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Category Archives: Master Gardeners Bookshelf
The Master Gardeners’ Bookshelf: The Indestructible Houseplant
If National House Plant Appreciation Day (Jan. 10) got you thinking about getting a house plant for the first time or if you are looking for easy-to-grow house plants to expand your existing collection, The Indestructible House Plant: 200 Beautiful Plants that Everyone Can Grow by Tovah Martin is a great resource. Continue reading
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Tagged house plant, Indestructible House Plant, Tovah Martin
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Master Gardener Bookshelf: The Earth in Her Hands
Jennifer Jewell’s The Earth in Her Hands—75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants profiles 75 women in eight countries who are changing what we know about, and how we interact with, plants in everyday life. Jewell’s goal was to highlight the diversity of women working with plants, and the many ways they do so, and she succeeds admirably. Continue reading
Posted in Master Gardeners Bookshelf, Public Education
Tagged gardening under lights, Indoor gardening
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Master Gardener’s Bookshelf: HomeGrown Pantry
Homegrown Pantry is a guide to planning, growing, and preserving vegetables, fruits, and herbs, with the goal of eating from your garden throughout the year. You will enjoy browsing through the pages and admire the beautiful photos, in addition to benefitting from all the excellent advice. Continue reading
Posted in Master Gardeners Bookshelf, Organic Vegetable
Tagged Food preservation, fruit, vegetables
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Master Gardener’s Bookshelf: Nature’s Best Hope: Lessons for a Master Gardener
Our book reviewer, Susan Wilhelm, shares how reading Doug Tallamy’s most recent book, Nature’s Best Hope, has impacted how she gardens. Continue reading
Posted in Master Gardeners Bookshelf, Native Plants
Tagged Asclepias tuberosa, blazing star, Butterfly Weed, Doug Tallamy, fall blooming native asters, Gayfeather, goldenrod, liatris spicata, Nature's Best Hope, Solidago, Symphyotrichum spp.
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