Author: Editors of Reader's Digest
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621452077
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
1,519 All-Natural, All-Amazing Gardening Secrets is filled with old-time wisdom, ingenious advice, surprising tips and expert tricks for the garden of your dreams. With less time, money and effort you can create a beautiful garden. We’ll show you how plan and design your garden, choose which plants are best for your climate zone, and maintain your dream garden. Here are just a few of the secrets you’ll find in this book: Want greener grass? Add some Epsom salts to a gallon of water and spread it on your lawn. Hoping for juicier tomatoes? Add a spoonful of sugar at just the right time. Trying to keep ants at bay? Make a hot chile and water mash and pour directly into the anthill. • COMPREHENSIVE AND HARDWORKING: This practical guide is loaded with solid hints, informative tips, surprising fixes and ingenious advice to grow the garden and lawn of your dreams. Covering everything from garden planning to design, understanding the zones, annual flowers and perennials, container plants and landscaping shrubs, vegetables, fruits and herbs, lawn care basics and repair, weeds and pests control, soil improvements, garden structures, and so much more. • ALL NATURAL SOLUTIONS: Simple solutions to common garden problems can often be found in your kitchen cabinets or recycling bins. From spritzing slugs with leftover coffee to capturing pesky flies and yellow jackets with simple soda bottle traps, this book brings together hundreds old tried and true ways to grow a better garden naturally without resorting to costly and harmful chemicals.
Jerry Baker's Great Green Book of Garden Secrets
Author: Jerry Baker
Publisher: Jerry Baker
ISBN: 9780922433360
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Handy hints, timely tonics, and super solutions to turn your yard into a green garden paradise!
Publisher: Jerry Baker
ISBN: 9780922433360
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Handy hints, timely tonics, and super solutions to turn your yard into a green garden paradise!
My Secret Garden
Author: Alan Titchmarsh
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448141346
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
After moving from the Barleywood garden where he hosted BBC Gardeners' World for seven years, Alan Titchmarsh set up home in an old farmhouse a few miles down the road, and went about planting his own private eden away from the public eye. In this horticultural memoir Alan finally reveals all about this secret garden, explaining with his trademark warmth the personal stories behind its design and evolution. Accompanied by beautiful photographs taken by Jonathan Buckley throughout the eight years in which the garden has been made, My Secret Garden allows us access to all of the successes and failures of this diverse and ambitious project. Comprising many different styles and spaces - from an acre of formal beds and ponds to wild flower meadows and a stunning winter garden - Alan's tales of development and cultivation will be applicable to all gardeners. With the plot encompassing fruit trees, a handsome greenhouse and wildlife-friendly plantings, gardeners of all styles and levels of expertise will find something to enjoy. Driven by Alan's infectious and informative style, My Secret Garden is a fascinating, amusing and inspiring book.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448141346
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
After moving from the Barleywood garden where he hosted BBC Gardeners' World for seven years, Alan Titchmarsh set up home in an old farmhouse a few miles down the road, and went about planting his own private eden away from the public eye. In this horticultural memoir Alan finally reveals all about this secret garden, explaining with his trademark warmth the personal stories behind its design and evolution. Accompanied by beautiful photographs taken by Jonathan Buckley throughout the eight years in which the garden has been made, My Secret Garden allows us access to all of the successes and failures of this diverse and ambitious project. Comprising many different styles and spaces - from an acre of formal beds and ponds to wild flower meadows and a stunning winter garden - Alan's tales of development and cultivation will be applicable to all gardeners. With the plot encompassing fruit trees, a handsome greenhouse and wildlife-friendly plantings, gardeners of all styles and levels of expertise will find something to enjoy. Driven by Alan's infectious and informative style, My Secret Garden is a fascinating, amusing and inspiring book.
Secrets of the Garden
Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0385753640
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Depicts a family of four who make their garden their summer home as they prepare the soil, plant seeds, water the garden, and watch for a harvest of vegetables.
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0385753640
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Depicts a family of four who make their garden their summer home as they prepare the soil, plant seeds, water the garden, and watch for a harvest of vegetables.
Secrets to Great Soil
Author: Elizabeth Stell
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 9781580170086
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Explains how to create and maintain fertile soil, including advice on choosing fertilizers, improving new sites, fine-tuning for specific plants, and using compost
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 9781580170086
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Explains how to create and maintain fertile soil, including advice on choosing fertilizers, improving new sites, fine-tuning for specific plants, and using compost
The Book of Garden Secrets
Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552091043
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Explains how plants grow and offers tips on special techniques for growing better vegetables
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552091043
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Explains how plants grow and offers tips on special techniques for growing better vegetables
The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book
Author: Ruth Stout
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927458365
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Can you really have a productive garden without plowing, hoeing, weeding, cultivating, and all the other bothersome rituals that most gardeners suffer through every growing season? "Sure," says Ruth Stout, a prolific author and writer at 80 years young. The reason that Ruth can throw away her spade and hoe and do her gardening from a couch is a year-round mulch covering, 6 to 8 inches thick, that covers her garden like a blanket. Thousands of curious gardeners have visited her Redding, Connecticut garden, including university scientists and horticulture experts. The experts have been dazzled by the technique used by the queen of mulch! But the results of 41 years of gardening experience can't be denied. The Ruth Stout No-Work Gardening Book gives Ruth's unique advice on growing techniques and tells how she has escaped the bugaboos that haunt most gardeners. Her poison-free method of combating slugs and other insects, her scheme for growing tasty vegetables all year, her method of foiling both drought and frost -- these and many other growing secrets are revealed -- secrets that have brought this perky organic gardener season after season of growing pleasure. If you're tired of being a slave to your garden, yet still want to enjoy it without the bother of sprays, weeding, hoeing or other toilsome garden chores, The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Books has the information you need. It's completely tested gardening method, perfected during more than 40 years experience and reported in the pages of Organic Gardening magazine, eliminates gardening strain and toil, and does it organically with no dangerous chemical fertilizers or toxic sprays. Take it easy. Put nature to work in your garden.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927458365
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Can you really have a productive garden without plowing, hoeing, weeding, cultivating, and all the other bothersome rituals that most gardeners suffer through every growing season? "Sure," says Ruth Stout, a prolific author and writer at 80 years young. The reason that Ruth can throw away her spade and hoe and do her gardening from a couch is a year-round mulch covering, 6 to 8 inches thick, that covers her garden like a blanket. Thousands of curious gardeners have visited her Redding, Connecticut garden, including university scientists and horticulture experts. The experts have been dazzled by the technique used by the queen of mulch! But the results of 41 years of gardening experience can't be denied. The Ruth Stout No-Work Gardening Book gives Ruth's unique advice on growing techniques and tells how she has escaped the bugaboos that haunt most gardeners. Her poison-free method of combating slugs and other insects, her scheme for growing tasty vegetables all year, her method of foiling both drought and frost -- these and many other growing secrets are revealed -- secrets that have brought this perky organic gardener season after season of growing pleasure. If you're tired of being a slave to your garden, yet still want to enjoy it without the bother of sprays, weeding, hoeing or other toilsome garden chores, The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Books has the information you need. It's completely tested gardening method, perfected during more than 40 years experience and reported in the pages of Organic Gardening magazine, eliminates gardening strain and toil, and does it organically with no dangerous chemical fertilizers or toxic sprays. Take it easy. Put nature to work in your garden.
Florida Survival Gardening
Author: David The Good
Publisher: Good Books
ISBN: 9781955289054
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Can your Florida garden feed you in tough times? The answer is yes, and it's easier than you think. In this important new book from Florida gardening expert David the Good, you'll learn how to grow staple crops and provide your family with enough calories and nutrition to get through a crisis. Learn to beat weeds and pests, turn Florida sand into soil, garden with very few resources and provide your family with survival food without breaking the bank. Florida Survival Gardening is the culmination of decades of research on growing food in the Sunshine State. Discover the staple crops that will keep you full and the nutrient-dense plants that will keep you healthy. Stop worrying about uncertain supply lines and difficult times and plant a survival garden that will keep going through the year in Florida's unique climate. Step-by-step, you'll learn exactly how to grow a Florida garden that works with the climate and requires just hand tools to start and maintain in this illustrated guide that includes plans and survival crop suggestions for gardens in both the northern and southern halves of the state. Don't panic. You can do this. It's time to harvest the bounty Florida can provide.
Publisher: Good Books
ISBN: 9781955289054
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Can your Florida garden feed you in tough times? The answer is yes, and it's easier than you think. In this important new book from Florida gardening expert David the Good, you'll learn how to grow staple crops and provide your family with enough calories and nutrition to get through a crisis. Learn to beat weeds and pests, turn Florida sand into soil, garden with very few resources and provide your family with survival food without breaking the bank. Florida Survival Gardening is the culmination of decades of research on growing food in the Sunshine State. Discover the staple crops that will keep you full and the nutrient-dense plants that will keep you healthy. Stop worrying about uncertain supply lines and difficult times and plant a survival garden that will keep going through the year in Florida's unique climate. Step-by-step, you'll learn exactly how to grow a Florida garden that works with the climate and requires just hand tools to start and maintain in this illustrated guide that includes plans and survival crop suggestions for gardens in both the northern and southern halves of the state. Don't panic. You can do this. It's time to harvest the bounty Florida can provide.
Complete Home Gardening
Author: Miranda Smith
Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press
ISBN: 1580113265
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Covers how to grow flowers, vegetables, herbs, and fruits with much less effort and better results. Written with both the beginner and experienced gardener in mind. Over 580 color photos and 260 illustrations.
Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press
ISBN: 1580113265
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Covers how to grow flowers, vegetables, herbs, and fruits with much less effort and better results. Written with both the beginner and experienced gardener in mind. Over 580 color photos and 260 illustrations.
Great Green Book of Garden Secrets
Author: Jerry Baker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Jerry Baker's amazing home, health and gardent tips, tricks and tonics.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Jerry Baker's amazing home, health and gardent tips, tricks and tonics.
1519 All-Natural, All-Amazing Gardening Secrets
Author: Editors of Reader's Digest
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621452077
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
1,519 All-Natural, All-Amazing Gardening Secrets is filled with old-time wisdom, ingenious advice, surprising tips and expert tricks for the garden of your dreams. With less time, money and effort you can create a beautiful garden. We’ll show you how plan and design your garden, choose which plants are best for your climate zone, and maintain your dream garden. Here are just a few of the secrets you’ll find in this book: Want greener grass? Add some Epsom salts to a gallon of water and spread it on your lawn. Hoping for juicier tomatoes? Add a spoonful of sugar at just the right time. Trying to keep ants at bay? Make a hot chile and water mash and pour directly into the anthill. • COMPREHENSIVE AND HARDWORKING: This practical guide is loaded with solid hints, informative tips, surprising fixes and ingenious advice to grow the garden and lawn of your dreams. Covering everything from garden planning to design, understanding the zones, annual flowers and perennials, container plants and landscaping shrubs, vegetables, fruits and herbs, lawn care basics and repair, weeds and pests control, soil improvements, garden structures, and so much more. • ALL NATURAL SOLUTIONS: Simple solutions to common garden problems can often be found in your kitchen cabinets or recycling bins. From spritzing slugs with leftover coffee to capturing pesky flies and yellow jackets with simple soda bottle traps, this book brings together hundreds old tried and true ways to grow a better garden naturally without resorting to costly and harmful chemicals.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621452077
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
1,519 All-Natural, All-Amazing Gardening Secrets is filled with old-time wisdom, ingenious advice, surprising tips and expert tricks for the garden of your dreams. With less time, money and effort you can create a beautiful garden. We’ll show you how plan and design your garden, choose which plants are best for your climate zone, and maintain your dream garden. Here are just a few of the secrets you’ll find in this book: Want greener grass? Add some Epsom salts to a gallon of water and spread it on your lawn. Hoping for juicier tomatoes? Add a spoonful of sugar at just the right time. Trying to keep ants at bay? Make a hot chile and water mash and pour directly into the anthill. • COMPREHENSIVE AND HARDWORKING: This practical guide is loaded with solid hints, informative tips, surprising fixes and ingenious advice to grow the garden and lawn of your dreams. Covering everything from garden planning to design, understanding the zones, annual flowers and perennials, container plants and landscaping shrubs, vegetables, fruits and herbs, lawn care basics and repair, weeds and pests control, soil improvements, garden structures, and so much more. • ALL NATURAL SOLUTIONS: Simple solutions to common garden problems can often be found in your kitchen cabinets or recycling bins. From spritzing slugs with leftover coffee to capturing pesky flies and yellow jackets with simple soda bottle traps, this book brings together hundreds old tried and true ways to grow a better garden naturally without resorting to costly and harmful chemicals.