Entries on vegetables, fruits, herbs, annuals, perennials, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines and lawns feature information on preventing problems along with symptoms of and solutions for major pests and disease. Detailed illustrations of major vegetables, fruits and ornamental plants show just how to diagnose problems. 350+ color photos.
A professional horticulturist provides tips for maintaining a healthy, happy perennial garden, including how to prepare the soil, control pests and diseases, and choose plants, plus sage directions for dead-heading, pinching back, and pruning. An encyclopedia of perennials is also included, along with a calendar showing when to do what. ...
How to make a memorable garden in a small space, and do it with a minimum of the backbreaking labor usually associated with a really superior garden: that's the author's message, which he presents on his PBS series and distills in this useful book--a perennial best-seller.
Now the beloved classic is revised front-to-back. The new edition has gone 100 per cent organic, which in Barbara Damrosch's hands also means completely accessible. It reflects the latest research on plants, soils, tools, and techniques. There is updated and expanded information on planning a garden, recommended plants, and best tools. Ecological ...
After years of living in dread of mushrooms, we can't get enough of these rich, delicate morsels. When the local forest or market no longer suffices, it's time to grow your own with this guide to cultivating 31 species. Recipes are included so growers can savour the fruits of their labour.
How to make a memorable garden in a small space, and do it with a minimum of the backbreaking labor usually associated with a really superior garden: that's the author's message, which he presents on his PBS series and distills in this useful book--a perennial best-seller.
A new edition of the definitive guide to vermicomposting--a process using redworms to recycle human food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for plants. Author Mary Appelhof provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems. Internationally recognized as an authority on vermicomposting, ...
AHS Plant Propagation is a comprehensive, essential guide to increasing the numbers of a huge range of plants. An extensive introduction explains the botany and plant physiology behind the science of propagation, and the encyclopedic A - Z section presents all the appropriate techniques for more than 1,000 different kinds of plants. Specialized ...
This handy A-to-Z for home gardeners provides generously developed entries on gardening and growing topics--all from an organic perspective. Whether the subject is groundcover or folklore, each entry contains practical information that reflects deep knowledge that goes beyond the basics. The entry on soil is justifiably lengthy, as is the one for ...
Baker shows how to grow, protect, and store vegetables that are bursting withflavor--using the unique ideas and methods he learned from Grandma Putt's owngardening philosophy.
In short, easy-to-understand entries, supplemented by how-to illustrations, inspiring photos, and handy charts and checklists, this guide explores the garden from the ground up. Organized in an A-Z format for easy reference, it combines basic information with clever tips and shortcuts to help gardeners plan their gardens (and their time), cope ...
For the most complete up-to-date information on starting plants from seed, turn to "The New Seed-Starters Handbook." Written by a gardener with 30 years of experience, this easy-to-use reference explains everything you need to know to start seeds and raise healthy seedlings successfully. You'll find:
Compiled by two distinguished professors of horticulture, "The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation" is a must for professionals and students of horticulture. Over 1,100 species and their propagation requirements by seeds, cuttings, grafting and budding, and tissue culture are discussed in exhaustive detail. Essentially a recipe book for ...
This extensively revised and expanded edition broadens the reach and depth of the permaculture approach for urban and suburban gardeners. The text's message is that working with nature, not against it, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens.
Ever since she was old enough to help her grandmother in the garden, Sharon Lovejoy has spent her life working with plants - and along the way, through "trowel and error", she's accumulated hundreds and hundreds of remedies, tips, short-cuts, and cure-alls. TROWEL AND ERROR collects all of her homespun garden advice into an inviting, ...
Demonstrates how to create a water garden from scratch or prefabricated moulding. The book also offers guidance on plants and fish, and moves onto raised ponds, streams and waterfalls.
The most significant gardening topic of today is covered in this completely revised and updated volume--the essential guide to composting for all gardeners and environmentally conscious people. Provides detailed, easy-to-follow instructions and guidance. 70 illustrations.
In "How to Cheat at Gardening and Yard Work," Bredenberg offers down-to-earth, friendly-neighbor-next-door advice and new, easier ways of doing gardening and yard work without sacrificing results.
The American Horticultural Society offers this comprehensive and practical guide to the correct pruning and training of more than 800 ornamental plants and fruits. Filled with specially commissioned photographs and detailed with "before and after" illustrations, this book offers all the information any gardener needs to maintain attractive well ...
Questions like these haunt every amateur gardener. But the expert answers in this classic guide are designed to make the grass greener on everyone's side of the fence. Jerry Baker, America's master gardener, understands all your hopes and dreams and fears about your garden. And in the pages of this practical, inspiring handbook, he gives you, the ...
This is an illustrated instruction for 60 gardening techniques helpful in raising vegetables, fruits and herbs. Problem-solving tables are included which help determine the causes of plant problems, and offer safe, organic solutions. There are 350 illustrations to accompany the text.
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