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Western North Carolina farm & garden calendar : the farm and gardening survival book;good for all eastern states in hardiness zones 5, 6, 7. / by Shirley, Nancy.;
"BE PREPARED Grow and store food when times are tough""Survival gardening and frarming. How to garden and farm when food is scarce. Plant and harvest with simple tools. Knowing the best time to plant. If you've wanted the grand overview all in one place, this is what you've been looking for. Can be used in hardiness zones by adding or substracting months depending on your climate. Particularly good for North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, and Tennessee; as well other states in the east. A month by month guide shows you when/how to plant, harvest and maintain your garden, greenhouse, and farm. A focus on old-time ways of living that have worked for centuries. A tremendous amount of valuable information." -- back cover"You need this book"
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Survival; Agriculture;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Cultivation of comfrey : medicinal and food uses for people and livestock/ by Shirley, Nancy;
Includes bibliographical references.Learn how to cultivate Comfrey so you have the best productivity. Methods of propagating by seeds throughout the year. How to dig root cuttings and transplant them successfully for your garden or farm. Details about location, timing, spacing, soil, fertilizer, water, pests, disease, weeds and temperature. Even how to get rid of Comfrey in places you do not want it. The best ways to collect and store Comfrey seeds. Tools used to harvest Comfrey leaves and roots with the optimum frequency of cutting / digging. See what type of productivity you can expect per garden plot or acre. How to dry Comfrey leaves and roots properly. Details about how to make good Comfrey silage for your livestock. Lots of information about how livestock love Comfrey including cattle, chickens, ducks, donkeys, fish, geese, goats, guinea pigs, horses, pigs, rabbits, sheep and turkey. How to use Comfrey as livestock medicine with articles from the 1800s to the present. Many stories and excerpts about Comfrey as human medicine from the 1800s to now, includes old-fashioned herbal remedies. One of the healing aspects of Comfrey is the allantoin; how this helps you heal. How to make and use Comfrey medicine such as powder, tinctures, extracts, syrups, lozenge, oil, ointment, poultice, compress, bath and more. Extensive medical research about Comfrey starting in 1968 and going to the current time. Excerpts from all of the important medical studies with analysis of many of them. Details about the types and amounts of alkaloids in Comfrey. How and why people react to them, some more than others. An overview of government regulation of Comfrey as medicine in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, European Union, and Australia from 1982 to now. Includes an historical overview of how people have drunk Comfrey tea and eaten Comfrey leaves starting in 1824 in Europe.
Subjects: Botany, Medical.; Materia medica, Vegetable; Herbs;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Botany and history of comfrey : garden uses of comfrey/ by Shirley, Nancy;
Includes bibliographical references.This book has in-depth research on Comfrey (Symphytum) using historical documents, botanical literature, biomedical literature, modern research papers, academic dissertations, government resources, databases, maps, articles, books, and magazines in many languages from many countries. It is illustrated with artwork from the years 1555 to 1913. All species and many subspecies of Comfrey are described including the more known species such as Symphytum officinale (Common Comfrey), Symphytum x uplandicum (Russian or Quaker Comfrey), Symphytum asperum (Prickly Comfrey), and Symphytum tuberosum (Tuberous Comfrey). The history and current accepted botanical naming is referenced. There are detailed descriptions of the leaves, roots, flowers and seeds. Chromosomes and breeding are discussed in pure species and hybrids. Geographic locations are given. There is much information about the history of Comfrey throughout the world, starting with Herodotus in Greece in 425 BC. It includes: Pliny the Elder in Rome in 79 AD, Anglo-Saxon Leech Books from 900-1000 AD, Hildegard of Bingen in Germany in 1179 AD, Jean Ruel in France in 1536, Paracelsus in Switzerland in 1541, John Gerard in England in 1597, John Parkinson in England in 1640, Thomas Christy in England in 1790, Henry Doubleday in England in the late 1800s, Lawrence Hills in England wrote comfrey books in 1953/1975/1976, and many more historical figures. Gardening with Comfrey shows how to use it as a mulch, soil conditioner, dynamic accumulator, liquid fertilizer (Comfrey tea), compost activator, and potting amendment. This perennial helps the growth of vegetables and fruit, especially potatoes. It is popular in permaculture and forest gardens. Beneficial insects love comfrey. Analysis gives the nutritional value of Comfrey with amounts of protein, fiber, minerals, vitamins and mucilage. Studies of the digestibility of the leaf are provided.
Subjects: Botany, Medical.; Materia medica, Vegetable; Herbs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Preserving and maintaining the older home / by Hanson, Shirley.(CARDINAL)524896; Hubby, Nancy.(CARDINAL)524897;
Bibliography: pages 223-224.
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Dwellings;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The bag I'm taking to Grandma's / by Neitzel, Shirley.(CARDINAL)769015; Parker, Nancy Winslow,illustrator.(CARDINAL)318093; Parker, Nancy Winslow.(CARDINAL)318093;
In cumulative verses and rebuses a young boy and his mother have different views on how to pack a bag for a trip to Grandma's.NP
Subjects: Fiction.; Rebuses.; Stories in rhyme.; Luggage; Luggage; Rebuses; Rebuses; Stories in rhyme; Stories in rhyme; Travel; Travel;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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The jacket I wear in the snow / by Neitzel, Shirley.(CARDINAL)769015; Parker, Nancy Winslow,illustrator.(CARDINAL)318093;
A young girl names all the clothes that she must wear to play in the snow.
Subjects: Fiction.; Rebuses.; Clothing and dress; Rebuses; Snow; Stories in rhyme;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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We're making breakfast for mother / by Neitzel, Shirley.(CARDINAL)769015; Parker, Nancy Winslow,illustrator.(CARDINAL)318093;
Rhymes and rebuses show children making breakfast for their mother, complete with flowers and a tray.NP
Subjects: Fiction.; Rebuses.; Stories in rhyme.; Breakfasts; Breakfasts; Rebuses; Rebuses; Stories in rhyme; Stories in rhyme;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10
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Who will I be? : a Halloween rebus story / by Neitzel, Shirley.(CARDINAL)769015; Parker, Nancy Winslow,illustrator.(CARDINAL)318093;
When an invitation to a Halloween party arrives, a child gathers supplies to make a costume but cannot decide what to be.
Subjects: Fiction.; Costume; Halloween; Stories in rhyme; Stories in rhyme; Costumes.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 15
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The house I'll build for the wrens / by Neitzel, Shirley.(CARDINAL)769015; Parker, Nancy Winslow,illustrator.(CARDINAL)318093;
Cumulative verses with rebuses describe all the tools that a young boy borrows from his mother's toolbox to make a birdhouse.
Subjects: Fiction.; Rebuses.; Stories in rhyme.; Birdhouses; Rebuses; Tools;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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The dress I'll wear to the party / by Neitzel, Shirley.(CARDINAL)769015; Parker, Nancy Winslow,illustrator.(CARDINAL)318093;
In cumulative verses and rebuses a girl describes how she is dressing up in her mother's party things.
Subjects: Fiction.; Rebuses.; Stories in rhyme.; Clothing and dress; Clothing and dress; Rebuses; Rebuses; Stories in rhyme; Stories in rhyme;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 11
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