Low Maintenance Gardening (Time-life Complete Gardener)

By Time-Life Books

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0783541015
• ISBN13: 9780783541013
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Time Life Education
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.8" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Info for Gardeners

I like books that promise to save me time and effort. The front part gives tips for creating lovely gardens for different situations. It has photos with a chart giving the names of the plants so you can duplicate a scene. The section on diseases and pests (Troubleshooting Guide) clued me in to problems I had with damping off and white fly and mildew. An idea I could use was creating an informal shredded bark path in a wooded area. There were many other useful ideas. It tells how to create raised beds, how to terrace a slope, and gives efficient watering techniques. It encourages using native plants and drought-resistant plants. Particularly helpful was the section titled Encyclopedia of Low Maintenance Plants. For each plant it gives a photo, its hardiness, height, soil and light needs, plus names the best varieties of it. I found quite a few that might fit special areas in my yard.