in the English-speaking world except the tropics and hot deserts, Gardening When It Counts is inspiring increasing numbers of North Americans to achieve some measure of backyard food self-sufficiency. “Delightfully informative and abundantly rich with humor and grandfatherly wisdom. A must-read for anyone wanting a feast off the land of their own making.” —Elaine Smitha, host of the “Evolving Ideas” cable talk show and author of If You Make the Rules, How Come You’re Not Boss?

Author : Blair T. Roger
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781466912502

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A West Coast Garden by Blair T. Roger Pdf

Photographer and book designer Blair T. Roger presents the first in a series of e-books featuring a compilation of zen-like photographs taken in his garden on the West Coast of British Columbia. The book showcases two glorious days in mid-May that incorporate evocative images and thought provoking quotes from poet/philosopher Khalil Gibran. Feel the life and emotions bursting out of this collection of photographs taken in A West Coast Garden.