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Home landscaping with foodbearing plants and resourcesaving techniques by rosalind creasy 1982, hardcover. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Jun 27, 2012 the complete book of edible landscaping was revised in 2011 and is now called simply edible landscaping. An outstanding feature is the 160 page encyclopedia of ediblesa book in itselfwhich alphabetically lists more than 120 edible species, with detailed horticultural information, landscaping and culinary uses, seed sources, and recipes. Read an excerpt of the beautiful edible garden, a stylish, beautifully photographed guide to artfully incorporating organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs into an.
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This comprehensive, featurepacked book shows how you can create more beauty around your home, grow delicious healthful produce, and save money and natural resources all at the same timeby landscaping with edible plants. Rosalind creasy is a landscape designer, garden writer and photographer, and leading authority on edible landscaping. Ros coined the nowubiquitous term edible landscaping in 1982 when she published her first book on the subject. The complete book of edible landscaping by rosalind. To complete the design, the antique birdbath adds a focal point that stops the eye. It includes a 160page encyclopedia of edibles with detailed horticultural information, landscaping and culinary uses, seed sources, and recipes, as well as an abundance of howto illustrations and landscape diagrams. These edible landscaping ideas will help you plan, design, and create your perfect edible garden. Designing and maintaining your edible landscape naturally by robert kourik metamorphic press. Edible landscaping is the practical integration of food plants within an ornamental or decorative setting.
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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the edible flower garden. After telling the story of how she ripped out her sterile front lawn and replaced it with a glorious and everchanging landscape of edibles, creasy guides readers through a short course in landscaping, followed by a complete encyclopedia of edible plants, from almonds to yams. Home landscaping with foodbearing plants and resourcesaving techniques by rosalind creasy and sierra club books staff 1982, trade paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Creasy begins by sharing her story of having too shady a backyard to grow a vegetable or herb garden, so she decided to demolish her front lawn and come up with a landscape using plants that are both edible and attractive. It was followed in 1988 by cooking from the garden, which introduced the american public to heirloom tomatoes, mesclun salads and edible flowers. In the 1980s, landscape designer and environmentalist robert kourik coined the term edible landscaping to denote a new kind of gardening that marries aesthetic design with crop production source. Publication date 1982 topics edible landscaping publisher san francisco. The ultimate guide to edible landscaping must read edible.
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