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Naturescape Manitoba features full colour photographs,
watercolour illustrations,
 diagrams and over 200 pages about gardening with
native plants and living with nature in your backyard. It is a beautifully
laid-out book in landscape format 8"x11".
 The
text provides a wealth of information and teaching about plants and animals
while feature pages focus on specific topics such as Monarch Butterflies.
Special features include the sidebars which focus on a variety issues such as
where you can Dig Your Own Native Tree, Tips for Keeping Wildlife Outside,
Attracting Insect Predators to control unwanted pests and many, many more.
 Also
making this book a practical and useful guide are the many Projects ranging from simple plans like
building a bird house for Wrens to much more complex plans like turning your
entire yard into a small forest. These projects provide plans and even layouts
for flower
gardens at the same time teaching broader concepts about how to bring a little bit of
nature into your yard while minimizing the problems and pests. A lot of research
has gone into Naturescape Manitoba and much of this research on native species
and their requirements and attributes has been compiled into extensive tables at
the end of the book. These tables provide information on habitat requirements
for both plants and animals.
 What
they need to live and thrive and what will attract them. Naturescape Manitoba
provides the reader with a extensively researched and expert reviewed
guide to naturalizing your yard or neighbourhood area. It also includes a
section of resources that will guide the reader to other sources of information
and even supplies that will help them to naturalize their corner of the world. |
