Garden Way's Joy of Gardening - Softcover

Raymond, Dick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882663194 ISBN 13: 9780882663197

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, 1983

Synopsis

Full of useful tips and practical garden wisdom, this straightforward guide shows you everything you need to know to grow a more bountiful harvest with less work. Stressing the utility of raised beds and wide rows, gardening expert Dick Raymond shares his time-tested techniques for preparing the soil, starting plants, and controlling weeds. With helpful photographs, clear charts, and profiles of reliable garden vegetables, Joy of Gardening will inspire you to grow your best crop ever.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Garden Way's Joy of Gardening can show anyone, anywhere, how to turn any patch of ground into a lush, bountiful vegetables garden.

With Dick Raymond's help, you will

- Double your harvest with wide rows. Less weeding, too.

- Solve soil problems forever. His secrets will work anywhere.

- Get your earliest and healthiest tomatoes. Use his trench-planting technique.

- Harvest the sweetest melons. Use tin cans for sweeter melons that ripen faster.

The companion to the television series of the same name, Garden Way's Joy of Gardening contains the best of Dick Raymond's vegetable gardening wisdom -- his proven methods for raised beds, wide rows, and other techniques that promise a bigger harvest with less work.

Full-color photographs and illustrations, and at-a-glance charts, make Dick's proven methods accessible to any gardener, beginner or seasoned expert.

About the Author:

Most gardeners are grateful that internationally known garden expert Dick Raymond has compiled the vast knowledge shared in his popular Garden Way television program, Joy of Gardening, into book form. He's also written Down-to-Earth Gardening Know-How for the 90's, among other books. Dick was head vegetable gardening specialist at Garden Way Gardens in Vermont for 15 years where the Joy of Gardening television series was filmed. He also gardened and cared for plots in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and on the West Coast for Garden Way. Over 40 years of hands-on experience have made Dick a very respected gardener and teacher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0882663194
• ISBN 13: 9780882663197
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384