Miranda Smith
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Planting annuals is a great way to quickly add color and texture to any garden, border, or landscape. Because annuals only last for one growing season, homeowners can change the overall look of their gardens every year. Home Gardener's Annuals shows readers how to prepare the soil, select the right plants, when and how to plant the plants, fertilize the plants, and maintain their gardens. Hundreds of step-by-step color photographs illustrate the gardening...
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Perennials are the types of plants that bloom every year, and because they know what to expect in terms of color, blooms, and textures, many gardeners use them to provide a basic structure to their gardens, borders, and the overall landscape. Home Gardener's Perennials & Bulbs provides essential information on designing gardens, improving the soil, planting, fertilizing, and maintaining perennials and bulbs. The book offers information on buying plants,...
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A comprehensive reference for growing flowers, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and more-with step-by-step instructions and over 1,000 illustrations.
Gardening: The Complete Guide lets you enjoy the process of gardening as much as the finished product. With plenty of inspirational photographs and hands-on instructional pictures, it presents the latest techniques for the twenty-first century gardener with an emphasis on time-saving, efficient practices,...
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My sister died. Her friends lied. And now I've brought them all together, I'm going to learn the truth…
My twin sister, Samantha, died a year ago.
This weekend, I'm staying in a beautiful, wood-panelled cabin in the mountains with her closest friends. There's a firepit, hiking trails through the trees. It's the perfect place for us to talk and remember her.
But I'm not here for that. I'm here to find out what happened.
I've...
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In "Rocks, Minerals, and Gems, " readers will learn about hundreds of rocks, minerals, crystals, and gems that were forged by the most powerful events in prehistory. Explore what specimens look like and how they're used today--readers can use the information to identify rocks and minerals themselves and open up a spectacular new world. Find out all about star stones and cat's eyes, megagems, and phantom quartz. Discover which rocks fluoresce, which...
7) Weather
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Introduces the concepts of weather, and provides related hands-on activities for young readers.--