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An easy-to-use, beautifully illustrated book to help you know the
key things to do in your garden through 2023. How soon can I sow my
sweet peas? When should I prune my clematis? What can I do to add
plenty of winter colour to my borders? Is there anything to do in
January? Find the answers to all these questions and more with Your
Gardening Year 2023 - a book that every gardener should have as
they embark on a new year of planting, sowing, pruning, and
growing. This easy-to-use gardening guide is packed with essential
tasks and top tips for every month of the year, with sections on
general garden care, growing fruit and vegetables, and getting the
best out of containers. Discover which plants will look their best
each month and mark the progression of the seasons with a dedicated
note section so you can record your garden successes and make plans
for next year. With beautiful illustrations to accompany each
month, Your Gardening Year 2023 is a must-have resource for all
gardeners--whether you're looking for a handy at-a-glance guide for
yourself or a gift for a green-fingered loved one. Get your
gardening gloves on and join the journey as you explore: - Twelve
chapters, one for each month, featuring the following content -
'Around the Garden' pages offer short, easy-to-follow garden tasks
for a range of subjects, including 'General Care', - 'Trees,
Shrubs, and Climbers', 'Perennials, Annuals, Bulbs, and Bedding',
and 'Containers', alongside a series of 'Ten-minute Tasks' to help
readers make best use of their time in the garden - Dedicated pages
on 'The Kitchen Garden', with 'Harvest Highlights' showcasing the
very best produce that month. - Illustrated 'At Their Best' profile
spreads showcase five plants with seasonal appeal. - 'Get Ahead'
activities for readers wanting to make the most of their time. - A
notes page for readers to record their gardening successes and
observations. - At-a-glance crop planner showing when to sow, plant
out, and harvest popular vegetables and fruits. - Beautiful
illustrations to add a timely and inspirational reminder of the
garden that month. A must-have volume for the novice gardener
looking for tips and tricks as they get into the rhythm of the
gardening year, and doubling up as great gift purchase for the
gardening lover in your life!
Cultivate your passion to grow In a 1625 essay, Francis Bacon
called gardens "the purest of human pleasures," and what was true
then is even more so today--gardening can give you a serene refuge
from the short-lived (and noisy!) distractions of modern life and a
fertile basis for satisfaction that will bear fruit long into the
future. To help you get started on your own leafy paradise, the new
edition of Gardening Basics For Dummies grounds you thoroughly in
the fundamentals of soil, flowers, trees, and lawns--and helps you
get to know the names of what you're planting along the way! In a
friendly, straightforward style, professional horticulturist Steven
A. Frowine distills 50 years of gardening experience to show you
how to start growing your expertise--from planning out your own
mini-Eden and planting your first annuals, bulbs, and perennials
through to laying the perfect lawn, raising tasty crops, and even
introducing fish to your landscape! He also digs into the grubbier
side of horticultural life, making sure you're as prepared as any
seasoned farmer to deal with pests, weeds, and other challenges the
earth will throw up at you. Create your ideal garden plan Become an
expert on common flora with definitions and descriptions Know how
to look after your soil Get creative with butterfly and children's
gardens Whether you're beginning with a tiny garden in a box, or
beautifying your property with tree-lined groves and flowery
bowers, this is the ideal introduction to the intense pleasure of
gardening and will make you happy to reap what you've sown!
First published in 1929, The Gardener’s Bed-Book is a much beloved gardening classic by the renowned editor of House & Garden magazine in the 1920s and ’30s. Each of its 365 perfectly sized little essays is meant to be read in bed at night after a long day’s work, either real or imagined, in the garden. A charming and mischievously funny companion to curl up with, Wright ranges comfortably—and lyrically—from giving gardening advice to meditating on such topics as antique collecting and travel, great literature and architecture. He is an addictive delight, as memorable describing the challenges of growing plume poppies as he is the simple pleasure of hanging up the dish towel once the housework is done. Written in language that is as timeless as it is seductive, The Gardener’s Bed-Book will appeal to gardening experts and armchair enthusiasts alike.
This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Dominique Browning, the editor in chief of House & Garden and author of Around the House and in the Garden and the forthcoming Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener.
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