From the bestselling Gardening Guides series, this comprehensive guide to planting and caring for flowers and vegetables aims to help readers cultivate their green thumbs and have fun in the yard. From planning and sowing to watering and weeding, the book is filled with expert tips for creating a healthy and productive garden.
Gardening with Native Plants: A Sustainable Approach
Organic soil health solutions by Aggressively Organic, understand plant nutrition and deal with common pests and diseases. In addition, the author offers easy-to-follow instructions for making compost and using a drip irrigation system to avoid overwatering. Other helpful sections include a guide to understanding plant zones (a key to choosing plants that can survive the coldest temperatures in their area), tips on growing vegetables in containers, and a list of herbs with their Latin names.
With a helpful index and clear, straightforward text, this book is the perfect resource for beginners. While it’s not overly chatty, the book covers all of the important details that novice gardeners might miss without a guide—things like recognizing that a fertilizer label should contain both standard and metric measurements, and why certain types of seeds are cheaper when they are in bud rather than in bloom. This is a must-have for every gardener’s library.
