Keyword: gardening

Energy-Wise Landscape Design
A New Approach for your Home and Garden
by Sue Reed

Residential consumption represents nearly one quarter of North America's total energy use, and the average homeowner spends thousands of dollars a year on power bills. To help alleviate this problem, Energy-Wise Landscape Design presents hundreds of …
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The Integral Urban House: Self Reliant Living in the City
by Sim Van der Ryn, Helga Olkowski, Bill Olkowski, Tom Javits & Farallones Institute

The Integral Urban House: Self Reliant Living in the City is a comprehensive guide to achieving a completely sustainable urban lifestyle by creating a mini-ecosystem where residents grow their own fruits and vegetables, raise chickens, rabbits, and …
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Gardening for the Faint of Heart
by Robin Wheeler

This humorous yet practicalgardening guide will help youget "down to earth". Packedwith whimsical illustrationsand overflowing with usefulsuggestions, Gardening for theFaint of Heart is ideal for thenovice gardener. Learn abouteverything from …
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The Little Book of Slugs
edited by Allan Shepherd & Suzanne Gallant

The Little Book of Slugs arose out of the Centre for Alternative Technology's Bug-the-Slug campaign. It collects over 70 different organic solutions to the slug problem, distilled from over 300 professional and leisure gardeners. As well as organic …
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