Were Thomas Jefferson to walk the grounds of Monticello today, he would no doubt feel fully at home in the 1,000-foot terraced vegetable garden where the very vegetables and herbs he favored are thriving. Extensively and painstakingly restored under Peter J. Hatch's brilliant direction, Jefferson's unique vegetable garden now boasts the same medley of plants he enthusiastically cultivated in the early nineteenth century. The garden is a living expression of Jefferson's genius and his distinctly...
Weight Watchers Instant Pot #2019 Freestyle Cookbook
by Tristan Melissa
Therapist Planner 2019 (2019 Planner Weekly and Monthly, #4)
by Angel Creations
A Guide to Native Plants of the New York City Region
by Margaret B. Gargiullo
It is no secret that with each new office park, strip mall, and housing development that slices through the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut landscape, more and more indigenous plant habitats are being destroyed. Concrete, after all, is not a friendly neighbor to vegetative life. Less common wisdom, however, holds that plants native to this region have been disappearing rapidly for a variety of reasons, and some of the causes can be avoided, even as construction projects continue to move in...
It's a Long Road To a Tomato: Tales of an Organic Farmer Who Quit the Big City for the (Not So) Simple Life
by Keith Stewart
Presents essays on the author's midlife development as a farmer, with tips on organic vegetable growing and selling in an urban market, and insights into the issues surrounding agriculture.
2018-2019 Academic Planner October 2018 - December 2019 (2018-2019 Daily Weekly Monthly Planner, Organizer, Agenda and Calendar, #4)
by Tina R Kelly
What if, one step at a time, we could make our gardens and landscapes more eco-friendly? Barbara W. Ellis's colorful, comprehensive guide shows homeowners, gardeners, garden designers, and landscapers how to do just that for the large and beautiful Chesapeake Bay watershed region. This area includes Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and part of West Virginia (translating to portions of USDA Zones 6, 7, and 8). Here, mid-Atlantic gardeners, from beginners to advanced, will find the...
Vanished Gardens (Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction)
by Sharon White
This title encounters an urban landscape through the eye of a gardener.New to living and gardening in Philadelphia, Sharon White begins a journey through the landscape of the city, past and present, in Vanished Gardens. In prose, now as precise and considered as the paths in a parterre, now as flowing and lyrical as an Olmsted vista, White explores the city as a part of its ecosystem and animates the lives of individual gardeners and naturalists working in the area around her home.In one section...
2018-2019 Academic Planner (2018-2019 Daily Weekly Monthly Planner, Organizer, Agenda and Calendar, #3)
by Tina R Kelly
Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition (Home Landscaping)
by Roger Holmes and Rita Buchanan
New York & New Jersey Getting Started Garden Guide
by Vincent A. Simeone
The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a special character. Those created for the Gilded Age estates are more formal; private gardens respond directly to the rolling landscape and mature forests. The area is a crucible for the development of American landscape design since the major figures—Alexander Jackson Downing, Frederick Law Olmsted, Beatrix Farrand, and Fletcher Steele—all worked in the Hudson Valley....
New York & New Jersey Month-By-Month Gardening (Month By Month Gardening)
by Kate Copsey
New York a garden paradise? You would hardly think so, but the city on the Hudson is a hidden El Dorado of garden design. This book shows some of the best examples of New York's gardens, from the public parks to luxury roof gardens and private oases in the heart of Manhattan.