Down & Dirty: 43 Fun & Funky First-time Projects & Activities to Get You Gardening

248 pages. Get outside and start digging! Designed for the novice gardener, Down & D irty! provides clear instructions, simple strategies, helpful advice, and lots o f encouragement for those looking to brighten a small yard, porch, or home. Buil d up your gardening skills through 43 fun projects that cover everything from ma naging flower baskets and attracting birds to preparing delicious treats with ho megrown strawberries. Perfect for the first-time homeowner or apartment dweller, this guide will inspire you get your hands dirty. Editorial Reviews Review Zachos offers more than 40 fun and funky projects for kids, novice gardeners and the young at heart. The Detroit News Ellen Zachos' new book for beginning gar deners showcases this expert at her irreverent best.She's both garden guru and cheerleader for novices, but her projects work for more experienced gardeners a s well. Fun for all! Container Gardens, 2007 A gentle introduction to garden ing and related pleasures.Down Dirty takes a fun approach, and offers ideas an d instructions suitable for all ages and interest levels. Michigan Gardener Th is is a fun, easy-to-read book. It's a very practical approach to all kinds o f backyard or terrace projects, including outdoor firepits, window-box herb gard ens, raised beds, dividing perennials, forcing bulbs, growing blueberries and st rawberries and drawing hummingbirds and other wildlife to your garden. The Jour nal News (Westchester County, N.Y.) About the Author Ellen Zachos teaches for aged mixology workshops to bartenders in partnership with Râ my Cointrea u USA, and is a regular contributor to several Edible magazines. A longtime inst ructor at the New York Botanic Garden, Zachos is the author of six books, includ.…