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Review of “The Nonstop Garden” – Great Four Season Information & Inspiration

May 18, 2010
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If you want to know how to design a garden that looks good year round, I highly recommend The Nonstop Garden by Stephanie Cohen and Jennifer Benner, which will be available for sale tomorrow (I received an advance copy for review). Those of you with small yards will especially appreciate the book, as it includes 10 [...]

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Check Out “Dig This” Bookazine!

April 26, 2010
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I am super excited to tell you about a new gardening magazine/book called Dig This, put out by a buddy I know through the magic of the internet, Kelly Norris. And my excitement is only in part because yours truly has a small article in what Kelly is calling a “bookazine.” Mostly I am excited [...]

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You Might As Well Grow Your Own Drugs

March 17, 2010
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Not those kind of drugs. Think natural remedies for everything from indigestion to acne. At least that was what James Wong was thinking about when he wrote Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Fixes. Wong is a (cute, young) ethnobotanist who stars in a BBC television show by the same [...]

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Succulent Container Gardens – The Perfect Mix of Stunning Photos and Useful Information

February 22, 2010
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As you all know, I have been waiting for Debra Lee Baldwin’s latest book to come out for some time. And I am here to tell you that Succulent Container Gardens lives up to all of my hopes and expectations for the book. So many gardening books skimp of good quality color photographs. This book [...]

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How to Save Money Gardening, and How Your Garden Can Save You Money

February 16, 2010
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I love this time of year, it’s when all the new gardening books seem to be published! I was very excited to receive a review copy of Maureen Gilmer’s latest book, The Small Budget Gardener, because I think it covers a topic that is on most people’s minds these days: saving money. You may know [...]

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Great Deck of Cards for Vegetable Gardeners…

January 27, 2010
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If you’re looking for a quick-reference card you can take with you out on your balcony or patio with all the information you need when you’re in the thick of gardening, then The Good Growing Guide is just what you need. Isabel of Fennel and Fern has created beautifully photographed postcards with easy-to-reference information about [...]

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Can’t Wait for “Succulent Container Gardens” to Come Out!

January 19, 2010
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I just spotted this video promo of Debra Baldwin’s latest succulent book called Succulent Container Gardens. I have been excited about this book since I saw the cover several months ago, but this video has really got me salivating. The photography is gorgeous, and the combinations of plants and pots are stunning. I can’t wait [...]

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Review of The NEW Low-Maintenance Garden by Valerie Easton

November 25, 2009
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Yesterday I mentioned that I have been reading a book whose sentiment has really stuck with me. In The NEW Low-Maintenance Garden Valerie Easton writes a passionate manifesto for less. That is, less time spent maintaining your garden, but more time spent enjoying yourself in it. She equisitely and articulately makes her case, but you’ll [...]

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Vlog 3: Review of P. Allen Smith’s Container Gardening Deck

November 18, 2009

I recently received a review copy of P. Allen Smith’s Container Gardens Deck. In order to test it out and see whether I would recommend the deck to other people, I took one of the cards with me to the nursery and used it to create a container design: As you can see, I think [...]

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Review of ‘Black Plants: 75 Striking Choices for the Garden’ by Paul Bonine

November 6, 2009

When I heard about Paul Bonine’s Black Plants: 75 Striking Choices for the Garden I was very excited. I love black plants. I pre-ordered it on the spot, but I haven’t gotten around to reviewing it until just now. I apologize, because it really is a great book that deserved immediate attention. As the title [...]

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