Doug Welsh's Texas Garden Almanac (Month-by-Month Guide) - Softcover

Welsh, Douglas F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158544619X ISBN 13: 9781585446193

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Think of Doug Welsh’s Texas Garden Almanac as a giant monthly calendar for the entire state a practical, information-packed, month-by-month guide for gardeners and yardeners.” This book provides everything you need to know about flowers and garden design; trees, shrubs, and vines; lawns; vegetable, herb, and fruit gardening; and soil, mulch, water, pests, and plant care. It will help you to create beautiful, productive, healthy gardens and have fun doing it.

Writer, educator, and broadcaster Doug Welsh gives a wealth of practical gardening advice in this book. Encouraging us to think like a plant,” Welsh holds pruning school in February, conducts a lawn clinic in April, builds a perennial garden in September, and shows us how to grow fresh vegetables for Thanksgiving. Yet this barely scratches the surface of all that is offered in this comprehensive, fun-to-use guide. With colorful and instructive illustrations and helpful information boxes, plant lists, charts, sidebars, and tips, the book is written in the engaging, conversational style that anyone who has listened to Welsh’s radio show will recognize.

Whether your passion is roses or green beans, wildflowers or trees, reading this book is like having a personal garden consultant and friend at your side. Doug Welsh’s Texas Garden Almanac will inspire you throughout the year and make you more eager than ever to get out into your garden.

About this title

About the Author

DOUG WELSH is a professor and extension horticulturist at Texas A&M University and statewide coordinator for the Texas Master Gardener program. He hosts a gardening call-in radio show and provides gardening tips on television each week. He has also written a book on xeriscaping and is coeditor of the Texas Master Gardener Handbook.

Review

"None of the other state gardening books can match this title for Texas."-Bee Culture (Bee Culture 2009-01-31)

null (Janet K. Turk Review of Texas Books 2013-04-24)

Edition details

• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 158544619X
• ISBN 13: 9781585446193
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 512
• Illustrator: St. Romain Aletha