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The Prairie Short Season Yard

Quick and Beautiful on the Canadian Prairies

by Lyndon Penner ...

Creating and maintaining the perfect yard on the prairies isn’t as hard as you might think, but the short growing season doesn’t give you much time to transform your winter-weary yard into a glorious garden. To help homeowners in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba get the jump on the short season, popular gardening expert Lyndon Penner has created the essential guide to a quick and beautiful yard ... Read more

$9.89 CAD

Creating and maintaining the perfect yard on the prairies isn’t as hard as you might think, but the short growing season doesn’t give you much time to transform your winter-weary yard into a glorious garden. To help homeowners in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba get the jump on the short season, popular gardening expert Lyndon Penner has created the essential guide to a quick and beautiful yard
... Read more
Jardiner avec Marthe

Pas plus compliqué que ça !

by Marthe Laverdière ...

Series series NON CLASSE
L'horticulture sans chichiCoiffée de sa calotte rose, Marthe vagabonde au gré de ses souvenirs et des rangées de son potager dans cet ouvrage à son image: authentique et inclassable. Entre deux conseils judicieux, elle raconte le couteau du partage de Jeanne, les poules sarcleuses de Rolland et son profond attachement à la nature. Que vous soyez féru de botanique ou nul en jardinage, vous serez ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

L'horticulture sans chichiCoiffée de sa calotte rose, Marthe vagabonde au gré de ses souvenirs et des rangées de son potager dans cet ouvrage à son image: authentique et inclassable. Entre deux conseils judicieux, elle raconte le couteau du partage de Jeanne, les poules sarcleuses de Rolland et son profond attachement à la nature. Que vous soyez féru de botanique ou nul en jardinage, vous serez
... Read more
Get Growing

An Everyday Guide to High-impact, Low-fuss Gardens

by Frankie Flowers ...

Have you ever looked enviously at a neighbour’s garden and wished you had a green thumb? Have you ever gone to the garden centre full of enthusiasm, only to find yourself confused and defeated? Have you ever wished that somehow gardening could just be, well, easy? If so, it’s time to Get Growing with Frankie Flowers. In 352 pages packed with inspiring yet instructional photos, Frankie coaches ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Have you ever looked enviously at a neighbour’s garden and wished you had a green thumb? Have you ever gone to the garden centre full of enthusiasm, only to find yourself confused and defeated? Have you ever wished that somehow gardening could just be, well, easy? If so, it’s time to Get Growing with Frankie Flowers. In 352 pages packed with inspiring yet instructional photos, Frankie coaches
... Read more
The Water-Smart Garden

Techniques and Strategies for Conserving, Capturing, and Efficiently Using Water in Today's Climate... and Tomorrow's

by Noelle Johnson ...

Have you ever faced water-use restrictions and worried about how you can still grow a beautiful, productive landscape? Let The Water-Smart Garden show you how!As freshwater shortages increasingly strike regions around the globe, it’s more important than ever to employ water-conserving practices in the garden. Whether your landscape is filled with shrubs and perennials or fruits and vegetables, in ... Read more

$30.39 CAD

Have you ever faced water-use restrictions and worried about how you can still grow a beautiful, productive landscape? Let The Water-Smart Garden show you how!As freshwater shortages increasingly strike regions around the globe, it’s more important than ever to employ water-conserving practices in the garden. Whether your landscape is filled with shrubs and perennials or fruits and vegetables, in
... Read more
Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Upper Midwest

by Jaret C. Daniels ...

Series series Nature-Friendly Gardens
Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard VisitorsThe presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels ... Read more

$23.19 CAD

Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard VisitorsThe presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels
... Read more
The Prairie Gardener’s Go-To for Pests and Diseases

by Janet Melrose, Sheryl Normandeau ...

Series series Guides for the Prairie Gardener
"The Prairie Gardener guides offer tips on planning, planting and growing gardens, and troubleshooting pests and diseases." —Calgary HeraldYour guide to trouble-shooting weeds, pests, diseases, moulds, critters, and other common prairie gardener’s problems in this second title in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series.Whether you’re an experienced prairie gardener or have just a few weeks ... Read more

$8.69 CAD

"The Prairie Gardener guides offer tips on planning, planting and growing gardens, and troubleshooting pests and diseases." —Calgary HeraldYour guide to trouble-shooting weeds, pests, diseases, moulds, critters, and other common prairie gardener’s problems in this second title in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series.Whether you’re an experienced prairie gardener or have just a few weeks
... Read more
Food to Grow

A simple, no-fail guide to growing your own vegetables, fruits and herbs

by Frankie Flowers ...

From Canada’s #1 garden team, a guide that makes growing your own fruits, vegetables and herbs simple, bountiful and funNothing beats the taste and smell of a tomato freshly picked from your own garden. And there’s a certain pride in knowing that the salad you just served—fresh strawberries and all—was harvested entirely from your backyard. But growing your own fruits, vegetables and herbs can be ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

From Canada’s #1 garden team, a guide that makes growing your own fruits, vegetables and herbs simple, bountiful and funNothing beats the taste and smell of a tomato freshly picked from your own garden. And there’s a certain pride in knowing that the salad you just served—fresh strawberries and all—was harvested entirely from your backyard. But growing your own fruits, vegetables and herbs can be
... Read more
Don't Throw in the Trowel

Easy-Growing Gardening, #1

by Rosefiend Cordell ...

Series Book 1 - Easy-Growing Gardening
At last, help for home food gardeners. The simple, month-by-month layout of Don't Throw in the Trowel will help gardeners grow a bounty of vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Grow luscious tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, melons, and more, and enjoy all the fresh produce (and give the surplus to family and friends) that your garden grows using these easy tips. Don't Throw in the Trowel: A Month-by-Month ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

At last, help for home food gardeners. The simple, month-by-month layout of Don't Throw in the Trowel will help gardeners grow a bounty of vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Grow luscious tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, melons, and more, and enjoy all the fresh produce (and give the surplus to family and friends) that your garden grows using these easy tips. Don't Throw in the Trowel: A Month-by-Month
... Read more
Oh, La La!

Homegrown Stories, Helpful Tips, and Garden Wisdom

by Ciscoe Morris ...

The Pacific Northwest’s most beloved and esteemed gardening expert shares charming stories and practical wisdom from his decades-long career.With heart and humor, Ciscoe Morris regales us with stories from the gardens he has tended; the wildlife he has encountered; the dogs who have joined him on his travels; the secret lives of insects; and his endeavors as head gardener at Seattle University ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

The Pacific Northwest’s most beloved and esteemed gardening expert shares charming stories and practical wisdom from his decades-long career.With heart and humor, Ciscoe Morris regales us with stories from the gardens he has tended; the wildlife he has encountered; the dogs who have joined him on his travels; the secret lives of insects; and his endeavors as head gardener at Seattle University
... Read more
Native Plants for the Short Season Yard

Best Picks for the Chinook and Canadian Prairie Zones

by Lyndon Penner ...

This is the definitive guide to gardening with native plants on the prairies. Gardening with native plants has lots of advantages, not only for your yard, but also for the ecosystem. What could be better than a beautiful, low-maintenance yard that preserves biodiversity and withstands the prairie climate? Native Plants for the Short Season Yard is the key for western Canadian gardeners wanting to ... Read more

$9.89 CAD

This is the definitive guide to gardening with native plants on the prairies. Gardening with native plants has lots of advantages, not only for your yard, but also for the ecosystem. What could be better than a beautiful, low-maintenance yard that preserves biodiversity and withstands the prairie climate? Native Plants for the Short Season Yard is the key for western Canadian gardeners wanting to
... Read more
Little Farm in the Foothills

A Boomer Couple's Search for the Slow Life

by Susan Colleen Browne ...

Series Book 1 - Little Farm in the Foothills
In this award-winning, true-life tale for gardeners, nature-lovers, and dreamers of all ages, Little Farm in the Foothills follows a midlife couple’s pursuit of the “new” Great American Dream—living closer to the land—as Susan and her husband John start growing their own organic food, living more simply, and transforming an old clearcut into a little homestead.For the fifty-somethings, figuring ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this award-winning, true-life tale for gardeners, nature-lovers, and dreamers of all ages, Little Farm in the Foothills follows a midlife couple’s pursuit of the “new” Great American Dream—living closer to the land—as Susan and her husband John start growing their own organic food, living more simply, and transforming an old clearcut into a little homestead.For the fifty-somethings, figuring
... Read more
Bringing Nature Home

How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded

by Douglas W. Tallamy, Rick Darke ...

This "miracle" of a guide book shows readers how to maintain harmony within their environment (Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post).In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

This "miracle" of a guide book shows readers how to maintain harmony within their environment (Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post).In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing
... Read more
The New Canadian Garden

by Mark Cullen ...

An exciting vision of the blossoming new role gardening plays for this generation and the next.In The New Canadian Garden, Canada’s gardening guru, Mark Cullen, explores new trends that are redefining today’s gardening experiences. Many of us are utilizing small urban spaces — balconies, patios, and even rooftops — and growing our own fruits, vegetables, and herbs, both at home and through ... Read more

$8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An exciting vision of the blossoming new role gardening plays for this generation and the next.In The New Canadian Garden, Canada’s gardening guru, Mark Cullen, explores new trends that are redefining today’s gardening experiences. Many of us are utilizing small urban spaces — balconies, patios, and even rooftops — and growing our own fruits, vegetables, and herbs, both at home and through
... Read more
A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee

Creating Habitat for Native Pollinators: Ontario and Great Lakes Edition

by Lorraine Johnson, Sheila Colla ...

Support biodiversity with this practical guide to creating habitat gardens for native pollinators in Southern Ontario.Saving the bees is an environmental cause that resonates deeply with Canadians. While much of the popular focus is on honeybees, an introduced species, many people are largely unaware of the importance of native bees. These pollinators are of crucial importance and are threatened ... Read more

$16.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Support biodiversity with this practical guide to creating habitat gardens for native pollinators in Southern Ontario.Saving the bees is an environmental cause that resonates deeply with Canadians. While much of the popular focus is on honeybees, an introduced species, many people are largely unaware of the importance of native bees. These pollinators are of crucial importance and are threatened
... Read more
Growing Vegetables in Drought, Desert, and Dry Times

The Complete Guide to Organic Gardening without Wasting Water

by Maureen Gilmer ...

Master organic vegetable gardening in 4 different low-water conditions—including high and low desert, drought, and voluntary water conservation.Features over 100 photos, maps, and diagrams—perfect for vegetable gardeners in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and more!Dedicated home gardeners will discover how to grow delicious produce in dry times with this authoritative full-color ... Read more

$18.39 CAD

Master organic vegetable gardening in 4 different low-water conditions—including high and low desert, drought, and voluntary water conservation.Features over 100 photos, maps, and diagrams—perfect for vegetable gardeners in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and more!Dedicated home gardeners will discover how to grow delicious produce in dry times with this authoritative full-color
... Read more
The Colorful Dry Garden

Over 100 Flowers and Vibrant Plants for Drought, Desert & Dry Times

by Maureen Gilmer ...

Get expert guidance on cultivating a vibrant dry garden with this garden design book profiling over 100 drought-tolerant plants and flowers perfect for California and other dry regions in the Western US.“Compact and easy-to-read, with practical tips for “going dry” . . . along with loads of color photos.” —The Los Angeles TimesIf readers must reluctantly remove water-guzzling favorites from the ... Read more

Was $18.39 CAD Now $1.99 CAD

Get expert guidance on cultivating a vibrant dry garden with this garden design book profiling over 100 drought-tolerant plants and flowers perfect for California and other dry regions in the Western US.“Compact and easy-to-read, with practical tips for “going dry” . . . along with loads of color photos.” —The Los Angeles TimesIf readers must reluctantly remove water-guzzling favorites from the
... Read more
Backyard Bounty

The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest

by Linda Gilkeson ...

" Very likely the best book ever written on growing food in the Pacific Northwest, and it sets a whole new standard for garden writing ."— Mark MacDonald, West Coast SeedsGrow more food, with less work, in any yard—now completely revised and expanded!Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for you... ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

" Very likely the best book ever written on growing food in the Pacific Northwest, and it sets a whole new standard for garden writing ."— Mark MacDonald, West Coast SeedsGrow more food, with less work, in any yard—now completely revised and expanded!Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for you...
... Read more
Garden Design for the Short Season Yard

Everything You Need to Know for the Chinook and Canadian Prairie Zones

by Lyndon Penner ...

Tired of advice for gorgeous yards that can only be created in climates like California, southern Ontario or Victoria? Author Lyndon Penner wrote Garden Design for the Short Season Yard for you, because he knows prairie gardeners face challenges no one faces in gentler climates.Anyone can learn the basics of garden design. In this accessible guide, you’ll discover the pros’ secrets: practical ways ... Read more

$9.89 CAD

Tired of advice for gorgeous yards that can only be created in climates like California, southern Ontario or Victoria? Author Lyndon Penner wrote Garden Design for the Short Season Yard for you, because he knows prairie gardeners face challenges no one faces in gentler climates.Anyone can learn the basics of garden design. In this accessible guide, you’ll discover the pros’ secrets: practical ways
... Read more
Little Farm Homegrown

A Memoir of Food-Growing, Midlife and Self-Reliance on a Small Homestead

by Susan Colleen Browne, John F. Browne ...

Series Book 2 - Little Farm in the Foothills
A gardening book for anyone who’s dreamed of going back to the land for a simpler life… After two city-bred Boomers weather their first, tumultuous year on their rural backyard farm, they discover their homesteading journey has only begun.The sequel to Susan Colleen Browne's award-winning memoir, Little Farm in the Foothills, Little Farm Homegrown follows modern homesteaders Susan and her husband ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A gardening book for anyone who’s dreamed of going back to the land for a simpler life… After two city-bred Boomers weather their first, tumultuous year on their rural backyard farm, they discover their homesteading journey has only begun.The sequel to Susan Colleen Browne's award-winning memoir, Little Farm in the Foothills, Little Farm Homegrown follows modern homesteaders Susan and her husband
... Read more
Plant Solutions

by Nigel Colborn ...

Plant Solutions is a brand new contemporary problem-solving guide to finding the right plant for the right place in your garden. Packed with plant suggestions, cultivation notes and companion ideas, Plant Solutions helps you create a suitable and successful planting scheme by finding plants to suit your garden’s needs.This thorough directory will enable you to look up plants based on your needs, ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

Plant Solutions is a brand new contemporary problem-solving guide to finding the right plant for the right place in your garden. Packed with plant suggestions, cultivation notes and companion ideas, Plant Solutions helps you create a suitable and successful planting scheme by finding plants to suit your garden’s needs.This thorough directory will enable you to look up plants based on your needs,
... Read more
The Salt Stones

Seasons of a Shepherd's Life

by Helen Whybrow ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDWinner of the Vermont Book AwardA New Yorker Best Book of the YearFeatured on NPR’s Fresh Air and PBS NewsHourA Globe and Mail “Best Book of the Year”Set in Vermont’s Green Mountains, a profoundly moving meditation on the lessons and wisdom that come from raising a family, tending sheep, and living close... ... Read more

$13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDWinner of the Vermont Book AwardA New Yorker Best Book of the YearFeatured on NPR’s Fresh Air and PBS NewsHourA Globe and Mail “Best Book of the Year”Set in Vermont’s Green Mountains, a profoundly moving meditation on the lessons and wisdom that come from raising a family, tending sheep, and living close...
... Read more
The Prairie Gardener’s Go-To for Vegetables

by Janet Melrose, Sheryl Normandeau ...

Series series Guides for the Prairie Gardener
"The Prairie Gardener guides offer tips on planning, planting and growing gardens, and troubleshooting pests and diseases." —Calgary HeraldAll the most common questions about growing vegetables in the prairies are answered in this first installation of the new gardening series, Guides for the Prairie Gardener.Too often people think of vegetable gardening in the prairies as challenging, but ... Read more

$8.69 CAD

"The Prairie Gardener guides offer tips on planning, planting and growing gardens, and troubleshooting pests and diseases." —Calgary HeraldAll the most common questions about growing vegetables in the prairies are answered in this first installation of the new gardening series, Guides for the Prairie Gardener.Too often people think of vegetable gardening in the prairies as challenging, but
... Read more
Planting By the Signs: Mountain Gardening

The Foxfire Americana Library (10)

by Foxfire Fund, Inc. ...

Series series The Foxfire Americana Library
An Appalachian farmer’s almanac, “Planting by the Signs” is a valuable resource for the gardener looking for time-honored tips for clearing land and growing vegetables from the people who originally pioneered the art through hard work (and a little bit of luck). In the spirit of the Foxfire Americana Library, this entry also contains a collection of gardening-related folklore, including signs to ... Read more

$1.99 CAD

An Appalachian farmer’s almanac, “Planting by the Signs” is a valuable resource for the gardener looking for time-honored tips for clearing land and growing vegetables from the people who originally pioneered the art through hard work (and a little bit of luck). In the spirit of the Foxfire Americana Library, this entry also contains a collection of gardening-related folklore, including signs to
... Read more
Jardiner avec Marthe 2

Virons pas fous!

by Marthe Laverdière ...

Series series NON CLASSE
Savoir-faire horticole, anecdotes pas piquées des vers, authenticité sans faille, Marthe dévoile un peu plus de son attachante personnalité dans ce deuxième livre non censuré!Fidèle à elle-même, l'enthousiaste horticultrice mêle astuces de jardinage et souvenirs, coups de gueule et coups de cœur, dans des récits où il est question, encore une fois, de vie, de mort, de sérénité, d'enjeux ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Savoir-faire horticole, anecdotes pas piquées des vers, authenticité sans faille, Marthe dévoile un peu plus de son attachante personnalité dans ce deuxième livre non censuré!Fidèle à elle-même, l'enthousiaste horticultrice mêle astuces de jardinage et souvenirs, coups de gueule et coups de cœur, dans des récits où il est question, encore une fois, de vie, de mort, de sérénité, d'enjeux
... Read more

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