Beginner's Guide to Gardening - Hardcover

Editors Of Reader's Digest

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0762104988 ISBN 13: 9780762104987

Publisher: Readers Digest, 2005

Synopsis

Starting up a new garden becomes easy with the help of a novice's guide to planting, with complete explanations on technique and plenty of helpful hints that create an essential guide to planting every kind of flower, tree, fruit, or vegetable.

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Reviews

The art of gardening encompasses certain fundamentals. As set forth in this handsomely produced manual, the novice gardener can build confidence by focusing on basic principles and learning what plants need and how to build good soil. Color photographs and line drawings illustrate step-by-step methods that help take the mystery out of plant propagation methods like sowing seeds and dividing perennials, so that beginners can acquire necessary skills. The basis for designing one's plot is outlined in chapters that provide guidance in selecting plant material, primarily major trees and shrubs, together with ornamental specimens such as roses, vines, and a host of tender and hardy plants for mixed-flower borders. Beginners may need additional information if they wish to undertake a project like creating a rock garden, but they will find adequate information on how to mulch and prune, plant a container, maintain a lawn, or equip a greenhouse. Weeds, pests and diseases, along with biological controls, round out the material. Alice Joyce
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Edition details

• Publisher: Readers Digest
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762104988
• ISBN 13: 9780762104987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256