Making a Garden: Reliable Techniques, Outstanding Plants, and Honest Advice
- ISBN-10
- 039589753X
- ISBN-13
- 9780395897539
- Category
- Gardening / General
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Author
- Rita Buchanan
Description
Gardening techniques : Starting from scratch ; Controlling weeds ; Dividing perennials ; Raising seedlings indoors -- Garden design : Growing ground covers ; Gardening under a tree ; Shaping your garden with shrubs ; Hillside gardening ; Starting an herb garden ; Adding bulbs to your garden -- Special plants to grow : Vegetables ; Fruits and berries ; Flowers for bouquets ; Fragrant plants ; Flowers for hot summers ; Plants for winter enjoyment.
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