Mrs. Greenthumbs: How I Turned a Boring Yard Into a Glorious Garden and How You Can, TooDespite all the expertise she has gathered through years of gardening for fun and profit, teaching, lecturing, and hosting her own gardening radio program, Danz is still an amateur gardener at heart. She is aware of the constraints of time and money and gives plenty of advice, based on hard-won experience, that won't be found in reference books on gardening. 12 line drawings. |
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Gertrude Jekyll and the Invasion of the Bamboo | 3 |
Walking the Yard | 10 |
Planning the Garden | 23 |
Copyright | |
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