Readily available plant and animal residues can supply an extremely valuable source of plant foods that over the years will reward you with better soil, better crops, and reduced grocery and fertilizer bills.

This e-handbook is aimed at helping you do just that as inexpensively as possible. Topics discussed in this handy reference include soil composition, air and water conditions, planting tips and growing your own green manure. A great resource for discovering how composting and mulching can richly benefit the soil, how to use these materials and what to use to make them. 36 pages.

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Few sights are more delightful than that of a butterfly dancing on the breeze. But sadly enough, butterflies have become all too rare in our rapidly expanding world.

In this e-handbook you'll discover what you need to attract these winged wonders to your yard. Chapters include:

• How a Butterfly Garden Works
• Attracting Specific Butterflies
• List of Host Plants for Caterpillars
• Choosing Butterfly Flowers for Your Garden
• Window Box Gardening
• Butterfly Trees and Shrubs
• Garden Pests

By growing a few chosen plants in your yard, you will be making a major contribution toward the preservation of these fragile insects. 36 pages.

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Historically, seed companies were generally small, often family-run businesses. Because they were regionally based, they could focus on varieties well-suited to the local environment. A Pacific Northwest company, for example, would specialize in different cultivars than a company based in the Southeast. However, the absorption of these small, independent seed businesses into large multinationals – combined with the advancement of biotechnology, resulting in hybrids and genetically modified seeds – has led to a serious loss of genetic diversity. The public is now at the mercy of the corporations who control the seeds.

In the past few years, gardeners have realized the inherent danger in this situation. A growing movement is striving to preserve and expand our stock of heritage and heirloom varieties through seed saving and sharing opportunities. Seed Libraries is a practical guide to saving seeds through community programs, including:

• Step-by-step instructions for setting up a seed library
• A wealth of ideas to help attract patrons and keep the momentum going
• Examples of existing libraries and other types of seed saving partnerships

Whoever controls the seeds controls the food supply. By empowering communities to preserve and protect the genetic diversity of their harvest, Seed Libraries is the first step toward reclaiming our self-reliance … while enhancing food security and ensuring that the future of food is healthy, vibrant, tasty and nutritious.

Growing rhubarb is easy, even for people who have no green thumb. It requires very little care — weeding and a feeding every fall — and deserves to be in every garden.

This e-handbook offers an introduction to this perennial vegetable along with helpful hints on growing you own and how to use it. Chapters include:

• Choosing & Using Rhubarb
• Rhubarb at Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Cakes and Desserts
• Jams, Preserves & Conserves

With the recipes in this handy reference guide, you'll find that rhubarb isn't just for pie anymore! 36 pages.

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