Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way
Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way is just the tonic for the gardener who wants that beautiful garden but doesn't want to spend six hours a day achieving it. Organized by the planting seasons, this book offers tested strategies for achieving a glorious garden without the backache and vexations. And every tip eschews chemicals and other pesticides. If you are a lazy gardener, someone on a limited budget, or someone easily intimidated by it all all this book will show you how you can overcome any of these obstacles.
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Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way
Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way is just the tonic for the gardener who wants that beautiful garden but doesn't want to spend six hours a day achieving it. Organized by the planting seasons, this book offers tested strategies for achieving a glorious garden without the backache and vexations. And every tip eschews chemicals and other pesticides. If you are a lazy gardener, someone on a limited budget, or someone easily intimidated by it all all this book will show you how you can overcome any of these obstacles.
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Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way

Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way

by Margot Rochester
Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way

Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way

by Margot Rochester

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Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way is just the tonic for the gardener who wants that beautiful garden but doesn't want to spend six hours a day achieving it. Organized by the planting seasons, this book offers tested strategies for achieving a glorious garden without the backache and vexations. And every tip eschews chemicals and other pesticides. If you are a lazy gardener, someone on a limited budget, or someone easily intimidated by it all all this book will show you how you can overcome any of these obstacles.

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ISBN-13: 9781461625858
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Publication date: 04/20/2004
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 1 MB

Table of Contents

Prefacexi
Acknowledgmentsxiii
Chapter 1Breaking Ground1
True Confessions of a Leisurely Gardener2
Just Say No to Unpleasant Tasks5
Give Me Five ... or Ten8
Garden Smarter11
Getting Personal in the Garden14
The Grand Tourist17
Chapter 2Autumn21
A Time of Renewal22
September Separates the Optimists25
Autumn Joys28
Keep Your Eyes on the Groundcovers31
Mixing It Up in the Border34
When the Tough Get Going37
Bulbs Predict a Glorious Spring40
Good Things Come in Small Bulbs43
The Great Cover-Up46
Love Those Loropetalums49
Lighten Up the Shade52
Splendor in the Grasses55
Shrubbing It Up58
A Kick out of Cleaning Up61
Chapter 3Winter65
Leave the Leaves66
Some Gifts Cannot Be Wrapped68
Divide and Expand71
A Twisted Tale of Vines74
Sometimes the News Is Good77
Them Bones, Them Bones80
Follies in the Foundation82
Variations on Variegation85
A Camellia Is a Camellia Is a Camellia88
An Epiphany in Every Seed91
It's Dangerous Out There in the Garden94
To Prune or Not to Prune97
Chapter 4Spring101
It's Spring ... and Time to Shop102
If You Plant Them, They Will Bloom105
The Hydrangea Puzzlement109
Turning Yard Work into Garden Joy112
Reba and Me in the Garden115
Put the Xip into Xeriscaping118
Consider the Lilies121
The Dazzle of Daylilies124
A Love-Hate Relationship with Iris127
Gardening with the Enemy130
I'll Never Be a Bedder133
Turf Battles136
The Show Goes On139
The Siren Sound of Water142
Chapter 5Summer145
Summer Shrubs on the Shy Side146
A Rule of Green Thumb: Prune after Bloom149
Tomatoes Are for Everyone, Almost152
Tropical Pizzazz155
A Lust for Lantanas158
Mints Get a Bad Rap161
Just Give Me a Fig Tree and a Vine164
Put It in a Pot167
More, Gotta Have More170
A Wandering Mind Wants to Grow173
Herbs with Allure176
Save Me a Salvia179
Secret to Success: Succulents182
Crepe or Crape? I'll Take Both185
Weed War188
Something that Bugs Me191
Chapter 6Winnowing195
Walking in a Woodland of One's Own196
Good Friends, Garden Differences199
Laurie's Garden: A Work in Progress202
Other People's Gardens205
Passalong Some Friendship208
Who's in the Habitat?211
Say Goodbye to Garden Guilt214
Bibliography217
Index219
About the Author239
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