Gardening & Landscape Design
epub |eng | 1999-03-25 | Author:Betty E. M. Jacobs

Garlic Varieties When shopping for garlic to plant, you’ll find two general types of varieties: soft-neck and hard-neck. Soft-neck garlic is the kind you find in the supermarket. These varieties ...
( Category: Vegetables March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1999-03-25 | Author:Jackie Clay

Wear leather gloves to protect your hands, and tip each steel post to slide the pounder on easily. Then line up your post so that the metal tabs found on ...
( Category: Horses March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1984-03-25 | Author:James Fitzgerald

Picket Fences The all-American white picket fence carries all the neatness and formality of white gloves. Construction of a handsome picket fence requires patience, precision, and an attention to detail ...
( Category: Animal Husbandry March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1992-03-25 | Author:Patricia R. Barrett

Fertilizing If you have taken care when planting your shrubs, they will need little fertilizing. Overfertilizing can create plants with long stems and few flowers. Too much fertilizer with newly ...
( Category: Shrubs March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Yuji Yoshimura & Giovanna M. Halford

Fig. 41.- Applying basic-mixture manure. A) Upon repelling. 1) Main soil. 2) Basic mixture lining 4 sides. 3) Bottom soil. B) Without repelling. C) Alternate for B, used for pots ...
( Category: Criticism March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-09 | Author:Martin, Tovah [Martin, Tovah]

* * * Primroses are spring’s happiest moment. And that’s why everyone absolutely needs a container of Primula denticulata ‘Confetti Blue’ and Primula denticulata ‘Rubins’ close by. SPRING AGENDA * ...
( Category: Ornamental Plants March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-25 | Author:Rosemary Gladstar

MEDICINAL USES Chamomile flowers have rich amounts of azulene, a volatile oil with a whole range of active principles that serve as anti-inflammatory and antifever agents, making it useful for ...
( Category: Healing March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1997-03-25 | Author:Cynthia Black

Recipes for Healthful and Healing Foods Eating healthful and healing foods is an important part of caring for yourself. These traditional family recipes range from healing soups to eat when ...
( Category: Herbal Remedies March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1997-03-25 | Author:Patricia R. Barrett

Medicinal and Cosmetic Uses of Sage Over the years, sage has been used for many medicinal and cosmetic as well as culinary products. The active principles are found in the ...
( Category: Herbs March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1999-03-25 | Author:Kathleen Brown

Don’t Mix Medications Many herbalists discourage the use of St.-John’s-wort with other antidepressants, particularly Prozac. No studies have been published on the efficacy of using St.-John’s-wort with other antidepressants, but ...
( Category: Naturopathy March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1999-03-25 | Author:Kathleen Brown

There are two ways to prepare herbal tea. You can make an infusion, in which the herb is steeped, or you can make a decoction, in which the plant matter ...
( Category: Herbs March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1999-03-25 | Author:Kathleen Brown

Echinacea Teas There are two methods for preparing herbal tea: infusion and decoction. An infusion is best for brewing a plant’s leaves, flowers, berries, or seeds. These ingredients easily release ...
( Category: Herbal Remedies March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1977-03-25 | Author:Ken Braren & Roger Griffith

Hotbeds The cold frame, developed centuries ago, could be called a solar-heated device to give it a modern touch. Add any other source of heat and you have a hotbed. ...
( Category: Carpentry March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1999-03-25 | Author:Mary Twitchell

If you feel daring, construct a sturdy matching stand for any shallow birdbath form, such as the concrete mosaic bath described by this project. Materials 1 to 2 gallons (3.8–7.6 ...
( Category: Do-It-Yourself March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1998-03-25 | Author:John Page

Controlling Leafy Growth In the fall, you often see tomato plants nearly bare of leaves, just a stalk and the ripening fruit. The theory here is that with less green ...
( Category: Fruit March 26,2014 )