Month-by-month Gardening In Minnesota

by Melinda Myers

Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening and the increase in their home's property value. Book retailers are well aware that the trend in gardening books is to regional titles that provide credible information on the plants that perform well in specific regions. Month-by-Month Gardening in Minnesota is written for Minnesota gardeners who want to know how to properly care for their gardens and the correct timing for successful results. Each chapter is comprised of monthly plant-specific information. This book covers landscape and vegetable gardens and is appropriate for beginning to intermediate gardeners.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference

368 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2001

About the author

Melinda Myers is a Horticultural Instructor at Milwaukee Area Technical College. Many recognize Myers as the host of "Great Lakes Gardener," a public television program that airs throughout the Great Lakes and provides region-specific advice to Midwest gardeners. She hosts the "Plant Doctor Radio Show" on WTMJ Radio, writes a bi-monthly column for The Milwaukee Journal and has been contributing editor and columnist for Birds & Blooms Magazine since 1996. Melinda is a member of numerous horticultural associations and earned the 1998 Garden Communicator's Award from the American Nursery and Landscape Association and the 1998 Quill and Trowel Award from the Garden Writer's Association of America."

Reviews

[Laurla2 · Rating 1 out of 5]

it was broken down by every type of thing to grow and that made it rather haphazard to read thru for me. jan-dec annuals. another jan-dec bulbs. another jan-dec fruits. then herbs and veggies, then houseplants, then lawns, then perennials, then roses, then shrubs, then trees, then vines. i think it'd have been easier to read if i could just look up by month alone, instead of having eleven different sections to have to look thru to see what to do in november. especially since so much of the information for the same months repeats itself! i got frustrated and bored after paging thru the same information in 4 different sections. and i gave up on the book. it seemed overly simplistic and as i said, extremely heavily repetitive.

[Diane Fogel · Rating 5 out of 5]

My go to book for gardening. I've read this book ,many times and will every year.
I don't use herbicides or pesticides in my garden and this book is full of timely information.

[Sonnet Fitzgerald · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is possibly the most well-worn book in my library. I bought it the same year I bought my first house in 2006 (poor timing, goodbye house value, nice knowing ya) and read the whole thing cover to cover. I was raised in a family of very avid gardeners and already knew quite a bit, but I was new to Minnesota. The month by month guide was invaluable for me, and no other book gave me the details I needed on specific plants and tools for the climate. It's easy to reference and contains excellent information!

I'm still in the same house, I still flip through this book every year, and my once-bare yard is flourishing with blueberries, roses, raspberries, lilacs, tulips, hostas, and bleeding hearts. I have several large flower beds and a vegetable garden that feeds us all summer. I've read several other zone-specific gardening books, but this one is by far the best.

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought that this was just the book I was looking for. It wasn't. Didn't like the organization (not truly "month-by-month") and the heavy reliance on chemical fertilizers and pesticides turns my stomach after all the reading I've been doing on organic gardening. I'll keep looking for that indispensable gardening tome. Suggestions welcome!