The Complete Book of Practical Gardening: The Definitive Step-by-step Guide to Planning, Planting and Maintaining the Perfect Garden

by Peter McHoy, Susan Berry (Contributor), Steve Bradley (Contributor)

This beautifully illustrated volume is the definitive, step-by-step guide to planning, planting and maintaining a perfect garden.

Genres: Gardening

512 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1998

About the author

Peter McHoy is a garden author and journalist. He has written books on many gardening topics including Planning Your Garden, How to Garden and The Practical Gardening Encyclopedia.

Reviews

[Lori]

As one might imagine, I'm spending time outside working in our kitchen garden. In fact, this weekend, my brother, helped me install some lath to the raised beds so I could create a raised screen that offers more room for our cabbages to grow. Screening is a must as we have a large population of Cabbage Whites here.

I thought this would be a good time to mention this older gardening book by Peter McHoy that I enjoy leafing through The book Practical Gardening is true to its title. It is well written and easy to follow. The images are clear and provide a good depiction of the action that is occurring.

My favorite sections are those that list the different types of cuttings, special techniques for pollinating zucchini, and harvesting and storing herbs.


Peter McHoy is a highly respected gardening author and journalist and has written many books on gardening and houseplants, including Low-Maintenance Gardening, The Garden Planner, Step-by-Step Pruning, The Small Garden Book and The Complete Houseplant Book

[Davy Bennet Surf]

I have Practical Gardening by Paragon Publishing. Text by Deena Beverley. Illusr by Kate Simunek.
Publ. 2003 in UK.

[Camden Alvarado]

It was a great book it taught me alot about plants and other things within the gardening world. I loved the book it was fun to read