1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden

1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden
Author:
Publisher: Readers Digest
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1996
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0895778602

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.

1,001 Gardening Tips & Tricks

1,001 Gardening Tips & Tricks
Author: Mary Rose Quigg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1510764100

Over 1,000 Tips for Planting Vegetables, Flowers, Houseplants, Shrubs, Herbs, and Trees! This comprehensive collection of practical tips covers all aspects of gardening, from flowers and houseplants to planting shrubs, vegetables, herbs, and trees. In addition, find advice for dealing with garden pests, learn about the tools that will make your life much easier, and find valuable ways to avoid the aches and pains that often go along with the hard work of gardening. Woven throughout are poems and proverbs, legends and lore, making this an enjoyable read and a perfect gift for the gardener in your life. "Put broken eggshells in a watering can, fill with water, and leave overnight. This will extract the nutrients making an excellent and cheap plant feed." "To improve the growth of leeks, add a little soot to the soil." "Weeding between onion rows should be done by hand, as hoeing will damage the shallow roots." "An old wheel rim makes an ideal storage place for a garden hose when not in use. Hang on a garage or shed wall." "For organic insecticide spray, boil a whole bulb of chopped garlic until it's soft. Put it into 1 gallon of water and add 1 tablespoon of biodegradable detergent. Leave for a day, strain, and use as required." Full of fascinating tidbits and brilliant suggestions, this book may transform the way you garden! Complete with lovely color illustrations throughout, this is a delightful and useful read for new and seasoned gardeners alike.

1,001 Old-Time Household Hints

1,001 Old-Time Household Hints
Author: Yankee Magazine
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2006-03-07
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780899093987

A compendium of tips, recipes, and recommendations for everyday living, collected by the editors of the popular New England periodical, covers a wide range of topics, from baking bread using traditional methods and simplifying household chores to celebrating the holidays and caring for a garden. 15,000 first printing.

1001 Garden Plants & Flowers

1001 Garden Plants & Flowers
Author: Antje Rugullis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Gardens
ISBN: 9781405495745

1001 Most Popular Garden Plants Lavishly Presents An Amazing Selection Of The Most Beautiful And Common Garden Plants From All Over The World. Over 384 Pages, The Book Is Divided Into Seven Chapters: 1. Bulbs (Anemones, Dahlias, Tulips, Lilies Etc.) 2. P

Reader's Digest 1,001 Computer Hints & Tips

Reader's Digest 1,001 Computer Hints & Tips
Author: Reader's Digest Editors
Publisher: Readers Digest
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2001
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0762103388

Whether you're a PC novice or you're already familiar with certain aspects of your PC, the book will help you get more from your PC. It's packed with simple, detailed explanations to help you expand your knowledge.

The Timber Press Guide to Gardening in the Pacific Northwest

The Timber Press Guide to Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
Author: Carol W. Hall
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604691611

Tired of being lumped into the unwieldy category of a western garden? Frustrated by the lack of reliable, practical information about gardening in the Pacific Northwest? No longer! The Timber Press Guide to Gardening in the Pacific Northwest presents all the information a gardener—whether novice or expert—needs to keep their garden beautiful and thriving. With a combined 100 years of gardening experience in the Pacific Northwest, the authors clearly explain the unique challenges and joys of gardening in the region. By dividing the Pacific Northwest into seven subregions, they help readers to better understand the climatic and geographical factors that shape their gardens. This complete guide includes extensive profiles of plants that are ideally suited to the region, including perennials, ornamental grasses, bulbs, groundcovers, roses, shrubs, trees, and climbers. The month-by-month gardening calendar describes what weather patterns to expect, what's in bloom, and what garden tasks are best done in that month. With additional chapters detailing the most common gardening problems and recommendations for effective, nontoxic ways of dealing with them, this book is nothing short of essential.

Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardening

Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardening
Author: Neil Sperry
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Total Pages: 399
Release: 1991-02-25
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1589795040

#4 on Publishers Weekly's Bestselling Gardening Books list! This new, completely revised edition has over 500 new photographs, 400 new illustrations, 400 new plants and trees, the latest pest control recommendations, fruit and vegetable recommendations, new tips and plants specifically for Southern Texas, plus everything in the first edition.

1001 Most Asked Texas Gardening Questions

1001 Most Asked Texas Gardening Questions
Author: Neil Sperry
Publisher: Summit Group
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1997
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781565302297

From abelia to zinnia, Neil's thorough and thoughtful answers are an invaluable resource to Texas gardeners, from the novice with one potted plant to the expert with a multi-acre spread.

1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips

1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips
Author: Roger Yepsen
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-05-02
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780875969176

1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips, edited by Roger Yepsen Timeless Bits of Wisdom on How to Grow Everything Organically, from the Good Old Days When Everyone Did Old-time gardeners were ahead of their time! Their ideas for wildflower gardens, children's gardens, organic pest controls, decorating with houseplants, healing with herbs, and more are at the forefront of modern gardening trends. Take a look back to the future of gardening with this incredible collection of gardening advice from successful 17th-, 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century gardeners. Early gardeners knew what they were doing--they had to, since they depended on their plants for food, medicine, home decorations, and recreation! Whether you're growing vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruits, trees, shrubs, wildflowers, houseplants, or lawn grass, these old-time tips will help you get the most out of your plantings. Do you want a lusher lawn? How about more beautiful flowerbeds or hints for making your yard look bigger? You'll find all that and more in 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips. Learn how to read weather signs, improve your soil organically, hide landscape eyesores with ease, decorate your home with flowering vines, and soothe sore joints with herbal remedies. Discover creative ways to landscape your home with fanciful topiary tree houses or practical hedges and windbreaks. From fruits to nuts and artichokes to watermelons, you'll find recommendations for healthier harvests--not to mention recipes for unique and tasty side dishes, drinks, and herbal seasonings. Plus: hundreds of organic techniques that have been proven effective by generations of great gardeners! Look for these special features and more: * "Old-Time Wisdom" boxes present early gardeners' best planting notions. * Tried-and-true recipes from early kitchens will tickle your tastebuds. * "Strange but True" boxes reveal weird, wacky, and wonderful gardening techniques. * A source list makes it easy to locate wonderful old-time plants. * Authentic old-time illustrations take you back to a time when garden tips were on everyone's lips. * A "Recommended Reading" list guides you to more great ideas from the past.