Collected articles from theweeklygardener.com - June through December 2011. For current articles visit The Weekly Gardener blog

If you've always wanted to try crochet, this beginners guide is for you. Even if you have never picked up a hook and yarn before, the step by step instructions and pictures will have you crocheting Granny Squares in no time. The e-book also contains useful information such as what to do with the loose ends, how to c...

Sue Weaver has been writing professionally for over 40 years. She has hundreds of published magazine articles, five Smashwords ebooks, and 11 print books about farm animals to her credit. Sue fell in love with water buffaloes after writing a Hobby Farms magazine article about them. After reading this free ebook, she...

Photographs of a selection of Spring and Summer flowers including blueberry, irises, wisteria, roses, tulips, tritonia, rhododendrons, flowering currant, moth orchids, periwinkles, a peace lily, water lilies, laburnum, a carnation, ranunculi, camellias, pansies, honeysuckle, gorse, trollius, and magnolias.

Knitted cables, with their three-dimensional twists and turns, are a common element in lots of patterns ー but most patterns don't include directions for executing them. Cable Left, Cable Right, by expert knitter Judith Durant, eliminates the mystery with detailed, in-depth instructions for creating 94 different sty...

Photographs of a selection of Summer flowers including comfrey, roses, yellow corydalis, euphorbia griffithii (Fireglow), water lilies, pansies, kniphofia (red hot poker), hibiscus, kangaroo paw, gloxinia, campanula, astilbe, arum lilies, a dandelion, moth orchids, a gerbera, honeysuckle, palm flower, osteospermum, ...

Further chronicles of Pinky, Tango, Loaner, and sundry visitors.

「令人驚嘆的故事。」ーー尚恩．貝希爾（Shaun Bythell），《二手書店店員日記》（The Diary of a Bookseller） ★《在世界盡頭的書店》入選「托爾斯泰治療法」（Tolstoy Therapy）的「12本告訴你閱讀的快樂的好書」 露絲・蕭在遙遠的紐西蘭南島峽灣小村馬納波里（Manapouri）經營著兩間袖珍書屋。她把她的書店客人、對愛書的思索，與自己豐富...

Prächtige Zierstauden gehören einfach in einen schönen Blumengarten. Mit der richtigen Kombination von früh- und spätblühenden Stauden stellt Ihr Beet das ganze Jahr über eine echte Augenweide dar. Von Christrose über Rittersporn bis Ziersalbei: In diesem Buch finden Sie die richtige Auswahl für sich und erfahren me...

Are you pulling your hair out over your pet parrot's feather pulling behavior? Are you concerned about self mutilation in your pet parrot? Feather plucking is a common behavioral problem amongst captive birds, and can be caused by a number of different factors. Feather Plucking: Causes and Cures This guide looks at ...

What's in a name? Plenty! Astrology for Pets is an informative look at your pet's persona, using the astrological alphabet - and showing how you can use astrology when naming the new addition to your household to help create a happy and harmonious environment for everyone.

Waren Dickschwanzgeckos vor Jahren noch eine Rarität in Terrarien, so gehören sie heutzutage zu den am weitesten verbreiteten Geckos in der Terraristik. Ein Ziel dieses Bandes der Reihe "Art für Art" ist, das Interesse an dieser Art aufrecht zu erhalten, so dass der Australische Dickschwanzgecko auch in Zukunft in d...

This beautiful book draws on Robert Race's extensive collection of traditional moving toys, looking at the ways the makers have achieved remarkable and varied results, often with very limited resources. Each chapter begins by looking at the mechanisms and materials used in some of these traditional moving toys, goes...

This book is a brief look into the world of Terry Everitt as a Wildlife Artist - or "Bird Carver" as he'd rather be known. It describes the strong feelings he has about both the good and the bad of inheriting a talent and how it's affected his life over the last 40 years or so. It traces the path from his earlier ye...

Crochet pattern to create a cute Halloween witch. The doll will be 4.5 inches/ 11.5 cm high. For materials you can use: 3.00 mm hook; 4 ply yarn (cream, black and red); Mohair yarn (red for hair); Polyester fiberfill; Two 5 mm black beads for eyes or other eyes as desired; Tapestry needle; Sewing needle and thread ...

Collected articles from theweeklygardener.com - January through June 2012. For current articles visit The Weekly Gardener blog