books: complete garden

books: complete garden

books:

Complete garden

The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to ...

Rodale Books, 1996

Excellent reference for "natural" pest control!
Living in the tropics, I have had frequent failures starting up my organic garden due to pests taking it over. This year I have used some tips and "natural pesticide" recipies from this book with great success. It has also helped me identify "good" versus "bad" ...

Burpee : The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically

Karan Davis Cutler, Cavagnarok David, ...

Wiley, 1997

Great overview book
This book is great if you're a beginner gardener, and want just one book to sit down and read that covers all aspects of gardening. You'll want to go on an buy other books that go into more detail on specific topics, but this is a great place to start, and one to keep ...

The Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden

Stella Otto

Ottographics, 1995

The Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden
Extremely helpful! Just moved to a new home and wanted to start my plants off right. This book helped me not only in the selection of my plants, but where on my property it is best to plant them, and how to properly plant them. I also learned the correct ways of ...

The Worm Book: The Complete Guide to Worms in Your Garden

Loren Nancarrow, Janet Hogan Taylor

Ten Speed Press, 1998

Well written
Really now... What is there to say about a worm book? Can it actually be INTERESTING? Well, this book held my attention well, taught me many things I did not know, did not burden me with super technical bunk that I do not need or want to know, and was a detailed, well ...

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories (Junior Library Guild Selection)
Joan Aiken

Big Mouth House, 2008

"Buy it to read to your kids, and you?ll find yourself sneaking tastes on the sly; a little Aiken is a fine thing to have in your system at any age." ? Salon.com "Joan Aiken?s invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon. She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to ...

The Black & Decker Complete Outdoor Builder: From Arbors to Walkways: 150 DIY Projects (Black & Decker ...

Editors of creative Publishing

Creative Publishing international, 2006

A Handyman review
This softcover, colored picture book is the one to have. Be sure to have a pad of Post-It notes handy because you'll be marking pages for future reference. I saw this book in my local mall's bookstore and thumbed through the pages. I liked it so much I went home and ...

The Complete Book of Bonsai

Harry Tomlinson

Abbeville Press, 1991

The best bonsai book out there!
When I received a bonsai tree for mother's day, I was determined not to kill it like I had done with a previous bonsai. After researching 7 or 8 books at the library, and several more at local book stores, this one stood out as positively the best one out there. It ...

Vegetable Gardening: From Planting to Picking - The Complete Guide to Creating a Bountiful Garden

Fern Marshall Bradley, Jane Courtier

Readers Digest, 2006

User friendly with wonderful illustrations
I've checked out most vegetable gardening books at the local library and used the extension service materials, but this is the best general guide I've seen. Each vegetable and common herb gets its own page with how to plant, maintaing harvest and treat common ...

The Complete Guide to Bread Machine Baking: Recipes for 1 1/2- and 2-pound Loaves (Better Homes & Gardens)

Better Homes and Gardens Books

Better Homes and Gardens, 1999

Great book for novice breadmaker
I recently acquired a second hand Sunbeam 5891 along with this book. Each of the recipes I've made so far (Basic white, oatmeal, whole wheat and pumpkin spice) have turned out great. I recommend this book to anyone interested in a wide range of interesting recipes.

Complete Guide to Quilting (Better Homes and Gardens Creative Collection)

Better Homes and Gardens

Better Homes and Gardens, 2003

Excellent resource
Great book full of very useful information. Only drawback was that I had to get it in paperback with out the spiral spine.

Better Homes and Gardens Complete Step-By-Step Cookbook (Better homes and gardens books)

Better Homes and Gardens

Better Homes & Gardens Books, 1978

please reprint!!!
I loved this book as a young woman--I learned to cook using it 25 years ago. I am now looking for a copy for my 22-year old daughter. Wish they would update it and publish it again!!

The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping: Home Landscaping with Food-Bearing Plants and Resource-Saving ...

Rosalind Creasy

Sierra Club Books, 1982

A great resource for planning and DOING
I was a little skeptical of purchasing this book based on a few reviews here - suffice to say the book exceeded my expectations. True, it is an older book but the information is still good. The thumbnail info on size of plants, what they can be used for, how to grow ...

New Complete Guide to Home Repair & Improvement (Better Homes & Gardens)

Better Homes and Gardens

Better Homes and Gardens, 2001

Great How to Book
600 pages and covers just about any home repair or improvement from hanging a door to retiling a kitchen. The drawings are comprehensive and well executed. There's a fine index and the instructions are step by step. A feature that I really like is the "You'll need" ...

The Complete Guide to Creative Landscapes : Designing, Building, and Decorating Your Outdoor Home (Black & ...

Creative Publishing international

Creative Publishing international, 2000

great book!!
I have been in the search of a home for months now and the one thing I kept telling myself was that when I finally bought it, I would also buy this book. I looked at lots of books at Home Depot, B & N, etc. but this is one of the best and most creative landscaping ...

Frommer's Boston 2009 (Frommer's Complete)
Marie Morris

Frommers, 2008

America?s #1 bestselling travel series Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer?s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. More annually updated guides than any other series 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides ...