Botany in a Day

Botany in a Day

Author: Thomas J. Elpel

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781892784070

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This book teaches readers how to identify plants--and their uses--within groups and families. Botany in a Day provides simple techniques for plant identification, plus line drawings that highlight family characteristics, and plant entries that discuss med


Botany in a Day

Botany in a Day

Author: Thomas J. Elpel

Publisher: Hops Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 9781892784353

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Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing eight key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.


Botany in a Day

Botany in a Day

Author: Thomas J. Elpel

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781892784155

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Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing seven key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.


Shanleya's Quest

Shanleya's Quest

Author: Thomas J. Elpel

Publisher: HOPS Press

Published: 2005-03

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1892784165

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The story of a girl who paddles her canoe out to the tree islands to learn the plant traditions of her people is presented to help readers learn the patterns that will help them correctly match many species of plants to their proper families.


The Botany of Desire

The Botany of Desire

Author: Michael Pollan

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Published: 2002-05-28

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0375760393

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“Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world.” —The New York Times “A wry, informed pastoral.” —The New Yorker The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. And just as we’ve benefited from these plants, we have also done well by them. So who is really domesticating whom?


The Spirit of Botany

The Spirit of Botany

Author: Jill McKeever

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1524866725

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A visually entrancing and esoteric guide to connecting with plants through the senses. In The Spirit of Botany, artist and perfumer Jill McKeever reveals her personal rituals and creative methods of using aromatic botanical materials in incense, perfume, tisanes, ritual baths, and much more. In addition to dozens of recipes, McKeever offers her reflections on sustainability, synesthesia, creativity, and her own experience of turning her passion for this work into the indie perfume brand, For Strange Women. Appropriate for hobbyists and career alchemists alike, The Spirit of Botany features inspiring photography and a mysterious aesthetic, immersing readers in the countless biological, emotional, energetic, and spiritual benefits of aromatherapy and herbalism.


How Plants Get Their Names

How Plants Get Their Names

Author: Liberty Hyde Bailey

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1963-01-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 048620796X

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With "knowledge, authority, charm and eloquence," author explains reasons for scientific nomenclature, history of terms, components, other helpful material.


The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food

The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food

Author: Joseph Tychonievich

Publisher: Ten Speed Graphic

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1984857274

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The first graphic novel guide to growing a successful raised bed vegetable garden, from planning, prepping, and planting, to troubleshooting, care, and harvesting. “A fun read packed with practical advice, it’s the perfect resource for new gardeners, guiding you through every step to plant, grow, and harvest a thriving and productive food garden.”—Joe Lamp’l, founder and creator of the Online Gardening Academy Like having your own personal gardening mentor at your side, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food is the story of Mia, an eager young professional who wants to grow her own vegetables but doesn't know where to start, and George, her retired neighbor who loves gardening and walks her through each step of the process. Throughout the book, "cheat sheets" sum up George's key facts and techniques, providing a handy quick reference for anyone starting their first vegetable garden, including how to find the best location, which vegetables are easiest to grow, how to pick out the healthiest plants at the store, when (and when not) to water, how to protect your plants from pests, and what to do with extra produce if you grow too much. If you are a visual learner, beginning gardener, looking for something new, or have struggled to grow vegetables in the past, you'll find this unique illustrated format ideal because many gardening concepts--from proper planting techniques to building raised beds--are easier to grasp when presented visually, step by step. Easy and entertaining, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food makes homegrown vegetables fun and achievable.


Shanleya's Quest

Shanleya's Quest

Author: Thomas J. Elpel

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781892784230

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Shanleya's Quest: Patterns in Plants Card Game is a fun way to test your skills at identifying the plant family patterns introduced in the book Shanleya's Quest (sold separately). By playing the game you will learn to recognize the plant families in the fields and meadows of the real world. Includes 52 cards and instructions.