The Gardener's Home Companion: Step-by-step Instructions on how to Raise and Propagate More Than 350 Flowers, Herbs, Vegetables, Berries, Shrubs, Vines, and Lawn and Ornamental GrassesFive chapters devoted to creating and maintaining your garden. |
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THE GARDEN SITE | 1 |
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT | 23 |
PREPARING THE SOIL | 40 |
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1/8 inch deep 12 inches all-purpose fertilizer areas bark chips beds berries blossoms blue Botanical name bulbs canes clumps cold frame compost cool corms cultivars danger of frost daylilies diatomaceous earth early spring EXPOSURE fall feet tall flavor FLOWER COLOR FLOWER FORM foliage fruit Full sun garden germinate grass green ground cover GROWING RANGE grown Harvest heat hybrids inches tall keep last frost lawn layer leaf mold leaves manure Method Start seeds moist outdoors before planting partial shade peat moss perennial plants permanent spacing Pests Pests and diseases pink PLANT HEIGHT Plant seeds PLANT TYPE Prepare soil outdoors PROPAGATION Prune purple rhizomes rock gardens rose rotenone rows SEASON OF BLOOM seedlings seeds indoors Selected Species Set plants outdoors shrubs soil amendments Sow seeds outdoors stems summer temperatures Thin or transplant tolerate trees varieties vegetables vines weather weeds weeks Well-rotted manure yellow Zones 9