1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden : An Indispensable Guide to Easier and More Effective Gardening - Hardcover

Editors Of Reader's Digest

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0895778602 ISBN 13: 9780895778604

Publisher: Readers Digest, 1996

Synopsis

Whether you want to plant a tree, choose a climber, grow fragrant flowers, or learn how to apply the various types of fertilizer, this comprehensive A-to-Z book will help you get the job done. And because topics are cross-referenced, you will find it easy to use.
Inside are samplers of varieties of the best-loved plants - flowers, vegetables, trees, and shrubs - and a list of tulips that will take turns blooming all spring long. And for lovers of lilies, there is a guide for three months of blossoms. A month-by-month calendar provides a handy checklist for taking care of trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables, lawns, and container plants. Also included are tips on how to attract butterflies and ladybugs to your garden, easy ways to compost, and a list of good patio plants.
1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden offers secrets for siting plants and strategies for coping with weeds, wind, drought, and frost. Here, too, are plants which are best for creating privacy and baffling noise. An illustrated 20-page section on common pests and diseases shows how to diagnose and deal with problems in the garden. And tips on hedges, fences, trellises, and fountains help the gardener achieve a finished look in the garden.
Twelve special features cover such topics as heirloom vegetables and roses, wildflower meadows and period gardens.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

An indispensable guide to easier and more effective gardening This informative A-to-Z book will help you save time, save money, and solve common garden problems. More than 400 pages explain--and show--what you need to know about lawns, trees, flowering shrubs, fruits, vegetables, houseplants, soil, sun and shade, water, and fertilizer * More than 1500 illustrations and photographs * 200 informative charts and boxes * Tips for propagating, pruning, mulching, transplanting * Plants of special interest--useful herbs, architectural specimens * Year-round color in the garden for all climates * Natural solutions to gardening challenges * An illustrated section on fighting pests and diseases

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The Garden Dictionary is a gold mine of hints and tips that combine to create an informative and entertaining guide to home gardening. Whether you're a seasoned expert or a beginner, the next 320 pages of hardworking advice will make it possible to solve almost any problem you encounter. And what could be easier than using a dictionary? The alphabetical order connects you directly to the topic you're interested in, while cross-references lead you to still more advice--proven and practical, but often delightfully offbeat. From Acid Soil to Zucchini, you'll find your answers here.

Interspersed throughout are 12 special features, each marked with a colored band. Here you'll find pages that provide a survey of essential herbs and favorite indoor plants, give you a glimpse of wildflower gardens in their many incarnations, and introduce you to heirloom vegetables (and roses, too!). You'll also learn how to best appreciate the fragrances in your garden--and even how to craft the plants you grow into useful items, pretty displays, or gifts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Readers Digest
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0895778602
• ISBN 13: 9780895778604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416