1,001 Ingenious Gardening Ideas: New, Fun and Fabulous That Will Change the Way You Garden - Forever! - Softcover

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9781605298146: 1,001 Ingenious Gardening Ideas: New, Fun and Fabulous That Will Change the Way You Garden - Forever!

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ISBN 10: 160529814X ISBN 13: 9781605298146

Publisher: Rodale Books, 2008

How can you keep from dragging your garden hose over newly planted seedling? Where can you find cheap garden stakes? What can you use to keep the family cat out of your freshly tilled flower beds? 1,001 Ingenious Gardening Ideas by Deborah L. Martin answers these questions and hundreds more with unique new tips. Plentiful illustrations make for great browsing, while subject-area organization leads you to specific problem solutions. This book is sure to spur you on to improve the bloom and beauty of your garden.

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About the Author:

Deborah L. Martin is a garden book editor at Rodale Press. She holds a degree in horticulture from Purdue University.

From Publishers Weekly:

The editors of Rodale offer readers a seat on the back porch with avid gardeners from around the country sharing tips and shortcuts on their favorite pastime. This informative volume is bursting at the seams with ideas culled from garden writers, nursery owners and other seasoned green thumbs and horticultural experts. The information is grouped thematically and presented in a series of chunks, with topics ranging from tools and composting to seed propagation, landscaping and troubleshooting. Vegetables, herbs, flowers, fruits and berries all get equal time. A trio of recurring sidebars ("Problem Solver," "Homegrown Hints" and "Timely Tips") help unify the book visually, and line drawings add to the lively mix. With its informal, chatty and downright neighborly tone, the text invites browsing, and the bright ideas presented are commonsensicalAorganic, of course, coming from RodaleAand nearly always low-tech. For instance, an old dish drainer inverted over a catnip patch allows the leaves to grow through, giving kitty something to rub up against without destroying the plant; sunflowers conceal a compost bin; fresh garden herbs snipped into melted butter and then frozen provide a blast of instant summertime for year-round cooking. The hints and advice come fast and furious. The only risk readers may run is wanting to rush out into the garden to try them all at once.
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