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Yard Butler Garden Kneeler and Seat

December 25th, 2009 Admin 5 comments

Yard Butler Garden Kneeler & Seat #GKS-2
Product Description
Two-sided design provides a sturdy, portable bench seat on one side. Flip it over for a comfortable kneeling pad with handles for leverage when rising from a kneeling position. Will hold up to 250 lbs.

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Garden Basics Gardening Techniques

November 4th, 2009 Admin No comments

Garden Basics Gardening Techniques

Do you want to enjoy your garden but feel that you lack knowledge of basic gardening, but essential, techniques that will help your plants to grow better and last longer? Starting from the bottom up – with your soil – this comprehensive guide gives you all the basic know-how that you need.

Find out how to identify the soil type, improve it and dig it. Discover how to choose the right design for your space and select the plants that will grow best in your soil and part of the country. Learn too, how to maintain your lawn and how pruning at the right time of year and in the correct way can Read more…

Country Living Gardener Gardening Basics

September 14th, 2009 Admin 2 comments

Country Living Gardener Gardening Basics: How to Design, Plant and Maintain Your Garden

Country Living Gardener Gardening Basics

From Library Journal

This book compiles an astonishing amount of information in an easily accessible and well-illustrated manner. Four top British gardener-writers collaborated on this encyclopedic guide to virtually every garden task and problem, from initial design to care and maintenance. They present numerous planting designs for particular situations, and there is an extensive list of plants, both edible and ornamental, with photographs, descriptions, and uses. Read more…

Gardening Basics For Dummies

September 12th, 2009 Admin 3 comments

Gardening Basics For Dummies

You’re now officially out of excuses for not planting the garden of your dreams. Even if you’ve never sowed a seed nor pulled a weed, Gardening Basics For Dummies contains everything you need to know about flowers, beds, borders, trees, shrubs, and lawns to create your own private paradise. This friendly and informative guide also covers all of the tools and additives available to make gardening easier. You’ll discover: Read more…

Gardening Together with Children

August 17th, 2009 Admin 5 comments

Plant a pumpkinseed with a child, and cultivate wonder. This simple act of reconnecting with children with nature is Sharon Lovejoy’s purpose and joy and gift. Author of Sunflower Houses: Garden Discoveries for Children of All Ages and Hollyhock Days: Garden Adventures for the Young at Heart, Sharon Lovejoy is a nationally known garden writer whose books, television specials, and projects at her learning landscape in California have introduced thousands of children to the pleasures of gardening.

In her newest book, Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots, she presents 12 spirited, easy-to-implement ideas for theme gardens that parents and kids can grow together. Illustrated throughout by the author’s own lyrical watercolors, each garden includes a plan, the planting recipe – seeds, seedlings, and Read more…