The Month-by-Month Gardening Guide : Daily Advice for Growing Flowers, Vegetables, Herbs, and Houseplants

“Bursting with useful advice, especially for new gardeners.” — Booklist To be a successful gardener, you need to know two things: how to do something and when to do it. Both concepts are thoroughly tackled in The Month-By-Month Gardening Guide . This comprehensive approach to gardening guides home gardeners—whether you are growing vegetables, flowers, or houseplants—through a year of growing. Throughout, the emphasis is on organic, wildlife-friendly techniques. By following the guidance detailed in this hardworking primer, you’ll be well on your way to a beautiful and bountiful garden that will provide pleasure throughout the year. "This is a compendium of practical advice for the home gardener, arranged by month. The individual bits of advice for each month are arranged as follows: general advice; advice for the vegetable garden (including herbs); and advice for ornamental plants (further subdivided into the outdoor garden, terrace and balcony, and windowsill and houseplants). There is also a massive section of charts at the back of the book. The advice is applicable to U.S. gardens in Zones 4-8, and is supplemented by helpful, accurate line drawings. The breadth of information presented is truly encyclopedic-every topic that a home gardener could possibly be interested in is presented somewhere in the book's pages"-- Provided by publisher The ultimate garden reference for daily chores and tasks--this comprehensive yet accessible guide covers vegetables, herbs, flowers, and houseplants