Tips for the Lazy Gardener

Tips for the Lazy Gardener
Author: Antony Atha
Publisher: Gramercy Books
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2001
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780517163191

The perfect reference guide for those who lack the time or experience, but want to make the most of their garden. With 150 four-color photographs throughout, separate sections on roses, annuals, perennials, bulbs, vegetable and herb gardens, shrubs, a special calendar to use as a guide for planting, as well as tips on equipment, this book is an invaluable, one-volume reference.

The Lazy Gardener

The Lazy Gardener
Author: Mara Grey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 165
Release: 1998-04-30
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0028622170

Do you enjoy natural beauty but dont have the time to cultivate a garden Have you always longed for a beautiful yard, but find the idea of self-imposed yard work downright unpleasant For busy people who want to have a garden but dont have the timeor dont want to spend the time The Lazy Gardener tells us how to decrease the effort and increase the enjoyment of having a garden, in an amusing but practical way. Readers can get right to the heart of their problems by starting with a fun, hands-on quiz called HELP I'm Too Busy to Read This Book, or spend a leisurely afternoon reading the book from cover to cover. The author covers everything from choosing the right plants for your environment to designing a manageable garden and paring down chores. The book is illustrated with beautiful drawings by Vasily Kafanov. Mara Grey has been a professional gardener for over 20 years. Her weekly radio show, The Lazy Gardener, is broadcast in Washington, and she has a newspaper column by the same name. Grey writes for such publications as Horticulture Magazine, and teaches classes on gardening and landscape designthis year she will be teaching a Lazy Gardener course.

The Lazy Gardener

The Lazy Gardener
Author: Don Burke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2008
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781877069628

Creating the perfect garden should be simple and fun and, with a little know how, it can be. In The Lazy Gardener, Don Burke has created a fuss-free guide to low-maintenance gardening. With a sense of humour Australians have come to know and love, Don inspires us to create fabulous havens for kicking back and relaxing, tells us how to grow fruit and vegetables the easy way and reveals how to design magical play areas for children. He introduces us to the wonders of manure,solutions to weed control and provides a comprehensive guide on when to plant just about everything.Don Burke is one of Australia s foremost experts on gardening. Through long-running lifestyle television programs Burke s Backyard and Backyard Blitz, as well as Burke s Backyard magazine, Don Burke is a household name. With his help, families across the country have been transforming their backyards into fabulousoutdoor living spaces for more than 25 years.

Tips for the Lazy Gardener

Tips for the Lazy Gardener
Author: Linda Tilgner
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 145
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1580170269

Recommends labor-saving techniques for planting a garden, tending the soil, eliminating weeds, controlling garden pests, and harvesting

The Reluctant Gardener

The Reluctant Gardener
Author: Jo Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2006-05
Genre: Low maintenance gardening
ISBN: 9781845374327

This little book is packed full of hints and tips for the lazy gardener who still wants to impress their neighbours with an abundant garden. With tips on how to cut down on the time you spend weeding and watering the garden and how to get the plants to look after themselves (by encouraging wildlife, mulching etc), this book will appeal to the laziness in all of us. Chapters include Instant Fixes, The Art of Disguise and, perhaps most importantly, Things to Do with a Wine Glass in Your Hand. All great advice to get the most out of the garden, while hardly lifting a finger. This lighthearted illustrated book is perfect for all new gardeners who don't want to make a full-time job out of looking after the garden, as well as established gardeners who want time-saving tips so they can spend more time simply enjoying the garden.

1001 Old-time Garden Tips

1001 Old-time Garden Tips
Author: Roger B. Yepsen
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1997
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

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.