Step-by-Step Gardening Techniques - Hardcover

Sears, Elayne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0882669125 ISBN 13: 9780882669120

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, 1996

Synopsis

Since 1984, gardeners have looked to Horticulture's bimonthly "Step-by-Step" feature for insight, shared experience, and expert advice about gardening techniques. Here at last, those articles are drawn together in a single book.
Organized by season, Gardening Techniques Illustrated presents 86 projects, each complete in an easy-to-read two-page format and accompanied by exquisite, detailed line drawings of Elayne Sears. Gracious in their own right, they make the project instructions equally accessible to novice and experienced gardeners.
Seven of Horticulture's foremost writers are heard from in these pages. You'll receive Janet Sanchez's straightforward tips on how to strengthen bearded irises by dividing them, as well as Thomas Christopher's humorous reflections on the connection between conservatism and potting indoor plants. Other eminent writers Nancy Bubel, Tom Fischer, Teri Dunn, Oliver Allen, and Lee Reich contribute valuable suggestions on virtually all aspects of general gardening, from soil improvement and pest control to pruning and potting trees. Whether you are looking for advice on common or uncommon gardening tasks, this book is an essential reference tool and a spur to new projects.
In concise, clear language, set forth in numbered steps, each article presents all the information needed to complete the job. Surely one of the most valuable and varied resources to appear in recent years, Gardening Techniques Illustrated will be a welcome addition to any gardener's library.

About this title

Review:

A collection of 86 monthly columns from Horticulture magazine, enhanced by illustrations by Elayne Sears. The friendly, conversational contributions by writers such as Oliver E. Allen, Nancy Bubel, Thomas Christopher, Teri Dunn, Thomas Fisher, Lee Reich, and Janet H. Sanchez set neophytes at ease and make veteran gardeners feel like one of the old pros. Articles walk readers through such backyard trials as pruning flowering shrubs, forcing Belgian endive, and hardening off seedlings.

Review:

The essays ... are chatty. -- The New York Times, Dora Galitzki

About this edition

• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0882669125
• ISBN 13: 9780882669120
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212