Refresh Your Garden!

Starting From Seed

The New Seed Starters Handbook

Bubel, Nancy

Written by a gardener with 30 years of experience, this updated, easy-to-use reference explains everything you need to know to start seeds and raise healthy seedlings successfully. The encyclopedia section lists more than 200 plants―including vegetables and fruits, garden flowers, wildflowers, herbs, trees, and shrubs―with details on how to start each from seed.

Plants For Small Spaces

Lane, Clive.

Written by a gardener with 30 years of experience, this updated, easy-to-use reference explains everything you need to know to start seeds and raise healthy seedlings successfully. The encyclopedia section lists more than 200 plants―including vegetables and fruits, garden flowers, wildflowers, herbs, trees, and shrubs―with details on how to start each from seed.

The No Work Garden

Flowerdew, Bob.

Written by a gardener with 30 years of experience, this updated, easy-to-use reference explains everything you need to know to start seeds and raise healthy seedlings successfully. The encyclopedia section lists more than 200 plants―including vegetables and fruits, garden flowers, wildflowers, herbs, trees, and shrubs―with details on how to start each from seed.

Garden Your Way To Health And Fitness

Guinness, Bunny.

Written by a gardener with 30 years of experience, this updated, easy-to-use reference explains everything you need to know to start seeds and raise healthy seedlings successfully. The encyclopedia section lists more than 200 plants―including vegetables and fruits, garden flowers, wildflowers, herbs, trees, and shrubs―with details on how to start each from seed.

Time-saving Gardener

Hutchinson, Carolyn

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

Creative Vegetable Gardening

Larkcom, Joy.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

Going Native

Larkcom, Joy.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

The Garden Primer

Damrosch, Barbara.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

How To Cheat At Gardening And Yard Work

Bredenberg, Jeff.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

All New Square Foot Gardening

Bartholomew, Mel.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

The Compost Specialist

Squire, David

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

The Family Kitchen Garden

Liebreich, Karen.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

The Dirt Cheap Green Thumb

Massingham, Rhonda

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

200 Vegetable Growing Basics

Bird, Richard.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

Raised-bed Vegetable Gardening Made Simple

Nones, Raymond.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

Easy Container Combos

Crawford, Pamela.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

Gardening For A Lifetime

Eddison, Sydney

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

Eat Your Yard!

Chase, Nan K.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

The Kitchen Gardener's Handbook

Bartley, Jennifer R.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

Microgreens

Hill, Fiona

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

Vertical Gardening

Fell, Derek.

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

Easy Container Combos

Crawford, Pamela

A practical how-to reference designed for busy gardeners who can venture into their gardens for only a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of gardening time and identifies the truly essential tasks that need to be done. Entries are organized by season and then by task, making routine jobs and special projects easy to find. Symbols indicate the priority of a task, how long it will take and whether it can be undertaken in another season. Also features step-by-step work sequences, detailed how-to illustrations, concise easy-to-follow instructions, informative sidebars and valuable tips, season-by-season projects, and a directory of easy-care plants.

The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book

Ellis, Barbara W.

From the Publisher: What happens between the hopeful spring weekends spent planting seeds and the warm summer morning when the gardener wanders back into the rows of vegetable plants with picking basket in hand? Plenty! Every healthy vegetable garden represents an entire world of activity and every vegetable gardener, no matter how experienced, wants to know more about what's going on in those tidy rows and how to handle any growing quandary that may arise throughout the season. The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book has all the answers, gathered together in a sturdy little book for handy in-the-garden reference. Gardeners will find helpful, uncomplicated responses to questions on planning and planting a vegetable garden, improving soil, caring for crops, and organically controlling pests and diseases. The second section of the book takes readers on a veggie-by-veggie tour of the most popular crops, offering detailed advice on everything from starting seeds to knowing when to harvest. Having trouble choosing tomato varieties? Need advice on staking beans? It's all here in easy-to-access answers to everyday questions. The popularity of vegetable gardening is at an all-time high. Homegrown vegetables taste great, nourish body and soul, and provide the additional security of knowing where the produce comes from and how it was grown. The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book feeds readers all the insider's tips and tricks, practical advice, and organic wisdom necessary for growing the very best crops.

Decoding Gardening Advice

Gillman, Jeff

Provides information and expertise on a variety of basic gardening questions, covering such topics as soil, water, pests, mulch, flowers, trees, vegetables, and lawn care.

The Speedy Vegetable Garden

Diacono, Mark.

Provides information and expertise on a variety of basic gardening questions, covering such topics as soil, water, pests, mulch, flowers, trees, vegetables, and lawn care.

Gardening For Geeks

Wilhelmi, Christy

Provides information and expertise on a variety of basic gardening questions, covering such topics as soil, water, pests, mulch, flowers, trees, vegetables, and lawn care.

Plant Breeding For The Home Gardener

Tychonievich, Joseph.

It's the holy grail of gardening: a plant that perfectly matches your tastes and the conditions in your garden. The hitch is, you're not likely to find it at your local nursery or garden center. You're going to have to create it yourself. But don't worry - it isn't hard. After all, gardeners have been doing it for centuries, simply by saving seed of the varieties that tasted or performed best. But you'll get even better results by following the advice in Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener. You'll learn how to set achievable goals in your breeding program; the ins and outs of genetics (in non-technical language!); how to pick the best parent plants; how to cross-pollinate; the best techniques to use for popular vegetables and flowers; and how to harvest and store seed. In no time at all, you'll be producing a tastier tomato, a perkier pepper, or a more ravishing rose!--COVER.

To Eat

Eck, Joe.

A celebration of the authors' shared horticultural and culinary lives in their southern Vermont garden explores their views about living in harmony with nature while tracing a year of enjoying home-grown seasonal edibles.

Starting Seeds

Ellis, Barbara W.

Growing plants from seeds isn't difficult; it just takes a little know-how. Now, gardeners of any experience level can get a jump on the growing season with this concise, straightforward guide. Ellis provides the basic information that you need and teaches you foolproof starting techniques for a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers.

Kitchen Gardens

Barash, Cathy Wilkinson

Explains the basics of cultivating and designing a culinary garden, and offers examples from gardens all over the United States.

The Wildlife-friendly Vegetable Gardener

Hartung, Tammi

Explains the basics of cultivating and designing a culinary garden, and offers examples from gardens all over the United States.

Improving Your Soil

Reid, Keith

Intended for both small and medium-size gardens, Improving Your Soil reveals the steps to take to achieve the perfect soil base in which to grow plants. With directions on amending poor soil, modifying mediocre earth, aerating compacted topsoil and substrates, and testing pH levels, this book enables gardeners to nurture their plants and promote more abundant growth. The features of good soil include proper structure and nutrients that encourage healthy plant growth. Soil in "good tilth" is loamy, nutrient-rich and friable because it has an optimal mixture of sand, clay and organic matter that prevents severe compaction. Improving Your Soil shows gardeners how to improve the soil in their garden to encourage good seed bedding and a strong root system for proper nutrient disbursement throughout various soil depths.

Grow All You Can Eat In 3 Square Feet

Reid, Keith

Gather fresh fruit from your doorstep, pick herbs from your balcony, create walls of edible produce, and plant a raised bed that is both beautiful and productive"--Page [4] of cover.

The Rodale Book Of Composting

Reid, Keith

Explains what composting is and how it works, provides instructions for making and using compost, and offers ecologically sound solutions to waste disposal problems.