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The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques
Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006
Perennial Favorite about Perennials
I work as a perennial salesperson in a large, family-owned garden center in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. Any time a customer asks for a book on perennials or gardening in general, I always recommend this one.
It provides a wealth of general ...
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Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden
George Levenson
Tricycle Press, 2002
Buy this book!
I bought this book for my 2yr old and he loves it! My 4yr old loves it too. It does a great job teaching kids the cycle of life. The photos are wonderful and the story is simple enough to keep little ones interested, yet gives a great explanation about the circle of ...
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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides (R))
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
excellent seller and product
Item as described and received in a timely manner... an excellent buying experience!
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Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
Harvest Books, 2005
Flowers for You by Johanna Ramm
Charlie Gordon is a mentally retarded man. He doesn't realize how broad life can be. Working in Donner's Bakery is all Charlie knows. When Charlie is chosen as the first, along with a mouse named Algernon, to have an operation to increase hi IQ, his eyes open wider to ...
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
One of the best
Rich in detail and exquisitely crafted, this is an excellent book which I highly recommend, though some parts are rather graphic (footbinding) and are not for the weak of heart.
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How to Find Flower Fairies
Cicely Mary Barker
Warne, 2007
Simply gorgeous Fairy pop-up book!
I love pop-up books and have been a long-time Robert Sabuda fan. Well, after buying a couple of Cicely Mary Barker's fairy books, I think they are quite wonderful in their own right. In "How To Find Fairies", we have a beautiful pop-up book that allows us an 'intimate' ...
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How Do Apples Grow?
Betsy Maestro
HarperTrophy, 1993
How do Apples Grow?
Betsy Maestro has done it again! Her book about how apples grow is both informative and fun to read. Students will be captivated by the story and the pictures. This book is a must have for all classrooms!
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Dark of the Moon
John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2007
Strong Start to New Sanford Series
With Dark of the Moon John Sanford, the author of the Lucas Davenport series, begins a new detective series with the central character being one Virgil Flowers. In this novel, the laconic Flowers tracks down the clues to solve a case that had the local police baffled. ...
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Shoots to Kill (Flower Shop Mysteries, No. 7)
Kate Collins
Signet, 2008
Best one yet!
Book 7 of the Flowershop mysteries - I loved it and it is my new favorite of the set (so far.) Abby's old babysitting client comes back to town, opens a shop across from Abby's flowershop on the square, cuts and dies her hair to match Abby's, even gets a Corvette like ...
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Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers)
John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2008
F@#%ing Flowers is back and better
I am a fan of the Prey series and the Kidd books, so when Sandford came out with the Flowers series, I was worried that the author would over extend himself. I was wrong. Sandford has created a very novel character in Virgil Flowers. From his long hair and his vast ...
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McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible ...
Rose Marie Nichols McGee, Maggie Stuckey
Workman Publishing Company, 2002
Beautiful and extrememly helpful
For an apartment-dweller this is an inspiring and helpful book on how to keep your hands in the dirt and eat your own home-grown veggies!!! LOVE it!
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Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig (Mercy Watson)
Kate Dicamillo
Candlewick, 2008
Can Mercy Watson outwit . . . Animal Control? The porcine wonder?s on the lam in her latest tongue-in-snout adventure! Eugenia and Baby Lincoln may live next door to a pig, but that doesn?t stop them from living a gracious life. And the amiable Mercy Watson is equally determined to follow the delightful scent (and delicious taste) of the pansies ...
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Greenhouse Gardener's Companion, Revised: Growing Food & Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace
Shane Smith
Fulcrum Publishing, 2000
Excellent Reference
I just purchased my first greenhouse and wanted a good reference book. This is it! An excellent resource which is easy to read and use. Love it!
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
Michael Pollan
Grove Press, 2003
Lawn Mowing et al
Pollans description of what is a green thumb and the sysiphean art of mowing reminded me how therapeutic gardening can be and why it cures depression. Thank you Michael for making me look at my roses in a totally different way. You will love this book if you tend to ...
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The Blood of Flowers: A Novel
Anita Amirrezvani
Back Bay Books, 2008
The Blood of Flowers
This is a gorgeous, well-crafted novel. You will not be able to stop thinking about the courage of the narrator, whose story transcends time. Modern women will identify with the choices she has to make and the consequences of being a person desiring full agency over ...
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