The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: sow seeds for some plants — such as basil, rhododendron, and blueberries — and simply don’t mow down abundant native species, including aster, goldenrod, and milkweed. 100 Plants to Feed the Bees will empower homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers — anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box — to protect our pollinators.

The 20-30 Something Garden Guide gives this busy demographic a fun, nonintimidating introduction to the basics of gardening. These are the folks who want to know where their food comes from, and they’re hip to the importance of good health and the environment.

Backyard Homesteading addresses the needs of many people who want to take control of the food they eat and the products they use-even if they live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. It shows homeowners how to turn their yard into a productive and wholesome "homestead" that allows them to grow their own fruits and vegetables and raise farm animals, including chickens, ducks and goats. Backyard Homesteading covers the laws and regulations of raising livestock in populated areas and demonstrates to readers how to use and preserve the bounty they produce.

This wonderful resource also:

• Speaks to the homeowner who wishes to be self-sufficient and provide wholesome, homegrown food to his or her family
• Shows how to turn even a small urban or suburban yard into a productive, efficient small farm
• Covers vegetable gardens, beekeeping and raising farm animals, including chickens, ducks and goats
• Runs the gamut from planting seeds to canning your own vegetables, from raising farm animals to preserving your own meat and poultry

They want organic plant food to give you healthy human food. 5-0-5 Organic All-Purpose Plant Food, phosphorus-free with mycorrhizae. (6.5 lb. shaker jug) Ideal for annuals, perennials, vegetables, shrubs and trees. • Perfect for vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and bulbs • Enjoy delicious vegetables & beautiful blooms • Protect your plants against transplant shock • Balanced nutrition for continual feeding • Phosphorus-free • Fortified with Protilizer® beneficial soil microbes for soil health • Contains calcium, magnesium, iron and sulfur • Covers up to 200 square feet

5-5-5 Organic All-Purpose Plant Food with phosphorus and mychorrhizae for Strong Roots (6.5 lb. shaker jug.) Ideal for annuals, perennials, vegetables, shrubs and trees. • Perfect for vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and bulbs • Enjoy delicious vegetables & beautiful blooms • Protect your plants against transplant shock • Balanced nutrition for continual feeding • Fortified with Protilizer® beneficial soil microbes for soil health • Contains calcium, magnesium, iron and sulfur • Covers up to 200 square feet

Square foot gardening, the revolutionary method developed by Mel Bartholomew, has helped millions of home gardeners grow more fresh produce in less space with less work.

With over 150 new photos and illustrations, this updated edition makes it easier than ever for you to achieve nearly foolproof results in virtually any situation!

Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife, Expanded Second Edition shows homeowners how to fill their yards and gardens with the sights and sounds of nature. Author David Mizejewski presents simple plans for reintroducing native plants that birds, butterflies, bees, and a whole host of critters can’t resist. He also shows ways of supplementing nature to further entice wildlife to yards and gardens.

The book features:

• More than 200 photos of backyard wildlife habitats and the creatures they attract
• 17 fun, wildlife-friendly projects that the whole family can enjoy
• Step-by-step instructions on how to have your yard or garden recognized as a Certified
• Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation’s Garden for Wildlife program

Many people think of wildlife as something distant, creatures living in natural forests and remote public preserves. But most wildlife in the United States isn’t found in the distant wild. It lives on our private lands, in our very backyards. Because of this, the nation’s 10 million woodland owners are, in fact, at the forefront in protecting our wildlife for generations to come.

While most landowners want to help preserve the beauty of the natural environment, however, most are unsure where to begin. In Attracting Wildlife to Your Backyard, author and landowner Josh VanBrakle provides readers with 101 easy-to-follow activities and practical approaches to help do just that.

In an organic garden, plants in optimum health thrive abundantly, produce harvests with amazing taste, and possess the ability to fight off plant predators. When they don't, there's often something lacking in their proper nutrition. Maybe they are missing beneficial microorganism companions, or perhaps they are short of the energy needed to reach their full nutrient-dense potential. The solution is to "start with the soil," but healthy soil doesn't happen just by composting, fertilizing or companion planting alone. The solution can be found in Building Soils Naturally, which gives gardeners a hands-on plan for creating productive, living soil by using a practical, holistic approach - crafted right in your garden.

Expert flower grower Lisa Mason Zeigler introduces us to the long-blooming stars of the spring garden, the hardy annuals – those flowers that thrive when they are planted during cool conditions (instead of waiting until the warmth of spring).  Forget “Some Like It Hot,” she advises, and give them a cool start. Plant them in the right spot at the right time, nestle their roots deep into rich organic soil, and stand back. In no time at all, you’ll have a low-maintenance, vibrant spring flower garden that keeps on blooming when other annuals are dead and gone.