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books:

Florida Gardening : Newcomer's Survival Manual

7 reviews
Monica Moran Brandies

B B Mackey Books, 1993

Florida Gardening for Newcomers
This is an excellent primmer for anyone moving into the Sunshine State. Monica Moran Brandies writes in a style that makes you feel like she's sitting across the table sharing a cup of coffee on a beautiful morning in Florida. She gives lots of easy to understand details on what soil you're dealing with and what plants can be used for success. She gives lots of information on both vegetable ...

Herbs and Spices for Florida Gardens: How to Grow and Enjoy Florida Plants with Special Uses

5 reviews
Monica Moran Brandies

B.B. Mackey Books, 1996

Great Zonal Guied For Florida Growing!!!!
This book is a great guide to growing herbs, all year long. The fact that it is broken down into the actual different parts of the state is a great help. Being in the herb business for 10 years, it is nice to see somthing so spacific. In Florida, just a few miles means a difference in temps and weather conditions, this book addresses each in its own right.

Xeriscaping for Florida Homes

1 review
Monica Moran Brandies

Great Outdoors Pub Co, 1999

xeriscaping for florida homes
This book is an absolute must for all florida gardeners. The year 2000 has brought a 100 year drought and water rationing. The resulting plant mortality will necessitate replanting in many yards. Ms Brandies' readable book provides all the motivation and information one needs. Her area specific information on plant choices is absent from many books, but her overall information is pertinent for ...

Shade Gardening for Florida
Monica Moran Brandies

Great Outdoors Publishing Co., 2003

Having it "made in the shade" can be a challenge, if you're a gardener. Lawns, roses, and some flowering plants may not thrive or bloom as well there as in full sun. But there are many colorful foliage and flowering plants that absolutely love the shade. Learn what you can plant in different kinds of shade--deep, dappled, or somewhere in between--and how to maintain your trees and landscape to keep the level of shade you want, whether your goal ...

Landscaping With Tropical Plants (Sunset Series)

9 reviews
Monica Moran Brandies

Leisure Arts, 2004

Great buy for the Tropical Gardener
If you're like me, you prefer beautiful tropical landscape images over reading text about gardens. This book does an excellent job of that, particularly for the price. I regularly purchase books on tropical gardening, and what I don't want is another listing of plants, I can get that from the mail order catalogues. I like to see images of tropical environments that I can consider recreating, ...

Florida Gardening: The Newcomer's Survival Manual, Second Edition

2 reviews
Monica Moran Brandies

B. B. Mackey Books, 2007

A prime and primary instruction guide
Now in an updated and expanded second edition, "Florida Gardening: The New Comer's Survival Manual" by Florida gardening expert Monica Moran Brandies is the ideal instruction manual for newcomers to the Florida landscape and who want to enjoy the benefits of home gardening. "Florida Gardening" will help aspiring gardeners to deal with Florida's sandbox-type soil, upside-down gardening year, muggy ...

Ortho's Guide to Herbs

1 review
Monica Moran Brandies

Ortho Books, 1997

All you wanted to know and more about herbs.
"Ortho's Guide To Herbs" is one of the most informative books I have ever seen. It contains an alphabetical section of herbs, including roses since roses are edible flowers, that gives comprehensive descriptions of various species. It tells the color of the foliage, the color of the flowers of each species, what they can be used for and all information on how and where to plant them. Then ...

Bless You for the Gifts

1 review
Monica Moran Brandies

B.B. Mackey Books, 1997

Heartland home style through and through ...
BLESS YOU FOR THE GIFTS is written from the heart and the home of the author. Lots of humor and warmth surround each and every shared story. Once again driving home that a writer needs to write from their heart and on a subject that they are most knowledgeable to become read and therefore successful. Monica Moran Brandies does this and more. Her stories are simple down to earth and carry with ...