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Food Security, Sustainability and Food-Stretching Recipes 
 - Free Vintage Wartime Cookbook Download

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Salt-Tolerant and Ornamental
Coastal and Seaside Gardens 		The Herbal Dog's Garden
 

 

 Download Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation's Big List of Native Plants Native and Pollinator Gardens
 - Designs and Layouts
  Grow A Fall Harvest Cornucopia Grow Your Autumn Decorations
  Veggies in Shady Gardens Grow A Mini Pumpkin Patch
  Raised Bed Compact Kitchen Garden Easy and Classy
Raised Bed Veggie and Herb Gardens
  Square Foot Gardens For The Space Challenged Easy Bee and Pollinator Garden Layouts
  Beautiful Gardens in Challenging Spaces First Impressions - A Welcoming Front Yard
  Desert and Oasis Fruit Salad Gardens For Small Spaces
   A Garden For Hummingbirds A  Garden For Gatherings
  Veggie Garden Design Plans Daisy Gardens
  Cocktail Garden Winter Wonderland Garden
  Favorite Perennials For Zone 6 Gardens Creole and Cajun Garden
  Heirloom Cottage Garden Front Yard Autumn Cut Flower Gardens
  Colorful Flower-Bordered Retreats Celestial Gardens
  The Mediterranean Diet Vegetable Garden **Free Vegetable Garden Design Plans
  The English Cottage Garden Formal English Garden
  Zodiac Theme The Victory Garden
  Italian Mini-Orchard and Flower Garden African American Heritage Garden
  Celtic Knots and Parterres Create An Heirloom "Grandmother's Garden"
  Design An Autumn Perennial Garden The 50's Backyard and Garden
  Latino Food Garden Salad Bar and Salsa Garden
  Easy and Small Butterfly Gardens Herbal Tea Garden Retreat
  Cottage Gardens Easy Circular Gardens
  Native American Crops and Medicinal Herbs The Amish Farm and Garden
  A Bird Habitat **Free Garden Design Plan Downloads**
  Traditional Japanese Garden Korean Gardens
  Therapeutic and Healing Gardens Herbalist's Garden
  Urban Orchards - Dwarf Fruit Trees Butterfly and Pollinator Gardens
  Victorian Gardens Succulents and Cactus
  Fruit Pie Gardens Haciendas
  Garden Plans -  The Old Farmer's Almanac Espaliered Fruit Tree Gardens
  Romantic Retreats Gardens For The Monarch Butterfly
  Evergreen Gardens Cold Climate Tropical Garden
  Egyptian Gardens

Dutch Bulbs Garden

  Medieval Monastery and Castle Gardens Backyard Fruit Orchards - Dwarf Fruit Trees
  Large Rockery Garden Spiral Herb Gardens
  Vertical Gardens Monet-Inspired Flower Garden
  Wildflower Gardens and Mini-Meadows Tropical Retreats
  Small-Space Fruit Orchard "Stumpery" Gardens
  Gardens In The Shade Ferns and Ferneries
  Urban Gardening 
- Small spaces, balconies, terraces and patios 		Designing A Community Garden
  Mediterranean Courtyard/Patio Garden The Italian Garden
  Fragrance Gardens Formal French Gardens
  Northeast Fruit Gardens Window Box Gardens
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  Shakespearean (Elizabethan) Gardens Rooftop Gardens
  Design A Cutting Garden Rock Star Rock Gardens
  Simple Fruit Garden  Joys of Hobby Farming
  Container Gardens Aquatic Plants and Gardens
  Bog Gardens X- Files - Diary of a Xeriscapist


Sacred and Holistic Gardens
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Myths, Formulas and Prayers

Victorian Cures and Quackery - Herbals and Hard Drugs Reds and Yellows - Easy Chinese Zen Gardens

 
Romany (formerly Gypsy) 
Remedies and Cures		 Amish Folk Medicine
Traditional and Ornamental
Chinese Herbal Medicine Garden		 Earth-based Religion and Nature Spirituality
Chakra Gardens Medieval Monastery Gardens
Faith and Prayer Gardens Biblical Gardens
Patron Saints Gardens Sacred Cloister Gardens
Ayurvedic Garden Buddha Garden
Dedicated Mary Garden Mary Garden Plant List - Symbolic Plants
The Zen Garden Meditional and Reflection Gardens
Native American Herbal Medicines Native American 3 Sisters Gardening
Native American Folklore Native American Prayers
Cherokee Medicine Formulas Cherokee Myths
Native American Medicine Wheels Native American Garden Design
Native American Ancestral Pueblo Gardens "Waffle Gardening" Method Serenity and Yoga Garden Design
Importance of Nature-Based Learning The Mediterranean Diet Garden
Free Vegetable Garden Design Downloads Healing Therapy Garden Design
Longevity Food Gardens The Spiral Herb Garden
Herbalist Garden Feng Shui Gardening
Zodiac Garden Theme Celestial Theme Garden
Soul Food Kitchen Garden - Food For The Soul Gardens of Angels
Nature and Garden Folklore Botanical Mythology and Legends
Gardens of Baha'i Traditional Jewish Garden
Celtic Fairy Folklore  

Click here for USDA Cold Hardiness Zone Maps
 - National, Northeast, and Pennsylvania-specific

Easy Garden Planning and Designs For Both Beginner and Experienced Gardeners
- Create A Small Space Ornamental, Habitat, or Food Garden With Your Favorite Plants and Colors
Easy Raised Bed Square Foot Food Gardening Beginner Space-Saver Garden
Easy Red and Yellow Asian Garden Design Dressed In White
Pretty In Pinks Easy Perennial Garden With Just 5 Plants
Blue Willow Zen Garden Beginner Cottage Garden
Perennial Garden in Blues Free Veggie Garden Design Plans
Daisy Garden Easy Pollinator Garden
Easy Deer Resistant Gardens Grow An Ornamental Gourd And Squash Garden
A Shady Retreat  Free Ornamental Garden Design Plans
An Easy Low-Maintenance Songbird Garden  

 

Pennsylvania - Vegetable Planting and Harvest Schedules for Pa. Zones 5, 6, and 7 Penn State Extension: List of Pa.'s Commonly Found Garden Spiders


Gardening, Food History, Vintage Recipes, How-To's and Old-Time Advice

Vintage Church Lady Recipes Vintage Pittsburgh Church Ladies Recipes
Vintage Wartime Recipes Canning and Preserving Fruit and Jams
Homemade Rooting Hormones Amish Canning Recipes

Canning and Preserving Your Harvests

Pennsylvania Vegetable Planting and Harvest Schedules for Zones 5, 6, and 7

Victorian Herbal Remedies
and Quack Medicine 		USDA Cold Hardiness Zone Maps - National, Northeast, and Pennsylvania-specific
"Mothers' Remedies"
 - 1915 Vintage remedies and cures 		Garden Plants and Weeds that can irritate your skin 
Outdoor Plants Indoors The Monarch and the Milkweed
Indoor Tomatoes How To Dwarf Standard Fruit Trees
Growing Irises Grow Big, Fat, Juicy Strawberries
Square Foot Garden Planting Chart Your Garden Plants and Their Care
- Downloads
Growing Spectacular Lilies Giant Hibiscus and Rose of Sharon
- Stars of The Cottage Garden
Diseases of Ornamental Perennials and Trees Horticulture Guides For Home Gardeners
The Romantic Peony Garden Pests and Diseases
-Extension Service Guides
Beautiful Japanese Maples in Pots The Fruit Tree Chill Hours Map
- your next fruit harvest depends on this
The Urban Chicken Container Planting - The "spillers"
The Italian Imigrants and The Fig Tree Growing Figs in Northern States
Grow Ornamental Vines in Small Spaces
- "Framing" and adding height to your garden 		Ornamental Grasses
-Creating texture and "movement" in the garden
The Dog Parent Guide To Toxic Garden Plants Companion Plants
- Plants That Love or Hate Each Other
4 Seasons of Garden Chores - Northeast Region Pennsylvania Zones 5-6
-Native Plants and Their Attributes
Vintage Publication - The ABC's of Gardening The Central Park Conservatory Gardens, NYC
Grow Beautiful Clematis Vines Dwarf Citrus Trees Indoors
Grow Veggies For Market Cut Flowers For Market
Easy Garden Projects Garden Crafts
Ground Covers Composting For The Lazy Gardener
Art of Mulching Medieval Peasant Food and Flower Gardens
Landscape Plants Rated by Deer Resistance Awesome Gardening Links