Bøker av Barbara Pleasant

"Detailed planting and care designs for 24 beginner-friendly gardens, from what to buy, where and when to plant, and how to care for each vegetable"--

Become a Skilled Doctor of Plant Care! This easy-to-use reference fully explains more than 50 of the most common plant diseases -- where they occur, what they look like, what to do about them, and the long-term prognosis for the affected plants. Most important, gardening expert Barbara Pleasant recommends proven organic methods for controlling each disease.The Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases features:-- Informal encyclopedia style, making information and answers very easy to find.-- Illustrations that show the techniques for distinguishing between look-alike symptoms of different diseases.-- Cross-referenced list of common vegetables and fruits and the diseases most apt to affect them.-- Loads of facts on symptoms and tips for detecting diseases (including those diseases that are often too small to see).-- Simple, inexpensive organic treatments to halt the spread of each disease and prevent its recurrence.

While Vanna’s guests were on the beach watching the Fourth of July fireworks, Austin stood hiding in the woods behind thick bushes, watching and waiting for his chance to grab Vanna.Austin whispered to himself. “Come this way. That’s right, just a little closer. Come on, just a little closer ... closer. Come into my web said the spider to the fly,” he chanted. “Soon you’ll be all mine, my pet. You and everything Fallon gave you. That’ll teach that thief not to steal my woman.”Quickly Austin saw his chance and moved forward. In a flash he captured Vanna from behind, slapping a chloroform-soaked rag over her nose and mouth. He began to drag her backwards into the woods. Only her heels dragging on the ground left two lines in the sand that pointed the direction her kidnapper had taken her.This exciting novel is the second book in the thrilling Stargazer sci-fi series.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/BarbaraEPleasant 

Now that you've mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up where beginning gardening books leave off, with in-depth profiles of the 55 most popular crops including beans, beets, squash, tomatoes, and much more -- to keep your pantry stocked throughout the year.

Offers the principles for improving gardens. This book helps the readers to learn how to: choose labour-saving sites; work with the compostable riches produced at home; help composting critters do their work by balancing ingredients; reuse recycling bin items; keep diversity in the mix; and, customize composting to suit specific garden needs.