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Sunset Western Garden Book: The Ultimate Resource for Design-minded Gardeners

35 Comments 16 August 2012

The latest edition of The New Sunset Western Garden Book ($34.95) offers gardeners more than just pretty pictures. Although, with over 2,000 full-color photos, it’s hard not to flip through the book and admire all the beautiful landscape and planting ideas from water-wise gardens, to edible gardens, to do-it-yourself projects. For 80 years now, Sunset [...]

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Book Review: Rosalind Creasy’s New Edible Landscaping is Here!

1 Comment 11 November 2010

Edible Landscaping $39.95 paperback, 432 pages Have you heard? Growing your own food is the hottest new trend. Of course you have. You can’t open up a publication these days without reading some headline about food safety, high food prices or the benefits of starting your own garden. But really, the term edible landscaping was [...]

book reviews

Nest In Style Book Giveaway: Canning & Preserving Your Own Harvest

9 Comments 22 July 2010

Drumroll, please… The new website is finally here and we are so excited! We decided to kick off Nest In Style’s new beginning on aHa! Home & Garden with a book giveaway. Since we are nearing summer’s harvest season, we thought it was perfect timing to give away free copies of Canning & Preserving Your Own Harvest. So, [...]

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Book Review: Is Grocery Gardening the Right Book for You?

1 Comment 15 April 2010

Grocery Gardening: Planting, Preparing and Preserving Fresh Food $19.95, 285 pages If you thought the idea of growing your own food was overwhelming, try looking for that one book to help you get started. Amazon.com has 3,943 book titles under the search term “vegetable gardening.” How is a new gardener expected to choose the right [...]