Download or read book 1519 All Natural All Amazing Gardening Secrets written by Editors of Reader's Digest and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1,519 All-Natural, All-Amazing Gardening Secrets is filled with old-time wisdom, ingenious advice, surprising tips and expert tricks for the garden of your dreams. With less time, money and effort you can create a beautiful garden. We’ll show you how plan and design your garden, choose which plants are best for your climate zone, and maintain your dream garden. Here are just a few of the secrets you’ll find in this book: Want greener grass? Add some Epsom salts to a gallon of water and spread it on your lawn. Hoping for juicier tomatoes? Add a spoonful of sugar at just the right time. Trying to keep ants at bay? Make a hot chile and water mash and pour directly into the anthill. • COMPREHENSIVE AND HARDWORKING: This practical guide is loaded with solid hints, informative tips, surprising fixes and ingenious advice to grow the garden and lawn of your dreams. Covering everything from garden planning to design, understanding the zones, annual flowers and perennials, container plants and landscaping shrubs, vegetables, fruits and herbs, lawn care basics and repair, weeds and pests control, soil improvements, garden structures, and so much more. • ALL NATURAL SOLUTIONS: Simple solutions to common garden problems can often be found in your kitchen cabinets or recycling bins. From spritzing slugs with leftover coffee to capturing pesky flies and yellow jackets with simple soda bottle traps, this book brings together hundreds old tried and true ways to grow a better garden naturally without resorting to costly and harmful chemicals.
Download or read book 1 519 All Natural All Amazing Gardening Secrets written by Reader's Digest and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1519 All Natural All Amazing Gardening Secrets written by Editors of Reader's Digest and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that pepper will repel squirrels and coffee grounds leaf-eating insects? That a little liquid soap adds punch to fertilizers and pesticides? Or that the best time to cut roses is early morning or late evening? You'll find lots of secrets from the experts like these in this handy new guide. From rescuing tired tomato plants to keeping lawn weeds at bay, these tricks will have you working magic in your garden--with less effort, less time, and less money! Other hints show you how to select work-saving tools, create invisible stakes, use sawdust and seaweed mulches, and keep the dog from digging up your new flowerbed.
Download or read book All Amazing Garden Secrets written by Tess Stimson and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with thousands of tips, this gardening book features entries that include species names, garden styles, tools, and techniques and much more. It also includes box features that help you to select and grow an abundant array of plants to suit your garden, or reveal tit-bits of folklore and history.
Download or read book 1001 Hints Tips for Your Garden written by and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 1996 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All Amazing Garden Secrets written by Reader's Digest Staff and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a gardening book with a difference - it's packed with thousands of invaluable tips you'll want to use straight away. Whether you are already experienced or a green-fingered novice, you'll find many nuggets of inspirational advice to surprise you.
Download or read book The Big Book of Gardening Secrets written by Charles W. G. Smith and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scores of professional secrets for growing better vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers! Extend your growing season and increase yields with this thorough guide to every aspect of backyard gardening! Learn how to: -- Grow more and better-tasting herbs and vegetables -- Grow annuals, perennials, bulbs, even roses, in any climate -- Landscape with shrubs, vines, and trees -- Make compost and amend soil -- Create indoor and outdoor container gardens -- Cultivate bountiful berry patches and fruit orchards You'll also find low-maintenance shortcuts and money saving solutions to dozens of common gardening problems.
Download or read book 1001 Old time Garden Tips written by Roger B. Yepsen and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Grow Your Own Food Anywhere written by Rita Butler and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wished you could grow your own vegetables but thought you lacked the garden space? Want to turn your brown thumb into a green thumb? Then you need to keep reading.... It's springtime! The birds are chirping and flower buds are starting to bloom. You see people at the home and garden centers loading up their carts with packages of seeds and soil. Others are buying little vegetable plants to transplant into their garden and you wonder... How do they know what to do? Do they actually get ripened vegetables to pick and eat? So you think to yourself "Hey maybe I could do that!" Then you remember you don't own a garden.....or maybe you don't even have a yard for that matter. So you come to the conclusion it's just not for you. But according to the National Gardening Association (NGA), one out three American families grows food in a community garden or at home. So don't let your lack of garden space or skills stop you. Gardening in pots, planters, and raised garden beds is a perfect and simple way to grow vegetables. Square foot gardening makes growing your own food accessible to everyone, including you! In this Grow Your Own Food Anywhere guide, you will discover: the secrets to germinating seeds and growing amazing seedlings that your friends will be jealous of the easy steps to transplanting seedlings properly so you can have the greatest number of successful plants the gardening essentials you need to be a successful urban gardener natural ways of gardening to ensure all your vegetables are fully organic how to properly care for your plants so you get the highest return from them the best ways to harvest your vegetables so that you can enjoy a variety of vegetables all gardening season how you can use what you have, even a small patio or porch, to successfully grow your own food Most people worry they don't have the room for gardening, and it will be an expensive waste of money. The good news is the National Gardening Association reported the average gardening household experiences a positive return on investment. And gardening using pots, planters, and raised garden beds is becoming more and more popular. Gardening is not difficult, and with the right guidance, anyone can do it. Luckily, this book will have everything that you need and more.... The steps in this book are so easy to follow that your green thumb will flourish, even if you normally kill every plant you touch. If you want to grow your own bounty of food, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button now!
Download or read book A Z of Gardening Secrets written by Reader's Digest (Australia) and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All time Best Gardening Secrets written by Diane K. Gilroy and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Edible Gardening Secrets written by Craig Castree and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a culmination of knowledge, tips, and methods that I have learnt and used over 40 plus years of edible gardening. It is amazing what you can learn from the old timers. I certainly have learnt my fair share throughout my journey, and it is time for me to share them with you.As I write this, I will turn 60 years of age this year in 2021. If someone had have told me as a young apprentice nurseryman that I would write books on horticulture, I would have laughed at them. Yet here I am writing my fourth book, but there is much to share, and it is not possible to put it all in one book. I am sure this book will solve problems for you, also open your eyes to many things that will change the way you garden. I share things in this book that have been taught to me by people I have worked with to overcome all sorts of problems.I have spent my life putting edible gardens together and I have learnt how to avoid the pitfalls, saving time, money, and most importantly, the frustration of failure. Now this knowledge is yours. I have decided to pass on these edible garden secrets in this book so that you can get the same results as I get.
Download or read book 50 Great Gardening Secrets written by Jerry Baker and published by . This book was released on with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Backyard Harvest written by Susan Patterson and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Garden Plants for Every Location written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover everything you need to transform your empty plot into a stunning garden oasis with this gardening encyclopedia. This horticultural gem includes more than 2,000 recommendations from gardening experts and features valuable information and advice to expand on your gardening ideas. Planning your garden has never been this easy with this informative planting guide that every gardener needs on their bookshelf. Here’s what you’ll find inside: • Includes planting suggestions for over 30 types of sites, from notoriously dry ground by a hedge or fence to cracks in walls or paving • Explains how to assess site and soil, and presents a stunning range of plant partners and planting schemes • Includes a comprehensive range of more than 3,000 plants organized by size and situation • Simple recipes show you how to create beautiful beds, borders and garden designs • A “Special Effects” section helps you find plants with fragrant, colorful or architectural properties and offers solutions to common gardening problems and pests, like slugs, rabbits and deer Whether you have a small urban garden or sprawling acres of land, this gardening guide will help you every step of the way to create your garden masterpiece! You’ll discover a wealth of information on sections like which plants thrive in shady spots or whittle away in bright sunny areas, or “Special Effects” themes like Asian or Greek-inspired garden designs. The Encyclopedia of Garden Plants for Every Location is produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution, whose Smithsonian's Gardens creates and manages the Smithsonian's outdoor gardens, interiorscapes, and horticulture-related collections and exhibits. Your dream garden is within reach thanks to this helpful gardening reference book, perfect for gardeners looking to make the most out of their plot.
Download or read book 1001 Gardening Secrets the Experts Never Tell You written by FC and A Publishing Staff and published by . This book was released on 2004-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't bother with fancy, expensive garden products. This treasure trove of gardening secrets shows you how to solve hundreds of lawn, garden, and houseplant problems using common household products.--Amazon.com.
