Barbara Pleasant

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1) Starter vegetable gardens: 24 no-fail plans for small organic gardens

Author

Pleasant, Barbara

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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"Healthy gardens bursting with delicious organic vegetables are within everyone's reach, even if you have never opened a seed packet or staked a tomato. Barbara Pleasant's easy-to-follow garden plans include precise instructions on what to buy, where to plant, and how to care for your favorite vegetables."--Cover, p. 4.

2) The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other amazing techniques for saving time and money, and producing the most flavorful, nutritous vegetables ever

Author

Pleasant, Barbara

Publisher

Storey Publishing, LLC

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

1 online resource (320 p.)

Language

English

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"Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin turn the compost bin upside down with their liberating system of keeping compost heaps right in the garden, rather than in some dark corner behind the garage. The compost and the plants live together from the beginning in a nourishing, organic environment. The authors' bountiful, compost-rich gardens require less digging, weeding, mulching, and even less planting. And here's one of the best parts no more backbreaking...

3) The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual: Essential Gardening Know-how for Keeping (Not Killing!) More Than 160 Indoor Plants

Author

Pleasant, Barbara

Publisher

Storey Publishing, LLC

Pub. Date

2012

Physical Desc

1 online resource (384 p.)

Language

English

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"Welcome to a whole new world of houseplants! The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual provides practical, hands-on advice for how to care for 160 beautiful houseplants, including many new selections that have become available in the last ten years. Pleasant offers basic information on how to identify plants, as well as where to place them and how to keep them healthy. In-depth plant profiles provide guidelines so that you can quickly identify the...

4) Controlling Garden Weeds: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-171

Author

Pleasant, Barbara

Publisher

Storey Publishing, LLC

Pub. Date

1997

Physical Desc

1 online resource (32 p.)

Language

English

Description

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"Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life."--

5) Garden stone: creative ideas and practical projects, and inspiration for purely decorative uses

Author

Pleasant, Barbara

Publisher

Storey Books

Pub. Date

c2002

Physical Desc

239 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.

Language

English

6) The complete compost gardening guide: banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other amazing techniques for saving time and money, and producing the most flavorful, nutritious vegetables ever

Author

Pleasant, Barbara

Publisher

Storey Pub

Pub. Date

c2008

Physical Desc

319 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Explains how to transform one's garden into a nourishing, organic environment with the use of compost customized to the special needs and soil of each garden.