A Perfect Bedtime Story, Whether You're Under a Roof or Under the Stars Gather the children. Cuddle into a warm sleeping bag. It's time to fall asleep. This gentle, calming story celebrates the wonders of the great outdoors by saying goodnight to nature. As the sun sets, the family prepares their campsite for nightfall. "Goodnight hills, and goodnight clean air. Goodnight creatures everywhere." The soft, rhyming text complements dream-like illustrations, creating a picture book that's just righ...
Common Southwestern Native Plants
by Jack L Carter, Martha A Carter, and Donna J Stevens
A stunning collection of landscape design ideas, this book is guaranteed to help you transform an outdoor area into an ultimate personal environment. Over 400 beautiful color images feature 12 actual projects, inspired by Tuscan and Mediterranean to Vegas and Asian styles, constructed in the American Southwest that can be installed anywhere, in any climate. Discover unique ideas for creating a relaxing retreat or a lavish entertaining area. Whether you are an architect, designer, contractor, or...
When is ""full sun"" not full sun? When you're trying to grow vegetables in Texas. Because a full day of sun here can stress all but the toughest plants. For the rest, ""full sun"" in Texas means 6 to 8 hours mostly in the morning, and shade in the afternoon. Gardening in Texas has unique challenges, but that doesn't mean you can't grow vegetables here. You just need to know what kind, when, and where. Enter Easy Gardening for Texas, which offers basic information on how to reap a bountiful ha...
The Lone Star Gardener's Book of Lists
by William D. Adams and Lois Trigg Chaplin
With more than 200 lists of plants and garden resources, this guide has the answers on what to plant where and on how to handle the toughest of Texas conditions. William D. Adams and Lois Trigg Chaplin offer numerous recommendations, noting the best growing zones and bringing together helpful hints and information from dozens of gardeners, nurseries, and horticultural professionals across the state.
The Texas Coastal Bend is an area that includes incredibly diverse ecosystems ranging from coastal to semitropical to arid, with weather conditions ranging from 100-plus degree days to hard freezes; from hurricanes to droughts. Like the early Texan settlers, the gardeners of the area have found ways to flourish despite the hard climate, building gardens of great interest and beauty that reflect a cultural makeup as diverse as the ecosystems. ""In Our Back Yards: The Gardens of the Texas Coastal...
DIY Hydroponic Garden (Hydroponics & Greenhouse Gardening, #2)
by Urban Homesteading School and John Crops
Garden Bugs & Insects of the Southwest (Adventure Quick Guides)
by Jaret C. Daniels
Get this tabbed booklet to garden insects and bugs, and learn how to identify and attract (or repel!) them. Brightly colored flowers, rich soil, and delicious nectar, the garden landscape is a bug's paradise. It attracts the ones we want to see-like bees, butterflies, and lady beetles-but also the ones we don't, such as grasshoppers, spider mites, and snails. Keep this convenient guide to garden bugs and insects close at hand. Designed for ease of use, the tabbed booklet is organized by group...
Brackenridge Park began its life as a heavily wooded, bucolic driving park at the turn of the twentieth century. Over the next 120 years it evolved into the sprawling, multifaceted jewel San Antonians enjoy today, home to the San Antonio Zoo, the state’s first public golf course, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Sunken Garden Theater, and the Witte Museum.The land that Brackenridge Park occupies, near the San Antonio River headwaters, has been reinvented many times over. People have gathered there s...
Arizona & New Mexico Getting Started Garden Guide
by Mary Irish and Judith Phillips
Celebrate Diversity Cute Cactus 8.5"x11" (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm) College Ruled Notebook
by Glittery Narwhal Notebooks
Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Southern California (Nature-Friendly Gardens)
by George Miller
Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard Visitors The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Professional nature photographer and botanist George Oxford Miller provides all the information you need in this must-have guide for Southern California....
You can have a totally edible garden in the Desert Southwest (and other similar year-round climates). Edible fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers can be as decorative in the garden as they are on the dinner table. Change your ornamental garden into a treasure for the eye, a safe environment for family and pets -- and you can eat it too!
2019-2021 Monthly Planner (2019-2021 3 Year Monthly Calendar Planner, #7)
by Nine Journal
2020-2022 Three Year Planner (2020 - 2022 Three Year Monthly Calendar Planner, #3)
by Minnie D White