Monday, January 31, 2011

Container Gardens for Florida (Florida Gardening) Reviews



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Container Gardens for Florida (Florida Gardening)





When author Pamela Crawford first started writing her newest book, she expected it to be short, about 100 pages or so. After all, she pondered, how many different ways can you arrange plants in a pot? But, as she began her research, the book grew into a major 368-page reference book with a companion DVD movie! Obviously, there was a lot more to container gardening than she had originally thought! This project was begun to accomplish three goals. Ms. Crawford’s first goal was to push the limits of container design - take it farther than she had ever seen it done in Florida. To accomplish this formidable task, she hit the road, traveling to areas where she knew container design was quite advanced. She ended up researching this project in Manhattan, the Hamptons, Long Island, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. Then, she searched Florida and spent time with experts who were doing great container work, like the staff at Universal Studios in Orlando and Sanchez and Maddux, landscape architects in Palm Beach. The designs shown in this book evolved from these experiences and illustrate a variety of styles of container gardening - from sleek, sophisticated interior containers (152-159) to country garden containers (pages 36-37). She spent time searching out the best suppliers for both plants and containers and brought many of their products to Florida to test them in the tough southern climate. Ms. Crawford and her assistants, Barbara Hadsell and Miguel Olivares, had fun testing over 10,000 plants and hundreds of containers in her gardens in Lake Worth. “We let our imaginations run wild with all these design ideas, plants, and spectacular pots. We are fortunate to have enough space to allow each container arrangement to grow to its maturity. This made it possible for us to report on its performance to you,” said Ms. Crawford. Her second goal was to develop a design system that is easy to understand for beginners. She shared that her first tries with gardening in containers produces a lot of problems as she learned how to design and plant containers from books. She bought book after book, and even after fallowing their instructions over and over again, most of the projects she attempted simply failed. It was at that point Ms. Crawford bought a video that taught her more in thirty minutes than she had learned in the previous ten years. At that moment, she knew that her book on container gardening had to have an accompanying DVD movie to make the learning process easy. She encourages her readers to “watch the DVD movie (sold separately) for thirty minutes and skim chapters 1, 2, and 15 in this book (include chapter 4 if you are ready to try a hanging basket). You will be ready to design and plant container gardens like the pros in no time at all!” The third goal of this book was to create a major reference work that people would keep for many years and refer to whenever they have a question about container gardening. So, Ms. Crawford made sure the book covered many different aspects of container gardening - like window boxes, wall pots, hanging baskets, diverse containers (for sun, salt, wind, shade, low water), planting and maintaining orchids, and how to use containers in the landscape. The book also covers many technical aspects of container gardening, like watering systems, soil, and fertilizer. The DVD movie is also a reference work. It covers container design basics plus three planting demos - a bowl, a hanging basket, and the planting and care of an orchid. Since the planting demos contain a lot of information, gardeners will benefit from re-watching them from time to time. The DVD movie is packaged in a box that fits right next to the book on a bookshelf. Researching this book opened up a whole new world to the author about the fun and satisfaction of container gardening. She comments that “I am so happy to share this great hobby with all of my Florida friends.”









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Voices of Black America: Historical Recordings of Speeches, Poetry, Humor & Drama 1908-1947 (Naxos Audio)



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Voices of Black America: Historical Recordings of Speeches, Poetry, Humor & Drama 1908-1947 (Naxos Audio)





This collection features original recordings from 1908-1846 of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address, the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes, rarely heard humour of Charley case, readings from God's Trombones by James weldon Johnson, and much more.









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Administrative Side of Coaching 2e: Applying Business Concepts to Athletic Program Administration and Coaching (Administrative Side of Coaching: Applying Business Concepts)



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Coaches and athletic program administrators face a wide array of challenges as they attempt to ensure that their programs are efficient and effective. Difficult decisions are made on a daily basis regarding issues such as facility scheduling, fundraising, travel budgeting, and marketing. Their decisions concerning those and other matters determine a program's current and future success. The Administrative Side of Coaching: Applying Business Concepts to Athletic Program Administration and Coaching, 2nd Edition, guides future practitioners and current professionals in adapting the tools utilized by today's top business managers to assist them in meeting the demands they face on a daily basis.









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Christopher Killer: Forensic Mystery 1 Reviews



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Christopher Killer: Forensic Mystery 1



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The sleepy Rocky Mountain town of Silverton, Colorado hasn’t seen a murder in yearsâ€"according to Pat Mahoney, the county coroner. So when his teenage daughter, Cameryn, asks if she can be his assistantâ€"as preparation for a career in forensic pathologyâ€"he figures it’s a safe bet. But neither of them imagines that their first case will involve someone Cameryn knows . . . the fourth victim of a serial killer.

Attending her first autopsy is more difficult than Cameryn had ever expected, but she’s determined to find her friend’s murderer. Before long, Cameryn is plunged into a disturbing mystery, matching wits with everyone from the cantankerous medical examiner who doubts her abilities to the famous psychic who is predicting yet another deathâ€"soon.

Edgar-award winner Alane Ferguson has written a smart and fascinating forensic mystery.









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Influx of cash headed for Bay Area



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Working in a Field of Color

Field


Image by Bill Gracey

Another "day at the office" for a worker at the flower fields in Carlsbad, California

Influx of cash headed for Bay Area

Ellington Field us getting a big influx of cash and facilities that could mean an economic boon for the Bay Area

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Feely field goal lifts Cardinals over Cowboys

Jay Feely booted a 48-yard field goal that just cleared the crossbar with five seconds to play as Arizona held off Dallas for a 27-26 NFL victory.

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THE PIGEON DETECTIVES @ UNDERAGE FESTIVAL



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2nd August 2009
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How can I be an event videographer for weddings, brithdays, schools for my future career?



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Weddings
by Andrew Morrell Photography

Question by Rachael Z: How can I be an event videographer for weddings, brithdays, schools for my future career?

I am a junior in high school and I really want to go to events like weddings, birthdays, school events, anything you can think of, and film video and take pictures, and then put everything together into amazing videos with music and special effects added to them. I can't find anything on what degree or schooling I should get or what this is even called. Any information at all about this career would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much! :)




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Answer by Filmmaker
Looks like photography and video is meant for you.
I suggest you start taking courses in those areas: software, technique, theory, history [you have NO idea how helpful that is] and you'll be on your way.

Wish you'd tell us where your location is, so i'd know which schools to recommend.

KK





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How to Write a Bestseller



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Discover the secrets to writing award-winning best sellers!









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How do you say “to _________” and “from Santa” en espanol, por favor?



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Question by leos_mama: How do you say "to _________" and "from Santa" en espanol, por favor?


So is it para or a?

De or por?

Does anyone speak Spanish as a first language? I speak it as a second language but I want to write it properly on the tag!




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Answer by curiousgeorge
try an online translator





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Historical Dictionary of Portugal (Historical Dictionaries of Europe)



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Historical Dictionary of Portugal (Historical Dictionaries of Europe)





The third edition of Historical Dictionary of Portugal greatly expands on the second edition through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions, as well as on significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.









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