Trees to Avoid
To minimise maintenance and hard work, it is very important to seek advice before you plant. Any plant (whether it be a tree, shrub, climber or ground cover) in the wrong place can ruin your garden, damage your house and even cause problems with ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Featured Gardens
There is nothing that can ruin the look of a beautifully designed garden more than the sight of horrible weeds. Weeds are a problem for all gardeners. Besides sneaking into garden beds where they hide amongst your plants you will also find them ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Paul Guest
Paul Guest's first book, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, won the 2002 New Issues Prize in Poetry, and his second book, Notes for My Body Double, won the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. In 2010 Ecco will publish his ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Strobe Talbott
During the past ten years, few issues have mattered more to America's vital interests or to the shape of the twenty-first century than Russia's fate. To cheer the fall of a bankrupt totalitarian regime is one thing; to build on its ruins a stable ... [... more]
Random House |
David Leibowitz
Exploring the Tunnels, Ruins, and Rooftops of Hidden New York In the shadows of the city waits an invisible frontier-a wilderness thriving in the deep places, woven through dead storm drains and live subway tunnels, coursing over third rails. ... [... more]
Random House |
W.K. Stratton
It happens once a year, creating a seismic divide throughout the country. It pits brother against brother. It breaks up business deals. It ruins relationships. And once it's finished, all both sides want is for another year to pass by so they can ... [... more]
Random House |
Invisible Frontier
Exploring the Tunnels, Ruins, and Rooftops of Hidden New York In the shadows of the city waits an invisible frontier-a wilderness thriving in the deep places, woven through dead storm drains and live subway tunnels, coursing over third rails. ... [... more]
Random House |
Igal Sarna
The Man Who Fell Into a Puddle "Throughout my life as a journalist," writes Igal Sarna in his preface, "I have written about Israeli traumas and have seen how new lives are built on the ruins. How a new land sprouts out from a charred [... more]
Random House |
Ashley Albert
Disney Fairies Collection #6: Dulcie's Taste of Magic; Silvermist and the Ladybug Curse Poor Dulcie! After the overworked baking fairy nearly ruins breakfast, Queen Clarion tells her to take a holiday. But Dulcie's vacation is no fun at all. Then ... [... more]
Random House |
Michael Gerrard
This insider's look at the best sites in Greece ranges from ancient Minoan ruins on Crete to Athens's newest neighborhoods. Guided tours include a walk in Rhodes's old town, a boat ride around Mount Athos, and a drive in northern Evvoia. Find ... [... more]
Random House |
Scott Cookman
SCOTT COOKMAN has written cooking features and how-to advice for Field & Stream since 1997. He's the author of two outdoor adventure histories: Ice Blink and Atlantic. Bad cooking ruins more camping trips-America's most popular outdoor vacation ... [... more]
Random House |
Pencil Pines
Don looked at Cupressus sempervirens 'Glauca', one of the very best pencil pine varieties. Lovely tight habit Reliable Doesn't set many cones. Cones weigh the foliage down and ruin the shape of the tree, and they also attract cockatoos. Doesn't ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
