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Growing plants and flowers : all the know-how you need to plant and tend outdoor areas using eco-friendly methods / by McManus, Sean,author.; McManus, Allison,author,photographer.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.There are no stupid questions here. Everyone has to start somewhere, after all. In The First-Time Gardener's Guide to Growing Plants and Flowers, Sean and Allison McManus, the gardening pros behind the popular website and podcast Spoken Garden, answer all of your questions and more. Caring for outdoor plantings can be intimidating, especially if the process is completely new to you. Before running to the hardware store to stock up on plastic bags of mulch and tools you don't really need, arm yourself with the know-how to plant and tend outdoor areas correctly and safely. Doing so saves you time, money, and energy--and helps make the process a whole lot more fun. With help from this easy-to-follow beginner gardening guide, you'll learn: Tips for selecting the best plants and flowers for your growing conditions; The best planting techniques for different types of plants; How to mulch trees, shrubs, and garden beds correctly; Pruning dos and don'ts for common garden plants; Ways to keep weeds out of outdoor areas--without using synthetic herbicides; How to recognize and manage different pests and diseases naturally; Insider tips on everything from the difference between annuals and perennials to choosing the best organic fertilizer. Plus, you'll find time-management advice and tips for effective, resource-conscious gardening. You will close the book not only knowing how to care for your home's outdoor plantings using earth-friendly methods, but also knowing the satisfaction of a beautiful, all-natural landscape. This book is part of The First-Time Gardener's Guides series from Cool Springs Press, which also includes The First-Time Gardener's Guide to Growing Vegetables. Each book in The First-Time Gardener's Guides series is aimed at beginner gardeners and offers clear, fact-based information that's presented in a friendly and accessible way, including step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations throughout.
Subjects: Flower gardening.; Gardening; Gardens; Organic gardening.;
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102 camp songs [sound recording (CD)].
Vol. 1 - Camp spaghetti -- Soap and towel -- Be kind to your web footed friends -- This old man -- We're here because we're here -- Apples and bananas -- Oh, you can't get to heaven -- On top of my pizza -- The worm song -- Little black things -- Ta ra ra boom de ay -- Three cheers for the bus driver -- There was a little rooster -- An annoying song -- Polly Wolly Doodle -- Take me out of this camp, please -- Black socks -- My Bonnie lies over the ocean -- Reuben, Reuben I've been thinking -- Rise and shine -- Everywhere we go -- We're five miles from camp -- La cucaracha -- One hundred bottles of pop -- Oats, peas, beans and barley grow -- Mary had a swarm of bees -- I've been working on the railroad -- It's raining, it's pouring -- If you're happy and you know it -- Michael, row the boat ashore -- Head, shoulders, knees and toes -- Kum ba yah -- The old Chevrolet -- Oh, playmate, come out and play with me. Vol. 2 - I'm a nut -- Glub, glub, glub your boat -- Squirty orange -- Greasy grimy gopher guts -- I met a bear -- Ravioli -- Little bugs -- Nobody likes me, everybody hates me -- On top of my headache -- Swing low sweet chariot -- Switch -- It ain't gonna rain no more -- Two little fleas -- Shenandoah -- Have you ever seen? -- I went to Cincinnati -- Chicken sandwich -- Oh my monster, Frankenstein -- Onward, Christian bedbugs -- Take it out, remove it -- Miss Polly had a dolly -- The ants came marching -- The green grass grows all around -- Down by the bay -- Peace like a river -- The bear went over the mountain -- She'll be coming around the mountain -- Itsy bitsy's birthday -- Announcements -- Sweet Betsey from Pike -- Johnny had a head like a ping pong ball -- The littlest worm -- The cat came back -- Yuck! cats!. Vol. 3 - Elbows off the table -- I had a cat -- Do your ears hang low? -- A sailor went to sea -- O Tom the toad -- Greeting song -- Row, row, row your boat -- Home on the range -- A peanut sat on a railroad track -- Bug juice -- The animal fair -- Monkey see and monkey do -- Yon Yonson -- There's a hole in the bucket -- The preposition song -- Reuben and Rachel -- I eat my peas with honey -- The more we get together -- SMILE -- No L -- Oh, Susanna -- The baby bumblebee -- Father Abraham -- Road kill stew -- Bring back my neighbours to me -- Biblical baseball game -- Michael Finnegan -- Clementine -- Nero, my dog, has fleas -- The baby prune -- How much wood -- Sally the camel -- Soup, soup -- I'm a little piece of tin
Subjects: Children's song;
© p2004., Twin Sisters,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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