Hellyer Gardening Encyclopedia

By Richard Rosenfeld

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753703939
• ISBN13: 9780753703939
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Chancellor Press
• Weight: 4.57 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The ultimate gardening resource

This is a complete and useful gardening tool. Given that there is no index accesible, one the most helpful things I can do is this: INDEX Part 1. PLANNING A GARDEN 1 Garde Style 2 Cultivation 3 Working with Soil 4 Drainin Problems 5 Creatin Paths 6 Manures and Fertilizers Part 2. THE ORNAMENTAL APPROACH 7 Flowers from Seed 8 Hardy Herbaceous Perennials 9 Rock Gardens and Rock Plants 10 Trees and Shrubs 11 Roses 12 Bulbs, Corms and Tubers 13 Bedding Out 14 Water and Bog Gardens 15 Lawns and their Maintenance Part 3. GARDENING UNDER GLASS 16 Cloches, Frames and Greenhouses 17 Methods of Heating 18 Greenhouse Management 19 Recommended Greenhouse Plants 20 Chrysanthemums Indoors and Out 21 Cacti and Succulents 22 Helpful Tips for House Plants Part 4. VEGETABLES 23 Planning the Vegetable Garden 24 Vegetables and their Cultivation Part 5. FRUITS 25 Making a Fruit Garden 26 Fruit Propagation 27 Pruning Fruit Trees 28 A Spreying Programme 29 Cropping Problems 30 Fruit and their Cultivation Part 6. DEALING WITH FOES 31 Diagnisis and Treatment 32 Common Pests and Diseases 33 Useful Remedies 34 Weeds and Weedkillers INDEX More than 700 pages with good information. To all these, add many beautiful pictures and useful drawings. Enjoy your gardening time!

Helpful and very thorough, for research and problem solving.

This gardening reference includes extensive sections on planning a garden, from styles to fertilizers; different approaches to gardening, indoors and out; gardening fruits and vegetables; problem solving and preventing; and more! Detailed descriptions of common plants, their benefits, and their needs. Includes black and white and color illustrations--both detailed and descriptive. Overall: Very helpful and well referenced!