The New York Times 1000 Gardening Questions and Answers: Based on the New York Times Column “Garden Q A.”

Product DescriptionAuthoritative, accessible and attractive, this is a new reference from The New York Times, a large, nearly 700-page Bible news from around the garden that is able to print. Based on Gardeners Q A. the enormously popular syndicated column, 1000 GARDENING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS is like a passionate conversation between gardeners and gardening experts. Each week, readers around the country send their most pressing problems-how to divide perennials, prune raspberry canes, g

Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work

DescriptionOne garden product best-selling books ever is fresher than ever! Ready to inspire a new generation of gardeners. When it created the square foot gardening method, Mel Bartholomew, a retired engineer and efficiency expert, found the solution to the frustrations of most gardeners. His revolutionary system is simple: it is an ingenious planting method based on the use of blocks of square feet of garden space instead of rows. Gardeners build, not down, so no digging and no tilling after

Mulching For Free

I’m sure that if you are reading this, you have used some form of mulch during your gardening career. However, you probably didn’t know that there are many other options for organic mulching that you can explore. These days, many gardeners are discovering new sources of free mulch that has been there all along; an untapped resource. These include clippings from a lawn, or woody prunings from other plants in your yard. You will be surprised by how beneficial all these things can be, and how oft

Using Gardening To Get In Shape

While gardening is usually thought of as a productive way to grow beautiful plants and obtain tasty fruits and vegetables, few gardeners have ever considered the immense amounts of exercise one can get in the process of gardening. While you can get almost as much muscle (if not more) exercise as you do working out, it is very productive at the same time. You may wonder how gardening could possibly give as much exercise as working out. Just think about all the various facets of preparing a ga

Brown bin waste boosts parks in Lichfield and Burntwood

Lichfield District Council gardeners Dave Coton and Vic Sones with the new compost Flower beds in Lichfield and Burntwood have been given a head-start this winter thanks to compost created by residents Lichfield District Council’s gardeners have been busy re-planting the flower beds in Burntwood Park and Beacon Park using the first batch of compost that has been made out of recycled brown bin waste from local people. As a result, old tea bags, chicken bones, banana peel and garden cutting

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