Book

Stone, Pat, 1949-

Real gardeners' true confessions / Pat Stone.

Pownal, Vt. : Storey Communications, ©1996.

168 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"This book takes the basic skills that every gardener should know and goes through them simply and clearly (hopefully, even humorously). It covers the main steps of each skill and the classics mistakes many of us have made mastering them. After all, I and a host of other gardeners have already discovered the wrong ways to use the backbone skills of gardening. I want to spare you some of the agony I've been through, to help you feel a little less foolish and garden a good bit more successfully"--Cover description from author.

Gardening.

True confessions

"A Storey Publishing book."

Includes index.

Site with foresight -- Starting off on the wrong foot -- Talking tools -- Breaking ground -- Fertility for the feeble-minded -- Ready, set, sow! -- Transplanting: the tender act -- Soil building: nurturing plants -- Composting: garden gold -- Wise words on watering -- Weeding, weeding, weeding -- Feeling bugged? Pest control -- Animal control basics -- Animal control: the sequel -- Diseases: plagues of the plot -- Puttering with plants -- Bulbs, shrubs, and trees -- Get ready for winter -- Pruning: the kindest cuts -- Seed starting: the cycle goes on.

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