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The new gardener's handbook, everything you need to know to grow a beautiful & bountiful garden, Daryl Beyers

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The new gardener's handbook

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Daryl Beyers

everything you need to know to grow a beautiful & bountiful garden

"Every new gardener has to start somewhere?and the process can be intimidating. Knowing when and what to plant, how to care for the plants once they?re in the ground, and how to keep pests and diseases away is a lot to take on. Luckily, Daryl Beyers?an expert from the New York Botanical Garden?has written what will be a go-to resource for decades to come. The New Gardener?s Handbook is a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of gardening, based on the introductory gardening class that Beyers teaches at NYBG. Readers will learn about soil, plant selection, propagation, planting and mulching, watering and feeding, pruning, and weeds, pests, and diseases. The information applies to both ornamental and edible plants. Featuring inspiring photography and helpful illustrations, The New Gardener?s Handbook gives home gardeners a foundation upon which they can grow, and encourages them to apply the lessons they?ve learned in an intuitive, natural way."--Amazon.com

Preface: The science and art of gardening -- Get gardening: Balancing the roots and the shoots -- Soil: Nourishing the roots -- Plant selection: Matching plants to place -- Germination: Starting plants from seeds -- Planting and mulching: Establishing plants the right way -- Watering and feeding: Balancing between nature and nurture -- Vegetative propagation: Making plants from plant parts -- Pruning: The right cut in the right place at the right time -- Weeds, pests, and diseases: Working with the bad, the good, and the ugly -- Afterword: Gardening provides -- Acknowledgements -- Further reading -- Photo and illustration credits -- Index

Everything you need to know to grow a beautiful and bountiful garden