Garden Hand Tools

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Long handle round point shovel. Blade measures 5″ x 4 1 2″. Stained lacquer coated handle with ergonomic grip to reduce hand stress and blisters. Convenient hang up hole…. More >>

Ames Co. SV-LR70 Earth Tools Shovel

Rebecca makes a window box herb garden for Earth Day & promotes PBS POV’s screening of Food, Inc (pbs.org

• ISBN13: 9780807085714
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Inspired by her own family’s immigrant history, Patricia Klindienst traveled the country, gathering stories of urban, suburban, and rural gardens created by people rarely presented in books about American gardens: Native Americans, immigrants from across Asia and Europe, and ethnic peoples who were here long before our national boundaries were drawn. In The Earth Knows My Name, she writes about the beautiful gardens she discovered, each one an island of hope, offering us a model—on a sustainable scale—of a truly restorative ecology.

“A moving tribute to those who keep the ancient love of the land in their hearts, and who stand up to the giants of agrobusiness in their fight to preserve their cultural heritage.” —Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace, and author of Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating

“Carefully weaving the threads of the cultures that were here before with tho… More >>

The Earth Knows My Name: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic America

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The Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book is the first to promote the benefits of both passive solar energy and earth sheltering in greenhouse design. This combination results in greenhouses which need no additional heating. The captured sun s energy and that which is stored in the earth is enough for successful year round harvest. Gone are costly heating bills. Gone is the squander of non-renewable energy resources. This is because above-ground greenhouses get natural heat at night from only one side, the floor. They lose heat from the other five sides. The properly designed earth-sheltered greenhouse is naturally warmed at night — and in the winter — from five sides and loses heat from only one. The ratio is exactly reversed. This book has it all. It takes you step by step through the construction of an inexpensive greenhouse which may be built with either newly purchased or salvaged building materials for pennies on the dollar. It explains the aut… More >>

The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book

• ISBN13: 9780963281432
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Microfarms—or small acreage farms—are gaining popularity across the country for their astoundingly high yields and great tasting produce, as well as their profitability. This handbook reveals the secrets of successful micro eco-farming and explains what eco-farmers need to know to start their own small agribusiness. Questions such as What can be grown? How do farmers reach their markets? and What sustainable production methods can be used? are answered in detail and supported be hundreds of real-life examples. A variety of unusual uses for crops are also provided, including producing organic spa products, building an urban greenhouse, creating a heritage rose farm, or cultivating a connoisseur apple orchard. Ecologists, amateur gardeners, farmers, and those interested in sustainable living will enjoy this in-depth look at the spiritually and financially rewarding aspects of this new field.
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Micro Eco-Farming: Prospering from Backyard to Small Acreage in Partnership with the Earth

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Solid steel earth auger bit with shock absorb spring and mounting hardware included. No. EA8F: 8″ diameter bit No. EA10F: 10″ diameter bit… More >>

Ardisam Inc EA10F Earth Auger Replacement Bit