{"product_id":"my-weeds-a-gardeners-botany-paperback-1","title":"My Weeds: A Gardener's Botany - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Stein] knows what has to be done, but she has also shown a new way to do it. Think of the author as a sort of jujitsu gardener; in her hands the very strengths of weeds are turned to her advantage.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this manual cum philosophical treatise, Stein discloses an amazing amount of information, from anatomy to propagation, about more than 100 species of North American weeds.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the native gardening classic \u003ci\u003eNoah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyard\u003c\/i\u003e comes \u003ci\u003eMy Weeds\u003c\/i\u003e, a foray into the secret and fascinating lives of the world's most hated plants.\u003cbr\u003e By asking of the common weed, \"What kind of plant is this? How does it behave? What is it up to in my garden? Can I thwart its plans?\" Stein shows how a thorough understanding of the enemy is the gardener's best defense. Incredibly adaptive, weeds are also good teachers, and Stein shows us what they tell us about our gardens and the lives of all plants.\u003cbr\u003e She entertains with tales of famous--and notorious--weeds of the world, compares weeding tools and methods, and discusses the uses of weeds. Along the way, Stein also explains the intricate workings of photosynthesis, plant anatomy and reproduction, evolution, and the laws of succession by which nature tries to reclaim the land a gardener has disturbed.\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1988, \u003ci\u003eMy Weeds\u003c\/i\u003e was among the first generation of books to advocate the use of native plants, and Stein's discussions of backyard ecology, pesticides, and the threat of exotic species were as groundbreaking then as they are relevant today. A biography of the plant world's most maligned members and a fascinating primer of the most useful aspects of plant biology and ecology, \u003ci\u003eMy Weeds\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading even for the gardener who never leaves the armchair!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Stein is the author of \u003ci\u003eNoah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlanting Noah's Garden: Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA biography of the plant world's most maligned members and a fascinating primer of the most useful aspects of plant biology and ecology, My Weeds is essential reading even for the gardener who never leaves the armchair!\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9.01 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53146252017971,"sku":"9780813017396","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/er1u2ULue29780813017396_b3dd6158-ef78-4af8-a9ca-22167ecf12b6.webp?v=1773863924","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/my-weeds-a-gardeners-botany-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}