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With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that’s grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of soil, sun and water, fertilizer, seeds and propagation, The Bountiful Container is an extraordinarily complete, plant-by-plant guide.
Written by two seasoned container gardeners and writers, The Bountiful Container covers Vegetables-not just tomatoes (17 varieties) and peppers (19 varieties), butharicots verts, fava beans, Thumbelina carrots, Chioggia beets, and sugarsnap peas. Herbs, from basil to thyme, and including bay leaves, fennel, and saffron crocus. Edible Flowers, such as begonias, calendula, pansies, violets, and roses. And perhaps most surprising, Fruits, including apples, peaches, Meyer lemons, blueberries, currants, and figs-yes, even in the colder parts of the country. (Another benefit of container gardening: You can bring the less hardy perennials in over the winter.) There are theme gardens (an Italian cook’s garden, a Four Seasons garden), lists of sources, and dozens of sidebars on everything from how to be a human honeybee to seeds that are All America Selections.
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Customer Review: LOVE this book!!!!
I have been a gardener for years and am going to go retire into a condo and now I can have a garden too! These ladies love what they do and are so detail oriented you would have to be very challenged to not understand them perfectly. GREAT information and presented from the ground up…pun intended. I will only need this book and The Big Book of Herbs to have all I need to eat the fruits, herbs,vegetables, and flowers of my labors. I bought one for my daughter who lives in a townhouse and she is getting pots etc already. Ms McGee and Ms Stuckey are very creative and give all sorts of thoughtful tips and imaginative ideas to have small gardens in tiny places…how about growing new potatoes in a 20 Gal garbage can? No pesticides and you grow what you like to eat in quantities that suit your needs. SMASHING idea this book and VERY WELL DONE! Thank You Ladies!
Customer Review: Very informative and well organized
I really enjoyed this book. I like how it’s organized so that if you decide you want to plant tomatoes, you can go to the section on tomatoes. They go over containers, soil, everything you need to know. This is just what I was looking for. Can’t wait to get started.
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100% Certified Organic whole buckwheat groats (hulled buckwheat). Perfect for sprouts & sprouting. Buckwheat sprouts or buckwheat greens make an excellent addition to any salad. Excellent as a snack. Raw Buckwheat groats have a mild flavor, but can be toasted and roasted for more intense flavor. They can be steamed like rice, or used in salads.
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End your worries about garden problems with safe, effective solutions from The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control!* Easy-to-use problem-solving encyclopedia covers more than 200 vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees, and shrubs* Complete directions on how, when, and where to use preventive methods, insect traps and barriers, biocontrols, homemade remedies, botanical insecticides, and more* More than 350 color photos for quick identification of insect pests, beneficial insects, and plant diseasesNewly revised with the latest, safest organic controls.A New York Times Best Gardening Book
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Customer Review: Every gardner should read this
The health aspects of organic gardnening cannot be overstated. The petroleum-based fertilizers and toxic pesticides, genetic alterations, etc. of current farming techniques are causing many health problems and will increasingly do so. This book, and other books like it, reveal truly healthy and environmentally safe techniques to grow untainted food that is truly nutitious. Your local supermarket does not sell food, it sells commerical products. Food depleted of its nutrients cannot be “enriched”; what was healthy is now “dead” food. Much in the same way most of us have been duped into buying “health plans”. Such should be more appropriately called “sickness plans”. Health plans do nothing to keep you healthy. Not one penny of your payment goes to increasing your health and boosting your immune system. But rather you pay them to expose you to what can be deadly immunizations and in fact they are much more harmful than beneficial. Germs are not your enemy. The suppression of your immune system is. It is what you do to your own body and immune system. What you willing (and sometimes unwillingly) expose yourself to is what makes a person sick. Your body is completely capable of healing itself when you provide it with the proper nutients found in natural herbs, fruits, and vegetables grown free of man-made chemicals and toxins. The answers are out there but the medical establishment wants to keep them from you. It makes big pharma billions every year. For example if most of you knew that there are at least 10 (ten) cures for cancer what would we do with all those who overnight would become unemployed? Yes, there are commercial entities that want control over your life in every way, whether you realize it or not. Take control of your life or let the government be your guardian. Which one of these options is best for you?
Customer Review: found to be useful
this book was well organized in its presentation of problems for each type of plant covered. set in A-Z format of common plant names (though Latin names are used as well), the editors (Barbara Ellis, and Fern Bradley)give several ways to combat garden issues from an organic methodology. most of the ways of working with organics that they outline are not high cost, but are high maintainence as is all organic gardening, if done right. the book also covers some common insects a gardener would see and if they are beneficial or not and how to work with the beneficials (what to plant to attract, etc) and to control the “bad bugs”. they also outline some diseases and how to fight those with organic methods. then they touch on other ways to fight garden pests (cultural, physical, and biological contols). they also talk about different organic dusts and sprays and how to use them effectively.
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Groovy psychedelic 1960s jeans. Elaborately embossed 1970s jeans. Expensive designer 1980s jeans. Ripped grunge 1990s jeans. No matter what decade speaks to a teen, InJEANious has a way to capture that special denim look. Packed with dozens of simple, stupendous ideas for transforming a plain pair of jeans into a one-of-a-kind fashion statement, this book offers looks ranging from girly to glam, from rocker to right-on, from boho to…you know. Rhinestones, artfully placed rips, graffiti–these easy techniques and easy-to-find supplies let every teen turn their jeans into a personal art statement. Tips on shopping, finding the right fit, caring for jeans, and more add to the value. A bonus pocket-astrologer section pairs the signs of the zodiac with a DIY mini-design for back pockets. How clever is this book? It’s inJEANious!
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Customer Review: Pretty good
This book has some pretty neat ideas BUT it is more for teenagers unless you are a parent wanting to play with your teenagers jeans. I would recommend it to someone crafty around 14-17 years old. I am 23 though and may use a couple ideas-but i guess thats my style.
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Punch! Home Design Studio for PC features an intuitive interface and simple tools for a quick learning curve. Cutting-edge technology creates breathtaking 3-D views with controllable sun angle and shadows. Unique PowerTools allow design and editing from within the program. Logically presented tool sets keep your workspace clutter-free. Punch! PC files can be opened on the Mac. 
DIY is just as another reviewer said - a journey. Enjoy the ride. 
