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Discovering Fruit and Nuts
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| A Comprehensive Guide to the Cultivation, Uses and Health Benefits of over 300 Food-Producing Plants |
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Susanna Lyle
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| A comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 300 food producing plants. |
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2006 - Landlinks Press - 480pp
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Discovering Vegetables, Herbs and Spices
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| A Comprehensive Guide to the Cultivation, Uses and Health Benefits of over 200 Food-Producing Plants |
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Susanna Lyle
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| A comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 200 food-producing plants. |
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2009 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 480pp
- Colour illustrations
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Pruning for Flowers and Fruit
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Jane Varkulevicius
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| The best groomed and most productive garden is easy when you know how your plants work and what to prune when. |
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May 2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 224pp
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Out of the Scientist's Garden
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| A Story of Water and Food |
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Richard Stirzaker
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| The garden is the lens through which we can explore how the world can manage water and feed itself. |
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2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 208pp
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Fabulous Food from Every Small Garden
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Mary Horsfall
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| A practical guide to growing different types of food at home in even the smallest of spaces. |
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2009 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 232pp
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Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden
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Mary Horsfall
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| How to develop an environmentally friendly garden for little cost. |
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2008 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 168pp
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Good Gardens with Less Water
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Kevin Handreck
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| Presents easy-to-understand advice on how to care for garden soils and grow good quality plants even under the toughest of conditions. |
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2008 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 176pp
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Sustainable Gardens
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Rob Cross, Roger Spencer
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| A handbook showing how to design, construct and maintain gardens to minimise their environmental impact. |
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2009 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 352pp
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Gardening Down-Under
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| A Guide to Healthier Soils and Plants |
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Kevin Handreck
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| Contains a wealth of information for practical gardeners. |
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2001 - Landlinks Press - 304pp
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| Planting |
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Starting Out with Orchids
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David L Jones
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| An ideal guide for anyone who wants to start growing orchids or is keen to expand their knowledge and orchid collection. |
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Jun 2010 - New Holland - 352pp
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Planting Wetlands and Dams
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| A Practical Guide to Wetland Design, Construction and Propagation |
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Nick Romanowski
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| A step-by-step, plain language guide to the creation of conditions in which wetland plants will thrive. |
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2009 - Landlinks Press - 168pp
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Waterplants in Australia
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| A Field Guide |
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GR Sainty, SW Jacobs
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| Features 150 waterplants, including introduced weeds, potential weeds, common native species, and native species with potential for planting in artificial wetlands. |
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2003 - Sainty & Associates - 428pp
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| Pests, Diseases and Weeds |
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Diseases of Fruit Crops in Australia
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Tony Cooke, Denis Persley, Susan House
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| Comprehensive coverage of important diseases affecting the broad range of fruit crops grown in Australia. |
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2009 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 288pp
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Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Australia
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Denis Persley, Tony Cooke, Susan House
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| Provides a diagnostic guide and a key reference for diseases affecting vegetable crops in Australia. |
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Apr 2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 304pp
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What's Wrong With My Plant?
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| A Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies |
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David Deardorff, Kathryn Wadsworth
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| Provides an easy system for visually diagnosing any problem, and matching it to the right cure. |
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2010 - Timber Press - 452pp
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What Garden Pest or Disease is That?
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| Organic and Chemical Solutions for Every Garden Problem |
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Judy McMaugh
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| A guide to planning and caring for your garden so that pest and disease problems are minimised. |
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2000 - New Holland - 312pp
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Weeds of the South-East
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| An Identification Guide for Australia |
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FJ Richardson, RG Richardson, RCH Shepherd
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| A field guide for the identification of pest plants and the preservation of our native flora. |
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2006 - RG and FJ Richardson - 438pp
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Plant Names
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| A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature |
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Roger Spencer, Rob Cross, Peter Lumley
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| Plant Names is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them. |
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2007 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 176pp
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| Growing Food |
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Green Harvest
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| A History of Organic Farming and Gardening in Australia |
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Rebecca Jones
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| Explores the ideas and practices that have shaped organic farming and gardening in Australia. |
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2010 - CSIRO PUBLISHING - 208pp
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Organic
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| Don Burke's Guide to Growing Organic Food |
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Don Burke
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| Covers all that you need to know to start and cultivate your own vegetable garden. |
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2009 - New Holland - 304pp
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Producing Table Olives
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Stan Kailis, David Harris
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| Provides olive growers with nationally accepted guidelines for ensuring the quality of processed table olives. |
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2007 - Landlinks Press - 344pp
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| Techniques |
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Grafting and Budding
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| A Practical Guide for Fruit and Nut Plants and Ornamentals |
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WJ Lewis, DMcE Alexander
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| A comprehensive and practical guide on all of the grafting techniques the professional and home gardener is likely to need. |
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2008 - Landlinks Press - 112pp
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Growing Australian Native Plants from Seed
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| For Revegetation, Tree Planting and Direct Seeding |
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Murray Ralph
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| Outlines methods used to propagate native species from seed for small or large scale revegetation, tree planting or direct seeding projects. |
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2003 - Bushland Horticulture - 156pp
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The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation
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| From Seed to Tissue Culture |
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Michael A Dirr, Charles W Heuser, Jr
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| Essentially a recipe book for making more trees and shrubs, this reference is a high-level how-to. |
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2009 - Timber Press USA - 424pp
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Espalier
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| Beautiful, Productive Garden Walls and Fences |
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Allen Gilbert
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| Create beautiful, productive garden walls and fences, and optimise space in small gardens, patios and balconies with innovative espalier techniques. |
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2009 - Hyland House - 144pp
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How to Store Your Garden Produce
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| The Key to Self-Sufficiency |
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Piers Warren
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| The modern guide to storing and preserving your garden produce, enabling you to eat home-grown goodness all year round. |
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2008 - Green Books, UK - 128pp
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The Australian Gardening Encyclopedia
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| Your Complete Guide to Garden Plants, Planning and Techniques |
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| Provides a comprehensive guide to plants and gardening techniques, with specific cultivation advice for gardeners in Australia. |
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2008 - Murdoch Books - 688pp
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