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| Authors: Janet Macunovich, Steven Nikkila
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 280966
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 0882669575
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.932
UPC: 037038009576
EAN: 9780882669571
ASIN: 0882669575
Publication Date: January 3, 1997
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Condition: Moderate wear to cover and edges.
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| Customer Reviews:
 invaluable guide for the new or unorganized gardener April 30, 2002
30 out of 31 found this review helpful
I bought this book because the subtitle, What to Do and When to Do It, precisely captured my state of confusion as a new gardener. I don't always know how to do a thing and just as often don't know when to do it either! The author takes us through a full year's worth of work, beginning with using a garden diagram and proceeding through finding plants and tools, pruning, weeding, mulching, watering and fertilizing, pest control, maintenance and getting ready for the next season. The book concludes with a chart of instructions for particular species of perennials, an index and a bibliography. The chart, in fitting with the emphasis of the book, instructs in each plant's proper care and is divided into months, April through November. The first chapter, kind of an overview of the year-in-gardening approach, has many color photographs, and the rest of the book contains many line drawings to illustrate techniques. Quite nice and very helpful.
A truly useful and practical book March 26, 2002
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book tells you what to do in a clear and understandable way, without expecting you to already be an expert gardener. This has been a really great help for me in landscaping and upkeeping my yard.
A fantastic story March 10, 2001
This book not only provides fantastic instructions but also reads like a good story. The author uses a conversation tone as she shares her methods, techniques and strategies. She shares her failures as well as her success, clearly stating what she has learned from each. This is appropriate for all level of gardner and a "really should have" for any beginner.
This book saved my sanity November 1, 2000
44 out of 44 found this review helpful
The methodology for tending the garden outlined by the author is superb. We have been tending a large garden for five years now. By using the author's weeding and mulching techniques and schedule, we are able to balance the garden work with our full-time jobs and never be at risk of being overtaken by weeds. The work is more heavily loaded in the spring and fall, but that is a nice time for doing this type of work. Also, I love cruising through the summer with only the lightest maintenance required. Regarding the book itself, the writing style is personable and witty. Also, the explanations are thorough, without being boring or condescending. This is my first resource to consult when I have a question.
Like Having A Gardener at Your Shoulder May 19, 2000
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
For me, an eager, bright, but fairly inexperienced gardener, this book has been a godsend. Here are the steps to take, month by month, to achieve the garden you dream about when you read all the plant catalogues. Macunovich is a friendly voice at your back, pushing you to do those boring chores now rather than later (you'll appreciate it) and reassuring you when things don't quite go as you planned (it happens to the best). This is a step by step how-to book, yet more. My favorite line concerns the inevitability of black labrador retrievers blundering through newly planted parts of the garden to happily greet the gardener.
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