Backyard Secrets of the Garden Experts
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Backyard Secrets of the Garden Experts starts with the supposition that the best way to learn about gardening is over the backyard fence with an exchange of expertise between experienced gardeners. That tone of casual advice, of sharing ideas and solutions, contributes to the charm of this book, along with plentiful color photographs and a simple-to-use, color-coded arrangement. Turn to the pages edged with purple for tips on starting your garden, green for soil-building secrets, or pink for pest and disease control (all organic, of course--this is Rodale, after all).
Beginning gardeners will dip into the book when confronted with gardening problems or when searching for inspiration; more experienced gardeners will benefit, too, in areas that are new to them. Information is detailed and practical, in sections on saving and storing seed, propagation, building a water garden, and terracing a slope. A useful chapter is on flower gardening, which contains a clear and complete discussion on companion planting, proving this title may be basic, but it's not simplistic. The author goes beyond coordination of flower color to emphasize harmony of shape, texture, and form, all of which are far more important in the long run than matching bloom color for a few weeks.
At the back of the book is a chart, divided by regions of the country, that will appeal to gardeners of all levels: the expert's month-by-month list of garden chores. Check here to see what you should be doing in your garden this month--oops, haven't yet mulched tender plants or gotten bulbs in the ground yet? Such charts serve as excellent reminders of how to care for the garden year-round. --Valerie Easton
Book Description
Here are the proven tricks, insider tips, and industry techniques professional gardeners use to create their own backyard gardens and landscapes in the shortest amount of time. No mere basic gardening how-to book, this volume offers a unique combination of key factual information and region-specific, home-tested tips from leading horticulturists and public garden curators from such institutions as the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Japanese Garden Society of Oregon, and the Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Florida. All of the experts are contributors to the extensive American Garden Guides series--now they can be found in one volume.
No matter where they live or what their growing conditions, readers can learn from experts who know and work in their region. Sidebars provide details on specific gardening techniques while lavish color photographs and illustrations make Backyard Secrets from the Garden Experts a visual feast.
Backyard Secrets of the Garden Experts
Backyard Secrets of the Garden Experts,Leslie Garisto,Tovah Reznicek,Albert Squillace,Rodale Press,0875968023,Gardening,Gardening / Horticulture,Gardening/Plants,Reference,Techniques
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