Creating a Country Garden

Storey's Basic Country Skills : A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance Step-by-step, illustrated instructions for every aspect of country living, including vegetable, flower and herb gardening, building and maintaining barns, sheds, and outbuildings, and caring for common farm animals and pets. Noah's Garden : Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards A former old-style suburban gardener, Sara Stein writes convincingly of the ecological history of suburbia and the necessity of good stewardship of the land stolen from prairies and forests to make our back yards. It will change your perspective, forever. Paradise by Design : Native Plants and the New American Landscape A series of provocative essays on the moral issues of garden design. The Wild Lawn Handbook : Alternatives to the Traditional Front Lawn A primer for gardeners who want to reduce or stop using chemical fertilizers and pesticides, conserve water, or turn their yards into a collection of plants that attracts birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. Second Nature : A Gardener's Education The author bought an old Connecticut dairy farm, planted a garden and adopted Thoreau's viewpoint: Do not impose your will upon the wilderness, the woodchucks or the weeds. Butterfly Gardening : Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden Everything the gardener needs to know to create intricate, small-scale ecosystems in an urban or suburban setting that can substitute for the rapidly vanishing habitats that are essential to the survival of butterflies. Great Garden Companions : A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden An A-Z growing guide for more than 30 vegetables, dozens of garden-tested companion planting recommendations, and a table of helpful insects. 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips : Timeless Bits of Wisdom on How to Grow Everything Organically, from the Good Old Days When Everyone Did An incredible selection of advice from successful 17th-, 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century gardeners on everything from how to read weather signs to how to improve soil quality, plus recipes for tasty dishes, drinks, and herbal seasonings. The Lavender Garden : Beautiful Varieties to Grow and Gather If you consider yourself a lavender lover, this book is for you, with instructions on growing, maintaining, harvesting, and drying this alluring plant.

Maureen Harmonay, CRS, GRI, ABR
Licensed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Your Country Property Specialist

RE/MAX Traditions

1084 Main Street
Bolton, MA 01740
MHarmonay@YourCountry-Home.com
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