Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives
10 best books like Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives (Evelyn J. Hadden): Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, The Beautiful Edible Garden: Design A Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs, The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage, Landscaping with Fruit: Strawberry ground covers, blueberry hedges, grape arbors, and 39 other luscious fruits to make your yard an edible paradise., Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City, Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces, The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden, Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard, Edible Landscaping, The Edible Landscape: Creating a Beautiful and Bountiful Garden with Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers
| Author | Douglas W. Tallamy |
| ISBN | 0881928542 |
As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. But there is an important and simple step toward reversing this alarming trend: Everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining...
| Author | Leslie Bennett |
| ISBN | 1607742330 |
From the founders of landscape design firm Star Apple Edible & Fine Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area comes a stylish, beautifully-photographed guide to artfully incorporating organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs into an attractive modern garden design.
We’ve all seen the...
| Author | David L. Culp |
| ISBN | 1604692367 |
Brandywine Cottage is David Culp's beloved two-acre Pennsylvania garden where he mastered the design technique of layering and interplanting many different species in the same area so that as one plant passes its peak, another takes over. The result is a nonstop parade of color that begins with a tapestry...
| Author | Lee Reich |
| ISBN | 1603420916 |
Discover the joy of homegrown apples, fresh-picked cherries, and dozens of other fruits with this definitive guide to creating a more delicious backyard! Lee Reich shows you how to grow temperate-zone fruit at home, from site analysis and climate assessment through plant selection, pest control,...
| Author | Eric Toensmeier |
| ISBN | 1603583998 |
When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the tenth-of-an-acre lot was barren ground and bad soil, peppered with broken pieces of concrete, asphalt, and brick. The two friends got to work designing what would become not just another urban...
| Author | Gayla Trail |
| ISBN | 0307452018 |
Your patio, balcony, rooftop, front stoop, boulevard, windowsill, planter box, or fire escape is a potential fresh food garden waiting to happen. In Grow Great Grub, Gayla Trail, the founder of the leading online gardening community (YouGrowGirl.com), shows you how to grow your own delicious, affordable,...
| Author | Ivette Soler |
| ISBN | 1604691999 |
“Front lawns, beware: The Germinatrix has you in her crosshairs! Ivette Soler is a welcome voice urging us to mow less and grow some food—in her uniquely fun, infectious yet informative way.” —Garden Rant
People everywhere are turning patches of soil into bountiful vegetable gardens,...
Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard
| Author | Pam Penick |
| ISBN | 1607743140 |
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.
Lawn Gone! is an essential guide to low-water, easy-care lawn alternatives...
| Author | Rosalind Creasy |
| ISBN | 1578051541 |
Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with edibles a quarter-century ago, interest in eating healthy, fresh, locally grown foods has swept across the nation. More and more Americans are looking to grow clean, delicious produce at home, saving money and natural resources...
| Author | Emily Tepe |
| ISBN | 0760341397 |
As the fresh food revolution sweeps the nation, more and more people are seeking out delicious offerings from local growers. We have had our fill of tasteless, woody tomatoes from the far reaches of the globe and have begun tasting again—thanks to farmers’ markets and co-ops—the real flavors...
| Author | Edward C. Smith |
| ISBN | 1603429751 |
Harvest tomatoes on a patio, produce a pumpkin in a planter, and grow broccoli on a balcony! Best-selling author Ed Smith shows you everything you need to know to successfully create and care for an edible container garden, from choosing the right plants and selecting appropriate containers through...
| Author | Andrea Bellamy |
| ISBN | 1604691247 |
Imagine savoring fresh-picked strawberries on a weekend morning, plucking plump figs from your mini-orchard to quarter and serve at a farm-to-table meal with friends, or harvesting and sautéing the edible stalks of garlic bulbs. If the size of your space is bringing you back to reality, here's the...
| Author | Deanna Caswell |
| ISBN | 1440310246 |
"Little House in the Suburbs" will teach readers how to incorporate homesteading principles into their lives while staying within the comfort of the suburbs. Readers will learn the fundamentals of gardening--from what, when and how to plant--presented with options for container gardening, raised-bed...
Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens
| Author | Barbara Pleasant |
| ISBN | 1603425292 |
Develop your green thumb as you learn to grow your own food. In this introductory guide to growing vegetables, Barbara Pleasant addresses common problems that first-time gardeners encounter. Using simple language and illustrated garden layouts, Pleasant shows you how to start, maintain, and eventually...
The Heirloom Life Gardener: The Baker Creek Way of Growing Your Own Food Easily and Naturally
| Author | Jere Gettle |
| ISBN | 1401324398 |
Tired of genetically modified food every day, Americans are moving more toward eating natural, locally grown food that is free of pesticides and preservatives-and there is no better way to ensure this than to grow it yourself. Anyone can start a garden, whether in a backyard or on a city rooftop; but...
| Author | Ron Kujawski |
| ISBN | 1603426949 |
Whether you’re a seasoned gardener determined to increase crop yields or starting your very first vegetable garden, the Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook will help you manage your schedule and prioritize what’s important. Detailed weekly to-do lists break gardening down into...
| Author | Christopher Shein |
| ISBN | 1604692707 |
“A masterful distillation of permaculture in a way that is easy to apply to our gardens, farms, and lives today.” —David Cody, founder, Urban Permaculture Institute
Once a fringe topic, permaculture is moving to the mainstream as gardeners who are ready to take their organic gardening...
| Author | Sara Bonnett Stein |
| ISBN | 0395709407 |
The day is not far off when we will be forced to admit that suburbs are bad for us.
Its symptoms are varied, but the root problem can be stated simply: suburbia encourages connections neither with our neighbors, nor with the land. Ecology is sterilized by permanent real-estate-listing-style...
| Author | Alethea Morrison |
| ISBN | 1603429948 |
Discover the joys of harvesting honey from your own backyard. Alethea Morrison outlines what you’ll need to know to make it through the first year, while stunning macrophotography by Mars Vilaubi brings the inner workings of the hive to life. With in-depth discussions of allergies, colony hierarchy,...
Books on container gardening have been wildly popular with urban and suburban readers, but until now, there has been no comprehensive "how-to" guide for growing fresh food in the absence of open land. Fresh Food from Small Spaces fills the gap as a practical, comprehensive, and downright fun guide...
| Author | Michael A. Dirr |
| ISBN | 0881924040 |
This book is a priceless addition to the gardeners/landscapers library for various reasons. The write-ups say much with few words...they're even very humorous at times. The pictures are marvellous...giving the reader a good look at several varieties..often those he recommends most. The quality...
Planting: A New Perspective
| Author | Piet Oudolf |
| ISBN | 1604693703 |
Hollandi aiakujundaja Piet Oudolfi tööd on nii omanäolised, et teda võib pidada uue istutusstiili loojaks. See stiil põhineb püsikute, kõrreliste jt taimede kooskasutusel ja jätab mulje, nagu oleksid tihedates segaistutustes kasvavad liigid jõudnud tagasi oma looduslikku kasvupaika....
| Author | Jay Rossier |
| ISBN | 1592280137 |
Chickens-why not? Tens of thousands of people in all areas of the country enjoy raising these birds, whether for food or companionship. You can, too, with this indispensable guide. Then again, you may want to read Living With Chickens just for the sheer joy of it.
Straightforward prose and...
Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard
| Author | Jessi Bloom |
| ISBN | 1604692375 |
“If your garden fantasies involve chickens, Jessi Bloom is here to make those dreams come true.” —The New York Times
Many gardeners fear chickens will peck away at their landscape. But you can keep chickens and have a beautiful garden, too! In this essential handbook, award-winning...
