SynopsisA collection of eighty-six articles culled from Horticulture magazine's Step-by-Step gardening series offers advice on, and instruction in, a wide variety of common and uncommon horticultural tasks., Learn the techniques used by North America's best gardeners with 86 projects from Horticulture magazine's "Step-by-Step" series. Arranged by season, each workbook-style, two-page spread is dedicated to a particular gardening activity, and accompanied by accurate, exquisitely drawn illustrations by Elayne Sears. Clear, concise, step-by-step instructions make each technique easy to understand and satisfying to implement in your yard, garden, or home. In Year-Round Gardening Projects, you'll find both traditional and unusual gardening skills including: * Mixing your own potting soil * Establishing a ground cover * Brewing manure tea * Winterizing roses * Planting and training wisteria * Growing freesias indoors * Keeping a poinsettia "This is a good, old-fashioned, dirt-under-your-fingernails gardening book." (San Mateo County Times) "The essays are chatty and they ease beginning or experienced gardeners through common trials." (NY Times Review of Books) "This is a winner and a steal
LC Classification NumberSB453.Y4 1998