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| Author | : Jennifer Bennett |
| Publisher | : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Drought-tolerant plants |
| ISBN | : 9781554070312 |
An essential reference to gardening in hot and cold dry climates. Gardening where summers are hot and prone to periods of drought, or where winters are snowy one week and freezing rain the next, is best managed by xeriscaping -- dryland gardening techniques that favor not only water conservation but also the conservation of time, energy and other resources. Xeriscaping enthusiasts exist throughout North America wherever the climate calls for dryland gardening, from the Great Plains prairies to the California desert. Dryland Gardening explains time-tested strategies: Coping with limited access to water Dealing with invasive plants Dealing with trees under stress Nurturing groundcovers and grasses Starting bulbs, perennials and vines Growing vegetables, herbs and annuals. This book includes both practical advice for dry-climate gardeners as well as an extensive planting list for grasses and groundcovers, bulbs, perennials and vines, vegetables and annuals, herbs, roses and shrubs. Each plant entry provides: Common and botanical names Detailed descriptions Planting instructions, care and maintenance. Dryland Gardening celebrates a resilient garden with a beauty that requires fewer resources and less time. AUTHOR: Jennifer Bennett is the author of several books, including Lilacs for the Garden, and writes for gardening magazines. ILLUSTRATIONS: 100 colour photographs
| Author | : Robert Nold |
| Publisher | : Timber Press |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2008-01-01 |
| Genre | : Gardening |
| ISBN | : 0881928720 |
Leavened with humor and rueful wisdom, Nold's pithy descriptions zero in on each plant's outstanding ornamental characteristics while giving the reader an accurate idea of what to expect from the plant's performance in the garden." "Although Nold addresses himself primarily to western gardeners, anyone with an interest in hardy, drought-tolerant plants will find in these pages an abundance of tempting possibilities with which to experiment."--BOOK JACKET.
| Author | : David A. Cleveland |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 412 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Maureen Gilmer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Desert gardening |
| ISBN | : 9780932653895 |
This book blends numerous areas of interest: First is the basic how-to of desert gardening: heat, soils, water and wind. Second is the exploration of Palm Springs architecture from Spanish to Mid-century modern and how outdoor gardens are made to work with these styles. Third is a detailed presentation of the plants that will thrive here under ordinary care, and are naturally adapted to the dry climates of Australia, Mexico, Africa and South America. Rather than group plants by trees, shrubs, and perennials as most books are laid out, Palm Springs Gardening organizes plants according to their botanical associations and their aesthetic ones¿so readers go straight to the kinds of plants they find most appealing. The author also considers the aesthetic vernacular of local architecture and the plants that are best used with each one. Beautiful locations throughout the region offer a great deal of diversity, so that the book covers the full range of interests. They include public places with garden interest, like Moorten Botanical Gardens and The Living Desert.
| Author | : Sara Jaffe |
| Publisher | : Tin House Books |
| Total Pages | : 126 |
| Release | : 2015-09-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1941040144 |
Sara Jaffe's engrossing debut novel, Dryland, is a smart coming-of-age novel that charts the murky waters of adolescence. Anything can happen when Julie hits the water. It’s 1992, and the world is caught up in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Balkan Wars, but for Julie Winter, 15, the news is noise. In Portland, Oregon, Julie moves through her days in a series of negatives: the skaters she doesn’t think are cute, the Guatemalan backpack she doesn’t buy at the craft fair, the umbrella she refuses to carry despite the incessant rain. Her family life is routine and restrained, and no one talks about Julie’s older brother, a one-time Olympic hopeful swimmer who now lives in self-imposed exile in Berlin. Julie has never considered swimming herself, until Alexis, the swim team captain, tries to recruit her. It's a dare, and a flirtation—and a chance for Julie to find her brother, or to finally let him go.
| Author | : Lynne Chatterton |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 1996-02-22 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9780521331418 |
Sheep and wheat are the staples of dryland farms in the Mediterranean zone of the Northern Hemisphere. The commonly used dryland farming system introduced in the 1950s, however, is proving unsustainable. What is needed is an alternative system that is both environmentally sustainable and within the means of most farmers in the region. This book analyzes the quagmire of development on dryland farms to try to find some answers to these issues for scientists in agriculture and economics.
| Author | : Thomas K. Killand |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 16 |
| Release | : 1926 |
| Genre | : Agriculture |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Henry Gilbert |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Arid regions agriculture |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Richard Stirzaker |
| Publisher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2010-01-27 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0643102035 |
Out of the Scientist's Garden is written for anyone who wants to understand food and water a little better - for those growing vegetables in a garden, food in a subsistence plot or crops on vast irrigated plains. It is also for anyone who has never grown anything before but has wondered how we will feed a growing population in a world of shrinking resources. Although a practicing scientist in the field of water and agriculture, the author has written, in story form accessible to a wide audience, about the drama of how the world feeds itself. The book starts in his own fruit and vegetable garden, exploring the 'how and why' questions about the way things grow, before moving on to stories about soil, rivers, aquifers and irrigation. The book closes with a brief history of agriculture, how the world feeds itself today and how to think through some of the big conundrums of modern food production.
| Author | : M.K. Jatav |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 549 |
| Release | : 2021-11-25 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1000506533 |
Sustainable livelihood security of resource poor farmers is the top priority for the nation today. However, there is wide gap in productivity of various horticultural commodities among different eco-regions, where horticulture can play significant role particularly in arid and semi arid regions, it is far below than the potential productivity. Hence, sustained and steady growth in rural income is critical for positive impact on living standard of various stakeholders. Therefore, an appropriate strategy needs to be devised for such climatically vulnerable regions. The net income of farmers can surely be increased by efficient management of nutrient, water and agri-input, integrated horticulture based farming system, better market price realization, post harvest management and value addition, integration of secondary enterprises and thereby improving productivity of arid and semi-arid horticultural crops. In this book, several such interventions are given in the form of various chapters which will be of immense use improving the productivity and profitability of horticultural commodities. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.
