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These aren't complicated or difficult recipes, instead the test kitchens have worked to serve each vegetable in a way that spotlights its best features. Instead of serving yet another basket of fried potatoes, explore the lovely colors and textures available...

Shamans fashioned masks, musical instruments, pipes and rattles for their mystical rites, while women used gourds for food storage, water vessels and cooking tools. Artists can choose from traditionally inspired projects to contemporary and abstract pieces.

One sure fire recipe for getting back at a troublesome neighbor advised grinding rose petals with mustard seed and green woodpecker fat (eew!) and spreading the mixture on his apple tree to prevent it from ever bearing fruit again.

There are brief biographies of some of the more noted collectors and each plant's native range is listed along with historical tidbits and interesting facts.This handy pocket-sized book gives descriptions, origins and uses of about 200 plants, trees,...

We proudly display our sheds and use them for any number of activities. They anticipate the need for more storage space well in advance of actual things to store. In this fun little book, the author explores the history of sheds and the culture surrounding...

Little Georgie, the rabbit, was the first to spread the news and it quickly flew through the community of small creatures who were full of excitement and apprehension. Once again, the animals were faced with uncertainty and fear when they gathered in...

Historians will appreciate the detailed descriptions of regional styles and patterns. Gardeners love books, as the number of titles devoted to the subject attest. Craftspeople will find inspiration in the simple, but functional shapes.This book is a wonderful...

Canadian and American gardeners will appreciate that she's included the hardiness zones for each plant as well.If a plant has culinary use, recipes with photographs accompany the description.

I have a huge collection and a bookcase devoted exclusively to them. I never realized there were so many! From the airy maidenhair and tiny spleenworts to the robust hay-scented and sensitive ferns, I located and identified dozens.

He was determined to acquire an education despite discrimination because he was Jewish. Existing on practically nothing, the station clung to life for nearly a decade, but the situation was grim.

Here's an article I wrote several years ago about mythat was a fun experience and shows that foraging is in my blood indeed.This is a great little book to familiarize yourself with foraging.

Join us as we review some of the more popular entries in the Garden Bookworm. The reader takes a journey through history as Carolyn describes each variety and where it originated, sometimes naming specific families or individuals responsible for preserving...

The Garden Club of America turns 100 years old in 2013 and over the last century it has been a leader in horticulture, education, conservation and civic beautification. After Pearl Harbor, the GCA was instrumental in establishing the Victory Garden movement...

Habits, distribution and prey are listed in an orderly manner. While they aren't insects, gardeners battle them just the same. Garden Insects of North America is packed full of relevant and helpful information for all.

She discusses harvesting, storing and preparing pine needles for weaving and even dyeing pine needles for colored projects. I cut a couple of old ballpoint ink pen cases down to make my tubes, but drinking straws, small vacuum hoses and copper tubes are...

Details like this make this a helpful book that addresses everything from soil quality, climate, herbicide drift, earthworms and access to water. He gives a wonderful account of his family's experience in creating a profitable and sustaining micro-farm...

One type of tea, once a day is much better than several types of tea, ten times a day. The author urges gardeners and harvesters to only use plants from trusted sources that haven't been contaminated by pesticides or chemicals.

Most are quite reasonable when you go to purchase them.I enjoyed this book immensely and even learned a thing or two. They've stood the test of time and survived with little care, as abandoned homeplaces and cemeteries will attest.

Inchworms roll out tiny measuring tapes and ants don carpenter caps, complimented with tiny construction tools.Each insect is represented accurately and its habits faithfully described, right down to firefly larvae eating snails.

There are serving suggestions right with the glossary and a whole cookbook in the middle section.The cookbook is divided into the categories that one would normally expect; Vegetable Salads, Casseroles, Pasta and Soups.

There's so many little one-line tips sprinkled throughout this book that even seasoned harvest preservers will find information they can use. Fruit is ripening in the orchards and berry patches, while herbs are at their peak.Even if we do not have a garden,...

The book is bursting with photographs and gardeners will appreciate the botanical names in each description. The plants are a delight in touch and scent, while the plantings are in raised beds for the enjoyment of those in wheelchairs.

With the advent of inexpensive printing and cheap paper, the mass marketing of the English way of managing their outdoor spaces was embraced by gardeners from Maine to California.This book is a wonderful history of the evolution of American gardens.

Some say the definition of a weed is a plant that is growing where it is not supposed to.In fact, weeds affect the ecosystem, cost huge amounts in loss of agricultural products and have unwanted effects on humans and livestock.

The author also suggests building your outdoor spaces around a "Core of Four". By building the landscape around these plants, a cohesive and attractive look balanced by other supporting choices makes for a great garden.This is actually a fun little book...

Rose was a peace activist and a champion for women's rights and believed, that world peace was possible by sharing gardens and gardening.This delightful little book with the lovely watercolor images is written in a way that would appeal to early readers.

There's a few eggshell pieces and some of my larger dry materials should have been broken up a bit more before I added them, but for my first effort, I'm quite pleased.Since my compost has quite a few coffee and tea grounds, it is probably a bit on the...