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Native-American garden by Cindy Deardorff.mp4
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Renee’s Garden – Native American Three Sisters Garden $6.19 Includes: multi-colored Earth Tones Dent Corn, Rattlesnake Beans to twine up the corn stalks and Sugar Pie Pumpkins to cover the ground. According to Iroquois legend, corn, beans, and squash are three inseparable sisters who only grow and thrive together. This tradition of interplanting corn, beans and squash in the same mounds, widespread among Native American farming societies, is a sophisticat… |
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Squash Yellow Scallop Heirloom Seeds 20 Seeds $2.50 Plant in very rich soil amended with manure or compost. They need full sun, and plant after the last spring frost. Sow the seeds about 1″ deep and about 3 ft. apart…. |
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A Handbook of Native American Herbs (Healing Arts) $10.79 This uniquely authoritative portable guide–based on the famous bible of American herbalists, Indian Herbalogy of North America–identifies and describes the uses for 125 medicinal herbs, and gives instructions for preparing herbal remedies. Line drawings throughout…. |
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Armitage’s Native Plants for North American Gardens $27.07 The popularity of native North American plants has soared in recent years, for many good reasons. Whatever draws you to native plants, youll find no better or more authoritative guide than Allan Armitage. Widely acknowledged as one of the worlds foremost horticulturists, Armitage describes more than 630 species and cultivars of perennials, biennials, and annuals that are native to the United S… |
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Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants $25.34 For gardeners, for landscape professionals, and for anyone who cares about preserving the natural world, NATIVE TREES, SHRIBS, AND VINES is the first national guide to using, growing, and propagating North American woody plants. Written in lively, informative language and illustrated with more than two hundred photographs, William Cullina’s book is a comprehensive reference to almost one thous… |