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The water-saving garden: how to grow a gorgeous garden with a lot less water
By Pam Penick. 2016
A gardening guide for those who live in drought conditions or who simply wish to design gardens that need minimal…
watering. Includes advice on how to prepare the soil, use water wisely, and choose plants that thrive in low-water environments. 2016The indestructible houseplant: 200 beautiful plants that everyone can grow
By Tovah Martin. 2015
A gardening expert shares tips for growing foolproof houseplants, arguing that the key is to pick the right plant. Focuses…
on two hundred plants that are easy to find and hard to kill. With detailed information on care, including potting, watering, and fertilizing. 2015Green city: how one community survived a tornado and rebuilt for a sustainable future
By Allan Drummond. 2016
Recounts the story of Greensburg, Kansas, a town that rebuilt completely green after a deadly tornado leveled Greensburg in nine…
minutes. Describes how they recycled their old kitchen cabinets, built sustainable homes and businesses, constructed a hurricane-proof water tower, and more. For grades K-3. 2016How we live now: redefining home and family in the 21st century
By Bella DePaulo, Bella M DePaulo. 2015
Social scientist explores the many diverse experiments of living in twenty-first century America that challenge old concepts of what it…
means to be a family and have a home. DePaulo examines multigenerational homes, cohousing communities, couples "living apart together," single living, and more. 2015How does a seed sprout?: and other questions about plants (Good Question!)
By Melissa Stewart, Carol Schwartz. 2014
Explains how seeds sprout to become plants, and identifies the parts of a plant and how they function. Also discusses…
the impact of the weather, along with the changing seasons, and highlights the role of insects, such as bees, for pollination. For grades 2-4. 2014The reason for flowers: their history, culture, biology, and how they change our lives
By Stephen L. Buchmann. 2015
A pollination ecologist examines the impact of flowers in our world. Starting with their intersection with bees, butterflies and other…
pollinating insects, he moves on to the use of flowers in food, medicine, and perfume. He also looks at flowers in our culture, myths, and legends. 2015Mess: one man's struggle to clean up his house and his act
By Barry Yourgrau. 2015
An ultimatum from his girlfriend motivates a New York writer to finally tackle his hoarding. Chronicles his research into hoarding,…
his attempts to tackle his issues through therapy and support groups, and his eventual decluttering efforts. 2015Conservation biologist examines the impact of seeds on the development of human history. Discusses the evolutionary and natural history of…
seeds, their import to the field of genetics and Darwin's development of the theory of evolution, and the ways humans have explored the world to find new seeds. 2015Super simple hanging gardens: a kid's guide to gardening (Super simple gardening)
By Alex Kuskowski. 2015
Provides techniques for growing plants in hanging containers and explains how to choose the right tools, soil, plants, and pots.…
Discusses safety precautions and includes instructions for making your own containers, including one for upside-down plants. For grades 3-6. 2015Consider the fork: a history of how we cook and eat
By Bee Wilson. 2012
Historian examines culinary arts from across the world through the lens of the everyday objects used in the preparation and…
consumption of food. Discusses various classes of objects with a focus on a particular example, such as pots and pans with the rice cooker. 2012A farm dies once a year: a memoir
By Arlo Crawford. 2014
Crawford describes how, at loose ends at thirty-one, he left Massachusetts to return to his parents' forty-year-old organic farm in…
Pennsylvania with his girlfriend. Tells the origins of New Morning Farm and what daily life was like while he spent a growing season helping work the land. Strong language. 2014Farmer Will Allen and the growing table (Food Heroes #1)
By Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Eric-Shabazz Larkin. 2013
Biography of Will Allen, a former professional basketball player who became an urban farmer. Recounts Allen's purchase of an abandoned…
lot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that he turned into a thriving farm and the lessons he learned and spread worldwide. Includes resources for future farmers. For grades 3-6. 2013The good food revolution: growing healthy food, people, and communities
By Will Allen. 2013
Allen, a former professional basketball player and executive for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter and Gamble, describes his 1993 purchase…
and transformation of an abandoned lot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, into a sustainable urban farm. Details the ways his organization, Growing Power, seeks to bring communities together and improve public health. 2012Roots, shoots, buckets & boots: gardening together with children
By Sharon Lovejoy. 1999
Guide for parents and children provides twelve ideas for theme gardens, including a pizza patch; tips for growing plants in…
containers, such as carrots in old boots; and home remedies, such as peppermint tea for tummy aches. Lists additional resources. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1999Want to learn the ins and outs of gardening for beginners? Here is a preview of what you'll learn about…
container gardening...Getting the Containers for Your Garden, Creating a Good Environment for the Container Plants, Choosing the Right Time to Plant, The Best Plants to Grow in Your Container Garden, Tips for Helping Your Plants to Thrive, and Much, Much, More! Here is a preview of what you'll learn about greenhouse gardening...Setting Up a Greenhouse Garden, Growing Plants in Your Greenhouse, Ways to Control the Climate in the Greenhouse, Some of the Best Planting Methods in the Greenhouse, How to Get Rid of the Pests, Much, Much, More! Here is a preview of what you'll learn about vertical gardening...Setting Up the Base You Need in Your Garden, Working on the Maintenance of Your Vertical Garden, Making Room for the Plants, Picking Out the Right Plants, Some Tips for Your Vertical Garden, and Much, Much, More!And I shall have some peace there: trading in the fast lane for my own dirt road
By Margaret Roach. 2012
Roach recounts when, as a single woman in her fifties, she left her executive position with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia…
and moved to upstate New York. Describes adjusting to the lonely rural lifestyle, coping with winter, and finding happiness in her garden and blog. Some strong language. 2011The backyard parables: lessons on gardening, and life
By Margaret Roach. 2013
Companion memoir to And I Shall Have Some Peace There (DB 76235), provides gardening tips and life lessons learned from…
the decades the author spent working in her upstate New York acreage. She divides her paean to gardening by the elements: water, earth, fire, and wind. Some strong language. 2013House of stone: a memoir of home, family, and a lost Middle East
By Anthony Shadid. 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, who died of an asthma attack in 2012 while fleeing Syria, describes the 2006 purchase of his…
great-grandfather's house in Lebanon. Weaves details of his renovation work with accounts of Middle East history and his family's immigration to Oklahoma. Some violence and some strong language. 2012Beautiful no-mow yards: 50 amazing lawn alternatives
By Evelyn Hadden, Evelyn J Hadden. 2012
Author asserts that a typical lawn is not the best choice and provides advice and instructions on converting grass yards…
to more eco-friendly areas. Discusses the benefits of shade, rain, xeric, edible, and stroll gardens; living carpets; meadows; patios; play areas; and ponds. Includes descriptive plant lists. 2012How the government got in your backyard: superweeds, frankenfoods, lawn wars, and the (nonpartisan) truth about environmental policies
By Jeff Gillman, Eric Heberlig. 2011
Horticulturalist Gillman and political scientist Heberlig seek to provide an objective assessment of environmental policies. They include an overview of…
current regulations and suggest what government should do about organic foods, pesticides, fertilizers, alternative energy, genetic engineering, invasive plants, and more. 2011