Author: Nancy Lawson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616896175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
The Humane Gardener
Author: Nancy Lawson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616896175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616896175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Plant Whatever Brings You Joy
Author: Kathryn Hall
Publisher:
ISBN: 0981557007
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 0981557007
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Wild Violets
Author: Ruth Baker Field
Publisher: Zebra Books
ISBN: 9780821719732
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher: Zebra Books
ISBN: 9780821719732
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Growing Pansies
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pansies
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pansies
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Plant Lore and Legend
Author: Ruth Binney
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486828743
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
From time immemorial, people have sought to understand the mysteries of the natural world, giving rise to a wealth of myths and legends connected to plant life. In addition to their imaginative appeal, these oral traditions offered practical advice about which flowers, trees, and plants could provide foods, remedies, and construction materials. This richly illustrated volume provides a treasury of ancient wisdom, exploring the sound principles behind traditional advice, along with a wealth of fanciful beliefs. Naturalist Ruth Binney recounts charming examples of floral symbolism, linking roses with romance, lilies with purity, and poppies with sleep. She examines tree lore and the association of trees with wisdom and knowledge, from the coveted crown of laurel awarded to ancient Greek poets and Roman generals to the palm branches presented to pilgrims returning from the Holy Land. A survey of the power of plants ranges from the rituals that ensure a good harvest and a newly married couple's fertility to the healing qualities of oil of cloves for toothache, cherries for gout, and aloe vera for burns. Abounding in fascinating facts and fancies, this absorbing compilation will captivate lovers of plants and gardens.
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486828743
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
From time immemorial, people have sought to understand the mysteries of the natural world, giving rise to a wealth of myths and legends connected to plant life. In addition to their imaginative appeal, these oral traditions offered practical advice about which flowers, trees, and plants could provide foods, remedies, and construction materials. This richly illustrated volume provides a treasury of ancient wisdom, exploring the sound principles behind traditional advice, along with a wealth of fanciful beliefs. Naturalist Ruth Binney recounts charming examples of floral symbolism, linking roses with romance, lilies with purity, and poppies with sleep. She examines tree lore and the association of trees with wisdom and knowledge, from the coveted crown of laurel awarded to ancient Greek poets and Roman generals to the palm branches presented to pilgrims returning from the Holy Land. A survey of the power of plants ranges from the rituals that ensure a good harvest and a newly married couple's fertility to the healing qualities of oil of cloves for toothache, cherries for gout, and aloe vera for burns. Abounding in fascinating facts and fancies, this absorbing compilation will captivate lovers of plants and gardens.
Proceedings of the ... Session of the American Pomological Society
Author: American Pomological Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fruit-culture
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fruit-culture
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Wild Violets
Author: Phyllis Green
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780840765314
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
A poor and friendless nine-year-old witnesses the changes in her life and herself during the early days of World War II.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780840765314
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
A poor and friendless nine-year-old witnesses the changes in her life and herself during the early days of World War II.
At the Violet Hour
Author: Sarah Cole
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195389611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
At the Violet Hour offers a richly historicized, trenchant look at the interlocking of literature with violence in British and Irish modernist texts.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195389611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
At the Violet Hour offers a richly historicized, trenchant look at the interlocking of literature with violence in British and Irish modernist texts.
A Violet Season
Author: Kathy Leonard Czepiel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451655088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A MOTHER’S CHOICES IN A T IME OF CRISIS THREATEN THE ONE PERSON SHE MEANS TO PROTECT—HER ONLY DAUGHTER— AND FORCE HER TO MAKE THE BOLDEST MOVE OF HER LIFE. The violet industry is booming in 1898, and a Hudson Valley farm owned by the Fletcher family is turning a generous profit for its two oldest brothers. But Ida Fletcher, married to the black sheep youngest brother, has taken up wet nursing to help pay the bills, and her daughter, Alice, has left school to work. As they risk losing their share of the farm, the two women make increasingly great sacrifices for their family’s survival, sacrifices that will set them against each other in a lifelong struggle for honesty and forgiveness. A Violet Season is the story of an unforgettable mother-daughter journey in a time when women were just waking to their own power and independence.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451655088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A MOTHER’S CHOICES IN A T IME OF CRISIS THREATEN THE ONE PERSON SHE MEANS TO PROTECT—HER ONLY DAUGHTER— AND FORCE HER TO MAKE THE BOLDEST MOVE OF HER LIFE. The violet industry is booming in 1898, and a Hudson Valley farm owned by the Fletcher family is turning a generous profit for its two oldest brothers. But Ida Fletcher, married to the black sheep youngest brother, has taken up wet nursing to help pay the bills, and her daughter, Alice, has left school to work. As they risk losing their share of the farm, the two women make increasingly great sacrifices for their family’s survival, sacrifices that will set them against each other in a lifelong struggle for honesty and forgiveness. A Violet Season is the story of an unforgettable mother-daughter journey in a time when women were just waking to their own power and independence.
Discovering The Folklore of Plants
Author: Margaret Baker
Publisher: Shire Publications
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
An alphabetical list of plants and their associated folklore.
Publisher: Shire Publications
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
An alphabetical list of plants and their associated folklore.