Backyard Orchardist A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden by Stella Otto
Publisher Comments For every gardener desiring to add apples, pears, cherries, and other tree fruit to their landscape here are hints and solid information from a professional horticulturist and experienced fruit grower. The Backyard Orchardist includes help on selecting the best fruit trees and information about each stage of growth and development, along with tips on harvest and storage of the fruit. Those with limited space will learn about growing dwarf fruit trees in containers. Appendices include a fruit-growers monthly calendar, a trouble-shooting guide for reviving ailing trees, and a resource list of nurseries selling fruit trees. Trade Paperback
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Harumis Japanese Home Cooking Simple Elegant Recipes for Contemporary Tastes by Harumi Kurihara
Publisher Comments Harumi Kurihara, Japan's most popular cooking expert, earned raves from critics and home cooks around the world for her award-winning English- language debut, Harumi's Japanese Cooking. Now she returns with a second- and more intimate- collection written specifically with the Western palate in mind. Harumi's Japanese Home Cooking presents seventy new recipes that exemplify her irresistible, down-to-earth style and simplicity-from Clear Soup with Pork, Spinach Dumplings, and Prawns in Chili Sauce to Potato Salad Japanese Style and Harumi's Baked Cheesecake. In addition, the book presents authentic preparation techniques and serving suggestions Your price $22.00 Used Hardcover
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Storeys Guide To Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
Publisher Comments Once you decide to raise chickens, you'll need all the information and advice you can get. And lucky for you, this book is as far as you'll have to look. A Guide to Raising Chickens contains everything you need to know, from starting your own backyard flock to putting eggs on the table. With easy-to-understand illustrations and text, this book shows you all about: -- Choosing the right breed -- Caring for chicks --Feeding the growing flock -- Building feeders and shelters -- Collecting and storing eggs -- Preventing health problems -- Raising broilers for meat -- Showing your chickens Your price $13.95 Used Trade Paperback
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Best Ever Backyard Birding Tips Hundreds of Easy Ways to Attract the Birds You Love to Watch by Deborah Martin
Publisher Comments Grab a front row seat for the sights and sounds of feeding, nesting, and bathing birds right in your backyard using these tips shared by experienced birders. Whether the aim is to attract tiny hummingbirds or large and raucous blue jays, or lay out the welcome mat for temporary visitors stopping in during their seasonal migration, Best-Ever Backyard Birding Tips by Deborah L. Martin explains how to play up various landscape features and how to appreciate what happens in the backyard "birdscape." The book targets all skill levels, offering new birders a few basics while intriguing longtime birders with new ideas. Here readers will learn: -why moving water, even a single dripper, will make a difference in which birds visit the yard -how to plan an entire bird garden that offers food, shelter, and water for bathing and drinking -what seeds and foods appeal to birds at different times of the season -how to attract new species of birds no matter which region of the country they live in -what type of shelter keeps baby birds safe until they are ready to leave the nest Birders will enjoy reading features such as "Everybody Wins" (birding practices that benefit nature and the environment) and "Budget-Wise Birding" (free or inexpensive ways to feed and attract birds). They'll also find step-by-step illustrations for installing a water feature, building a simple tray feeder, and converting a craft-style birdhouse into a suitable residence. Trade Paperback
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Morels by Michael Kuo
Publisher Comments Join the hunt for one of the most sought-after mushroom marvels---the elusive morel "Michael Kuo offers an engaging survey of a diverse group of fungi whose fruiting bodies are among the most prized edible mushrooms. Morels is a lavishly illustrated poem that will be relished by amateur and professional mycologists alike." ---Nicholas P. Money, author of Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists Filled to the brim with information about the science and sport of finding, identifying, and savoring these world-renowned fungi, Morels is a far-ranging, reader-friendly book about one of America's most popular and passionately pursued outdoor activities. Author Michael Kuo brings years of morel-hunting experience to Morels, delivering detailed information in an engaging, readable style to seasoned morel hunters and beginners alike. Morels includes extensive information on the art of hunting morels and on current scientific knowledge regarding these delectable fungi. In addition, Kuo compiles easy-to-understand information on the latest scientific research into morels, from studies into how they grow to DNA-based classification of species. With over two hundred color photographs. Your price $18.95 Used Trade Paperback
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Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest by Joe Ammirati
Publisher Comments The Pacific Northwest is one of the best places to find mushrooms — they are both abundant and spectacularly diverse. Yet until now, there has been no mushroom guide that focuses on the region. This compact, beautifully illustrated guide presents descriptions and photographs of 460 of the region's most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms. The geographic range covered by the book includes Oregon, Washington, southern British Columbia, Idaho, and westernmost Montana, with an emphasis on the heart of mushroom country: the low- to mid-elevation forest habitats of western Oregon and Washington. In addition to profiles on individual species, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest also includes a general discussion and definition of fungi; information on where to find mushrooms and guidelines on collecting them; an overview of fungus ecology; and a discussion on mushroom poisoning and how to avoid it. Flexible
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Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul Stamets
Publisher Comments After years of living in awe of the mysterious fungi known as mushrooms-chefs, health enthusiasts, and home cooks alike can't get enough of these rich, delicate morsels. With updated production techniques for home and commercial cultivation, detailed growth parameters for 31 mushroom species, a trouble-shooting guide, and handy gardening tips, this revised and updated handbook will make your mycological landscapes the envy of the neighborhood. Your price $31.00 Used Trade Paperback
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Gaias Garden 2nd Edition a Guide to Home Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway
Publisher Comments The first edition of Gaia's Garden, sparked the imagination of America's home gardeners, introducing permaculture's central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. This extensively revised and expanded second edition broadens the reach and depth of the permaculture approach for urban and suburban growers. Many people mistakenly think that ecological gardening — which involves growing a wide range of edible and other useful plants — can take place only on a large, multiacre scale.
As Hemenway demonstrates, it's fun and easy to create a "backyard ecosystem" by assembling communities of plants that can work cooperatively and perform a variety of functions, including:
- Building and maintaining soil fertility and structure
- Catching and conserving water in the landscape
- Providing habitat for beneficial insects, birds, and animals
- Growing an edible "forest" that yields seasonal fruits, nuts, and other foods
This revised and updated edition also features a new chapter on urban permaculture, designed especially for people in cities and suburbs who have very limited growing space. Whatever size yard or garden you have to work with, you can apply basic permaculture principles to make it more diverse, more natural, more productive, and more beautiful. Best of all, once it's established, an ecological garden will reduce or eliminate most of the backbreaking work that's needed to maintain the typical lawn and garden. Your price $29.95 New Trade Paperback
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