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The New Hampshire Gardener’s Companion is the only guide focused on the challenges of cultivating a successful garden in the Granite State. Whether you are an experienced green thumb or an inquiring novice, whether you live in the White Mountains, the Connecticut or Merrimac River valleys, or along the seacoast, this easy-to-understand guide will help you grow bountiful vegetables, abundant flowers, and lush lawns.

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The Vermont Gardener's Companion tells how to get the most out of Vermont’s short gardening season and details how readers can use organic methods to improve soil, deal with diseases and pests, and get better results with their plants in a state where “winter temperatures plunge far below zero and rocks left by the glaciers pop out of the ground each spring like bread from hyperactive toasters.” With good humor and a natural teacher’s gift for explanations, Henry Homeyer makes gardening fun and readily accessible to all.

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Organic Gardening (not just) in the Northeast is organized around the calendar year, starting in March and continuing through the year with timely advice. Henry Homeyer's book is packed with useful information you won't easily find elsewhere: how to sharpen your pruners, use a screwdriver to test for compaction in the lawn, and build a welcoming cedar arbor as an entrance to the garden. Learn how to grow ladyslipper orchids or Himalayan blue poppies, prune apple trees, grow giant pumpkins, and even how to start a date palm from a grocery store date or build a small stone igloo to delight grandchildren. Eccentric, eclectic, and entertaining, whether you are a beginner or a veteran, this book has something and more for you.

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A fantasy-adventure story about a boy born with a mustache and an ability to talk with animals. Wobar's adventures begin when he runs away from home after getting in trouble at his new school. Hiding out in a cave, he meets a cougar, Roxie, who becomes his best friend and constant companion. Wobar encounters the ghost of a Revolutionary War soldier who was given -- and had stolen from him -- a calumet or Native American peace pipe. The pipe has the power to end all wars and until it is found and returned to the American president, the ghost must remain in limbo. Wobar and Roxie travel to New Orleans - by freight train, boat and cargo plane -- where a gypsy fortune teller helps them with their quest. Alternately scary and funny, each exciting chapter ends with a cliff-hanger.Henry Homeyer is a writer, storyteller, and grandfather who taught third and fourth grade long ago. Wobar and the Quest for the Magic Calumet is a tale Henry told one summer while running a playground program in Saxtons River, Vermont, when he was still in college. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa and has been a peace activist since the Vietnam War. He dreams of a real calumet that can end all wars. Currently residing in Cornish Flat, NH, Henry also writes books and syndicated columns on gardening.Joshua Yunger is the illustrator of several books, including his forthcoming children's book Hippo and Monkey. He is a faculty member at Alliance for the Visual Art (AVA) Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and a stay-at-home dad. In his spare time, he writes and records songs for his band The Ologists. He Lives in South Straffor, VT with his wife Erin and their children George and Casey.Advance PraiseIt is one of the best adventure books I have ever read. And I love adventures.--Willa McGough, reader, age nineAs a child, I ran away on an adventure with Wobar, his mustache, and his cougar friend. Their story, a unique telling of doing good despite the odds, has always stayed with me. Every parent and every child should read it.--Sarah Mitchell, bookseller (retired)Reading the story of Wobar was one of the high points of the year for my third-grade class. They were spellbound.--Linda Fuerst, third-grade teacher

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