MBR: The Gardening Shelf
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Home Garden Hydroponics
Larry Duren
1stBooks Library
2511 W. 3rd St., Bloomington, IN 47404
0759642575 $14.95 www.amazon.com
Home Garden Hydroponics by hydroponic gardening hobbyist Larry Duren is a
straightforward, reader friendly presentation of a gardening form that has been
around since ancient history and one that holds great promise to feed the
ever-burgeoning human population in the future. Individual chapters address the
basics of how to create a hydroponic garden, including proper growing media,
seeds, nutrient delivery, and much more. Home Garden Hydroponics is very highly
recommended reading for gardeners of all experience levels from the first time
novice to the experienced horticulturalist wanting to experiment in their own
backyards with the fun and functionality of a hydroponic garden of their own.
Landscape With Roses
Jeff Cox
Taunton Press
Box 5506, Newtown, CT 06470-5506
1561583820 $27.95 www.amazon.com
This isn't your usual all-encompassing guide to rose varieties: instead it
tells how to incorporate the rose bush into a variety of landscaping goals;
from walkways and arbors to container gardening. Tips on choosing and growing
the newer, hardier, low-maintenance breeds blend with those on how to arrange
roses in conjunction with shrubs and other perennials for maximum effect.
Natural Gardening For Birds
Julie Zickefoose & Bird Watcher's Digest
Rodale Press
400 S. 10th St., Emmaus, PA 18098-0099
087596883X $16.95 www.amazon.com
Gardeners who want their gardens to appear as a welcome mat for birds will find
Natural Gardening For Birds provides basic tips on how to lay out a garden rich
with food, water, and shelter for birds. Especially intriguing are the various
charts showing the bird-friendly features of specific types of regional plants
ranging from hedgerows to wildflowers, and making it easy for even novice
gardeners to pair desired birds with desired gardens.
Botanica's Gardening Encyclopedia
Susan Page, Managing Editor
Laurel Glen Publishing
5880 Oberlin Drive, San Diego, CA 92121
1571455809 $19.95 www.amazon.com
Filled from cover to cover with beautiful, full-color photographs, Botanica's
Gardening Encyclopedia is an invaluable, indispensable, "user friendly",
1,008-page core reference work listing 2,000 plants and designed for the
serious gardener or horticulturalist in search of just the right look for the
garden or landscaping project. From flowers and shrubs to trees, lawns, cacti,
ferns, and more, an immense variety of plants is listed, pictured, and
described with a presentation of basic botanical facts and need-to-know
information about growing each. A highly recommended reference for gardeners
and plant lovers everywhere, Botanica's Gardening Encyclopedia should be found
on the gardening reference shelf of every personal and community library
collection.
A Garden Of Love & Healing
Marsha Olson
Fairview Press
2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454
1577491114 $18.95 www.amazon.com
A Garden Of Love & Healing: Living Tributs To Those We Have Loved And Lost by
grief counselor and experienced landscape/garden designer is not a traditional
gardening guide, but rather a book for experienced gardeners who wish to create
and dedicate their growing in the memory of a loved one. From choosing plants
with the right traditional meaning to embracing the healing spirit of nature, A
Garden Of Love & Healing is a gentle, thoughtful, unique, highly recommended
guide to celebrating beloved memories through the art of nurturing and growing
plant life.
Making Gardens Works Of Art
Keeyla Meadows
Sasquatch Books
615 Second Ave, #260, Seattle WA 98104
1570613079 $21.95 www.amazon.com
Making Gardens Works Of Art by award-winning landscaping and gardening expert
Keeyla Meadows is a beautifully illustrated guide to creating living, growing,
breathing artworks of greenery in one's own backyard or greenhouse. Packed with
vibrant color photographs showcasing some truly splendid and stunning examples
of gardening artistry, Making Gardens Works Of Art Is a superbly practical,
informative, and delightful book for devoted horticulturalists seeking to turn
their traditional gardens into thriving, blooming, living works of botanical
art.
The Critter Control Handbook
Dan Hershey
Voyageur Press
P.O. Box 338, Stillwater, MN 55082
0896585883 $15.95 www.amazon.com
The Critter Control Handbook: Pro Secrets For Stopping Sneaky Squirrels & Other
Crafty Critters In Their Tracks by Dan "The Critter Man" Hershey is the
testimony of an expert with 20 years of experience as a licensed Nuisance
Wildlife Control Officer. Individual chapters address how to identify a
creature control problem, evaluating whether or not a contractor is necessary,
and a wide variety of means to keep animals at bay from fencing and repellents
to lethal traps and hunting. Of particular interest is the lengthy and
informative section devoted to a long list of pest animals ranging from bees
and wasps to squirrels and woodchucks. If you have a problem with nuisance
creatures, The Critter Control Handbook is a "must" to learn about practical,
effective (and sometimes surprising) solutions!
The City Gardener's Handbook
Linda Yang
Storey Books
210 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247
1580174493 $19.95 www.storey.com
The City Gardener's Handbook: The Definitive Guide To Small-Space Gardening by
gardening columnist and expert Linda Yang is a true garden-lover's guide to
raising one's choice of plants in an urban or other limited-size environment.
Intended for gardeners of all experience and skill levels from neophyte to
expert, The City Gardener's Handbook addresses how to find or buy the best
plants for a city environment, managing one's garden through the four seasons,
dealing with plant parasites and pests, and much more. Gorgeous insert sections
with color plates of flourishing city gardens highlight the straightforward
text and useful black-and-white diagrams. The City Gardener's Handbook will
prove an invaluable addition to any personal, professional, or community
library gardening reference collection.
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