Product Description: Nothing tastes better than herbs fresh from the garden. Discover how easy and rewarding it is to grow your own! Simple instructions, tempting dishes, and beautiful full-color photographs will inspire you to grow, harvest, preserve, and cook with 26 of the most popular kitchen herbs, including basil, chives, cilantro, dill, fennel, garlic, lavender, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, and tarragon...read more

Product Description: Young readers everywhere are fascinated by raptors - by their powerful talons (similar to dinosaurs'), their astonishing eyesight (ten times sharper than ours), and their awesome speed in flight. Raptor! invites children into this wild world with a lively text enhanced by more than 100 full-color images by nature photographer Tom Vexo...read more

An all-season guide to fifty of Connecticut's best trails for both novice and experienced hikers provides detailed trail descriptions, maps, nature notes on regional flora and fauna, summaries of distance and difficulty level, nearby access points, and other opportunities for such outdoor adventures as cross country skiing and snowshoeing. Original.

Product Description: Fall Foliage celebrates one of nature's most spectacular, beloved, and fleeting phenomenon. This informal but authoritative guide-part artistic color photography, part science, part travelogue-answers commonly asked questions about foliage: Why do leaves turn yellow, or red? Why do leaves fall? How can you identify trees by their leaves or their bark? Where are the best displays of fall foliage nationwide, and when is peak season...read more

Product Description: Now completely revised and updated, the Massachusetts Trail Guide is the most comprehensive guide available to the trails of the Bay State.

Product Description: Now in a more compact, easy-to-use size, this completely updated edition of AMC's popular Nature Walks in Connecticut leads nature lovers of all ages and abilities on 40 walks on the state's most scenic trails.

Product Description: Drought, flood, hail, and wind are just a few of the challenges that extreme weather can present as you’re trying to grow healthy plants. Charles W. G. Smith helps you tackle unforeseen weather changes using his ingenious defensive approach to gardening...read more

Product Description: Just a few hours from both Boston and New York City are the Berkshires, a beautiful and accessible oasis for outdoor adventurers. Its trails, lakes, and rivers offer recreational opportunities for everyone. Ideal for residents and visitors alike, Discover the Berkshires of Massachusetts details more than 40 of the best hikes, mountain bike trails, and paddles in the region...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Water gardens are a harmonious blending of water and earth, both relaxing and inspiring. In Easy-Care Water Garden Plants, horticulturist Charles W.G. Smith tells you everything you need to know to select and care for water plants with minimal fuss and work...read more

Product Description: Ideal for paddlers of all ages and abilities! Each water trail description highlights the wildlife, ecology, and landforms of the region, rewarding explorers with insights into the abundant natural wonders of this area. Special features include: guided tours of the best quietwater, quickwater, and whitewater paddling in the western half of Massachusetts; Boot Prints - describes a scenic hiking trail or nature walk near a featured paddle...read more

Product Description: Discover the wildlife and local history of more than 40 of Connecticut's most scenic trails and walks. From the mountains and lush woodlands of the west, through the fertile Connecticut River Valley, to the beautiful eastern shoreline, this is the perfect guide for hikers, walkers, and nature lovers...read more

The successor to The Big Book of Gardening Skills contains professional advice on growing the best vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers, with clear-cut instructions on cultivating healthy annuals, perennials, and bulbs in any climate. Simultaneous. Rodale's Organic Gardening Main.