Time-Life Book of Garden Improvement Techniques: The Definitive Step-By-Step Guide to Successful Gardening

by Dobbs, Liz; Wood, Sarah; Erler, Catriona Tudor (CON); Time-Life Books

• ISBN13: 9780737006308
• ISBN10: 0737006307
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

Packed with inspirational ideas for creating beautifully designed, professional-looking gardens. Also includes tips for organic gardening.

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(2)
Planning Your Garden	10	(22)
Basic Approach	12	(2)
Making the Most Of Your Site	14	(2)
Microclimates	16	(2)
Gardens in Different climates	18	(2)
Designing Your Garden	20	(2)
From Design To Garden	22	(2)
Designs For Different shapes	24	(2)
Designs For Different Sites	26	(2)
Design solutions	28	(2)
Unusual Shapes and Situations	30	(2)
Hard Landscaping Techniques	32	(38)
Building Tools	34	(2)
Paving Foundations	36	(2)
Laying Large paving Slabs	38	(2)
Laying Pavers	40	(2)
Using Concrete	42	(2)
Styles Of paving	44	(2)
Simple paved Steps	46	(2)
Simple Wooden Steps	48	(2)
Wooden Raised Beds	50	(2)
Brick Raised Beds	52	(2)
Dry Walls	54	(2)
Decks	56	(2)
Styles Of Decking	58	(2)
Putting Up A Fence	60	(2)
Building a Pergola	62	(2)
Self-Contained Water Feature	64	(2)
Flexible-liner pond	66	(2)
Styles Of Water Garden	68	(2)
Lawns	70	(18)
Tools For lawn Care	72	(2)
Transforming A Poor Lawn	74	(2)
Leveling And Preparing The Site	76	(2)
Laying Sod	78	(2)
Using Grass Seed	80	(2)
Shaping Your Lawn	82	(2)
Caring For Your Lawn	84	(2)
Types Of Lawn	86	(2)
Soil	88	(16)
Identifying Your Soil Type	90	(2)
Cultivating and Weeding Tools	92	(2)
Improving Your Soil	94	(2)
Organic Matter From Your Garden	96	(2)
Applying Fertilizers	98	(2)
Types Of Weed	100	(2)
Dealing With Weeds	102	(2)
Decorative Planting	104	(62)
Planning a Flower Bed	106	(2)
Choosing Plants For A Flower Bed	108	(2)
Buying Plants	110	(2)
Styles Of Planting	112	(2)
Choosing Trees	114	(2)
Styles Of Tree Planting	116	(2)
Buying And Planting Trees	118	(2)
Choosing A Hedge	120	(2)
Styles Of hedge	122	(2)
Planting A hedge	124	(2)
Choosing Climbers And Wall Shrubs	126	(2)
Planting And Training Climbers	128	(2)
Choosing Roses	130	(2)
Planting Roses	132	(2)
Styles Of Rose Garden	134	(2)
Choosing Shrubs	136	(2)
Buying And Planting Shrubs	138	(2)
Choosing Perennials	140	(2)
Planting Perennials	142	(2)
Types Of Perennial	144	(2)
Choosing Ground Cover	146	(2)
Planting In Rocks And Gravel	148	(2)
Choosing Bulbs, Corms, And Tubers	150	(2)
Planting bulbs, corms, And Tubers	152	(2)
Choosing Containers	154	(2)
Planting A Container	156	(2)
Creating Shapes With Plants	158	(2)
Wildflower And Woodland Gardens	160	(2)
Wildlife Gardening	162	(2)
Wildlife Meadows And Ponds	164	(2)
Looking After The Garden	166	(40)
Looking After Perennials	168	(2)
Caring For Shrubs	170	(2)
Watering And Water Conservation	172	(2)
Weather Protection	174	(2)
Preventing Problems	176	(2)
Natural Prevention	178	(2)
Pruning, Cutting, And Harvesting	180	(2)
Pruning Shrubs	182	(2)
Caring For Trees	184	(2)
Caring For Hedges	186	(2)
Looking After A Pond	188	(2)
Low-Maintenance Gardening	190	(2)
Gardening Under Glass	192	(2)
Sowing Seed Indoors	194	(2)
Sowing Seed Outdoors	196	(2)
Pricking Out And Thinning	198	(2)
Lifting And Dividing Plants	200	(2)
Taking Cuttings	202	(2)
Layering	204	(2)
The Edible Garden	206	(44)
Planning Where To Grow Vegetables	208	(2)
Styles Of Vegetable Garden	210	(2)
Successful Vegetable Techniques	212	(2)
Leafy Crops	214	(2)
Roots And Tubers	216	(2)
Fruiting Crops And Bulbous Vegetables	218	(2)
Perennial Vegetables	220	(2)
Types Of Fruit-Growing	222	(2)
Growing Fruit Trees	224	(2)
Training And Pruning Fruit Trees	226	(2)
Growing Soft Fruit	228	(2)
Bush Fruits	230	(2)
Growing Strawberries	232	(2)
Growing Grapes	234	(2)
Growing Culinary Herbs	236	(2)
Herb Gardens	238	(2)
Harvesting And Storing Herbs	240	(2)
Seasonal Tasks For Early To Mid Spring	242	(2)
Seasonal Tasks For Late Spring	244	(2)
Seasonal Tasks For Summer	246	(2)
Seasonal Tasks For Fall	248	(1)
Seasonal Tasks For Winter	249	(1)
Index	250	(6)
Acknowledgments	256