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Complete Guide to Gardening and Landscaping
The clearest, easiest to use, best-illustrated, and by far the most comprehensive book of its kind. Everything you need to know to grow hundreds of flowers, trees, shrubs, and houseplants. Time and money-saving techniques for beautifying your home, or apartment, maintaining the perfect lawn, landscaping your yard, creating the garden of your dreams.
584 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1991
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March 2, 2020
This book is a how-to guide, an encyclopedia, an almanac, and an advice column all rolled into one. Pretty much anything you can think of regarding plants- zoning, irrigation, houseplant care, troubleshooting- is in here. Truly a comprehensive and thorough guide.
October 7, 2019
Weeding my library, the journey continues....
This is a big heavy book. As the description says, it’s comprehensive. But it sacrifices depth for breadth. There’s brief information on a lot of different topics related to yards and gardens. There are also helpful tips, like don’t stand in water when using electric garden tools to avoid electrocution.
I have the Time-Life book on roses, and This book includes possibly that entire book. The whole thing feels like a series of very brief articles (as in a 2-page magazine spread, with illustrations) supplemented with encyclopedia-style lists of plants divided by type (perennials, roses, annuals, etc.)
I’m on the fence on whether this is worth keeping. If I only had a few gardening books, it would be a keeper. But I think most of this information is covered, and in more depth, in my other books.
Verdict: keep for now.
This is a big heavy book. As the description says, it’s comprehensive. But it sacrifices depth for breadth. There’s brief information on a lot of different topics related to yards and gardens. There are also helpful tips, like don’t stand in water when using electric garden tools to avoid electrocution.
I have the Time-Life book on roses, and This book includes possibly that entire book. The whole thing feels like a series of very brief articles (as in a 2-page magazine spread, with illustrations) supplemented with encyclopedia-style lists of plants divided by type (perennials, roses, annuals, etc.)
I’m on the fence on whether this is worth keeping. If I only had a few gardening books, it would be a keeper. But I think most of this information is covered, and in more depth, in my other books.
Verdict: keep for now.
May 31, 2023
An excellent reference book for everything from trees to veggies. Valuable information, but the advice may have changed (especially in regard to chemical fertilizers and weed killers) since the book was published in 1991.
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