Making a Garden: Reliable Techniques, Outstanding Plants, and Honest Advice

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Houghton Mifflin, 1998 - Gardening - 160 pages
Gardening techniques : Starting from scratch ; Controlling weeds ; Dividing perennials ; Raising seedlings indoors -- Garden design : Growing ground covers ; Gardening under a tree ; Shaping your garden with shrubs ; Hillside gardening ; Starting an herb garden ; Adding bulbs to your garden -- Special plants to grow : Vegetables ; Fruits and berries ; Flowers for bouquets ; Fragrant plants ; Flowers for hot summers ; Plants for winter enjoyment.

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Contents

Gardening Techniques 13 Starting from scratch
13
Controlling weeds
21
Dividing perennials
31
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About the author (1998)

Rita Buchanan is the coeditor and co-author of TAYLOR'S MASTER GUIDE TO GARDENING as well as many other books. A botanist, horticulturist, and passionate gardener and designer, she turned a featureless cow pasture into a glorious garden landscape surrounding her home. She resides in Connecticut.

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