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    Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way

    Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way

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    by Margot Rochester


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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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    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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    Gardeners on the lookout for a straight-talking mentor should profit from Rochester's journal and its refreshingly practical musings. No plant snobbery here but rather a self-described leisurely gardener who revels in finding shortcuts to digging and cultivating her plot of land. Rochester's attitude invites the reader to take a break, pour a cup of tea, and forge a fine and friendly relationship with a kindred spirit.
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    Rochester's book advocates gardening with mininal effort for maximum show.
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    Helps broaden our understanding of the rhythm of the gardening year.
    The Beaufort Gazette - Debbie Radford
    It's also an easy read, almost like Rochester is taking you by the hand to walk you through her garden as she shares her thoughts and tips.
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    Her conversational, clever and hilarious book offers more than 75 no-nonsense tips for the lazy, older or practical gardener who seeks a manageable, organic, gorgeous landscape.
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    Rochester has a philosophy that gardening should be fun, and if it isn't, don't do it. She offers more than 75 strategies for avoiding backache and vexation.
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    Goes into great and witty depth about the many ways to make gardening less like drudgery and more satisfying.
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    A charmingly chatty how-to manual.
    National Garden Clubs - Joanne S. Carpender
    In a very common sense way of gardening along with a delightful sense of humor, Rochester shares her considerable gardening knowledge. Earthly Delights inspires us to enjoy gardening and spend our efforts and energy on other things than turning the compost heap or pulling multitudes of weeds.
    The Salt Lake Tribune - Hilary Groutage
    Margot Rochester blends solid how-to advice with delightful anecdotes.
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    Experience gardeners who read Earthly Delights will find much that is familiar, but I don't think you can read more than a sentence or two without learning new garden facts.
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    This retired high school English teacher's gardening and writing expertise shines forth in all 216 pages of the book.
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    While this garden maven says she takes the lazy person's route to cultivating, readers quickly will understand there's no lack of passion here. Rochester's gardens have sprouted from one funny, feisty, and free-spirited seed.
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    A really fun look at getting gardening done without doing yourself in.
    Hortresources Newsletter - Donna Williamson
    Earthly Delights avoids the compulsive perfectionism that drives many out of gardening into hobbies less subject to the influence of weather, insects, mold, chipmunks, and nutsedge. A great gift to your favorite gardener, who will read and smile through a whole year of gardening experiences.
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Marianne Binetti
    Enjoy of the change of seasons as you learn from this charming book about how to garden year-round the easy way. If you find yourself stressing out about how to manage your landscape, curl up with Earthly Delights and feel you weary self relax.
    Fauquier Times-Democrat
    This book is a 'curl up in the middle of winter and be led into the author's garden for a while.'
    The Day
    Opinionated, irrverant, funny, thought provoking, and this decade's version of Henry Mitchell.
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    A pleasant read.
    Carolina Gardener
    A delightful, information-packed romp down the garden path.
    Sandlapper - Rose Wilkins
    If you want to garden for pleasure with minimal effort for maximum results, this book is for you. Margot is a knowledgeable and experienced gardener plus an entertaining writer.

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