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What to Sow, Grow and Do: A seasonal garden guide
Find out what needs to be done at just the right time to create a garden full of life and colour all year round.
Keeping on top of when to sow seeds, plant bulbs or prune roses can be tricky for new and experienced gardeners with busy lives. What to Sow, Grow and Do takes the hassle out of remembering what to do next with a month-by-month guide.
Tracking a year in the garden, it shows you what you need to do when in a series of straightforward how-tos and handy checklists . It also celebrates each month of the year, highlighting the plants in season and the wildlife to spot.
Seasonal tasks cover everything from maintaining colorful flower beds and a simple veg patch, to encouraging birds to nest and hedgehogs to hibernate in your garden. At the end of the year, you will have a thriving, flourishing garden that’s a joy to be in.
Each month, the book will
Whether you are a seasoned horticulturalist or are just starting our planting you first seedlings, this guide is an indispensible companion to any gardener all the year round.
Keeping on top of when to sow seeds, plant bulbs or prune roses can be tricky for new and experienced gardeners with busy lives. What to Sow, Grow and Do takes the hassle out of remembering what to do next with a month-by-month guide.
Tracking a year in the garden, it shows you what you need to do when in a series of straightforward how-tos and handy checklists . It also celebrates each month of the year, highlighting the plants in season and the wildlife to spot.
Seasonal tasks cover everything from maintaining colorful flower beds and a simple veg patch, to encouraging birds to nest and hedgehogs to hibernate in your garden. At the end of the year, you will have a thriving, flourishing garden that’s a joy to be in.
Each month, the book will
Whether you are a seasoned horticulturalist or are just starting our planting you first seedlings, this guide is an indispensible companion to any gardener all the year round.
- GenresGardening
240 pages, Hardcover
Published May 3, 2022
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May 15, 2022
This is a lovely, well illustrated and well written guide for UK gardeners on what to do in the garden every season. It's filled with color photos, plant suggestions, and great garden projects. It was frustrating for me as a zone 4 Minnesota gardener because almost none of the plants profiled said they'd grow in my zone. I wonder if the USDA zone information was wrong though, because it said many plants that I grow at least similar varieties were zone 6 and that's just not true. Things like crab apples, tulips, irises, etc. were listed as zone 6a and such. I have had that happen with UK garden books before so I wonder if even though they say that they list USDA zone information they translate it incorrectly? In any case, it will be a great resource for those in the UK and in warmer parts of the U.S. I especially loved the projects like building supports for potted plants from sticks instead of buying wire cages. A lovely resource.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.
May 11, 2022
What a fabulous useful book ! What to Sow provides an entire year's worth of planning for your garden. Everything is included, even a handy glossary for those of you who are new to gardening. Beautiful color photos illustrate what should be done each season and a task list clarified every goal.
The "Do"of the title included enjoying and celebrating the garden. Great reminders of enjoying the fruit of your labor and suggestions of plants and flowers to include to attract wildlife. If you are new or intermediately involved in gardening, interested in more wildlife or diversifying your garden, this is a great book for you!
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The "Do"of the title included enjoying and celebrating the garden. Great reminders of enjoying the fruit of your labor and suggestions of plants and flowers to include to attract wildlife. If you are new or intermediately involved in gardening, interested in more wildlife or diversifying your garden, this is a great book for you!
#Quarto #WhattoSowGrowandDo #NetGalley
May 29, 2022
I am a terrible gardener, I suck at growing plants indoors and out, and on the rare occasion that I have grown something, it ends up either dying or growing out of hand and ends up looking a spindly mess!
So when I saw this book I was definitely interested in it, because it’s not like I physically can’t garden, but I just don’t know what I’m doing, and I don’t actually enjoy it enough to get my very busy brain to remember the gardening stuff I have been told over the years.
At first I wasn’t sure as there is a 3 page glossary of gardening words and terms, which I found a bit overwhelming.
The pictures in the book are beautiful and some of them give you a visual step by step guide of what to do.
I particularly liked the seasonal task lists that told you what gardening jobs you need to do during that season.
I think, with the help of this book I will try my hand at doing something more with my garden, although I’m making no promises as to how successful I will be, but that won’t be the book’s fault.
So when I saw this book I was definitely interested in it, because it’s not like I physically can’t garden, but I just don’t know what I’m doing, and I don’t actually enjoy it enough to get my very busy brain to remember the gardening stuff I have been told over the years.
At first I wasn’t sure as there is a 3 page glossary of gardening words and terms, which I found a bit overwhelming.
The pictures in the book are beautiful and some of them give you a visual step by step guide of what to do.
I particularly liked the seasonal task lists that told you what gardening jobs you need to do during that season.
I think, with the help of this book I will try my hand at doing something more with my garden, although I’m making no promises as to how successful I will be, but that won’t be the book’s fault.
May 28, 2022
I really enjoyed this book. I found it to be an interesting, informative read with beautiful photography. I thank Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.
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