Synopsis:
The twelfth in the authoritative series based on Taylor's encyclopedia of gardening covers the basics of planning, planting, and caring for a garden. (4.25x8.5". Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Synopsis:
One of a series of gardening guides, this volume sets out to explain and describe the techniques which a gardener should master in order to grow beautiful, healthy plants in the home landscape. Detailed chapters cover soil, compost, planting and transplanting, fertilizing, watering, making a new flowerbed, preparing and maintaining a lawn, propagating, pruning and ecologically-responsible ways of dealing with pests. Also included are source lists of plants and supplies, technical and regional information about the topics covered in the book, and frost-date and plant-hardiness maps.
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