Gardening from a Hammock is a practical guide to low-maintenance gardening with advice and plant recommendations from Master Gardeners, designers and passionate gardeners. This book is for the new and time-challenged wanna-be gardener, as well as for the experienced gardener eager to learn more from expertsIf your goal is a garden with year-round interest but less maintenance, this book is for you. The garden experts have chosen more than 280 hardy, easy-care plants grown in zones 2-9, able to withstand benign neglect and tell you how to use them in your garden.The book opens with an introduction with discussion on soil, water, and top ten choices. The next 17 chapters feature specific gardeners and their different styles of gardens. Each gardener chooses plants for sun and shade, says why these plants are special, and how to use them. As well, there are boxes of "tips" from each expert. The book then lists each plant individually in a chart with a photo and a lot of information that makes it easy to mix and match and find that particular plant in any nursery. The book concludes with additional information on zones and a chart converting metric.This book is for both the novice and experienced gardener, written in an easy-to-read style.
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Publisher : Gardening from a Hammock
Author : Ellen Novack,Dan Cooper
Language : English
Edition : 1st
Published :2012-01-16
Number Of Pages : 114
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0987766406
ISBN-13 : 9780987766403
Item weight : 0.97 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 8.43 in x 10.87 in
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