Dirt: The Lowdown on Growing a Garden with Style

by Dianne S Benson

Overview

Imagine Dorothy Parker in gardening gloves and you'll understand why there's never been a gardening guide quite like this witty, authoritative book for any gardener who wants to design, prepare, plant, and maintain a garden with style. 20 photos. 80 line drawings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595004911
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/01/2000
Pages:	390
Sales rank:	647,097
Product dimensions:	7.54(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.85(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
1	What to Do First	6
2	What You Need: The Implements, Accessories, and the Clothes	27
3	What Are Garden Bones and Why You Need Them	63
4	Just How Does Your Garden Grow?	102
5	Weeds Have Brains, and Other Pestilences	126
6	A Year in the Garden	142
7	The Gardening Catalogs: How to Choose	180
8	The Greatest Hits List: Really What to Plant	211
Appendix	Sources and Catalogs for Tools, Equipment, and Clothes	337
	Sources for Specialized Situations & Good Garden Bones	340
	Where to Get What to Plant	344
	Bibliography	355
	Glossary	357
	Acknowledgments	365
	Index	369