The subtitle of Grow Organic: Over 250 Tips and Ideas for Growing Flowers, Veggies, Lawns and More by Doug Oster and Jessica Walliser reads “for first-timers and old-timers alike,” but I think it excels at helping veteran gardeners who have been using chemical fertilizers and pesticides to make the transition to an organic approach.
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Grow Organic: Book Review
December 4th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 6 Comments
Categories: Book reviews
Keywords: flowers · fruit · herbs · jessica walliser · organic gardening · vegetables
The Complete Flower Gardener: Book Review and Contest
June 27th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 6 Comments
A Good Book for Beginners
When I was in high school, I wanted to know more about gardening than I was able to learn. My gardening grandmother lived hundreds of miles away. The library had a set of Time-Life books on gardening that made me feel I needed a greenhouse, or at least a potting shed, […]
Categories: Book reviews
Keywords: beginners · flowers · quotes
Friends with Flowers
March 13th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 5 Comments
Over twenty years ago I gave birth to my third child. Although at first he appeared fine, he developed problems and within hours was whisked across town to the nearest neonatal intensive care facility. We had just moved to a new neighborhood and were without most of the social connections that help so much at […]
Categories: Flowers on the Brain
Keywords: community effort · flowers · flower arrangements · giving back · hospice · worthy causes
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