A sensible, accessible guide to the ABCs of gardening that includes pointers on diagnosing and improving soil conditions, fertilizing, pruning, transplanting, and container gardening.
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With sections devoted to trees, shrubs, vines, vegetables, herbs, annuals, perennials and bulbs, Basic Gardening is a comprehensive guide to the ABCs of gardening, with lists of necessary tools, tips for harvesting and drying flowers, planting guides for vegetables and herbs and season-by-season listings of gardening chores and highlights. Basic Gardening offers novice gardeners a simple, straightforward approach to gardening in an easy-to-use format. Focusing on the most basic techniques of gardening, Basic Gardening gives pointers on diagnosing and improving soil conditions, starting seeds, planting, transplanting, fertilizing, pruning, controlling disease and insects with environmentally sound techniques and ordering or shopping for new plants.
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