There is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardening-what to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are unique decisions based on climate and weather. The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Pacific Northwest is a growing guide that truly understands the unique eccentricities of the Northwest growing calendar. The month-by-month format makes it perfect for beginners and accessible to everyone--you can start gardening at any time.

This must-have book is for gardeners in Oregon, Washington, southeastern Alaska, and British Columbia.

The benefits of native plants are enormous--they reduce maintenance, require less water, and attract vital, earth-friendly pollinators like birds, butterflies, and bees. Gardeners seeking to add them to their landscape will find no better guide than The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer. Packed with proven advice that everyhome gardener can follow, this incomparable sourcebook profiles 225 recommended native wildflowers, grasses and grasslike plants, ferns, shrubs, and trees. With additional introductory information on preparation, planting, maintenance, and climate considerations, it's everything you need to know to create a beautiful and beneficial garden. This must-have handbook is for gardeners in Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia.

A gardener's plant choices and garden style are inextricably linked to the place they call home. In order to grow a flourishing garden, every gardener must know the specifics of their region's climate, soil, and geography. Gardening in the Pacific Northwest, by regional gardening experts Paul Bonine and Amy Campion, is comprehensive, enthusiastic, and accessible to gardeners of all levels. It features information on site and plant selection, soil preparation and maintenance, and basic design principles. Plant profiles highlight the region's best perennials, shrubs, trees, and vines. Color photographs throughout show wonderful examples of Northwest garden style.

Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening is the definitive guide to successful gardening year-round in the Pacific Northwest -- states include Washington, Oregon, British Columbia (Canada), and Northern California.

Do you live in the Pacific Northwest? Do you care about landscaping and gardening? Say no more--we've got the perfect book for you! Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening takes the guesswork out of gardening for anyone living in the region (Northern California, Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia). This garden guide is full of critical gardening when-to's and how-to's, along with illustrated step-by-step instructions that will keep your garden thriving all year round.

Authors Christina Pfeiffer and Mary Robson are Pacific Northwest gardening experts. They know this cool, wet, vivacious region inside and out and have written extensively on the subject. Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening combines the shared knowledge of Pfeiffer and Robson in one easy-to-read guide.

Here, you will find brilliant Pacific Northwest garden photography and the most current growing information available. Complete with specific advice on growing:

• Gorgeous annual and perennial flowers
• Strong trees
• Flowing groundcover
• Flowering shrubs
• Verdant lawns

You won't find a better, more complete reference book for your region, so look no further!

Northwest Home Landscaping, including Western British Columbia is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping northwest-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 48 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the southeast. Detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors are also included. Over 400 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions. The Pacific Northwest will be in full bloom with Northwest Home Landscaping.
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There is something nostalgic about experiencing the nature of PNW in full bloom. Mushrooms and wild plants form a major part of this magic.

This 2-in-1 book is a concise photographic journey to the Mushrooms & Wild Edible Plants of PNW.

This book is for you if you like consuming short, crisp, and engaging information about Mushrooms and other Edible Plants within a few hours.

This is a helpful handbook with:

★Interior Colored Pages with 150+ images

★50+ Wild Plants & Mushrooms

★18+ Recipes

The book covers:

Part 1: Foraging Wild Edible Plants

• The exciting introduction & history of foraging
• Why Foraging- The Benefits
• 6 Steps of Foraging
• Identifying, Double Checking & Harvesting
• Preparing, Preservation & Healthy Recipes

Part 2: Mushrooms of PNW

• The Basics of Mycology
• 5 Golden Steps towards Foraging
• Common Wild Mushrooms of PNW with Foraging Tips and Photographs(Also covers common poisonous ones to be avoided)
• How to Preserve & Store
• Delicious Wild Mushroom Recipes
• Seasonal Mushroom Calendar of PNW
• Appendix: Mushroom Logbook Pages

Get this book now and go through the wilderness of PNW with delicious recipes!!

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There is something nostalgic about experiencing the nature of PNW in full bloom. Mushrooms and wild plants form a significant part of this magic.

This book is a concise photographic journey to the Mushrooms of PNW.

This book is for you if you like consuming short, crisp, and engaging information with pictures within a few hours.

This is a helpful handbook with:

★ Interior Colored Pages

★ 80+ high-quality images

★ 30+ PNW Mushrooms covered with recipes

The book covers:

✓The Basics of Mycology

✓5 Golden Steps towards Foraging

✓Common Wild Mushrooms of PNW with Foraging Tips and Photographs(Also covers common poisonous ones to be avoided)

✓How to Preserve & Store

✓Delicious Wild Mushroom Recipes

✓Seasonal Mushroom Calendar of PNW

✓Appendix Bonus: Mushroom Logbook Pages

So if you are short on time and want a basic understanding of Mushrooms of PNW with images (to recall), here is your chance.

Grow more food, with less work, in any yard - now completely revised and expanded

Are you itching to start your own garden or grow more in the one you have, but feel that gardening is too challenging or time-consuming for your busy schedule?

Now completely updated and expanded, Backyard Bounty will demystify gardening, bringing it back to the down-to-earth, environmentally practical activity that anyone can enjoy.

Author and master gardener Linda Gilkeson covers everything you'll need to grow a successful garden, including:

• Planning your garden and preparing the soil
• Organic fertilizers and simplified composting
• Planting for winter harvests and intensive planting schedules
• Comprehensive information on pests, diseases, and working with an unstable climate
• Greenhouses, tunnels and containers
• Organic pest management.

Packed with a wealth of information specific to the Pacific Northwest, this complete guide emphasizes low-maintenance methods, covers problems related to common pests and climate concerns, includes a monthly garden schedule for year-round planting and harvesting, and features plant profiles for everything from apples to zucchini.

Perfect for novice and experienced gardeners alike, Backyard Bounty shows how even the smallest garden can produce a surprising amount of food twelve months of the year.

Plan your landscape or garden with more than 100 native plants that benefit birds, bees, and butterflies of the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada.

The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels provides the information you need in this must-have guide for Oregon, Washington, northern Idaho, and southern British Columbia. Learn how to landscape and create pollinator gardens with native plants.

The book begins with an in-depth introduction to native pollinators and to birds. It's followed by a field guide section to more than 100 native plants that are widely available to utilize, are easy to care for, and provide great benefit to birds, bees, and butterflies. Each species includes full-color photographs and information about hardiness zones, what they are most likely to attract, soil requirements, light levels, and Jaret's notes. As an added bonus, you'll make use of blooming charts, tips on attracting specific species, and more! Plan, plant, and grow your beautiful garden, with native plants that benefit your favorite creatures to watch and enjoy.

Inside you'll find:

• Overview of native pollinator species in the Pacific Northwest


• Field guide to over 100 native plants, organized by level of sunlight needed


• Quick-reference chart to plants, blooming periods, and what animals each plant attracts


• Hardiness zone information, weed control tips, and more


• BONUS: Garden plans that can be customized to suit your specific interests

The mason bee is a major global spring pollinator. The authors have successfully deployed over 250 Mason bee houses across Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and provide education to schools, gardeners, and the community.

Mason bees are fun to keep and make a difference to pollination in gardens, farms and community spaces. The Incredible Mason Bee book teaches you about these bees, their management, and how to make your own mason bee house in your own garden to attract these delightful insects. Includes useful information about common issues and challenges with mason bee houses and reassurance as to the safety of keeping mason bees.

The mason bee is more productive in pollinating your garden than honeybees. Keeping these bees is fun and educational for children and adults alike. Taking less than 6 hours per year to manage, mason bees are the ultimate backyard-friendly bee, essential in the pollination of early flowering fruit trees, vegetables, and flowers. Mason beekeeping is a hobby for all ages, it is safe, engaging, interesting, and instrumental in responsibly maintaining and sustaining the ecosystem.

The book introduces you to the different types of houses, the benefits and challenges of each, and the pests that you may encounter as you build out your mason bee community. It is informative, supportive, and engaging for all ages.

This complete guide to backyard fruit growing covers recommended varieties and climate info for the Pacific Northwest both west and east of the Cascades, ideal climates for growing berries and fruit trees. Also includes sidebars showcasing historical orchards, fruit enthusiast societies, gleaning organizations, and more. Includes several recommended cultivars of each of the following types of fruit:
-Berries: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, kiwi berries, plus less common berries such as lingonberries, elderberries, currants, gooseberries, jostaberries, and a section on wild berries.
-Fruit trees: apples, pears, Asian pears, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, plus less common fruit trees such as figs, persimmons, and quince.

The complete guide to select, plan, plant, maintain, and problem-solve for gardeners living in the Northwest (including Oregon, Washington, northern California and British Columbia). The Northwest Gardener's Handbook is filled with all the need-to-know information to make your Northwestern garden a success. This book is the when-to, how-to, and what-to of gardening for the more experienced gardener. When to information assists gardeners with the proper care and timing for everything from planting to watering. How to gives you the best methods needed for your garden. What-to covers the climate and topography of the region and the best way to manage and choose annuals, perennials, bulbs, edibles, groundcover, roses, shrubs, trees, vines, native plants and many more types of plants and situations. A section devoted to water-wise gardening offers insight into a key component of every garden which is especially in this region. Save water, money and time with Pat's tips!

Gorgeous, full-color photographs provide at-a-glance information on the best plants to use in any situation. Create the best garden possible, using information designed for your specific needs. Whether you're designing a garden from scratch or maintaining one that you've had for years, this is the book for you!

The act of Foraging is the earliest and most natural way of gathering edibles in human evolution.

Given the extensive natural gift in the PNW (Pacific Northwest), foraging wild edible fruits, berries, and plants become the most satisfying experience.

Humans have been foraging since the dawn of civilization. It was the primary means of sustenance for our prehistoric ancestors. Chances are, even you have foraged and probably did not realize that you were doing it.

Have you ever picked wild berries from a nearby park or plucked herbs from a neighborhood garden? Well, these are both instances of Foraging.

This book is a visual journey with:

★ Colored Interior

★ 75 + images

★ 18 edible plants in PNW

★ Recipes

If you are looking for a short, crisp, and visually pleasing account of all Foraging steps with respect to the PNW states, this is where you land!

The topics covered are:

• The introduction & history of Foraging
• Why Foraging- The Benefits
• 6 Steps of Foraging
• Identifying, Double Checking & Harvesting
• Preparing, Preservation & Healthy Recipes
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You can't simply head out right into the woods without proper guidance, and someone experienced. With the direction, support, and experience, you can quickly become a Pacific Northwest foraging pro.

So what are you waiting for?

Add to cart this concise, crisp, and to-the-point book to start your journey towards PNW Foraging!

Are you interested in discovering new ingredients in nature and want to learn how to harvest them? Do you want to know how to identify these plants in the wild and differentiate between edible and nonedible or toxic varieties? Do you want to take a serious step toward growing your own food and don't know how to get started? If you answered yes to all these questions, this book is for you!

This book is dedicated to the world of edible wild plants and the easiest ways to find them in the wild. You'll use it as a comprehensive guide to making the best use of these plants, whether you find them in the wild or growing in your backyard. After reading this book, you will know how to get started with foraging and growing your own vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds.

In this book, you will:

• Learn the basic plant identification rules.
• Learn how to grow your own plants.
• Understand which parts of a plant are edible and which are poisonous.
• Discover which plants are best used in cooking.
• Learn which plant parts can be made into medicine.
• Turn around your health with the healing power of natural remedies.
• Learn how to preserve and store edible wild plants.
• Prepare yourself for using wild plants in survival situations.

Even if you can't tell the difference between cilantro and peppermint, you can still become adept at using and preparing herbs. With this handbook, you'll not only be able to identify herbs, but you'll also learn how to prepare them to maximize their effectiveness. It's time to take your first step in a new direction!