Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall's Gardening Made Easy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Planning, Preparing, Planting, Maintaining and Enjoying Your Garden
by Fearnley-Whittingstall, JaneFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-03-01
Publisher(s): Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Summary
At the heart of this book lies a simple philosophy - it is knowledge alone that transforms gardening from a chore to a pleasure. With clear instruction and abundent illustration GARDENING MADE EASY will double the satisfaction you get from gardening and your garden while halving the work you put into it.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 7 |
| Gardener's Calendar | p. 8 |
| Making or Remaking a Garden | |
| Planning Your Needs | p. 12 |
| Personal requirements | p. 12 |
| Practical considerations | p. 14 |
| Design considerations | p. 16 |
| Choosing a garden style | p. 18 |
| Planning the layout | p. 20 |
| Planning the planting | p. 24 |
| Four garden designs | p. 26 |
| Understanding Your Garden | p. 28 |
| The soil | p. 28 |
| Finding out about your soil | p. 30 |
| The climate | p. 32 |
| Understanding Plants | p. 36 |
| Reproduction | p. 36 |
| Plant names | p. 38 |
| Plant categories | p. 40 |
| Choosing the Plants | p. 44 |
| Making a planting plan | p. 44 |
| Grouping the plants | p. 48 |
| Buying plants | p. 50 |
| Misleading plant descriptions | p. 52 |
| Plants to Learn With | p. 54 |
| Trees | p. 54 |
| Shrubs | p. 58 |
| Perennials | p. 62 |
| Annuals and biennials | p. 66 |
| Bulbs | p. 70 |
| The Tools of the Trade | p. 72 |
| Essential | p. 72 |
| Desirable | p. 74 |
| Optional extras | p. 76 |
| Storing tools | p. 78 |
| Looking after tools | p. 79 |
| Machinery | p. 80 |
| Clothes | p. 81 |
| Preparing the Ground | p. 82 |
| Clearing the site | p. 82 |
| Eliminating weeds | p. 84 |
| Digging | p. 86 |
| Levelling | p. 87 |
| Improving the soil | p. 88 |
| The no-dig garden | p. 89 |
| Planting and Transplanting | p. 90 |
| Trees, including orchard fruit | p. 94 |
| Shrubs, including fruit bushes | p. 95 |
| Climbers | p. 96 |
| Perennials and biennials, including vegetables | p. 98 |
| Annuals | p. 100 |
| Bulbs and corms | p. 102 |
| Moving mature plants | p. 104 |
| Root pruning | p. 106 |
| Lawns | p. 108 |
| Making a new lawn | p. 108 |
| Renovating and maintaining a neglected lawn | p. 112 |
| Alternatives to grass | p. 114 |
| Looking After Your Garden | |
| Pruning | p. 118 |
| The reasons for pruning | p. 118 |
| General principles of pruning | p. 122 |
| Trees | p. 124 |
| Deciduous shrubs | p. 126 |
| Evergreen shrubs | p. 127 |
| Formal hedges and topiary | p. 128 |
| Special cases | p. 130 |
| Weeding | p. 134 |
| Clearing weeds | p. 134 |
| Weed prevention | p. 137 |
| Recognizing weeds | p. 140 |
| Watering | p. 142 |
| Knowing your climate | p. 142 |
| Conserving water | p. 144 |
| Effective watering | p. 146 |
| Feeding | p. 148 |
| The balanced diet | p. 148 |
| Types of fertilizer | p. 149 |
| Choosing and using fertilizers | p. 150 |
| Special diets | p. 152 |
| Diseases and Pests | p. 154 |
| Fungal diseases | p. 154 |
| Pests: insects above ground | p. 158 |
| Pests: underground insects | p. 160 |
| Pests: mammals | p. 162 |
| Natural pest control | p. 164 |
| Non-chemical pest control | p. 166 |
| Chemical pest control | p. 167 |
| Increase and Multiply | p. 168 |
| Growing from seed | p. 168 |
| Increasing by division | p. 174 |
| Taking cuttings | p. 176 |
| Layering | p. 180 |
| Becoming a Specialist | |
| The Kitchen Garden | p. 184 |
| Choosing a site | p. 184 |
| Preparing the plot | p. 186 |
| Crop rotation | p. 188 |
| Choosing vegetables | p. 190 |
| Choosing fruit | p. 192 |
| Greenhouses | p. 196 |
| Choosing a site | p. 197 |
| Choosing a greenhouse | p. 198 |
| Using the greenhouse | p. 198 |
| Equipment | p. 200 |
| Water Gardening | p. 202 |
| Making a water feature | p. 202 |
| Choosing and planting | p. 208 |
| Making a bog garden | p. 212 |
| Containers and Hanging Baskets | p. 214 |
| Choosing a style | p. 214 |
| Choosing containers | p. 216 |
| Planting | p. 218 |
| Buying container plants | p. 219 |
| Container plants | p. 220 |
| Growing Roses | p. 226 |
| Choosing a site | p. 226 |
| Types of rose | p. 228 |
| Climbers, ramblers and standards | p. 231 |
| Choosing roses | p. 232 |
| Buying roses | p. 236 |
| Planting | p. 238 |
| Looking after roses | p. 240 |
| Growing Alpines | p. 244 |
| Choosing a site | p. 245 |
| Buying, planting and maintaining | p. 247 |
| Choosing alpines | p. 248 |
| Growing Herbs | p. 254 |
| Layout and design | p. 254 |
| Planting | p. 255 |
| Choosing herbs | p. 256 |
| Growing Wild Flowers | p. 262 |
| Woodland flowers | p. 262 |
| Meadow flowers | p. 263 |
| Making a flowery meadow | p. 264 |
| Choosing wild flowers | p. 266 |
| Useful Addresses | p. 274 |
| Indexes | p. 275 |
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