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What makes your region unique? Q&A with our vegetable gardening guide authors
by Timber Press on March 18, 2016
in Regional
The authors of our regional Vegetable Gardening Guides share their favorite vegetables as well as what makes their region so special.
Gardeners are not all the same. But gardening advice often is. What works for one gardener may not work for another, especially if they live in different parts of the country. The Timber Press Guides to Vegetable Gardening solve that with advice from regional experts. These gardeners know what works, where. And they want to save you from frustration. Read on to find which one is right for you.
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6 “good do’er” plants for Midwest gardens
by Timber Press on March 14, 2016
in Gardening
All images: Edward Lyon
Growing the Midwest Garden author Edward Lyon shares some of his favorite and most reliable plants.
The durable plants listed below are generally accepted as “good do’ers” across the entire region of the Midwest, as long as their cultural requirements are met. They are robust to aggressive (mostly robust), multiply readily, are easily propagated, and will be reasonably priced.
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Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region: Habitats and fruiting times
by Timber Press on February 29, 2016
in Food, Miscellaneous, Regional
This Rocky Moutain representative of the Boletes edulis complex has recently been recognized as B. rubriceps. Image: Karen Ruth Evenson
From Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region, an introduction to where and when to find the region’s most interesting and ecologically important mushrooms.
The Rocky Mountains rise out of the prairies and plains of western North America to elevations of more than 14,000 feet in Colorado, creating a diverse terrain that ranges from shortgrass prairies to dense forests to treeless alpine tundra. Such varied habitats allow for an overwhelming degree of biodiversity, or diversity of life, to exist in the region. The mushroom flora is no exception, exhibiting an amazing variety of species from many distinct habitats.
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Wallpaper of the garden: Bark
by Timber Press on February 12, 2016
in Design, Gardening
Yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
Plants with Style author Kelly Norris shares some of his favorite tree and shrub bark design ideas for all-season interest.
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Make the most of fresh herbs with this simple syrup
by Timber Press on February 4, 2016
in Food, Miscellaneous
In Culinary Herbal, authors Susan Belsinger and Arthur O. Tucker detail how to grow and preserve 97 of the most flavorful herbs. Here, they share a recipe for simple syrup, used in beverages and fruit salads, or on desserts from ice cream to cake.
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Medicinal herbs: 2 recipes for a healthy family
by Timber Press on January 15, 2016
in Food, Gardening
Image: Shawn Linehan
Plant-based medicines offer many healing possibilities for the body, mind, and spirit. JJ Pursell, author of The Herbal Apothecary, shares two of her favorite recipes, perfect for keeping your family healthy through the winter.
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by Timber Press on December 18, 2015
in Miscellaneous
Color the Natural World with Timber Press
by Brian Ridder on December 9, 2015
in Miscellaneous
An unfinished but colorful (and slightly skewed) group project, with staff members each coloring a different butterfly. Warning: Do try this at home!!
How Zoe Keller’s Color the Natural World inspired Timber Press to take a break.
Publishing coloring books may be new to us at Timber Press, but coloring is not. In fact, we’ve been doing it since we were kids! As an adult, however, it’s a different experience. For one thing, it often involves wine, which was reason enough for us to turn away from our screens and immerse ourselves in some peaceful, deep-focus coloring.
Continue on to see how we did.
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