Organic Pest & Disease Control : How to Grow a Healthy, Problem-Free Garden (Taylor's Weekend Gardening ...1 review

Houghton Mifflin, 1997

a must for the environmentally responsible gardener

the pictures are spectularly lifelike, making pest and disease identification easy, and the solutions are do-able and effective.
  
  











  



  
The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual: Essential Gardening Know-How for Keeping (Not Killing) More Than ...9 reviews
Barbara Pleasant

Storey Publishing, LLC, 2005

Perfect for environment and care demands.

+ The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual: Essential Gardening Know-How for Keeping (Not Killing) More Than 160 Indoor Plants
+ A great resource for beginners
+ The Complete Houseplant Survival manual: Essential Gardening Know -How for keeping (Not Killing) More than 160 Indoor Plants`
  
  











  



  
McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible ...45 reviews
Rose Marie Nichols McGee, Maggie Stuckey

Workman Publishing Company, 2002

Fantastic!!!!

+ Bountiful Container
+ great resource
+ Love this Book!
+ LOVE this book!!!!
  
  











  



  
Houseplants for Dummies5 reviews
Larry Hodgson, National Gardening Association

For Dummies, 1998

Clear and Sound Information

+ Who cares about organization!
+ Informative

This book is well written and provides sound information and guidance. I bought the book because I know little about houseplants. After a few minutes of reading I went to the nursery as an informed consumer. The salesman in the store where I bought my plants confirmed that the book is excellent. ...
  
  











  



  
Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Growing Over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, ...18 reviews
Miranda Smith

Rodale Books, 1999

in love with herbs

+ Complete information
+ Concise, but useful
+ I LOVE THIS BOOK
+ "Must Have" for aspiring herb growers
  
  











  



  
The Organic Home Garden: How to Grow Fruits and Vegetables Naturally3 reviews
Patrick Lima

Firefly Books, 2004

Covers fresh and healthy foods and how to grow them

+ life renewing spirit

Newcomers to organic gardening will find Patrick Lima's Organic Home Garden an excellent, basic introduction which covers fresh and healthy foods and how to grow them with a minimum of additives. From selecting hardy varieties of seeds and seedlings to choosing appropriate compost and controlling ...
  
  











  



  
Organic Kitchen Garden (Conran Octopus Gardening)
Juliet Roberts

Conran, 2006

This gardening guide makes going organic—and enjoying the unmatched taste of fresh, pure produce—easy! Beautifully photographed in the 18th century walled kitchen of Audley End in Essex, and written by expert journalist Juliet Roberts, it explains all a newcomer needs to know about setting up a vegetable patch, preparing the soil, choosing and caring for crops, and staggering the ...
  
  











  



  
Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guide to Soil and Composting: The Complete Guide to Building Healthy, Fertile Soil ...1 review
Nancy J. Ondra, Barbara Ellis

Houghton Mifflin, 1998

Not so Boring on a Boring Subject

This book is in the Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides series of books. Like most books in this series, it is easy to read and understand. While it touches upon some of the science behind why good soil is important, it doesn't bore the average gardener with laborious explanations. It quickly ...
  
  











  



  
Tempting Tropicals: 175 Irresistible Indoor Plants3 reviews
Ellen Zachos

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2005

Tempting Tropicals: 175 Irresistible Indoor Plants

+ Must have plant book
+ Tempting Tropicals is a horticultural tour de force...

Tempting Tropicals by HortResources member Ellen Zachos is clear and concise, easy to read and understand even by those who do not have a degree in horticulture. It is a great reference for 175 tropical plants that are not grown as often as they should be. Each plant profile contains light, ...
  
  











  



  
Complete Houseplant Handbook (Complete)1 review
Peter McHoy

Southwater, 2005

Houseplant Book

I purchased this book for myself to help me with my plants. The book does not go into a lot of detail, but just enough to help me take care of the plants I now have. Good investment.
  
  











  



  
Organic Gardening for Dummies3 reviews
Ann Whitman, The Editors of the National Gardening Association

For Dummies, 2001

Easy and Informative

+ Extremely Pleased!!
+ Great book - easy read

Good primer for a beginning organic gardener. You can read it cover to cover or skip around to find information on your specific organic gardening needs. The book takes a pragmatic look at the challenges of organic gardening while keeping the "first, do no harm" philosophy in tact. The technical ...
  
  











  



  
Organic Gardening2 reviews
Geoff Hamilton

DK ADULT, 2004

Top Notch!!

+ top notch

I am a beginning gardener who wants to learn to garden without chemicals or pesticides. After using this book for one season, I can't recommend it enough. It is easy to use and full of information that has kept our gardens healthy and beautiful. It has answered all of my questions and kept me ...
  
  











  



  
Organic Gardening for the 21st Century: A Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers5 reviews
John Fedor

Readers Digest, 2001

A very complete guide

+ A Valuable Garden Tool!
+ Great Comprehensive Text
+ A Pleasure To Read
  
  











  



  
Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web37 reviews
Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewis

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006

Excellent resource

+ Teaming with Microbes
+ A must for the organic gardener!
+ Teaming with Microbes
+ Best Organic Gardening Book I've Ever Read
  
  











  



  
Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their ...22 reviews
Phyllis A. Balch

Avery, 2002

Try herbs for healing

+ Excellent source.
+ A Must Have Book

In 2001 i developed some sort of problem,which was stomach or possibly liver related.I used to drink alot,and i got kind of giddy from it during the day.Something internal was telling me to give the drink away.I did but the lightheadedness stayed.I went to the doctor about it,after some blood ...
  
  











  



  
How to Get Your Lawn & Garden Off Drugs: A Basic Guide to Pesticide-Free Gardening in North America
Carole Rubin

Harbour, 2003

Chemical pesticides were first formulated during the Second World War as agents of chemical warfare. Since then, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and other toxic agents have been developed for use in agriculture and home gardening to kill unwanted weeds, insects and diseases. Today we are looking for ways to clean these agrichemicals from our water, fisheries, wildlife species, soils - and ...
  
  











  



  
The Houseplant Encyclopedia17 reviews
Ingrid Jantra, Ursula Kruger

Firefly Books, 2006

Most comprehensive house plant book out there!

This book is absolutely the most comprehensive house plant book out there. It covers almost every topic I can conceive of and then some. There are pages devoted to not only propagating plants, but also watering (quality, temperature method), repotting and caring for your plants. Not only is ...
  
  











  



  
Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition40 reviews
Michael Murray, Joseph Pizzorno

Three Rivers Press, 1997

Natural Medicine at it's best..

+ Staying healthy naturally
+ I've saved thousand$ on doctor visits!
+ Great Resource
+ A must to have book
  
  











  



  
Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach (Down-To-Earth Book)11 reviews
Karl Schwenke

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1991

Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach

This book is chock full of great advice! Add it to your library and refer to it often.
  
  











  



  
Maria Rodale's Organic Gardening (Your Seasonal Companion to Creating a Beautiful and Delicious Organic ...3 reviews
Maria Rodale

Rodale Press, 1998

beautiful,imformative,easy read,clear instructions

+ Bleeding Heart Liberal's Favorite Gardening Book
+ An amazing and well written book!

The Maria Rodale's Organic Gardening:Your Seasonal Companion to Creating a Beautiful and Delicioius Garden is breathtakingly beautiful. Organized by seasons, bursting with information,techniques for gardening and with a bonus of old family recipies, it is a book that will be referred to often. ...