Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Backyard

Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Backyard
Author: Sally Roth
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2001
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780875968612

Explains how to attract butterflies and hummingbirds to the backyard garden by creating an ideal habitat and provides a field guide to the sixteen hummingbird species and seventy-five common butterfly species that make North America their home.

The Wildlife Habitat Journal - Restoring and Exploring Wildlife Habitat in Your Own Back Yard - Florida Edition

The Wildlife Habitat Journal - Restoring and Exploring Wildlife Habitat in Your Own Back Yard - Florida Edition
Author: Betsy S. Franz
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2005-04
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1411632133

This informative workbook provides easy steps that every Florida homeowner can take to help restore wildlife habitat in their own backyards and a journal to record their progress. An on-line website and forum (www.habitatjournal.com) provide a means for all wildlife enthusiasts to share their experiences and to help others with what they have learned. Proceeds from the on-line purchase of this book help to support the Habitat Journal website and the Project Backyard Brevard website.

Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening

Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening
Author: Roger Holmes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2001-10-18
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 061815907X

Provides information on growing trees, perennials, annuals, grasses, herbs, and bulbs, features the basics of garden design, and talks about environmentally sound controls of pests and diseases.

Ortho's All about the Easiest Flowers to Grow

Ortho's All about the Easiest Flowers to Grow
Author: Penelope O'Sullivan
Publisher: Ortho Books
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2001
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780897214612

Provides tips on simplifying flower gardening and on using color, plans for a variety of gardens, and a gallery of easy-to-grow gardens.

Ortho's All about Attracting Birds

Ortho's All about Attracting Birds
Author: Michael D. McKinley
Publisher: Ortho Books
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2001
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780897214551

Discusses landscaping for birds and providing food, water, and housing, and offers information about the birds most likely to visit North American gardens.

Ortho's Guide to Enjoying Roses

Ortho's Guide to Enjoying Roses
Author: Ann Reilly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1994
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780897212717

For many their 40th birthday is a challenge to stay fit and attractive without succumbing to the youth craze trumpeted by the media. This work is a newly conceptualized Wellness-Training developed as a synthesis of Eastern and Western tradition from the authors' many-years experience with different health systems. Physical exercises from the areas of fitness, yoga, and qigong und creative expressive dance are combined with mental meditation and visualization techniques. This training is especially suited for women in mid-life who are a little gentler with their bodies and who want to maintain mobility and a trim figure. The exercises are easy to learn but extremely effective and allow much latitude for personal preferences. Training programmes can be individually assembled from the different training building blocks. The book takes the reader on a journey of new and creative possibilities to break with daily routine and do good for oneself.

How to Spot Butterflies

How to Spot Butterflies
Author: Patricia Sutton
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1999
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780395892756

In a recent article, the New York Times Magazine described butterfly watching as the fastest-growing segment of nature recreation. Little wonder - butterflies are beautiful, exotic, interesting, and observable by anyone, virtually anywhere, young or old, urban or rural. Consummate teachers, the Suttons use the same easy-to-understand style that has made both of their previous books in the How to Spot series bestsellers. Taking up where field guides leave off, they reveal which habitats are sure to hold large butterfly populations and which specific host plants attract butterflies. They address how to use binoculars and share the secrets of how to approach a butterfly without scaring it off. Environmentally sensitive and unobtrusive observation is emphasized, not outdated netting and collecting. Exceptional nectar sources, which are feeding grounds for vast numbers of butterflies, are described. Full-color photographs appear throughout. The Suttons' proven butterfly-watching techniques