The most important books on gardening I've reviewed that have a permanent place in my gardening library. All should be on your essential reading list.
Told through three time periods, The Last Garden in England depicts a story of one garden and the impact it has on five women. Is this historical fiction novel worth your time?
These classic gardening books from yesteryear are sure to give you some inspiration for your outdoor spaces.
These classic gardening books from yesteryear are sure to give you some inspiration for your outdoor spaces.
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From classic literature to contemporary fiction, we've compiled a list of must-read fiction books about gardening.
These classic gardening books from yesteryear are sure to give you some inspiration for your outdoor spaces.
I really became quite enchanted with this tale. The bewitching fairy tales and the charming cottage garden made the book enticing and captured me from the first few pages. Kate Morton did a beautiful job writing. I could picture, in my mind, all the events I was reading about … just like watching a movie that only I could see. I found myself wrapped up in a mystery that kept me guessing as to the outcome. The twist and turns, and all the transporting my thoughts to different time periods … kept me up all hours of the night reading. Here is a look at what “The Forgotten Garden” has to offer: Cassandra is lost, alone and grieving. Her much loved grandmother, Nell, has just died and Cassandra, her life already shaken by a tragic accident ten years ago, feels like she has lost everything dear to her. But an unexpected and mysterious bequest from Nell turns Cassandra's life upside down and ends up challenging everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. Inheriting a book of dark and intriguing fairytales written by Eliza Makepeace - the Victorian authoress who disappeared mysteriously in the early twentieth century - Cassandra takes her courage in both hands to follow in the footsteps of Nell on a quest to find out the truth about their history, their family and their past; little knowing that in the process, she will also discover a new life for herself.
You will discover: Financial benefits of landscaping your garden. 5 landscape design principles. How you can alter the mood and vibe of your garden. The man-made elements that add both style and function to your landscape. Money-saving tips. Clever design...
Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery With her father dead, Emily Byrd Starr has been taken in by her mother’s people, Aunts Elizabeth and Laura, and Cousin Jimmy, whom she’s never met before. Aunt…
These classic gardening books from yesteryear are sure to give you some inspiration for your outdoor spaces.
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8 best permaculture gardening books to glean inspiration and practical advice. Perfect for both suburbanites and homesteaders!
Garden Re-Hab Begins! We had rain last week, pouring rain, 37 degrees. Yesterday it was 75, then a cold front came thru last night, coming in with 65 mph gusts, then back to 29 degrees this morning! Nice to be able to have lots of fresh air when the weather's warmer! This last weekend we started our backyard garden rehab, here's a few things we will be doing. We will re-use/recycle as much as we can, as usual! *Check newer posts for the photos of completed areas! * Phase One- The west side of our backyard fence takes the brunt of bad weather coming in, as well as the large dogs of the renters who live behind us jumping on it. I could go on about the different people who've lived there, but the people are pretty nice right now. The dogs not so much. They're the kind of dogs that bark all day long on and on randomly. My fantasy was that the house would come on the market, Dave and I could buy it, and create a cohousing situation with one of our kids and family. Not to be and we don't have the money for that anyway. I digress! So Dave found three broken posts- rotted We didn't want the whole fence to collapse obviously, especially with dogs on one side and our chickens on the other, that would not be a good idea! Behind the coop Previously when we had put posts in the ground we used gravel and then a layer the concrete. The problem was when the posts broke you have to dig out all the concrete. There's some nice post brackets you can buy now, about $20.00 each with the bolts- It's a bit of an investment but once you put the post in the bracket and set it in concrete, you're done. Just level and brace until it's set up. The advantages if the post itself ever breaks you simply unbolt, pop out the post and add a new post into the bracket! No more busting out concrete. So we decided to invest in three and it works great! We did re-use the fence clips on the stringer boards, since they were fine- I helped Dave cut the 4" x 4" to size and level the posts once they were in the hole. Once they were shored up Dave poured the concrete and let it sit overnight. Problem solved, nice solid fence again! So that was Phase 1. We saved the 6' old posts to shorten and use in a garden fence project. Phase Two- The raised bed, which is rotting and pretty unsightly. I found that I can grow the vegetables in another sunnier area. I looked out one day and I thought this is just an ugly view (see top picture too) to look at every single day- Bamboo and 2 Boxwoods will be re-located here Lots of hardscaping materials in the right corner Bear with me here I will get to the point of this. I was channel surfing one night and caught the last 15 minutes of a movie called Dare To Be Wild- Trailer I was fascinated by the story, really got hooked and so I bought the DVD used on eBay. I highly recommend this movie, if you love to grow things! It is based on the true story of Mary Reynolds, the youngest competitor in the British Chelsea Flower show. She created a totally natural design that looks like something in the Irish meadows in the forest. It was totally unlike anything anyone had done before there, she won first place!!! She became an international sensation and is now listed as one of the top 10 garden designers of all time. She has also moved into Permaculture work more recently. Lots of great interviews with her on Youtube. Here's her award winning design- Celtic Sanctuary After I watched the whole movie (which I absolutely loved), I got her book from the library. It's called The Gardening Awakening, Designs to Nurture Our Land & Ourselves (she's working on a second book) : Mary Reynolds website I looked at some of her designs and they're just amazing. Lots of curves. I flipped through the book one day and spotted this design and that was my Eureka moment! With our square house, sitting in our square backyard, and the square fence a circular design would be perfect! We will modify it to fit the space with our hardscaping on hand. We have bricks, river stones, pavers and some Flagstone. Since we already had a pile of hardscaping leftover from various projects, and that we acquired for free, I thought we could do a nice semicircle. I decided to go ahead and grow different plants, flowers, an evergreen tree and herbs in this area, since it gets partly shade. Create some habitat for the birds and critters, something soothing. So basically we will remove the cold frame, add some hardscaping to create the curves. We also have two Boxwoods to be moved and a Bamboo- Behind the maple tree In the chicken shade area In the sunny veggie area We're going to plant the bamboo and the boxwoods between the maple tree and the spiral to fill in the space. I'm wanting to get some bamboo that's tall for privacy screen against our fence, but haven't found any yet (sold out) , I will keep looking. Taking out the cold frame soon to start the process! The sunny bamboo area will be to grow more veggies and food, better se of the space. More coming... Phase Three- The Garden on the south side of the house which has been problematic- Solarizing the soil over the winter to kill weeds We've had some luck with green beans there, some with corn or squash, but very inconsistent- I thought the best use of the area might be for pollinators garden. I might have Dave build a little bench in there, a kind of a quiet place to go sit. Since it faces south I can do lots of my new seeds of Rainbow Echinacea, Rainbow Zinnias, Rainbow Yarrow, Milkweed Also some Lavender, Poppies, Salvias, Dwarf Russian Sage (just found those!) maybe some sunflowers. It's a blank slate! Maybe add a birdbath. I want a nice naturalized, low maintenance area... Phase 4- The chicken run/garden fencing, which is also rotting and falling apart. We used mostly recycled lumber last time, and we got quite a few years out of it. We'll re-use the posts Dave replaced, since we can cut them down. Dave found some wire panels we may buy. Slightly flexible and a nice, clean look. Maybe stock/hog panels. I'm hoping we can run cedar across the tops. Dave may build a new gate. I'd like a metal one that won't get chewed! We thought about relocating the coop to where the cold frame is, but lumber prices have gone way up. We decided not to go that route this year. The coop is in pretty good shape, but it does eat up some of our sunny garden area. Just one of those compromises you got to make. So we will start from scratch with tearing all of this out and re-doing it- Sloppy chicken wire for my flying hens! Safety first Note marks on gate on the left, squirrels chewing! Will add larger gate and remove boxwood Girls had to come say hi! Luna and Debbie Sunny Rosie the matriarch, soon to be 7!
When my hubby and I purchased our home 10 years ago, we did not realize then - what our 1/5 of an acre lot could become. We were just thrilled to have purchased a spot where our girls would be able to play and run. We could not foresee rising green bean trellises, spreading squash forests,
WHEN I SAW NEWS of a popular new garden book called “The Heirloom Gardener,” I thought it would be about growing vegetables or flowers of
RHS Lessons from Great Gardeners: Forty Gardening Icons and What They Teach Us Hardcover 3 Sep 2015 Matthew Biggs (Author) Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher
Regular readers will know that I have what I call 'The Wild Garden' at the top of my garden. It is about a quarter of the garden sp...
For our next Garden Book Club selection, we will be reading The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly. "Three women across time are connected by a garden in Kelly’s enjoyable and richly detailed latest…Kelly balances Emma’s detective work reviewing papers and records found in the house with Venetia’s slow-burn tragedy and the twist that defines Beth’s relationship to the gardens. Kelly easily delivers everything her fans will expect.”—Publishers Weekly You can order it new or used at our Amazon link - https://amzn.to/2MgFvRx. Our Spring 2021 club meeting will be on Thursday, April 29 from 6:30-8pm ET via Zoom. Please RSVP to washingtongardenermagazine (at) gmail.com to have the Zoom link sent to you. The Washington Gardener Magazine's Garden Book Club is free and open to all. We meet quarterly on a weekday evening usually near a metro-accessible location in the DC-area (when COVID is not a factor). We will announce the details of each upcoming meeting about two months in advance. Please check back on this blog for schedule updates and announcements. Want to read ahead? The next book club selections are: Summer 2021 - American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic by Victoria Johnson Fall 2021 - The Revolutionary Genius of Plants by Stefano Mancuso PIN THIS FOR LATER!
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Self-reliant living starts with re-skilling, and unless you have a mentor handy, there's no better way than hitting the books. These are my favorite books for self reliant living, and they're taught me more than
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Find all of the best books for growing your own food in one place! Have your most successful garden ever with these helpful books.
In the heart of London, beside the Thames not far from the site of the world famous flower show, there is another magical garden. It has been there for over three hundred years and is now the calmest corner, and the most valuable four acres of freehold, in fashionable SW3. It has been the scene […]
Brandish that green thumb, get your hands in the dirt, and start growing your own plants, but first, read these books about gardening for guidance.
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Design a garden for the future—because what we grow matters. “Matt Rees-Warren explains why every square inch of Earth, including our gardens, has ecological significance… Excellent, timely, essential!” —Douglas W. Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope Transform your garden into a self-sustaining haven for nature and w
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Just starting to grow herbs? Then this one’s for you! Learn how to grow your own medicine with this medicinal herb gardening book for beginners. If you’re ready to distance yourself from Big Pharma and become naturally self-sufficient, then you’ve just found your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!This book covers all the basics you NEED to know, including: 50+ Herbs and their medicinal, culinary, aromatherapy, tea and other uses How to get away from pharmaceuticals and become self-sufficient The TOP 10 mistakes people do that damages their beautiful gardens The natural way to keep pests away so your garden is endlessly flourishing Grow Your Own Medicine is filled with vibrant, rich colors and clear illustrations so that you feel like you’re already IN the garden - before you even start reading!Ava Green takes her five decades of experience as a home apothecary and gives you the perfect guide for all beginner medicinal herb growers.Grow your own herbal medicine to: Avoid the negative side effects of conventional medicine Become your own herbal dispensary Prevent and treat the root causes of ailments with science-backed medicinal herbs Help a friend or family member in need with your herbal first-aid kit And so much more… Dozens have thanked me as they have had success on their herbal journeys.With this guide you CAN be the self-sufficient apothecary for YOU and YOUR family.Reconnect with mother nature and let her do the rest. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Scroll up and click “Add to Cart” now!
These books are my choices for the best gardening books - the books I find myself reading and referencing again and again.
Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery With her father dead, Emily Byrd Starr has been taken in by her mother’s people, Aunts Elizabeth and Laura, and Cousin Jimmy, whom she’s never met before. Aunt…
Regular readers will know that I have what I call 'The Wild Garden' at the top of my garden. It is about a quarter of the garden sp...
These ten transportive historical fiction reads will whisk you from your outdoor reading spot across time and space.
