Gardening Basics For Dummies. Steven A. Frowine
Читать онлайн книгу.Making the Right Cut with Cutting Tools Putting Power Tools to Use Rolling Out the Wheelbarrows and Carts Wading through Watering Tools
6 Part 2: Flowers and Foliage: Growing for Color Chapter 6: Adding Yearly Variety to Your Garden with Annuals Finding Flowers that Fit Your Garden Mixing and Matching Annuals Buying Annuals An Annual Event: The Whens, Wheres, and Hows of Planting Feeding the Flower Power: Taking Care of Annuals Chapter 7: Growing Perennials: Plants That Make a Comeback Looking at the Repeat Performers Planning Long-Term Strategies for Your Perennial Garden Finding and Buying Perennials Planting Perennials Taking Care of Your Perennials Chapter 8: Brightening Up the Garden with Bulbs Shedding Light on Bulbs Choosing to Combine Your Bulbs The Search: Where to Get Your Bulbs Getting Down and Dirty: Planting Bulbs Taking Care of Bulbs Chapter 9: Coming Up Roses What Makes a Rose Be a Rose Be a Rose Deciding Where to Put Your Roses Buying the Best Roses Planting Your Roses Taking Care of Your Roses Chapter 10: Multiplying Your Plants Growing Plants from Seeds (Sexual Propagation) Sowing Seed Indoors Sowing Seed Directly Outdoors Cloning Your Plants — Vegetative Reproduction Reproducing Bulbs
7 Part 3: Stretching Your Garden beyond Its Boundaries: The Permanent Landscape Chapter 11: Growing a Perfect Lawn Patching Up the Lawn You Already Have Making a Lawn from Scratch Seeding and Sodding: Adding the Grass Watering a Thirsty Lawn Fertilizing Your Lawn Mowing the Lawn, Cutting the Grass, and Otherwise Giving the Yard a Trim Battling the Weeds Chapter 12: Reaching New Heights with Trees Knowing Your Trees Choosing the Right Tree for Where You Live Getting Treed! Planting Trees Taking Care of Your Tree Chapter 13: Going Low with Shrubs Knowing Your Shrubs Planning Practical Uses for Bushes Planting Shrubs Caring for Your Shrubs Chapter 14: Climbers and Crawlers: Growing Vines and Groundcovers Looking at How Vines Hold On Choosing the Right Vines Planting and Supporting Vines Maintaining Vines through Pruning Looking at Groundcovers Planting and Maintaining Groundcovers
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Part 4: Producing Your Own Produce
Chapter 15: Food, Glorious Food! Raising Your Own Veggies
Perusing the Varieties of Veggies
Designing for Dining and Getting Your Vegetable Garden Ready
Finding Your Vegetables
Planting Your Vegetables
Chapter 16: Taking Your Veggie Garden to the Next Level
Composting Your Vegetable Garden
Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden
Using Frames and Supports for Veggies
Dealing with Vegetable Pests
Chapter 17: Adding Flavor to Your Garden with Herbs
Recognizing