A comprehensive guide to outdoor flower gardening outlines thirty-five detailed gardening projects and provides A-to-Z listings for 477 plants, suggestions for plants that can be cultivated in a variety of environments, money-saving tips, and seasonal recommendations. 17,500 first printing.

Flower Gardening

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bawden-Davis, Julie

Gardening & Landscape Design

Readers' Digest

Want to grow tasty strawberries year-round in Southern California or indoors? With more than 5,000 copies sold, this second edition of, The Strawberry Story: How to Grow Great Berries Year-Round in Southern California, shows novice and pro gardeners alike how to grow sweet, juicy strawberries throughout the year in Southern California. Learn the best types for growing in the Southland, how to create the perfect environment and how to plant, care for and propagate these tasty fruits. A chapter is dedicated to battling pests and diseases. You'll also learn the best ways to harvest and store strawberries, and recipes give you a delicious way to enjoy the fruits of your labor.Says Curtis Gaines, UC Davis Innovation Access - Strawberry Field Representative about the book: From my perspective working with California commercial strawberry growers and nurseries, this book is a great resource for the home gardener. The Strawberry Story is a beautiful and simple book that will show Southern California sun-loving gardeners how to grow, harvest and preserve healthy and tasty berries.

The Strawberry Story: How to grow great berries year-round in Southern California

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking by Ingredient

Garden Guides Press

Born in Vietnam, Bon Trong—meaning “born to be strong”—was only ten months old when he was left with his grandmother in China in place of his father to fulfill an ancient Chinese tradition that required a male heir to see his parent off to the next life. Little did anyone know that soon thereafter, the Communist Party under Mao Zedong would overtake China, and change life as they knew it forever. For sixteen years, Bon Trong suffered abuse and terror from the Communist rule and narrowly escaped death from starvation during Mao’s disastrous Great Famine. In a small storeroom with his beloved aunt and older cousin, Bon Trong learned the meaning of love and family in the harshest of circumstances. But his destiny was not in China. When Bon Trong was sixteen, his father managed to get him out from under the Communists in China. He escaped to Hong Kong, where he was welcomed by an uncle and aunt but was distressed by the shock of the new culture and his heart-wrenching separation from his aunt. However, he was determined to win approval from his parents, from his family, but most of all, from himself. As fate would have it, a brother living in Australia paved the way for him to find his future there. Excited by the Western culture and kindness of the people, he finally experienced freedom for the first time in his life. Paul, as he was now known, chose the path of healing early on when he decided to become a doctor. He came to realize how much he loved medicine, and it became clear his calling was to heal people. Dr. Lam was far from well, however, as he suffered many debilitating effects from the years of starvation and malnutrition in his childhood. He began studying tai chi with his father-in-law hoping to ease his painful arthritis. Moved by the art and the movements that began to improve his health and spirit, Dr. Lam became an avid learner and expert in tai chi. Feeling he could help others through tai chi, he started workshops to teach those who wanted to learn, and also instructed others how to teach the methods he had developed. From workshops to lectures to creating DVDs to writing books, Dr. Paul Lam has dedicated his life to spreading the health benefits of tai chi around the world. He has changed the lives of millions of people who seek to connect their mind, body, and spirit through tai chi, fulfilling his destiny to become a true healer. Born Strong is a story of survival, persistence, and love. Reviews Born Strong is the story of a man who rose above the chasm of death and impossible odds to turn the centuries-old, esoteric Oriental art of Tai Chi into a Western-science-and-medicine-based system of healthcare that has deeply touched the lives of millions. It is a fable of humility, struggle, and heartbreak, but above all, of selfless sacrifice, unconditional love, staunch courage, and unwavering tenacity. An inspirational read . . ." Andy Choo, PhD, FAA. Professor of biomedical genetics, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science; Tai Chi teacher and researcher "An inspiring and engaging personal story of healing and Tai Chi, written by a physician and Tai Chi master leading the integration of Tai Chi into healthcare worldwide." Peter Wayne, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and author of The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi

Born Strong: From Surviving the Great Famine to Teaching Tai Chi to Millions

Biographies & Memoirs

Lam, Dr. Paul

Community & Culture

Tai Chi Productions

Raised in the Canal Zone, Panama, Jesse McMillan never planned on leaving the tropical paradise. But signing of the Torrijos–Carter Treaties in 1977 catapulted him from the American territory to California, where he became an investigative reporter. Exposing a Southern California crack cocaine epidemic in 1989, Jesse finds himself enmeshed with an elusive Mexican mafia drug cartel figure. Panama also makes news when the US upends the country hunting down its military dictator, Manuel Noriega, for drug trafficking. Shaking up Jesse’s world in a welcome way and making sparks fly, he reunites with Clare, a girlfriend from the Canal Zone. As Jesse’s romance heats up and he continues his increasingly dangerous investigations, a disturbing and potentially deadly connection between his childhood home in Panama and the Mexican mafia emerges. Jesse races to expose truths, uncovering shocking secrets about Canal Zone friends. In the process, he makes peace with leaving Panama.

Leaving Panama's Paradise: A Journey From the Canal Zone to California (Discovered Truth Series)

Romance

Romantic Suspense

Roses Are Red Publishing

Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just beginning, these divinely inspired, channeled writing tips from some of the world’s most accomplished authors are sure to inspire. From their unique vantage point speaking from the Light, hear from 111 well-known authors, poets, and playwrights. Read tips for improving your writing and accessing your muse from literary greats such as Shakespeare, Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Émile Zola, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, George Bernard Shaw, and L. Frank Baum (author of the Wizard of Oz). More current literary masters include Jacqueline Susann, Anaïs Nin, Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike, Maeve Binchy, and Maya Angelou.

Channeled Writing Tips from 111 Literary Masters (The Channeled Masters Series)

Self-Help

Creativity

This new addition to the Black &amp; Decker Outdoor Home series helps readers bring all the benefits of outdoor gardening to the interior of their homes. In addition to bringing natural garden beauty to the indoor decor, houseplants are now known to be an important component of indoor air quality, especially in homes that are tightly sealed against outside air. Many plants filter out toxins and convert carbon dioxide to oxygen. 
Indoor gardening has its own particular challenges, and this book addresses them all, including: controlling pests and diseases in a confined environment; providing supplemental lighting where natural sunlight is limited; and propagating difficult species. 
Like other volumes in this series, Houseplants features the most up-to-date information available, including latest developments in potting soil compositions, water retaining polymers, pest and disease control. The plant encyclopedia is the most comprehensive listing of popular indoor species and includes not only flowers and foliage plants, but also ornamental grasses and dwarf trees.

Houseplants and Indoor Gardening (Black & Decker Outdoor Home Series)

Davis, Julie B.

Creative Pub Intl

Enter a magical, miniature, enchanted fairy land of your own creation!Fairy gardens are enjoying an astonishing surge in popularity and now you can begin making your own enchanting miniature landscapes, complete with pint-sized accessories, diminutive plants, and quaint fairy figures. Gardeners Julie Bawden-Davis and Beverly Turner provide you with step-by-step instructions for creating a magical garden that will attract Thumbelina herself! Learn how to design, plant, accessorize, and care for your very own small corner of the world by following seven simple steps, including choosing the perfect container, planting luxurious pint-sized plants, decorating with properly scaled accessories, and telling a story through the delicate fairies you choose to inhabit your magical wonderland. Included are full-color photographs showcasing various types of fairy gardens and accessories, which are sure to inspire the designer in you! And best of all, these perennial gardens are perfect for the busy gardener, as they require less than ten minutes per week to maintainâ€”this could be your new favorite hobby! For the inner child in us all, Fairy Gardening is sure to enchant both the novice and the experienced gardener who wishes to stir up Lilliputian flights of fancy. 75 color photographs

Fairy Gardening: Creating Your Own Magical Miniature Garden

Turner, Beverly

Crafts & Hobbies

Skyhorse Publishing

Review\n"Finally, expert guidance for Southern California vegetable gardeners! This definitive book covers all you need to know to succeed growing veggies in SoCal." -Cindy McNatt, former garden editor, The Orange County Register\nLearn to grow tasty, organic vegetables year-round in Southern California. 
Written specifically for the SoCal gardener, this comprehensive guide features growing tips for more than 40 vegetables, as well as chapters on soil health, composting, seed raising, pests and diseases, fertilizing, and tips for gardening with kids. 
SoCal has one of the best climates in the world for growing produce throughout every season. Featuring beautiful, full-color illustrations and photographs, this comprehensive guide answers all your questions about growing a bountiful vegetable harvest every month of the year. 
Each 2-page vegetable spread explains exactly what to do in terms of planting location, soil, fertilizing, watering, and more. Also learn about the nutrition packed into each veggie, and enjoy tasty recipes using your harvest.\nFrom the Author\nHello Garden Peep! Southern California has one of the best gardening paradises in the world. My mission is to show you how easy (and tasty) it is to enjoy your own garden oasis in SoCal. Join the Garden Peeps newsletter by copying and pasting this link into a new window: bit.ly/2TplYlA You'll get a copy of the SoCal Year-Round Gardening Guide that tells you what to plant when.

Southern California Vegetable Gardening (SoCal Year-Round Gardening Series)

Wildermuth, Sabrina

Learn to grow tasty, organic fruits year-round in Southern California. 
Written specifically for the SoCal gardener, this comprehensive book features growing instructions for more than 40 semi-tropical, tropical, and deciduous fruits and nuts. SoCal is a mecca for growing and harvesting tasty organic fruits like bananas, papayas, peaches, macadamia nuts, mangos, kiwis, mulberries, and more. 
Featuring beautiful, full-color illustrations and photographs, this definitive book answers all your questions about growing and enjoying a bountiful fruit harvest every month of the year. 
Each 2-page fruit spread explains exactly what to do in terms of soil preparation, planting, pruning, thinning, fertilizing, watering, and controlling pests and diseases. Discover how to graft fruit trees, and find out what fruiting plants can be grown in containers and raised beds. Also learn about the nutrition packed into each fruit, and enjoy tasty recipes using your bountiful harvest.

Southern California Fruit Gardening (SoCal Year-Round Gardening Series)

They have loved each other...over many lifetimes.When Sophia Strand is in college studying to be a therapist, she meets handsome physics professor Phillip Farrow. One look at Phillip and Sophia is struck by how hauntingly familiar he seems. She soon comes to understand at a deep level what her intuitive Greek grandmother has always told her. There will be significant people in her lifetime she has known before.But soon after Sophia and Phillip reunite in this lifetime, he must leave her. What will happen to the soul mates, whose love has spanned centuries?Start reading now and watch romance kindled and sparks fly as Sophia's and Phillip's fates collide with their destinies.

Suspended - the Beginning (The Past Life Prism Series Time Travel Romance)

Time Travel

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