Bookstore Healthy Living For Sale In United States

Paperback, 224 pages. Who knew plants could defend each other against pests and diseases? In this book you'll discover: • Which vegetables and plants provide the best protection for each other • Plant combinations that should be avoided • Sample...

If you're looking to grow vegetables in your backyard (or front!), Building Raised Beds: Easy, Accessible Garden Space for Vegetables and Flowers is an informative, simple guide. Inside the cover: • Illustrated step-by-step instructions • Planting...

Plants are more than beautiful specimens! Botany for Gardeners (3rd edition) by Brian Capon takes you into a plant's inner workings for a thorough but concise botany introduction. Recommended as one of the best hands-on reference guides today! Paperback,...

Inside the cover: • Describes more than 1200 species in over 500 genera • Covers both native and non-native plants • Cultivation techniques for the most significant species • Easy-to-follow format with detailed plant profiles • Another step...

A handy little reference for do-it-yourselfers! Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales: Easy Planting, Less Weeding, Early Harvests provides great advice for low-maintenance straw bale gardening.

Inside the cover: • Understanding and designing a self-contained system • Selecting equipment and choosing your location • The living elements – fish, plants, bacteria and worms • Another step toward self sufficiency • Easy-to-follow format...

Key Features: • Planting and growing information • Tips for harvesting all the edible parts of the plant • Advice on storing food in a way that maximizes flavor • Basic preparation techniques • 50 scrumptious recipes Written by popular radio...

In this book, he draws on his many experiences and shares with readers the creative experiments that have helped him simplify the operation of this 125-share CSA farm. The process is simple — put nature to work through intelligent design.

Key topics include: • Finding and using the best sources of material • Laying down the right thickness of topdressing • Reviews of more than 50 types of media, like oyster shells, bark, cocoa hulls and others • Enhancing water retention and earthworm...

You'll have fun and fresh eggs! Tip: Collect and use your chicken manure as fertilizer for your lawn and garden! Learn the basics of small flocks including how to choose a chick and chicken care as well as coop guidelines and recipes.

Paperback, 148 pages. When you're ready to grab the pesticide to get rid of an infestation, reach for this book instead. You'll read about: • The differences between synthetic and biological controls • Natural ways to drive off home pests like ants,...

Working with nature's rhythms can create a garden that does more than grow — it becomes a dynamic ecosystem! Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway gives plant lovers of all levels the chance to turn their yard into an oasis of lush abundance.

Key Features: • More Gardens, Less Gas • A Rind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste • Keeping Preacher Beans Alive • The Bad Genie Is Out of the Bottle • Basic Seed Saving • Wheat Anarchists • What You Can Do Help to protect the ideas and traditions...

Inside the cover: • In-depth exploration of indoor and outdoor cultivation • How to develop and implement a low-cost setup • Another step toward self sufficiency • Best cultivation practices • Easy-to-follow format with color photographs Mycology...

Paperback, 128 pages. We'd all like to have a gorgeous garden without a lot of sweating and struggling. Key topics include: • Creating routines that save time • How to plant more in small spaces • Using supports and trellises to grow more vegetables...

Key Features Include: • The Advantages of Growing Your Own • Homegrown Hops • Brewing Herbs • Homegrown Grains and Homemade Malts • Beer Recipes: Using Homegrown Hops, Brewing Herbs and Homemade Malts • Measurements and Conversions • Sources...

Features: • More than three-hundred authentic recipes • Tips on menu planning and kitchen tricks • Food storage and safety information In addition, you'll find many themed seasonal menu ideas, from Winter Solstice Celebration to Spring Night Dinner...

Paperback, 224 pp. Not only does it offer easy-to-follow advice on selecting crops, preparing beds and creating kid-friendly garden recipes, it peppers every page with nuggets of wisdom on how to successfully engage children in the whole enterprise of...

The safe, fun and free way to eat locally! Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat teaches you how to recognize, harvest and prepare tasty treats from plants you already have growing around the block.

Inside the cover: • Ways to Improve Your Soil — Inorganic Additives — Organic Additives • Strategies for Especially Hard Cases • Watering Clay Soil • Plants Especially Suited to Clay Author Sarah Pitzer has written several books and travel...

Inside the cover: • Basics of bee biology and anatomy • The best organic strategies for keeping honey bees healthy • Identifying and working with queens • Harvesting honey & marketing bee related products • Beautifully written and illustrated...

You'll discover the power of dynamic organic matter for your beautiful lawn and garden! Paperback, 320 pages. It all starts with soil. Inside you'll find: • Tips on the best tools for the trade • Ratios for fresh and dried materials • Techniques...

Thorough instructions are carefully outlined throughout. Paperback, 228 pages. This comprehensive book is perfect for home gardeners. Paging through new seed catalogs is exciting, but having your favorite vegetable varieties at your fingertips is better!...

Inside the cover: • Basic techniques for novice cheesemakers • Includes recipes for dairy products, like sour cream and yogurt • Tips on storing, serving and enjoying your homemade cheeses • Instructions for gouda, farmhouse cheddar, mascarpone...

By Bob Gough & Cheryl Moore-Gough. An Insider's Guide to Gardening Under the Big Sky. Paperback, 214 pages. Whether you are an experienced green thumb or a curious novice, whether you live in the Northern Rockies or in the Northern Great Plains, this...

Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies. Close to 75 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators in order to set seed or fruit, and from these plants comes a third of the planet's food.

Author Amanda Thomsen strays from the norm, encouraging you to forget the “accepted” rules and make your own landscaping choices that best fit you. Don't fret about making perfect landscaping choices, as this book takes a choose-your-own-adventure...