From Grass to Gardens: How to Reap Bounty from a Small Yard"Inspires, sustains, surprises, and consoles."--National Geographic Traveler (for River Time) "The good stuff . . . Not only good history, but an engaging intellectual autobiography."--Sue Hubbell, New York Times Book Review (for Dangerous Birds) Janet Lembke loves to garden. But when she moved into her urban home in Virginia, she only had one-eighth of an acre to work with: a small front yard and a small backyard. How she traded a postage-stamp lawn for an edible cornucopia is what this enchanting book is all about. Lembke joyfully guides us on her gardening journey, in chapters called: "Tomato Haven" "The Grass Extermination Project" "Tools of the Trade" "How a Garden Grows" "Herbs" "Flowers" "Vegetables" "Outwitting the Gardener" "Wooing the Green Man, Courting Dame Kind" and "Garden Dreams" From Grass to Garden is chock-full of tips and advice for gardeners with tiny plots, including what plants are compatible with others; garden paths and seating; what vegetables and plants work best in front versus backyards; and more. She offers everything a hopeful gardener needs to reap bounty for the kitchen table from what was once a small, pesky lawn. |
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... vines, tilling the earth, and sowing grass seed. The price: all the soda and beer that they could drink. When I acquired the house, I had no idea when it might have been built. The courthouse had no records, nor did the private ...
... vines, tilling the earth, and sowing grass seed. The price: all the soda and beer that they could drink. When I acquired the house, I had no idea when it might have been built. The courthouse had no records, nor did the private ...
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... vines?” On either side of their lot, she and her family now have neighbors where once strawberries, watermelons, and soybeans grew. And the neighbors have put in lawns right up to the property lines. Patsy's side of the lines consisted ...
... vines?” On either side of their lot, she and her family now have neighbors where once strawberries, watermelons, and soybeans grew. And the neighbors have put in lawns right up to the property lines. Patsy's side of the lines consisted ...
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... vines being set in the earth, animals training and pasturing—and they still do. From that time on we have no longer had access to innocent leisure. In one crucial sense, though it is a sense of which Virgil would have been unaware, the ...
... vines being set in the earth, animals training and pasturing—and they still do. From that time on we have no longer had access to innocent leisure. In one crucial sense, though it is a sense of which Virgil would have been unaware, the ...
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... vines. Oh for “muscats from Rhodes, fit for gods' palates and those of men” and “native grapes with clusters big as breasts”! He gives detailed instructions on setting in the vines and training them to climb their arbors. Before living ...
... vines. Oh for “muscats from Rhodes, fit for gods' palates and those of men” and “native grapes with clusters big as breasts”! He gives detailed instructions on setting in the vines and training them to climb their arbors. Before living ...
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... vines and sticks of any size, which emerge in very much the same sassy condition as when they went in. Once, in my Carolina days, I had a bin that needed stirring; to decompose properly, the contents had to be churned with a pitchfork ...
... vines and sticks of any size, which emerge in very much the same sassy condition as when they went in. Once, in my Carolina days, I had a bin that needed stirring; to decompose properly, the contents had to be churned with a pitchfork ...
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