A Rodale Organic Gardening Book: The Gardener's Weather Bible : How to Predict and Prepare for Garden Success in Any Kind of Weather by Sally Roth ebook EPUB
9780875968872 0875968872 Gardeners are obsessed by the weather. They watch it, curse it, plan ahead of it and try to outsmart it. Now gardeners will have all the information they need to cheat their local weather conditions and have great gardens no matter what comes their way. -Learn how to interpret the weather and understand what it means for your garden -Build a home weather station and do your own local forecasting -Understand rainfall patterns and how they determine your planting schedule -Clue in to weather wisdom for every season of the year: timing for spring planting, mitigating the effects of summer drought, successful season-stretchers for the fall, protecting plants from winter damage, and much, much more -Written in a lively conversational tone, with boxes of weather lore, nature lore, and at-a-glance tips throughout, The Gardener's Weather Bible is full of invaluable and practical information, Growing Beautiful Roses:Your Guide to Creating an Easy-Care Garden Full of Fragrance and Color Have you always wanted to plant roses but are afraid they are too difficult to grow? Fear no more.Growing Beautiful Rosestakes the intimidation (and the chemicals) out of growing the world's most legendary flower. This gorgeous and rich instructional guide offers a holistic approach to growing these perennial favorites. Author Barbara Wilde presents tips and advice for choosing healthy roses, preparing the soil, and recognizing and preventing disease; plus, she takes the mystery out of pruning. Perhaps even more valuable, Wilde includes a gallery of more than 100 remarkable roses that are the most hardy and the most disease and pest resistant, making them the best roses for organic gardening. In addition, she takes you beyond the rigidity of a formal rose garden by showing you how to combine roses with other plants, including grasses, herbs, wildflowers, vines, shrubs, perennials, and annuals., This title aims to predict and prepare for garden success in any kind of weather. It contains boxes of weather lore, nature lore, and at-a-glance tips throughout, and is full of practical information. Readers can learn how to interpret the weather and understand what it means to their gardens., Your Guide to Creating an Easy-Care Garden Full of Fragrance and Color Have you always wanted to plant roses but are afraid they are too difficult to grow? Fear no more. Growing Beautiful Rosestakes the intimidation (and the chemicals) out of growing the world's most legendary flower. This gorgeous and rich instructional guide offers a holistic approach to growing these perennial favorites. Author Barbara Wilde presents tips and advice for choosing healthy roses, preparing the soil, and recognizing and preventing disease; plus, she takes the mystery out of pruning. Perhaps even more valuable, Wilde includes a gallery of more than 100 remarkable roses that are the most hardy and the most disease and pest resistant, making them the best roses for organic gardening. In addition, she takes you beyond the rigidity of a formal rose garden by showing you how to combine roses with other plants, including grasses, herbs, wildflowers, vines, shrubs, perennials, and annuals.
9780875968872 0875968872 Gardeners are obsessed by the weather. They watch it, curse it, plan ahead of it and try to outsmart it. Now gardeners will have all the information they need to cheat their local weather conditions and have great gardens no matter what comes their way. -Learn how to interpret the weather and understand what it means for your garden -Build a home weather station and do your own local forecasting -Understand rainfall patterns and how they determine your planting schedule -Clue in to weather wisdom for every season of the year: timing for spring planting, mitigating the effects of summer drought, successful season-stretchers for the fall, protecting plants from winter damage, and much, much more -Written in a lively conversational tone, with boxes of weather lore, nature lore, and at-a-glance tips throughout, The Gardener's Weather Bible is full of invaluable and practical information, Growing Beautiful Roses:Your Guide to Creating an Easy-Care Garden Full of Fragrance and Color Have you always wanted to plant roses but are afraid they are too difficult to grow? Fear no more.Growing Beautiful Rosestakes the intimidation (and the chemicals) out of growing the world's most legendary flower. This gorgeous and rich instructional guide offers a holistic approach to growing these perennial favorites. Author Barbara Wilde presents tips and advice for choosing healthy roses, preparing the soil, and recognizing and preventing disease; plus, she takes the mystery out of pruning. Perhaps even more valuable, Wilde includes a gallery of more than 100 remarkable roses that are the most hardy and the most disease and pest resistant, making them the best roses for organic gardening. In addition, she takes you beyond the rigidity of a formal rose garden by showing you how to combine roses with other plants, including grasses, herbs, wildflowers, vines, shrubs, perennials, and annuals., This title aims to predict and prepare for garden success in any kind of weather. It contains boxes of weather lore, nature lore, and at-a-glance tips throughout, and is full of practical information. Readers can learn how to interpret the weather and understand what it means to their gardens., Your Guide to Creating an Easy-Care Garden Full of Fragrance and Color Have you always wanted to plant roses but are afraid they are too difficult to grow? Fear no more. Growing Beautiful Rosestakes the intimidation (and the chemicals) out of growing the world's most legendary flower. This gorgeous and rich instructional guide offers a holistic approach to growing these perennial favorites. Author Barbara Wilde presents tips and advice for choosing healthy roses, preparing the soil, and recognizing and preventing disease; plus, she takes the mystery out of pruning. Perhaps even more valuable, Wilde includes a gallery of more than 100 remarkable roses that are the most hardy and the most disease and pest resistant, making them the best roses for organic gardening. In addition, she takes you beyond the rigidity of a formal rose garden by showing you how to combine roses with other plants, including grasses, herbs, wildflowers, vines, shrubs, perennials, and annuals.