gardening (e-books) | Metro Nashville Public Schools

1) 101 organic gardening hacks: eco-friendly solutions to improve any garden

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Coronado, Shawna

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Shawna Coronado, one of America's most creative gardeners, gives you her library of clever gardening tricks in 101 Organic Gardening Hacks.

If you ask garden author Shawna Coronado what a hack is, she might just wave her hand toward her own back yard. She could be pointing at the garden bench she created from leftover wood posts and a few cinder blocks, or the rows of wine bottles buried soldier-style along a winding pathway,

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2) 40 projects for building your backyard homestead: a hands-on, step-by-step sustainable-living guide

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Provides details on how to build more than 40 projects--sheds, feeders, fences, and other structures--to enhance readers' sustainable living.

3) All new square foot gardening

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Bartholomew, Mel

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Do you know what the best feature is in All New Square Foot Gardening? Sure, there are ten new features in this all-new, updated book. Sure, it's even simpler than it was before. Of course, you don't have to worry about fertilizer or poor soil ever again because you'll be growing above the ground. But, the best feature is that anyone, anywhere can enjoy a Square Foot garden. Children, adults with limited mobility, even complete novices can achieve

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4) All new square foot gardening: the revolutionary way to grow more in less space

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Bartholomew, Mel

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Rapidly increasing in popularity, square foot gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books describing how to become a successful DIY square foot gardener. Now, with the publication of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition, the essential guide to his unique step-by-step method has become even better. Mel developed

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5) Any size, anywhere edible gardening: the no yard, no time, no problem way to grow your own food

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From the host of HGTV's Dig In: "If you live in limited quarters, are just starting out, and want to grow most-likely-to-succeed plants, have a read." —The Philadelphia Inquirer
Edibles continue to be popular choices for gardeners, and beginning gardeners are no exception. Author William Moss takes a beginning gardener through all the steps needed to grow vegetables and fruits in any setting, regardless of the available...

6) Carrots love tomatoes: secrets of companion planting for successful gardening

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First published in 1975, this classic companion planting guide has taught a generation of gardeners how to use plants' natural partnerships to produce bigger and better harvests. Louise Riotte (1909-1998) was one of North America's most beloved gardeners. Her warm, witty writings on companion planting and gardening lore are American folk wisdom at its finest. Riotte wrote 12 books in her lifetime, including Roses Love Garlic, Astrological Gardening,...

7) Fairy gardening: creating your own magical miniature garden

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Bawden-Davis, Julie

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Fairy gardens are in, and now you can begin making your own enchanted miniature landscapes, complete with pint-sized accessories, diminutive plants, and quaint fairy figures. Gardeners Julie Bawden-Davis and Beverly Turner provide you with step-by-step instructions for creating a magical garden that will attract Thumbelina herself! Learn how to design, plant, accessorize, and care for you very own small corner of the world by following seven simple...

8) Gardening basics for dummies

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Frowine, Steven A

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Plant the garden of your dreams!
Even if you've never sowed a seed nor pulled a weed, Gardening Basics For Dummies contains everything you need to know about flowers, beds, borders, trees, shrubs, and lawns to create your own private paradise. This friendly and informative guide also covers all of the tools and additives available to make gardening easier. You'll discover:

Clear definitions and descriptions of the different

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9) Gardening lab for kids: 52 fun experiments to learn, grow, harvest, make, play, and enjoy your garden

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Brown, Renata Fossen

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Hands-on family

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A source of ideas to help children learn how to grow their own garden encourages families to enjoy nature and features fifty-two creative plant-related activities set into weekly lessons. --Publisher's description.

10) Groundbreaking food gardens: 73 plans that will change the way you grow your garden

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Follow your zany muse and get creative with your vegetable garden. Niki Jabbour brings you 73 novel and inspiring food garden designs that include a cocktail garden featuring all the ingredients for your favorite drinks, a spicy retreat comprising 24 varieties of chile peppers, and a garden that’s devoted to supplying year-round salad greens. Created by celebrated gardeners, each unique design is accompanied by both plant lists and charming

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11) Grow a little fruit tree: simple pruning techniques for small-space, easy-harvest fruit trees

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Grow your own apples, plums, cherries, and peaches in even the smallest backyard! Expert pruner Ann Ralph reveals a simple yet revolutionary secret that keeps an ordinary fruit tree much smaller than normal.

12) Grow cook eat: a food lover's guide to vegetable gardening, including 50 recipes, plus harvesting and storage tips

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Galloway, Willi

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Presents a guide to growing and harvesting a variety of vegetables and herbs, with advice on storage and preparation techiques and recipes for vegetable dishes.

13) Homegrown herbs: a complete guide to growing, using, and enjoying more than 100 herbs

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A thorough resource explains how to plant, grow and harvest more than 100 herbs and details their many uses in cooking, home beauty and home healing.

14) How not to kill your houseplant: survival tips for the horticulturally challenged

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Peerless, Veronica

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How Not to Kill Your Houseplant helps you create an oasis of happy, flourishing houseplants.--COVER. Do you have a "black thumb? Does just looking at plants cause them to wither and die? Peerless offers advice on keeping houseplants alive, even if you're horticulturally challenged. She shows you how to create an oasis of happy flourishing houseplants, and even give suggestions for different areas of your house.

15) How to grow more vegetables: (and fruits, nuts, berries, grains, and other crops) than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine

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"A primer on the life-giving Grow Biointensive method of sustainable horticulture"--T.p.

16) Lawn gone!: low-maintenance, sustainable, attractive alternatives for your yard

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A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, drought-tolerant, money-saving options that will appeal to today's busy, eco-conscious homeowner.
Americans pour 300 million gallons of gas and 1 billion hours every year into mowing their lawns, not to mention 70 million pounds of pesticides and $40 billion for lawn upkeep. No Wonder the anti-lawn movement is thriving, as today's...

17) Little house in the suburbs: backyard farming and home skills for self-sufficient living

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Caswell, Deanna

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A beginner's guide to self-sustainability in the suburbs
Gardens, goats and chickens in the suburbs? Absolutely!
The easy-to-follow advice in this book will show you everything you need to know to enjoy an abundant, independent life on food and products grown in your own back yard. You may feel like you have superpowers the first time you prepare a meal using only ingredients you grew in your garden. And is there anything you can't do...

18) The manual of seed saving: harvesting, storing, and sowing techniques for vegetables, herbs, and fruits

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Heistinger, Andrea

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“Makes it easy to find information in a snap, on most any edible you want to grow.” —Kylee Baumle, Horticulture
Growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs from seed has many benefits for both the gardener and the planet. Why save seeds when you can buy them so cheap? Not only does seed saving allow you to grow a diverse, organic array of fruits and vegetables, it also offers an opportunity to work closely with

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19) Mini farming guide to vegetable gardening: self-sufficiency from asparagus to zucchini

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Markham, Brett L

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Make the most of your vegetable garden with Brett Markham, author Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre. This comprehensive new handbook covers everything you need to know about maximizing and harvesting the best vegetables you can possibly produce. With each chapter addressing a different vegetable, you'll learn tips and tricks about varietal selection, nutritional merits, how to begin, special hints for growing, and how to deal with...

20) Mister Owita's guide to gardening: how I learned the unexpected joy of a green thumb and an open heart

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Describes how a period of transition in the journalist author's life marked by her empty nest, a recent illness and her aging parents led her to forge a deep friendship with a gifted Kenyan gardener with whom she transformed her yard and shared long-buried secrets.