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The Gardener's Almanac » (None)
Authors: Lisa MacDonald (Editor), Peter C. Jones
ISBN-13: 9780395827550, ISBN-10: 0395827558
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: August 1997
Edition: None
Author Biography: Lisa MacDonald
Peter C. Jones is the author of The Changing Face of America. He lives in New York City.
Book Synopsis
Some gardening books are annuals and some are hardy perennials. Here is a one-of-a-kind book of the latter sort, an entertaining mix of facts, advice, reminiscence, and humor for gardeners to dip into year after year - especially in winter, when they can't dig into the ground. With tips, facts, and forecasts - from how to talk green to a guide to astrological gardening - this is a browser's delight and a keepsake for every gardener. An original Mariner paperback
Table of Contents
| My First Garden | 12 | |
| The Garden Designers' Hall of Fame | 15 | |
| Christopher Comes Calling | 21 | |
| On Collecting | 25 | |
| The Onion Braider | 27 | |
| Passalong Legacy | 30 | |
| The Weather in This Book | 34 | |
| Predicting Weather | 35 | |
| Stormy Weather | 38 | |
| Zeroing In on Your Microclimates | 51 | |
| Weather | 55 | |
| Garden Agenda | 58 | |
| The Astrological Gardener | 62 | |
| The Environmental Politics of the Christmas Tree | 66 | |
| The Perfect Present | 68 | |
| May the New Year Be Happy and Full of Worms | 71 | |
| Grandmother's Garden | 76 | |
| The Principles of Xeriscape Gardening | 78 | |
| Museum-Quality Tomatoes | 81 | |
| Carnivorous Plants | 83 | |
| The "Perennial" Annual Border | 85 | |
| Digging It Together | 88 | |
| Beloved Bulbs | 91 | |
| Powerhouse Perennials | 93 | |
| A History of the Healing Garden | 97 | |
| Rating America's Best Botanic Gardens | 101 | |
| Know Your Roses | 108 | |
| The Truth About Roses | 109 | |
| In Search of the Perfect Rose | 112 | |
| The Discreet Charm of the Bagatelle | 116 | |
| A Few More Words About Worms | 120 | |
| Compost | 122 | |
| Gardening Tools | 125 | |
| On Gates and Paths | 127 | |
| A Loyal Friend, a Link to Paradise | 130 | |
| The Complete Butterfly Garden | 133 | |
| Bees Do It | 138 | |
| The Trouble with Deer | 140 | |
| America's Least Wanted: The Dirty Dozen | 143 | |
| Harvest Lore | 150 | |
| Mintomania | 151 | |
| Discovering the Scarlet Runner | 153 | |
| Everlasting Flowers | 157 | |
| Too Many Green Tomatoes | 161 | |
| Variations on Pesto | 164 | |
| Making It Through the Winter | 167 | |
| Gifts from the Garden | 169 | |
| Gardening Through the Ages | 176 | |
| The Latin Decoder | 181 | |
| The Botany Lesson | 183 | |
| How to Talk Green | 186 | |
| Tommorrow's Garden | 190 | |
| The Organic Garden: Nature's Symphony | 192 | |
| The EPA's Do's and Don'ts of Lawn Care | 196 | |
| Just Water | 199 | |
| The Facts About Water | 201 | |
| The Invasion of the Asphalt Snatchers | 204 | |
| Recycling | 207 | |
| Migratory Songbirds: The Ties That Bind Us | 209 | |
| A Web of Gardens | 212 | |
| Weather on the Web | 214 | |
| About the Authors | 217 |
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