The Gardening Shelf
Deer in My Garden
Carolyn Singer
Garden Wisdom Press
PO Box 992, Grass Valley, CA 95945
9780977425150, $19.95, www (dot) gardenwisdom (dot) com
Deer can be quite the problem for gardeners, but there is a way around
them. "Deer in My Garden: Volume 2: Groundcovers & Edgers" is a
complete and comprehensive guide to gardening when there are certain
mammals who take pleasure in sampling ones hobby when one is not
looking. Focusing on groundcovers and edgers to protect ones plants
and vegetables, it leaves nothing to question. "Deer in My Garden:
Volume 2: Groundcovers & Edgers" is a top pick for gardeners and
gardening collections, especially those faced with these cute pests.
Idaho Mountain Wildflowers, second edition
A. Scott Earle with Jane Lundin
James L. Reveal, consulting editor
Larkspur Books
2440 N. Bogus Basin Rd., Boise, Idaho 83702
Farcountry Press (distributor)
PO Box 5650, Helena, MT 59604
9781591520443, $19.95 www (dot) farcountrypress (dot) com
Now in an updated second edition, Idaho Mountain Wildflowers: A
Photographic Compendium has been expanded with the addition of 225
more plants, almost doubling the size of the catalogue. Beautiful full-
color photographs of every flower's entry, along with its common and
scientific names, and an extensive paragraph of descriptive text,
distinguish this wildflower compendium accessible to lay people and
professional botanists alike. The entries are arranged in alphabetical
order by scientific family for easy reference, and an index enhances
this captivating, easy-to-use guide.
Perennials for Midwestern Gardens
Anthony W. Kahtz
Timber Press
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450, ****tland OR 97204-3527
9780881928938, $29.95 www (dot) timberpress (dot) com 1-800-327-5680
Professional horticulturalist Anthony W. Kahtz presents Perennials for
Midwestern Gardens: Proven Plants for the Heartland, a profile of more
than 400 plants recommended for the Midwestern American climate, known
for its unforgivingly hot and humid summers paired with brutally cold
winters. Each entry gives the plant's common name and describes its
flowers, leaves, habit, soil/sun/shade requirements, propagation,
insect or disease problems, recommendations on where to use it and
which plants complement it, and much more. Captivating color
photography on virtually every page rounds out this superb reference
for selecting garden plants that can thrive in the Midwest.
On Guerrilla Gardening
Richard Reynolds
Bloomsbury Publi****ng
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315, New York, NY 10010
9781596914490, $25.99 www (dot) bloomsbury (dot) com
On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries is
a different kind of gardening book, describing how to use the power of
gardening to beautify land one does not own - a technically illegal
practice! And so those who engage in it apply tactics of Mao Tse-tung
and Che Guevara to the (mostly) nonviolent acts of gardening.
Cultivating plants has the potential to be an act of political
defiance, yet it is a defiance meant to spread colorful blooms,
fragrant smells, and happiness among neighbors rather than bloodshed
or pain. Chapters cover the history of guerrilla gardening, the
necessary tools, recommended courses of action (including positive
propaganda tactics) and much more. A scattering of color photography
enhances this eyebrow-raising gardening guide.
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