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More comprehensive than ever, the Complete Guide to Florida Gardening explains in step-by-step fashion how to create one's own personal outdoor paradise. Addressing the needs of gardening notvices, seasoned hobbyists, and horitculture professionals alike, Stan DeFreitas has, once again, created a reference book that no Florida gardener should be without. Explains in step-by-step fashion how to create one's own personal outdoor paradise. Addressing...
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In today's South, where fine gardening is a tradition, many homeowners and professional gardeners are discovering a vast "new" palette of plant materials-native plants. They are realizing that these native wildflowers, trees, shrubs, groundcovers, vines, and grasses are far better suited, and therefore easier to grow and maintain, than most of the imported plants that populate traditional landscapes. In this book, the authors offer an exciting vision...
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In this revised and updated 2nd edition of Florida Gardener's Handbook, gardeners in the Sunshine State are handed all the know-how they'll need to grow a lush, productive garden.
The environmentally sound growing info for both edible and ornamental plants found here is your green thumb map to success. With profiles of more than 300 plants proven to thrive in Florida's unique climate, including shrubs, trees, perennials, annuals, vegetables, fruits,...
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How to grow your own food in the Heartland!
There is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardening-what to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are decisions based on climate, weather, and first frost The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast tackles this need head on, with regionally specific growing information written by local gardening expert, Ira Wallace. Monthly planting guides show exactly what you...
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Many counties in Florida now require that new commercial landscapes contain a percentage of native plants. Native landscapes are easier to maintain, use less water and thrive without chemical pesticides and fertilizers. “Native Florida Plants” describes every type of regional flora-from seaside foliage and wildflowers to grassy meadows, shrubs, vines, and aquatic gardens-in 301 profiles and accompanying color photographs.
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Florida getting started garden guide features: More than 175 plant recommendations-chosen just for Florida gardeners for their ease of growing, maintenance, and the beauty they offer. Every plant type-from flowers to and tropicals to trees and shrubs, and everything in-between ; Design tips to help you add color and beauty to your garden ; Advice on planting, growing, and care (including pest control) ; A large color photograph of each plant so you...
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Wesley Chapel originated in the mid-1800s as a cohesive community of settlers who demonstrated a uniquely rural authenticity and independence of spirit. Evidence of Native American presence in the area has been documented as early as 10,000 BC. Lumber harvesting and turpentine production became prominent industries, while cash-crop farming, citrus, and livestock ranching provided sustenance for the pioneer settlement. Charcoal kilns, gator hunting,...
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John-Bryan Hopkins wasn't satisfied with the recognized 145 national food holidays (most of which were created by food companies to sell their products, anyway). Thus, he resolved to create celebrations of his own favorite foods; one for each day of the year. This was the origin of Foodimentary.com, and now its success is contained in one delicious volume. Every taste is represented--from a simple root beer float to a sophisticated filet mignon. Plus,...
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"In POLLINATOR GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH, Spafford and Carley combine the latest scientific findings about the needs of plant pollinators with easily applicable landscape strategies to enable gardeners of all levels to design, plant, and maintain their perfect pollinator-friendly garden. Packing a punch by combining plant growing know-how with garden design know-how, this book will provide critical and creative information on designing, planting and...
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This is the year "It's Greek to me" becomes the happy answer to what's for dinner. My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the upcoming epic Troy, the 2004 Summer Olympics returning to Athens--and now, yet another reason to embrace all things Greek: The Olive and the Caper, Susanna Hoffman's 700-plus-page serendipity of recipes and adventure.
In Corfu, Ms. Hoffman and a taverna owner cook shrimp fresh from the trap--and for us she offers the boldly-flavored Shrimp...
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Best-selling author Dan Buettner debuts his first cookbook, filled with 100 longevity recipes inspired by the Blue Zones locations around the world, where people live the longest.
Building on decades of research, longevity expert Dan Buettner has gathered 100 recipes inspired by the Blue Zones, home to the healthiest and happiest communities in the world. Each dish--for example, Sardinian Herbed Lentil Minestrone; Costa Rican Hearts of Palm Ceviche;...
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"Do you want a garden that makes a real difference? Choose plants native to our Southeast region. The rewards will benefit you, your yard, and the environment-from reducing maintenance tasks to attracting earth-friendly pollinators such as native birds, butterflies, and bees. Native plant experts Larry Mellichamp and Paula Gross make adding these superstar plants easier than ever before, with proven advice that every home gardener can follow."--Page...
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"Lush, brilliant gardens thrive even in dry climates -- and no one is better qualified to help you bring joyful color to arid spaces than Nan Sterman, garden designer and host of the award-winning television program A Growing Passion. This inspiration-packed guide busts common low-water gardening myths, showcases vibrant waterwise gardens, and suggests more than 150 bright, drought-tolerant plants. Stop thinking dry means drab. Sterman's colorful...
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"The book designed from the get-go to be short, easy-to-use, concise, and appealing as a basic beginning/early-mid-level book especially for home gardeners looking for color-likely the most appealing feature of gardens for most home gardeners. It will be written in a 'do it yourself' (DIY) style, aiming to allow readers to duplicate the designs and templates outlined in the book for starters but with plenty of room, of course, to learn how to adapt...
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Florida's wildlife has always played an important role in the history of human beings inhabiting the state. Native Americans depended on birds, mammals, and fish for sustenance. The state's first European explorers encountered new and intimidating species like the American Alligator and the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. In later years "plume hunters," ventured into the Florida wilderness in search of enormous rookeries of herons and egrets, killing...
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[2021]
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"The wrenching, and inspiring, story of a fourteen-year-old sentenced to life in prison, of the extraordinary relationship that developed between him and the woman he shot, and of his release after twenty-six years of imprisonment through the efforts of America's greatest contemporary legal activist, Bryan Stevenson. Here is the story of a poor black kid from the toughest neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, who at age eleven began "jacking" (stealing)...
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"From the Miccosukee gooseberry to the Florida torreya, the twelve plants starring in The wild South are native to the American South, a place known for its astonishingly rich biodiversity. Georgann Eubanks treks across the region, from Alabama to North Carolina, reporting on their wondrous biology. But these plants are in dire trouble-each one is struggling to survive against the effects of global climate change and disruptive development. Ten of...
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Canyon Sacrifice brings the rugged western landscape, the mysterious past of the ancient Anasazi Indians, and the Southwest's ongoing cultural fissures vividly to life.** A deadly struggle against murderous kidnappers in Grand Canyon National Park forces archaeologist Chuck Bender to face up to his past as he realizes every parent's worst nightmare: a missing child.
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