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Drought Resistant Container Mix buy from Gardener's Supply
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This drought-resistant container mix is a special blend of peat, perlite, vermiculite and water-retaining polymer crystals. It helps maintain consistent moisture levels at the root zone for healthy plant growth without the need for frequent watering.
* Ideal for use in non-self-watering planters
* Water-retaining potting mix keeps plants healthy
* 32 quarts (via gardeners.com)
Updated Feb 3, 2009
The City Gardener's Handbook: The Definitive Guide to Small Space Gardening: Linda Yang
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The problems and challenges facing gardeners in cities, suburban condos, or apartment complexes are unique, and Linda Yang has personally experienced every small-space gardening situation she writes about.
Yang offers a wealth of practical advice on planning a garden that will be attractive all year long; selecting wind-, heat-, moisture-, or drought-tolerant species; and coping with pollutants, insects, and more.
Charts and lists supply information on the best city plants for flowers, foliage, and fragrance, as well as ground covers, small weeping trees and dwarf shrubs, soil mixes for containers, and practical mulches.
The updated mail-order source list is an essential tool for gardeners who find it difficult to locate plants and supplies.
The City Gardener's Handbook is an invaluable resource for any gardener facing the challenge of growing plants where space is limited, whether in the dooryard of a suburban townhouse or on a mid-city rooftop. (via amazon.com)
Updated Feb 4, 2009
McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers
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McGee (Basic Herb Cookery) and veteran gardening writer Stuckey (Gardening from the Ground Up) share their expertise and experience in the art of container gardening.
Armed with this manual, frustrated apartment dwellers can indulge their passion for growing edible things. If there is an available balcony, porch, front or back steps, according to the authors, growing produce in containers can be easy and rewarding. With some limitations, it is even possible to grow foods in a window box or on an indoor windowsill.
This compendium of practical advice includes detailed information on the types of containers to use, equipment needed, the right soil, when to plant which seeds and how best to deal with problems such as too much or too little sunlight.
They also explain more sophisticated techniques like succession planting, whereby ongoing seasonal planting takes place in the same container. This can yield a harvest of peas in early summer, tomatoes in late summer to early fall and kale that will grow into winter. Included are mouth-watering recipes for harvested container crops.
Written for the beginner as well as for those with a background in gardening, McGee and Stuckey's directions are comprehensive, clearly written and frequently inspiring. (via amazon.com)
Updated Feb 4, 2009
The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide
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An excellent handbook with entries for common fruits, flowering plants, vegetables, and trees. Each listing has information on disease and pest problems and tips on how to solve them without chemicals. Especially useful sections feature photos of garden insects and diseases. (via amazon.com)
Updated Feb 4, 2009
Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting
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In 1975, Let it Rot! helped start the composting movement and taught gardeners everywhere how to recycle waste to create soil-nourishing compost. Contains advice for starting and maintaining a composting system, building bins, and using compost. Third Edition. 267,000 copies in print. (via amazon.com)
Updated Feb 4, 2009
Gusanito Worm Bin Farm 3 Tray Garden Composter
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Starve the Landfill SAVE the Earth GROW WORMS. Worms do miraculous things to convert kitchen waste into nutrient-rich compost for your garden. The Gusanito worm farm design allows the natural upward migration of composting worms. Easy to handle stackable trays. NEW ventilated roof design. Fill the bottom tray with red wiggler worms, bedding and food scraps. As the worms finish digesting, they will migrate upward into the tray above, leaving rich castings behind. In full operation, the Worm Farm houses 10,000 to 12,000 worms (approx 10 lb), consumes 5 to 8 pounds of food a day, allowing you to harvest a full tray of castings per month. Each Worm Farm comes with the NEW updated instruction book. and everything you need to get started, except the worms. Worms available in Amazon online store.
The Worm Farm is made in the U.S.A., constructed from high quality recycled plastic, with a limited 5 year warranty on materials and workmanship. It is very simple to assemble and can be stored inside or outside. Measures 16 X 16 X 28, height depends on number of trays used. (via amazon.com)
Updated Feb 6, 2009
Small Wardian Cases - Lee Valley Tools
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These Wardian cases are beautifully designed, perfect for placement on small ledges, mantles or tabletops.
Available in two styles, the cases are made of individual glass panes in a powder-coated steel frame. For easy access to plants, the frame lifts off the base, which contains a plastic catch tray. No assembly is required. The traditional design is non-vented, suitable for growing delicate or hard-to-grow plants that need high humidity. Outside dimensions are 9" long by 5-1/2" wide by 10" tall; internal height is 8-1/2". The taller domed version has vents to reduce humidity, condensation and the potential for overheating – a good choice for plants requiring lower humidity. Outside dimensions are 9" long by 5-1/2" wide by 11-1/2" tall; internal height is 10-1/2". (via leevalley.com)
Updated Feb 10, 2009
The World's Kindest Nail Brush - Lee Valley Tools
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If you have had an operation recently, you may have used this nylon brush with a foam pad on the back of it to self-prep the operating area. The nylon brush is intended for use directly on skin and is gentle but very effective. What is amazing is the way it can winkle dirt out of your cuticles and from under your fingernails; in non-medical use this solves a constant problem for gardeners and woodworkers.
Although it measures only 2" x 3", it has 1440 individual bristles that are subtle but insistent, cleaning your hands far better than any combination of stiff bristles and cloths. (via leevalley.com)
Updated Feb 10, 2009
Gardener's Clay Soap - Lee Valley Tools
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This is a soap bar unlike any other. Made in France, it is a porous, pumice-like terra cotta (baked clay) impregnated with a long-lasting soap. It is gentle on the skin, but vigorously removes dirt and stains, and has a light scent. Because the soap has been centrifuged deeply into the terra cotta, it will typically last a year, even with daily use, as long as it isn’t left sitting in water for long periods.
Measures 3" across. (via leevalley.com)
Updated Feb 10, 2009
Don't Throw It, Grow It!: 68 windowsill plants from kitchen scraps: Deborah Peterson
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Magic and wonder hide in unexpected places — a leftover piece of ginger, a wrinkled potato left too long in its bag, a humdrum kitchen spice rack. In Don't Throw It, Grow It! Deborah Peterson reveals the hidden possibilities in everyday foods.
Peterson, former president of the American Pit Gardening Society, shows how common kitchen staples — pits, nuts, beans, seeds, and tubers — can be coaxed into lush, vibrant houseplants that are as attractive as they are fascinating. With Peterson's help, a sweet potato turns into a blooming vine; chickpeas transform into cheery hanging baskets; the humble beet becomes a dramatic centerpiece; and gingerroot grows into a 3-foot, bamboo-like stalk. In some cases the transformation can happen overnight!
Don't Throw It, Grow It! offers growing instructions for over 50 plants in four broad categories — kitchen vegetables; fruits and nuts; herbs and spices; and more exotic plants from ethnic markets. The book is enhanced with beautiful illustrations, and its at-a-glance format makes it a quick and easy reference. Best of all, every featured plant can be grown in a kitchen, making this handy guide a must-have for avid gardeners and apartment-dwellers alike. Don't Throw It, Grow It! will appeal both to committed recyclers and to anyone who wants to find magic in the mundane — from parents and teachers looking to instill a sense of wonder in children, to the houseplant enthusiast seeking to create a one-of-a-kind Eden right in her kitchen. (via amazon.com)
Updated Feb 16, 2009
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