Benbrook Public Library

Doctor Houseplant provides all you need to know about the maintenance and care of your favorite houseplants. Introduce gorgeous greenery into your apartment or home with houseplants. As well as being affordable and easy to transport if you move, nothing helps more to instantly create a lively and inviting interior than houseplants. You can start small and build a plant collection as your confidence develops. To care for your collection, you'll...

From the Publisher: You can also have houseplant fun with fruits, nuts, herbs, and spices. From the common carrot to the exotic cherimoya, dozens of foods have pits, seeds, and roots waiting to be rescued from the compost bin and brought back to life on your windowsill. Planted and nurtured, the shiny pomegranate seeds left over from breakfast and the piece of neglected ginger root in your refrigerator will grow into healthy, vigorous houseplants-kitchen...

Terrariums are a vibrant, unique way to inject a little greenery into any home. In Tiny World Terrariums, authors Katy and Michelle of Brooklyn's celebrated Twig Terrariums offer step-by-step instructions for building your own, from selecting glass containers to layering soil and filtration to adding moss, succulents, and other plants. To give each terrarium a whimsical, personal touch, Katy and Michelle demonstrate how to use tiny figurines and toys...

In “Handmade Houseplants”, expert crafter and tastemaker Corrie Beth Hogg offers a no-water option for your urban jungle: plants made from paper! This stylish guide includes step-by-step instructions and templates for making 30 of the most popular houseplants, from monstera and peperomia to fiddle leaf fig and philodendron. Additional projects show how to use paper plants for home décor, wall art, holiday decorations, gift giving, and more. The...

The creator of Instagram's House Plant Journal mixes love with scientific logic in this beautifully photographed guide for indoor gardeners. For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant's needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. With this book, indoor gardeners can be less a passive follower of rules for the care...

Which are delicate and which indestructible? – We show how to find the right home for your plants and the right plants for your home. The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing House Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, combining exquisite botanical illustrations with practical indoor projects. Readers can discover over 75 life-changing plants and 12 home-transforming projects. Each project is described and illustrated...

A practical, easy-to-use, pocketable guide covering all the basics of choosing and caring for plants in your home. Indoor plants can decorate any room - transforming the space with color and scent all year round. But few people are aware of the incredible range of weird and wonderful species it is possible to grow indoors - and it seems even fewer people know how to keep them alive! This title in the highly successful Collins Gem series will show...

Want to learn how to grow vegetables from seed to harvest? Want to learn how to grow vegetables indoors or outdoors? Or maybe you know how to grow vegetables but feel like your growing skills could be better? Well this ebook is the perfect book so start leaning from scratch or if you simply just needs more info on growing or harvest perfection! This Book Has Topics On: *CONSTRUCTING YOUR IDEAL VEGETABLES GARDEN *SELECTING AND PLANTING THE BEST SEEDS *GROWING...

Whether you are a beginning or experienced gardening enthusiasts, a student of gardening, or a horticultural professional, This edition will prepare you to face virtually any gardening situation. Like no other gardening book, it supports its practical, how-to-do-it guidelines with clear explanations of the relevant scientific principles of horticulture. You will know what steps to take-and why those steps are working. The Why and How of Home Horticulture...

This handy, simple guide walks the novice - or budget-minded - gardener through the entire process of cultivating marijuana. Unlike most such books that feature costly high-tech equipment, this one emphasizes household fluorescent bulbs and other inexpensive, easily available supplies. Marijuana Buds for Less is organized around a boldly photographed day-to-day planner, with each page a day in the life of the garden. Growers have a visual reference...