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Organic Gardening
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Digging It: How to Garden Your Way Out of the Recession
Digging It: How to Garden Your Way Out of the Recession
by Bunny Henderson and Rebecca Lubow
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If you're looking for holiday gift-giving inspiration, Bunny Henderson invites you: "This year, give them a garden!" Digging It tells you everything you need to know about growing a garden — from preparing the soil to harvesting your crop. The step by step directions are easy for a beginning gardener to understand, and even if you've never planted a seed in your life, you'll wind up with a garden that ... (read more)

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Reference
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The Old Farmer's Almanac 2010
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2010
by Old Farmer's Almanac
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Did Arctic Blast (insert year here) catch you off guard? For over 200 years, The Old Farmer's Almanac has been the definitive resource for long-range weather forecasts, planting calendars, tide tables, and astronomical data... and that's just the beginning! The book also features historical trivia, anecdotes, astrological information, household hints, recipes, and fashion forecasts. You'll never be caught off guard again.
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Landscape and Design
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Black Plants: 75 Striking Choices for the Garden
Black Plants: 75 Striking Choices for the Garden
by Paul Bonine
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This year, I added chocolate cosmos to my garden. Not only do they actually smell like chocolate, but their striking burgundy-black petals add some welcome discord to an otherwise harmonious landscape. Gardeners looking to recreate this dramatic effect need look no further than Paul Bonine's Black Plants, which showcases 75 stunning varieties of what Bonine refers to as the "dusky denizens of the plant kingdom."
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Vegetable
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Carrots Love Tomatoes
Carrots Love Tomatoes
by Louise Riotte
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Originally published in 1975, this comprehensive and user-friendly guide to companion planting has since become a classic... and with good reason. In Carrots Love Tomatoes, lifelong gardener and prolific author Louise Riotte reveals how plant relationships — be they mutually beneficial, one-sided, or downright dysfunctional — can have a tremendous impact on your garden's outcome. A valuable reference for anyone looking to maximize their harvest by organic means. I usually pull this off the shelf in winter when I'm plotting next year's veggie garden, and then revisit it during the spring when I realize I've amassed more starts than I'd planned for (read: Portland Nursery impulse buys) and need to revise my map.
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The Dirt-Cheap Green Thumb: 400 Thrifty Tips for Saving Money, Time, and Resources as You Garden
The Dirt-Cheap Green Thumb: 400 Thrifty Tips for Saving Money, Time, and Resources as You Garden
by Rhonda Massingham Hart
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Don't let the title fool you; The Dirt-Cheap Green Thumb is not only about saving money. It's also about simplifying your gardening life. Master gardener Rhonda Massingham Hart dispels the myth that gardening need be labor intensive or expensive to be effective. With information on the top performing plant varieties, tips for increasing the efficiency and disease resistance of your garden, and advice on what not to buy at the garden-supply store, this deceptively small and downright adorable book has all the tools you need to create the garden of your dreams without breaking the bank.
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Perennials
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Perennial Companions: 100 Dazzling Plant Combinations for Every Season
Perennial Companions: 100 Dazzling Plant Combinations for Every Season
by Tom Fischer
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There is never a dull moment in a well-stocked perennial garden, but with so many varieties to choose from, it can be hard to know where to start. In Perennial Companions, Timber Press editor-in-chief Tom Fischer takes the guesswork (but not the fun) out of perennial gardening, offering up 100 different perennial combinations that span the gardening year. Ranging from classic to unexpected, the pairings in this book are sure to attract both compliments and bees. If I had enough space, I would plant them all.
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Permaculture
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Introduction to Permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture
by B. C. Mollison
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Written to introduce readers to Permaculture concepts and design strategies. Topics include: energy efficient site analysis, planning and design methods, house placement, design for temperate, dry-land and tropical regions, urban Permaculture garden... (read more)

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Writing
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Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World
Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World
by Wendy Johnson
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An indispensable guide filled with useful information culled from a lifetime of experience. Reading Johnson's delightful book is a Zen-like experience in itself.... (read more)

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History and Theory
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by Michael Pollan
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In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant -- though this... (read more)

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General
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Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible
Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible
by Jorge Cervantes
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Featuring information by more than 300 contributors--a veritable "whos who" of cannabis cultivation--this is the most complete book on the subject available. New greenhouse and outdoor growing chapters make the book one that both indoor and outdoor... (read more)

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Pacific Northwest
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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
by Jack Nisbet
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"[A]n entertaining portrait of the unfettered determination that drove one of the giants in the field...and infused the young nation he viewed with a keen and zealous spirit... (read more)

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Sale Books
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Flower Confidential
Flower Confidential
by Amy Stewart
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Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has soughtand#8212;for better or worseand#8212;to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers... (read more)

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Used Books
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Linnea in Monet's Garden
Linnea in Monet's Garden
by Christina Bjork
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Linnea has visited Claude Monet's garden! In Paris, she got to see many of his actual paintings. Now she understands what it means for a painter to be called an Impressionist. This innovative art book for children contains full-color photos of many of... (read more)

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