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Food plants have their own ornamental value, adding harmony to existing landscapes without creating a separate vegetable garden. They also provide a fresh, healthy alternative to the tasteless and woody fruits and vegetables bred for long-distance transportation and shipped to our grocery stores from all over the world. In this book, we show how, with just a little effort, you can augment your landscape with edibles of every description in an environmentally sustainable manner: * Veggie favorites: tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, beans and onions * Berries: blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries * The superhealthy: flax, broccoli, kale and garlic * The oddly beautiful: Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, asparagus and artichokes * The ancient and exotic: quinoa, amaranth and fennel * Plus starting, maintaining and harvesting an edible garden, propagation and winter care, and solutions to common garden problems.

Lone Pine Publishing's nature guides historically have been best-sellers, popular for their comprehensive and easy-to-access natural history of a region. Now, we're proud to present the new Nature Guide to New England. This book features over 400 species of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, fish, inverterbrates, trees, shrubs and vines, as well as ferns and grasses: · size, habitat, behaviour, range and natural history · color illustrations · a full-color map shows ecoregions, parks and natural areas · color-coded Reference Guide at the front of the book to make it quick and easy to find the account you want when you're in the field · illustrated glossary and index

The American Midwest is an ideal place to grow a huge variety of vegetables, and there are plenty of healthful and economic benefits to having your own garden. Whether you have a traditional backyard space or several containers on a high-rise balcony, you can grow a season-long supply of tasty produce. Best-selling garden writer Laura Peters provides all you need to know to dig in: * Basics such as light, soil, exposure and frost tolerance * Almost infinite garden styles, including raised beds and limited space gardening * Preparing the garden and selecting which vegetables to grow where * Recommended varieties, including new, traditional, heirloom and unusual selections * Seasonal care, including mulching, weeding and watering * Tips throughout, including how to extend the growing season and what to do with your harvest * Organic approaches to management of pests and diseases * An appendix featuring companion plants and relationships * Helpful hardiness maps, and delicious colour photos throughout.

In backyards all across Washington and Oregon, vegetable gardens are sprouting up as people seek a return to their roots with healthy and economical diets. To help gardeners in the Pacific Northwest take advantage of the hottest trend in gardening today, Lone Pine has a new vegetable guide by best-selling author Marianne Binetti. Unlock a fresh world of flavor, nutrition and savings.

Juicy, sweet, tart and sometimes sour, wild berries burst with flavor and goodness. They are a delicious treat any time-especially while you are out hiking-and they could save you from starvation if you get lost. Berries have been used for food and medicine for millennia, and early peoples and settlers preserved them for winter use in everything from pemmican to jams and jellies. In this guide to the wild berries of Washington and Oregon, co-authors T. Abe Lloyd and Fiona Hamersley Chambers provide: · detailed descriptions of over 200 berries and berry-like fruits · ethnobotanical and early Native American uses and management of wild berry resources · range and seasons · edibility of each berry, from highly edible to not palatable to poisonous · descriptions of poisonous wild fruits and berries, so you know which ones to avoid · 20 tasty berry recipes including muffins, squares, popsicles and drinks · full-color photos and beautiful illustrations to help identify the species. You may have forgotten what a "real" berry tastes like, but take this book with you on your next hike and you'll be able to enjoy a cornucopia of freshness.