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Dave\'s Garden Book Review: The Edible front Yard
From window box herb gardens to the radical transformation of an entire lawn, there is something for everyone. Any gardener is capable of incorporating edibles into their landscape.
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: A Pocket Guide to Plants & Gardening
Detailed illustrations and clear explanations offer readers a view of what happens inside the stem of a plant and even the chemistry of why leaves turn colors in the fall.This is a compact little book of only 125 pages; however, Elizabeth Mccorquodale...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: The Best Vegetable Recipes
Summertime means vegetables and with the abundance of fresh offerings from the garden and farmer's markets, it is time to expand our horizons. Instead of serving yet another basket of fried potatoes, explore the lovely colors and textures available during...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: The Complete Book of Gourd Craft
We hope this spotlight on some of our members' favorites is a nice change of pace for your Saturday morning. Techniques for attaching handles, hinges and embellishments are easy to understand and even a beginner can follow them without much effort.
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: A Rose by Any Name
Over the centuries, roses have been used in medicine, perfumes and to flavor confections with varying degrees of success. Some of the medications were quite bizarre and most of the time the other ingredients, such as laudanum (an opiate) was the actual...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: Plants of Colonial Williamsburg
It is compact, well-written and easy to understand. The historical information is useful to anyone interested in the origins of plants.During the colonial period, huge numbers of plants were exchanged between England and the New World.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Dave\'s Garden Book Review
We hope this spotlight on some of our members' favorites is a nice change of pace for your Saturday morning. Proud British Sheddists show off their individuality and their sheds are singular examples of human creativity.
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: Rabbit Hill
What if they had dogs?...or worst of all...BOYS!Most were hopeful that they would be Planting Folks and wistfully remembered days with peavine soup with radishes, cabbage and corn.
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: Appalachian Basketmaking
Each family or clan had their own signature style and being familiar with these, helps historians determine the location where the basket was made and sometimes its approximate age.If you are a basket maker, the diagrams and illustrations will be valuable...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: The Complete Herb Book
Propagation techniques, maintenance, harvesting, pests and diseases, along with suggested companion plantings are helpful and easy to understand. If a plant has uses other than culinary or medicinal, those are listed.This book also has a whole section...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: How to Know the Ferns
It is a treasure and keepsake that has moved with me wherever I would go and it represents the tangible moment when I fell in love with learning all there was to know about the world I lived in.
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: Pomegranate Roads
The Eden at Garrigala was forbidden and Dr. Levin had immigrated to Israel.Despair faded to a bittersweet ache as Dr. Makmud Isar, the current station director arrived. With the help of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, Barbara finally located Dr. Levin...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: The Joy of Foraging
The book describes look-alikes and cautions on potential toxicity and describes the symptoms of ingesting each harmful plant.The identification key is divided into sections for nuts, fruits and greens with each plant tagged with its scientific name and...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden
These unique and diverse tomatoes are just a small percentage of what is available to the gardener who wants to grow something a bit out of the ordinary.The book gives a good overview on sowing seeds, raising the plants, saving seeds, recognizing and...
California
El Segundo
Why Choose a Locally Owned Nursery to Buy Your Plants?
This was not shopping; this was a grand adventure into the life and spirit of gardening. Once you get home, you will be so pleased with the plants you purchase because someone took the time to help you, guide you and make you feel like a member of the...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: The Garden Club of America
Roland Tileston of the Diggers Club in Pasadena, CA upon visiting the GCA Redwood Grove during the war sums up how many of us feel about what we do:I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am quite pleased to have it in my library.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Dave\'s Garden Book Review
Gardeners love books, as the number of titles devoted to the subject attest. Color plates with adults, nymphs and eggs give the reader an excellent understanding of each life cycle.
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: Pine Needle Basketry
I enjoyed seeing the outstanding photography and am anxious to get started making my own baskets! Over forty basket patterns, with images are listed and she even lists materials needed and the page numbers where the particular techniques for that basket...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: The Market Gardener
Jean-Martin Fortier gives hope to the small farm movement, proving that it is a viable alternative to big-agribusiness. He gives a wonderful account of his family's experience in creating a profitable and sustaining micro-farm and shows us how to do so...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: 20,000 Secrets of Tea
We hope this spotlight on some of our members' favorites is a nice change of pace for your Saturday morning. Any potential problems or reactions are listed and caution is urged when using a number of herbs.
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: Tough Plants for Southern Gardens
I give it two ‘green thumbs up'. It would make a great gift for a beginning gardener or one who was downsizing the amount of work they had to put into their property. They are generally tried and true plants of our mothers and grandmothers; because...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: The Insect Wonderland
Suitable for inquisitive toddlers, or young readers anxious to read books on their own, this exquisite book is rich with information tailored to youngsters.I do not normally use actual parts of the book in my reviews, but the family has graciously permitted...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: Vegetables
It is such a complete list that it even tells the cook what percentage of the vegetable is lost to peeling or trimming. Vegetables that were virtually unknown just a few years ago are now popping up in farmer's markets and on supermarket shelves.
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: The Busy Person\'s Guide to Preserving Food
Long summer evenings spent breaking beans or shelling peas are outdated.The Busy Person's Guide to Preserving Food is a great little helper for modern families. A great tip that most of us can make use of is freezing your herbs in ice cube trays with...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: A Guide to the Smithsonian Gardens
Many gardeners will take away tips and ideas to incorporate in their own grounds.There is a garden for everyone's taste. The Folger Rose Garden is a riot of color and fragrance. The various museums and landmarks are highlighted, as well as the locations...
California
El Segundo
Dave\'s Garden Book Review: America\'s Romance with the English Garden
Have you ever wondered where the traditional front lawn originated and why it seems that for the last 150 years everyone seems to want one? What about the groomed, park-like cemeteries where benches and beautiful landscaping is the norm?
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Dave\'s Garden Book Review
Gardeners throughout North American and beyond will find it indispensible. Toxic properties affecting humans or livestock are noted and if none is known, that is mentioned too.I appreciate the sections on sedges and grasses.
California
El Segundo