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Book of Outdoor Gardening by Smith and Hawkin Editors, Sara Godwin and Jim Anderson (1996, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWorkman Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-100761102310

ISBN-139780761102311

eBay Product ID (ePID)1091859

Product Key Features

Book TitleBook of Outdoor Gardening

Number of Pages544 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

TopicReference, General

IllustratorYes

GenreGardening

TypeTextbook

AuthorSmith and Hawkin Editors, Sara Godwin, Jim Anderson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight51.3 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width7.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-041374

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal635/.0484

Edition DescriptionTeacher's edition

Table Of ContentA Highly Arbitrary Collection of Our Favorite Gardens It All Begins With the Soil Plants Just Want to Live Every Garden Counts The Gardener's Tools Digging In: from Clearing to Planting Tending the Garden Start Small, Think Big: Propagation Adding the Finishing Touches A Guide to Garden Plants

SynopsisFrom Smith digging and planting; propagating garden plants from seed; the secrets of maintenance. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's Country Homes & Gardens Club, the Newbridge Garden Book Club, and the Rodale Book Club. Over 140,000 copies in print., From Smith & Hawken, and now with a striking new cover, here is a book that offers a distinctly American approach to the art, craft, and pastime of gardening. Embracing British perennial beds, French intensive techniques, antique roses, heirloom vegetables, alternative lawns, and a bedrock philosophy of working with-not against-the ecosystem, this illustrated organic gardener's bible includes a 350-entry color plant guide and is written for all North American regions and hardiness zones. Readers will learn how to feed the dirt, achieve good tilth, create and use compost. How to plant in contours, manage water, plant outdoors. How to work with plants that not only come back every year, but bloom early and long, smell great, and even provide a pleasing silhouette in winter. There are sections on tools and gear, grooming and deadheading, winterizing and ornamenting the garden; digging and planting; propagating garden plants from seed; the secrets of maintenance. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's Country Homes & Gardens Club, the Newbridge Garden Book Club, and the Rodale Book Club. Over 140,000 copies in print.

LC Classification NumberSB453.5.B67 1996