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Trying to eat locally? Discover food in the plant life all around you. Learn to eat your way around the block! Your backyard or a nearby park or vacant lot might be rich with edible possibilities. The author leads you through harvesting etiquette, plant identification, and tips on how to eat the leaves, flowers, nuts, seeds, roots, and mushrooms that are there for the taking. Foraging is the fun, safe, and free way to eat locally.
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Planting, by famed landscape architects Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury, is a groundbreaking moment in horticulture. It is the first book to share Oudolf's original planting plans and plant groupings and the only book to explicitly show how his gardens and landscapes are made. An intimate knowledge of plants is essential to the success of this approach and Planting makes Oudolf's considerable understanding of plant ecology and performance accessible,...
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In this beginner-friendly introduction to plant propagation, Halleck details the basic tools necessary, demystifies seed starting and saving, and shares easy-to-follow instructions for the most practical techniques for cutting, layering, dividing, and more. She also provides information on controlling pests and diseases, and transplanting seedlings and cuttings.--Adapted from Amazon.com.
6) Plant
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IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
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A photo essay introduces the world of plants, including the germination of seeds, plant defenses, and uses of plants.
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c2010
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IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
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48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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The plant kingdom contains more than 250,000 species. With green pigment called chlorophyll in some cells, these organisms have the unique ability to make their own food. This colorful book describes the main groups of plants, including mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. Special sections highlight the role of plants in the environment--as producers in the food chain and producers of the world's oxygen--and their role in climate and the...
17) Plants
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2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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31 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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A simple introduction to various kinds of plants and the basic concepts related to growing plants.
20) What is a plant?
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2000
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
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