An Ear To The Ground: Garden Science For Ordinary Mortals - Hardcover

Thompson, Ken

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903919193 ISBN 13: 9781903919194

Publisher: Eden Project Books,Transworld, 2006

Synopsis

While the British are happy to call themselves a nation of gardeners, they rarely have any idea of the science that is happening before their very eyes. How did plants get to be the way they are? Why do they have pretty flowers? How different would things have been if the wrong kind of pollinators had got the upper hand? Why are Latin names so complicated, and why Latin anyway? Why is a weed-free lawn an ecological impossibility? This entertaining book gives the answers to these questions and many more. It shows how a little botanical knowledge can bring not just better results but peace of mind, and that losing sleep over such traditional gardening bogeys as weeds, pests and pruning is not necessarily the best course. Indeed, if Ken Thompson's message can be summed up in one word, that word is RELAX.

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Review:

In this refreshingly down-to-earth guide, Ken Thompson tells us exactly what happens when we're planting, potting and pruning. -- Red Magazine, December ,2003

Wise and refreshing: eight delightfully tongue-in-cheek chapters provide expert, amusing coverage of most areas of gardening. -- The Garden, October 2003

Book Description:

Do you have a clue about what's actually going on in your garden?

About this edition

• Publisher: Eden Project Books,Transworld
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1903919193
• ISBN 13: 9781903919194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192