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Beginner Gardening Step by Step

Author DK
Release Date: 2019/02/01
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Book Description

New to gardening? Start with the essentials for beginners.

Beginner Gardening Step By Step shows you the basics to get your green space under control and keep it that way. In this expert text, you'll find simple step-by-step instructions, with clear images to help you create your dream garden, no matter the size and scale.

From planting decorative climbers to growing your own fruits and vegetables, these easy steps will make a big difference in how your garden and landscape look and feel. Take the anxiety out of planting, potting, and pruning and enjoy your lush lawn, beautiful landscape, and bountiful garden.

Grow tomatoes, make a hanging basket, cut back your bushes and prune your roses - simply, practically and efficiently. The perfect way to kickstart a new outdoor hobby - this refreshingly accessible book will help the gardening novice master and enjoy their precious patch of land.

Table of Contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Introduction
  3. GETTING STARTED
    1. Which way does your garden face?
    2. Know your soil
    3. Improving your soil
    4. Choosing the right potting soil
    5. Choosing healthy plants
  4. FLOWERS & FOLIAGE
    1. Sowing seeds outdoors
    2. Sowing seeds indoors
    3. Growing plants that last
    4. Growing sunflowers
    5. Preparing pots for planting
    6. Plant up a colorful container
    7. Make a spring hanging basket
    8. Planting a shady window box
    9. Planting bulbs in a pot
    10. Making a border (1/2)
    11. Making a border (2/2)
    12. Making raised beds and edges
    13. Choosing flowers and foliage for spring containers
    14. Choosing flowers and foliage for summer containers
  5. LAWNS
    1. Laying sod
    2. Sowing grass seed
    3. How to make a lawn edging
    4. Growing bulbs in grass
    5. Caring for your lawn
  6. CLIMBERS
    1. Planting a climber
    2. Potting up climbers
    3. Planting an obelisk
    4. Create a tower of climbers
    5. Make an ivy topiary ball
    6. Build a rose arch
    7. Pruning a rose arch
    8. Pruning a rose on a wall
    9. Pruning wisteria
    10. Cutting back ivy
    11. Raise new plants by layering
    12. Choosing climbers for spring interest
    13. Choosing climbers for summer interest
  7. SHRUBS
    1. Planting a shrub
    2. Planting a shrub in a pot
    3. Planting a bare-root rose
    4. Pruning an early summerflowering shrub
    5. Lightly pruning shrubs
    6. Pruning a shrub rose
    7. Pruning hydrangea
    8. Pruning lavender
    9. Pruning for winter stems
    10. Planting a hedge
    11. Trimming a hedge
    12. Making a topiary cone
    13. Repotting a shrub
    14. Choosing shrubs for year-round interest
    15. Choosing shrubs for autumn interest
  8. GRASSES
    1. Planting grasses in the ground
    2. Caring for grasses
    3. Cutting back grasses
    4. Dividing grasses
    5. Choosing grasses
  9. SMALL TREES
    1. Planting a tree (1/2)
    2. Planting a tree (2/2)
    3. Removing a branch
    4. Moving a tree or shrub
    5. Choosing trees for small gardens
  10. VEGETABLES
    1. Growing seeds in trays
    2. Sowing seeds in small pots
    3. Growing vegetables from plug plants
    4. Raising lettuces on a windowsill
    5. Growing tomatoes
    6. Growing climbing beans
    7. Growing root crops
    8. Growing early potatoes
    9. Growing potatoes in a trash can
  11. HERBS
    1. Growing herbs from seed (1/2)
    2. Growing herbs from seed (2/2)
    3. Planting an herb garden
    4. Planting an herb hanging basket
    5. Making a lavender hedge
    6. Growing herbs from cuttings
    7. Dividing herbs
  12. FRUIT
    1. Planting a basket of strawberries
    2. Planting an apple tree in a pot
    3. Pruning an apple tree
    4. Soft fruit in small spaces
    5. Tree fruit in small spaces
  13. PRACTICALITIES
    1. Watering plants
    2. Making your own compost
    3. How and when to prune
    4. Caring for your tools
    5. Troubleshooting weeds
    6. Dealing with pests
    7. Preventing diseases
    8. Know your garden friends
  14. Index
  15. Acknowledgments
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