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April Showers and May Flowers
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Gardening Stories
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Gardening Stories
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Lola plants a flower garden with her parents' help, and watches it grow.
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From the host of HGTV's Dig In: "If you live in limited quarters, are just starting out, and want to grow most-likely-to-succeed plants, have a read." —The Philadelphia Inquirer Edibles continue to be popular choices for gardeners, and beginning gardeners are no exception. Author William Moss takes a beginning gardener through all the steps needed to grow vegetables and fruits in any setting, regardless of the available (or desired) size. This book...
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Early Literacy & Story Times- BBTL Teacher Training Book List
Gardening for Kids
Getting in the Garden
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Gardening for Kids
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"Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves ... and down in the dirt."-- Provided by publisher.
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As featured in The New York Times, grow amazing, fresh, organic produce in your own home with this critically acclaimed indoor gardening manual. It takes just a few dollars and a few days for you to start enjoying fresh, healthy produce grown indoors. Imagine serving a home-cooked meal highlighted with beet, arugula, and broccoli microgreens grown right in your kitchen, accompanied by sautéed winecap mushrooms grown in a box of sawdust in your basement....
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Harvest tomatoes on a patio, produce a pumpkin in a planter, and grow broccoli on a balcony!
Bestselling author Ed Smith shows you everything you need to know to successfully create and care for an edible container garden, including:
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Rapidly increasing in popularity, square foot gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books describing how to become a successful DIY square foot gardener. Now, with the publication of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition, the essential guide to his unique step-by-step method has become even better. Mel developed
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From the author of our best-selling and widely beloved HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES comes this "quick and dirty" introduction to biointensive gardening that shows it is not only possible but easy to grow astonishing crops of healthful organic vegetables and fruits, while conserving resources and actually helping the soil. A revolutionary approach to feeding ourselves and nurturing the land, this book includes:
- Step-by-step illustrations and instructions...
- Step-by-step illustrations and instructions...
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"Gardening Your Front Yard is an active, inspiring resource that shows you how to treat your front yard like a backyard without sacrificing beauty, from choosing the right plants to building front patios and walkways. With her unique combination of DIY/building savvy and gardening expertise, author Tara Nolan weaves you past the main pitfalls you may encounter when trying to fit a garden or gardens between your home and the street. This beautiful...
12) Pumpkin, pumpkin
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Jamie plants a pumpkin seed and, after watching it grow, carves it, and saves some seeds to plant in the spring.
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The biggest mistake gardeners make each season is starting out too big and then quickly realizing their large plot requires too much weeding, watering, and backbreaking labor. Vertical gardening guarantees a better outcome from the day the trowel hits the soil—by shrinking the amount of "floor" space needed and focusing on climbing plants that are less prone to insects, diseases, and animal pests.
Notable author and gardener Derek Fell has...
Notable author and gardener Derek Fell has...
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Children's Books About Black Business Owners
Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
Picture Books for National Farmers Market Week!
Tomas 2025
Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
Picture Books for National Farmers Market Week!
Tomas 2025
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The story of former basketball star and current urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, whose vision of gardening from abandoned urban sites led to a grassroots feeding craze.
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This extensively revised new edition of his Complete Gardener, first published in 2003, brings you right up-to-date on how Monty gardens today - and his recommendations for you.
The most comprehensive, practical, and highly illustrated book Monty has ever written, it covers what he believes are the most important aspects of gardening. Organic techniques have always been at the core of his practice, but this new edition picks up on another key...
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"Just a couple of years ago almost no one in the gardening world had heard about Straw Bale Gardening. Today, it is the hottest new method for veggie growing, with tens of thousands of dedicated followers across the globe. ... Straw Bale Gardens: Get high yields; Never need weeding; Do not require soil; Extend the growing season by weeks; Can be conventional or 100 percent organic: Your choice; Can go anywhere--even balconies and driveways"-- Pg....
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