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Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In What We Sow, Jennifer Jewell brings readers on an insightful, year-long journey exploring the outsize impact one of nature's smallest manifestations--the simple seed. She examines our skewed notions where "organic" seeds are grown and sourced, reveals how giant multinational agribusiness has refined and patented the genomes of seeds we rely on for staples like corn and soy, and highlights the efforts of activists working to regain legal access...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Become more self-sufficient by saving your own seed from one year to the next. Bradley clarifies how to select the best plants, make seed saving a part of your garden plan, save both wet and dry seed, and much more. Includes a crop-by-crop guide with more specific suggestions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Storey Pub
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Growing plants from seeds isn't difficult; it just takes a little know-how. Now, gardeners of any experience level can get a jump on the growing season with this concise, straightforward guide. Ellis provides the basic information that you need and teaches you foolproof starting techniques for a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
6) Little seeds
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simple rhyming text follows a child who plants flower seeds in a garden and loves to watch them grow.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun another falls into the ocean...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Plant a seed to watch it grow. Press on the cloud to make it rain. Jiggle the book to scatter the seeds. Interactive text teaches very young children how flowers sprout and mature. Contains watercolor depictions of a flower in various stages of growth"--
10) Seeds
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Plants grow from seeds, so understanding basic facts about seeds helps readers understand the life cycle of a plant. Life cycles are just one of the important science curriculum topics readers explore as they turn each colorful page. Accessible text is accompanied by detailed photographs and diagrams of seeds and the plants they become. After reading, students will be eager to plant seeds of their own to see the lessons they ve learned about plants...
12) The bad seed
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He's been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line every time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to be'happy? With Jory John's charming and endearing text and bold expressive illustrations...
Series
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. A cadre of 10 agrichemical companies, including Syngenta, Bayer, and Monsanto, controls over two-thirds of the global seed market, reaping unprecedented profits. SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY follows passionate seed-keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. These farmers, scientists, lawyers and indigenous people are fighting a David and Goliath battle to defend the future of our...
15) What will grow?
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Seeds can be big or small, round or pointy, and all sorts of colors. They can become flowers, trees, fruits, or vegetables, and they grow all times of year, during spring, summer, fall, and winter. But all seeds have one thing in common--inside each is a new plant life waiting to emerge. What kind of plant will bloom? Wait and see what will grow! This jacketed companion picture book to What Will Hatch? features all kinds of seeds, from flowers and...
16) Seeds
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A complicated topic is made easier with this title introducing seeds and explaining their anatomy and how they grow into plants. Labeled diagrams and photographs and a glossary will make learning about seeds even simpler!"--
Author
Publisher
Seed Savers Exchange
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Filled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting and saving seed from your favorite heirloom and open-pollinated plants. Seed Savers Exchange and the Organic Seed Alliance bring together decades of knowledge to demystify the time honored tradition of saving seeds using lush photographs, clear instructions, and...
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces children to the subject of agriculture, showing not only how plants germinate, grow and produce food, but also about the composition of soil and the creatures who live in it.
19) The carrot seed
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[1945]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.
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