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Monthly Gardening Reminders



As you work on perfecting your homemade wine, it is important to spend a little time each month tending to your garden. Here I have broken down by month some of the things that you will want to do to ensure a bountiful harvest that you can use when making your own wine at home.



January



Little can be done this month, and much will depend on how much has been done in previous months. If the weather is mild the planting of fruit trees and bushes may be undertaken, but do this only if the weather appears likely to stay mild for a few days at least.



Look to blackcurrant bushes and remove any swollen buds and burn them.



Get in supplies of insecticides and fertilizers.



February



Make sure all trained fruits are tied to their supports securely, and give each a mulch of manure if there is plenty available. If only limited amounts of manure or compost are available keep these till later on. Loganberries and raspberries not already cut down should be attended to and the new canes tied in.



If the weather is mild a light forking of the top soil round fruit bushes and along rows of canes, followed by a dusting of lime, will do a lot of good. This will also unearth a few pests for the attention of birds.



All fruit trees and bushes should have been planted by now; if they have not, get them in before the end of the month.



March



Gooseberries and currants should be sprayed this month with paraffin emulsion to safeguard them against brown scale and red spider.



Watch blackcurrants for "big bud" and pinch off any suspects and burn them. Care must be taken now because the buds may be at the point of opening.



Fork round bushes and canes as for February if this was not done last month.



April



Spray blackcurrants with a lime and sulphur wash where "big bud" is suspected. Repeat if necessary.



The main activity in the garden now will be spreading compost or manure and keeping down weeds before they get a hold.



Any weak growths on fruit bushes may be cut out so as to leave the stronger growths to bear the fruit. This will also help the growth of new wood on which next year's fruit will be borne.



May



To keep strawberries clean put clean straw round the plants. Before doing this dress the bed with two ounces of super phosphate per square yard and hoe this in lightly.



Give all fruit a mulch of manure or compost, or dead leaves. Begin weekly feeding with liquid manure.



Watch all fruit for signs of pests and diseases and spray with proprietary brands of insecticide.



June



Gooseberries often need thinning at this time of the year. Do this so that the smaller fruits are left to develop fully.



Make wine with the thinning.



If the weather is very dry, mulch fruit bushes with manure, compost, leaves, straw, lawn mowing or whatever is available. Mulching conserves moisture in the soil and helps the fruit to swell. This can increase the annual yield by as much as a third.



If green-fly appears spray with a proprietary brand of insecticide.



July



Fruit bushes and trees make rapid growth at this time of the year. If there is any suggestion of overcrowding, cut out some of this new growth, leaving the strongest to grow on.



Look to the vines; if there is an abundance of long straggling growths, cut some of them out, leaving those you will want for cutting back in the autumn.



Runners from strawberry plants may be pegged down to make new plants. Peg down the strongest young crown on the runners that come from the plants bearing the heaviest crop. Pinch off the runner an inch beyond the crown to be pegged down. If this is not done the runner will continue to run and develop new crowns; this will weaken the parent plant and will also produce an abundance of new weakling plants.



If tree-fruit crops are heavy, thin to two or three fruits to each cluster. Far better to have three good fruits to each bunch than five or six under-sized ones.



August



Keep down weeds with the hoe. Gather apples and pears if ready and look to later varieties: thin these as necessary.



September



Loganberries and raspberries that have borne fruit may be cut down now and the new canes tied in.



Clean up round trees and bushes and burn all leaves if pests and diseases have been prevalent. The ash, if there is enough of it, should be stored for hoeing in round fruit bushes in the spring. Hoeing now will help to prevent weeds growing from seeds dropped earlier.



Pegged-down strawberry runners may be lifted now, severed from the parent plant and planted out. Strawberry beds need replacing every three years; it is a good plan then to replace a third of the bed each year with these new plants.



October



Clean up and burn all rubbish round fruit bushes and canes. If loganberries and raspberries have not yet been cut down and the new canes tied in, do this now.



Prune currants and gooseberry bushes.



Plant fruit bushes and early varieties of tree fruits.



November



All those jobs that you should have done during August, September and October must be done now.



December



Look to blackcurrants for "big bud"; pinch off infected buds and burn them.



Plant and prune vines, fruit trees, bushes and canes.



Make sure that you are getting a good supply of compost ready for next year.

About the Author


Brian Cook is a freelance writer whose articles on home wine making have appeared in print and on many websites. You can find more of these at: Homemade Wine

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On Thanksgiving or for any special occasion, this lovely platter serves a main entrée with an elegant presentation. This substantial 20-by-15-inch dish will impress guests filled with a large turkey, as well as roasts, leg of lamb, or whole fish surrounded by vegetables and trimmings. Featuring colorful hand-painted blooms selected from the floral motifs in the Botanic Garden pattern, this design by Portmeirion's co-founder, artist Susan Williams-Ellis was inspired by detailed 19th-century illustrations, labeled in script. Adorned with sweet fluttering butterflies and framed by the line's signature laurel leaf border, this plate complements a table set with the extensive collection of dinnerware and accessories. Crafted in England of high-quality stoneware that is dishwasher-, freezer- microwave-, and oven-safe up to 340 degrees F, though rapid and extreme temperature changes should be avoided. --Roberta Cruger



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Portmeirion Botanic Garden Drum-Shaped Breakfast Cup and Saucer, Set of 6



Portmeirion Botanic Garden Drum-Shaped Breakfast Cup and Saucer, Set of 6
Inspired by 19th-century botanical illustrations, artist Susan Williams-Ellis has created a truly unique mix-and-match collection for Portmeirion. Designed in 1972, Botanic Garden features more than 30 different floral and butterfly designs, with new designs joining the collection on a regular basis. Each scene has been painstakingly reproduced by hand with every detail beautifully rendered. Butterflies flutter about, flowers bend in the breeze, and a distinctive leaf border can be found on each item in the collection.

This lovely 2-piece set includes a 9-ounce drum-shaped breakfast cup and matching 7-inch saucer. A cluster of speedwells and butterflies adorn the outer bowl of the small cup, while the signature leaf pattern borders the edge of the saucer. Five other decorative flower motifs, including yellow jasmine, pimpernel, heartsease, rhododendron, and forget-me-not can be found on this breakfast set. The Botanic Garden collection incorporates a full line of coordinating table settings, bakeware, serving items, and giftware. Made in Britain from high-quality earthenware, each tableware piece is safe in the dishwasher, microwave, oven, and freezer. --Lea Werbel



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Designed by Susan Williams-Ellis in 1972, Botanic Garden is a ground-breaking pattern - over thirty different flowers adorn the collection.Each product is produced in a variety of different flowers and the whole mix and match pattern is unified by the unique style of drawing, the flitting butterflies and the distinctive leaf border. Botanic Garden has become one of the world's best selling tableware designs and is constantly changing with new motifs and products regularly added to the range.Portmeirion's range of cookware (bakeware) with its distinctive 'corduroy' base has been specially designed to enhance the cooking experience. Crafted from a unique vitreous (non-porous) ceramic body, the Portmeirion cookware range has an unrivalled combination of properties. These make it ideal for cooking a wide range of dishes including pies, roasts, quiches, baked puddings, cakes, curries, pasta, Asian and Mediterranean dishes. Maximum conventional oven temperature 252??C / 486??F / Gas Mark 9. Portmeirion Cookware (Bakeware) can be placed directly into a hot oven. It can also be used on hotplates (electric, Aga, Rayburn, etc.). But DO NOT allow contact with naked flames or use on GAS hobs (burners). Cook straight from the freezer. Pre-prepared meals stored in Portmeirion Cookware (Bakeware) can be taken from the freezer and placed straight into a hot oven.



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Planning A Flower Garden


If you're planning to start a flower garden, you might be a little stumped when it comes to choosing flowers. Although there's no such thing as a bad choice of flowers, there are some choices that can take your garden from okay to simply magnificent. Consider these simple tips when you're trying to choose which beautiful blooms you want for your garden.



First of all, how much light do you have? If your garden is located in an area that gets direct sunlight for part of the time, and shade for the rest of the time, your flower choices are almost infinite. The majority of flowers in the world are best adapted to these half-and-half lighting conditions. If your garden area is very sunny, on the other hand, consider planting flowers that not only enjoy sunlight, but can stand up to direct heat. A few good strong sunlight flowers are sunflowers (of course) and daylilies. On the other hand, if your area is more on the shady side, go for lower-light flowers such as irises, tiger lilies, or honeysuckle. These plants are more tolerant of the cooler temperature in the shade, and their photosynthesis process is adapted to smaller amounts of sunlight.



What about soil? If you're planting in a rocky area, you may have some trouble getting many plants to take root. The ideal dirt for flowers, of course, is black, fine dirt without much rubble. If you live in an area where the ground has a sand consistency, look into planting local flowers- those will be the ones most adapted to growing in sand, such as violets.



Now comes the fun part. Once you get an idea of what types of flowers you're able to grow, it's time to think about what types you'd like to grow. Try drawing out your garden on a sheet of paper, based on the various heights the plants are expected to reach. Try framing sunflowers with ground covering plants that will flourish in the shade of the taller plants around them. Pay attention to the colors of the blossoms and arrange them in a pleasing manner. Use your imagination here- feel free to plan a garden with a strict outline, featuring only blue and yellow flowers; or let your brain and your garden run wild, with bursts of random color everywhere. It's up to you.



Keep in mind that the first year of a flower garden is only the beginning. If you truly want to enjoy your garden to the utmost, try to plant perennials that will return next season. That will give the plants a year to mature and gain strength, and with a little luck, you'll be surprised each year with a flourishing flower garden that gets stronger and brighter as time goes by.


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Portmeirion Botanic Garden Low Serving/Pasta Bowl



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Inspired by 19th-century botanical illustrations, Portmeirion Botanic Garden dinnerware features a lush array of hand-painted blossoms. The pieces are perfect for a mix-and-match sensibility and suitable for year-round dining. Made in Britain from high-quality porcelain, they are safe in the oven, freezer, microwave, and dishwasher.

This low open bowl with its graceful shaping is perfect for dressing pasta, tossing fruit salad, or serving fresh-baked rolls. Its central illustration features a lovely lily-flowered azalea surrounded by butterflies. At the rim, a band of laurel leaves adds lively color and definition. Measuring 10-1/2 inches in diameter, the bowl stands 2-1/4 inches high. Matching individual serving bowls are also available. --Emily Bedard



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Portmeirion Botanic Garden Drum-Shaped Creamer



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Inspired by 19th-century botanical illustrations, Portmeirion Botanic Garden dinnerware features a lush array of hand-painted blossoms and butterflies. The pieces are perfect for a mix-and-match sensibility and suitable for year-round dining. Made in Britain from high-quality porcelain, they are safe in the oven, freezer, microwave, and dishwasher.

The spacious drum shape and comfortable handle on this Botanic Garden creamer make it as useful as it is lovely. Wreathed in forget-me-nots and butterflies, the piece has an exceptionally stable construction and a tapered spout to facilitate pouring. The turned lip adds a finished look. A matching drum-style creamer is also available, and the set looks handsome with the pattern's mugs and serving pots. Standing 2-3/4 inches high, the creamer is 3 inches in diameter and holds 7 ounces. --Emily Bedard



Portmeirion Botanic Garden Sovereign Shape Mini Dishes, Set of 2



Portmeirion Botanic Garden Sovereign Shape Mini Dishes, Set of 2
Portmeirion does it again with these impeccably beautiful and highly functional mini dishes. Part of the Sovereign shape collection, the little 4-1/2-inch bowls can be used for anything from setting out sweets in the main room to holding a bar of soap in the bathroom or kitchen. Introduced in 2003, the Sovereign design is a unique addition to Portmeirion's Botanic Garden pattern, employing wide, rolled rims to accent each piece. The entire mix and match pattern shares a consistent style of floral drawings, featuring flitting butterflies and distinctive leaf borders. Available flower motifs include Daisy, Cyclamen, Speedwell, Milkwort, Rhododendron and Forget-Me-Not.

Crafted from dense, high-fired, white earthenware that is resistant to chipping and breaking, the mini dishes are oven oven-safe to 340 degrees F, as well as microwave-, dishwasher- and freezer-safe. In short, they are designed for day-to-day use. To best maintain the set, dishwasher temperatures should not exceed 149 degrees F. Portmeirion guarantees its ceramicware for a lifetime and has a policy of always replacing faulty items as well as unsatisfactory items. Betsy Herring

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The Minimal Garden


Some people who lead busy professional and personal lives, dont feel they have the time to invest in the constant upkeep of floral and other gardens, but would still like to do something about landscaping or decorating their property. And there are others for whom gardens are simply not their thing, but they like a little decoration, without the fuss of digging, planting, and constant weeding. For them, the minimal garden or yard arrangements may be the best choice.

Some people who lead busy professional and personal lives, dont feel they have the time to invest in the constant upkeep of floral and other gardens, but would still like to do something about landscaping or decorating their property. And there are others for whom gardens are simply not their thing, but they like a little decoration, without the fuss of digging, planting, and constant weeding. For them, the minimal garden or yard arrangements may be the best choice.

Strictly speaking, not all these ideas involve a garden, but do utilize garden accessories and other items of garden dcor, to create the look or atmosphere that a homeowner can enjoy, while not feeling guilty about getting behind in the care of their plants and flowers.

If you are fortunate enough to have a large property, or if your yard borders on a field, the ideal garden that takes little care is one thats planted with wild flowers. With the proper set up, not only will this provide you with colorful blossoms and beautiful grasses, but it will also attract a variety of birds and butterflies.

First, check to see what kind of soil you have, and whether it is suited to the wildflower seed that is available in your area. Next, if you dont have a garden that you are letting revert to the wild, you may need to have someone use a rotor-tiller to break up a long swath of earth along the side or back of your lawn. Make sure this has been well-turned, and there is sufficient soil on the surface for the seeds to take anchor in, as opposed to scattering them on hard clumps of sod that may be dense with grass roots.

Wild garden seed can be purchased in containers, in pre-seeded strips of bio-degradable material, and in sheets, which are simply laid on top of ground that has been prepared and watered. Check the progress of your garden as it begins to sprout, and if there are any bare patches that show no promise of growth, you can scratch up the surface with a garden rake, and sprinkle some more seed. Even if you used the pre-planted materials, a little dirt added on top, with some seed, will help fill in the open spaces.

The effort put into wild gardens is all in the beginning. After that, youll be able to sit back in your Adirondack chairs under the trees, and enjoy the sights and sounds of nature. As the flowers grow and begin to bloom, youll see just what kind of bonuses they bring. And you can increase the pleasure, by providing extras for the visitors to your garden.

Natural grasses that go to seed will attract birds. A birdbath at the edge of your garden, or even further onto the lawn will provide water for the visitors, and allow them to splash and drink, then return to their browsing in the garden. Designs in bird baths have gone way beyond the classic Roman column with a cement bowl, and now offer delightful reproductions of fairies, cherubs, angels, and animal figures, such as a squirrel holding a birdbath.

You may find that your yard is suddenly extra popular with all kinds of feathered friends, in which case, you might like to provide further feeding stations for them. Birdfeeders come in a wide variety of shapes, designed for placement at different levels. There are gazebo and stained glass feeders to be hung from tree branches, Pelican or fairy dish-style feeders that sit on the lawn for ground feeders, and the wasp-proof feeders that can be hung out, or mounted in planters for the tiny and charming hummingbirds.

Dont forget yourself, once you have your minimal garden set up to admire. Place a garden swing on your patio, or a patio table and chairs in the shade where you can sit and enjoy nature at its best.

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Celebrated landscape architect Jean Mus designs gardens that reflect his extraordinary abilities as both an artist and a horticulturalist. Mus's lavish installations display a rich spectrum of Mediterranean influences, incorporating pottery, slate walkways, sleek water channels, and Mediterranean flora. In Mediterranean Gardens, Mus invites the reader to explore twenty of the exclusive gardens that have made him famous. Dane McDowell guides us across the artist's verdant landscapes throughout southern France and into Greece and Portugal. She divulges the stories behind Mus's gardens and peppers the text with technical and reflective anecdotes from the designer himself. The sublime photographs of Vincent Motte provide inspiration to gardeners, Mediterranean buffs, and landscape designers alike.



Pest-Proofing Your Garden: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-15



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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.



Private Gardens of Charleston, pb



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Beyond the magnificent old walls and gates of Charleston's historic homes lie lush private gardens of extraordinary beauty and distinction. This book presents twenty-five of the city's most superb private gardens in color photographs and essays, from the meticulous restoration of a classic, early-nineteenth-century landscape to the lush attraction of a typical Charleston garden, to a rare collection of exotic tropical plants.



Martha's Vineyard Houses and Gardens



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Islamic Gardens and Landscapes (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)



Islamic Gardens and Landscapes (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)

"In the course of my research," writes D. Fairchild Ruggles, "I devoured Arabic agricultural manuals from the tenth through the fourteenth centuries. I love gardening, and in these texts I was able to enter the minds of agriculturalists and botanists of a thousand years ago who likewise believed it was important and interesting to record all the known ways of propagating olive trees, the various uses of rosemary, and how best to fertilize a garden bed."

Western admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and diversity of the art form. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes immerses the reader in the world of the architects of the great gardens of the Islamic world, from medieval Morocco to contemporary India.

Just as Islamic culture is historically dense, sophisticated, and complex, so too is the history of its built landscapes. Islamic gardens began from the practical need to organize the surrounding space of human civilization, tame nature, enhance the earth's yield, and create a legible map on which to distribute natural resources. Ruggles follows the evolution of these early farming efforts to their aristocratic apex in famous formal gardens of the Alhambra in Spain and the Taj Mahal in Agra.

Whether in a humble city home or a royal courtyard, the garden will have several defining characteristics, which Ruggles enumerates. Most notable is an enclosed space divided into four equal parts surrounding a central design element. The traditional Islamic garden will be inwardly focused, usually surrounded by buildings or in the form of a courtyard. Water provides a counterpoint to the portioned green sections.

Ranging across poetry, court documents, agronomy manuals, and early garden representations, and richly illustrated with pictures and site plans, Islamic Gardens and Landscapes is a book of impressive scope sure to interest scholars and enthusiasts alike.



The Gardens of Emily Dickinson



The Gardens of Emily Dickinson

In this first substantial study of Emily Dickinson's devotion to flowers and gardening, Judith Farr seeks to join both poet and gardener in one creative personality. She casts new light on Dickinson's temperament, her aesthetic sensibility, and her vision of the relationship between art and nature, revealing that the successful gardener's intimate understanding of horticulture helped shape the poet's choice of metaphors for every experience: love and hate, wickedness and virtue, death and immortality.

Gardening, Farr demonstrates, was Dickinson's other vocation, more public than the making of poems but analogous and closely related to it. Over a third of Dickinson's poems and nearly half of her letters allude with passionate intensity to her favorite wildflowers, to traditional blooms like the daisy or gentian, and to the exotic gardenias and jasmines of her conservatory. Each flower was assigned specific connotations by the nineteenth century floral dictionaries she knew; thus, Dickinson's association of various flowers with friends, family, and lovers, like the tropes and scenarios presented in her poems, establishes her participation in the literary and painterly culture of her day. A chapter, "Gardening with Emily Dickinson" by Louise Carter, cites family letters and memoirs to conjecture the kinds of flowers contained in the poet's indoor and outdoor gardens. Carter hypothesizes Dickinson's methods of gardening, explaining how one might grow her flowers today.

Beautifully illustrated and written with verve, The Gardens of Emily Dickinson will provide pleasure and insight to a wide audience of scholars, admirers of Dickinson's poetry, and garden lovers everywhere.



The Edible Container Garden: Growing Fresh Food in Small Spaces



The Edible Container Garden: Growing Fresh Food in Small Spaces

No space is too small to grow delicious and healthy food.

Enjoying tasty and fresh produce no longer requires a trip to the local farm stand or gourmet grocery. With The Edible Container Garden as your guide, everything from salad greens and savory herbs to luscious fruits and vegetables can be as close as your patio, balcony, or rooftop.

The Edible Container Garden explains how to plant, grow, and harvest vegetables, edible flowers, fruits, and herbs, even when time and space are limited. Discussing the wide variety of planting options, from simple window boxes and raised garden beds to trellises and other vertical structures, The Edible Container Garden shows you how to

Decide what kinds of plants you want to grow and which soil to use to keep them healthy and vibrant
Select the right containers and tools to design a beautiful and fertile garden
Discover which seasons are best for certain plants so you can design a practical and productive growing space
Feed, tie, prune, and clip your plants to fit almost anywhere, whether they're in containers, over arches, or even along footpaths

Illustrated with beautiful color photographs and packed with helpful and creative tips, The Edible Container Garden provides all the information you'll need to transform your outdoor space into a bountiful paradise.



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How to Use Color in Your Perennial Garden


Just like most things in life, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If purple blooms put a smile on your face, then you should most definitely use plants with purple blooms. The same is true for any color you find pleasing. There are different disciplines to pull from when trying to decide on color choices, but those disciplines speak in generalities; your own personal experiences mold your tastes into something unique, something your own, something a text or curriculum cant possibly pinpoint.

That being said, one of the disciplines I like to pull from often, especially when it comes to color choices, is Feng Shui. While Im not part of the Feng Shui orthodoxy, the design and layout lessons Ive taken from Feng Shui are fundamentally grounded in sound design. They can be used inside and outside the home, no matter if you have each and every room aligned to maximize its chi (energy), or you just want to make a garden space more appealing.

For example, a room (defined by either an indoor or outdoor space) with metal energy tends to be very clean and structured. Some colors that are considered to have metal energy are white, silver and gold. And in my opinion, some lighter blues, when considering plant blooms, could be grouped with those colors as well. Metal energy tends to allow for clear and concise thinking and the carrying out and completion of tasks.

On a much smaller scale, when I finish a landscape design and want to begin the next design, I need some of the cleansing effects of metal energy. I remove every template, pencil, eraser bag and architect's scale from my drafting table and I wipe down the table. Im left with a stark white table, and with that I am able to lay down a new piece of vellum and wash the previous design from my mind and begin to get involved with the next space Ill design. I find that structure and the absence of color leaves my imagination open to consider new design possibilities.

The very same can be true for a garden space. An organized, mass planting of white Tulip bulbs can provide a space in your yard to give you clarity of thought or purpose. Add some yellows and earthy tones to blend a nurturing feeling into that planting. Itll give you the same feeling as you get with an early morning cup of coffee, watching the sun rise to greet a new day; full of warmth, potential and purpose.

Youve heard of the power tie or the power dress, right? Take that flame red color to the blooms in your yard and you may be filled with those same feelings of power and confidence. Are you more the strong, silent type? Blues and violets can lend a feeling of inner strength and serenity.

I believe the first decision you should make when planning your color scheme for your yard is to decide how you want to feel when youre taking in the beauty of that space. Once you have a sense for that, I recommend finding a book or two to help you make your selections. Feng Shui in 10 Simple Lessons by Janet Butler-Briggs, is a wonderful beginning to learning that approach to using color. Color Harmony by Bride M. Whelan, shows you hundreds of different color combinations with real-life examples of their use, to help you create the perfect space, indoors or out.

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The Great Edwardian Gardens of Harold Peto: From the Archives of Country Life

The gardens of the great Edwardian landscape designer, captured in all their glory in 200 color and duotone images from the archives of Country Life. Harold Peto (1854–1933) was one of the most celebrated landscape designers of the Edwardian era. A leading exponent of the ultra-romantic Italianate style so fashionable in the first two decades of the 20th century, he was also influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. Much admired by the likes of Gertrude Jekyll and Edwin Lutyens, he was recognized as one of the most successful garden designers of his generation and enjoyed a formidable reputation both in England and the South of France. Here, garden historian Robin Whalley's illuminating commentary is brought to life by 200 ravishing photos depicting many of Peto's gardens in their heyday. A splendid volume for garden lovers, designers, and historians.



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For every person who has ever watched and marveled at the magic as a butterfly emerges from a chrysalis, this book is a treasure chest of amazing butterfly transformations. Readers are invited to explore and experience the life cycles of 22 common backyard butterflies, in this unique collection of stunning fullcolor, up-close photography, all taken in a live garden setting.

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Timber Press is proud to add John Mickel's classic Ferns for American Gardens to its catalog. Unusual in its specific focus on cold-hardy ferns, the volume is based on Mickel's personal experience as a scientist and curator of ferns at the New York Botanical Garden as well as his years as a home gardener. The bulk of the book is an encyclopedic treatment of more than 400 kinds of ferns with 360 color photos in addition to numerous black and white images. Useful appendices, including updated source lists, make it clear why the American Horticultural Society chose this book as one of its 75 Great American Garden Books.



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Profits from Your Backyard Herb Garden, by Lee Sturdivant, is a simple and straightforward business guide for anyone who likes working with plants and would like to earn a living or at least a side income from it.

Although the book includes advice on growing different kinds of herbs, its main focus is on marketing the products of one's herb garden. This includes sage (sorry!) advice on packaging and labeling, setting prices, and approaching the various kinds of potential customers, such as grocery stores and restaurants. Other advice ranges from bookkeeping to complying with local laws and licensing requirements.

Without a doubt, the most valuable part of the book is its suggestions as to which particular herbs to grow and market. From obviously hard-gained personal experience, the author is in an excellent position to advise novices as to which herbs are in great demand and which ones would be a waste of time to try to sell. Sturdivant pares the "essential" list down to 12, starting with basil: "If you only have room for one herb ? make it basil," she writes. The others are dill, French tarragon, mint, oregano, sweet marjoram, French sorrel, rosemary, chives, parsley, thyme and sage.

Profits from Your Backyard Herb Garden also includes some recipes for using the different herbs, and helpful photographs and line drawings of herbs, as well as illustrations of labels and packages as used in this business.

Sturdivant readily cautions that the herb business is not a quick route to becoming a millionaire. But as an enjoyable way to make a hundred or, potentially, several hundred dollars a week, it could easily prove to be the road to business success for quite a few aspiring garden entrepreneurs.

Profits from Your Backyard Herb Garden is published by San Juan Naturals of Friday Harbor, Washington; ISBN # 0-9621635-0-3.

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