Tammi Hartung

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1) The wildlife-friendly vegetable gardener: how to grow food in harmony with nature

Author

Hartung, Tammi

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Promoting a holistic ecological view, Tammi Hartung encourages you to invite wildlife into your garden. You'll be amazed at how a variety of natural pollinators, pest predators, and soil enrichers can promote vibrant and healthy vegetables. Discover how a slug problem disappears once you've introduced a pond housing bullfrogs, how wasps can take care of tomato hornworms, and why skunks aren't so bad after all. Learn how to garden with animals, rather...

2) Cattail moonshine & milkweed medicine: the curious stories of 43 amazing North American native plants

Author

Hartung, Tammi

Publisher

Storey Publishing

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Description

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"History, literature, and botany meet in this charming tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter, heal, clothe, and even entertain us. Did you know that during World War II, the US Navy paid kids to collect milkweed's fluffy white floss, which was then used as filling for life preservers? And Native Americans in the deserts of the Southwest traditionally crafted tattoo needles from prickly pear cactus spines. These are just two...