Fix your garden How to make small spaces into green oases

Jane Moseley

Book - 2016

Dont know what to do with a messy garden or bleak-looking balcony? Want to stake your claim on a little corner of a shared garden? No gardening experience whatsoever? This book is the perfect solution. Packed with tips and tricks to get your green fingers going, this beautifully illustrated little book will help you make the most of your outdoor space, even if youve only got a tiny windowbox. It will take you step by step from early analysis of the soil to find out which plants will do best, to fixing that weed-covered wilderness of a backyard youve inherited and starting to grow your own fruit and vegetables. With tips on garden design and how to conquer common pests and diseases, this is a crash course in getting your outdoor space sorted..., and also contains information on houseplants so you can bring a little bit of the outdoors in.

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Subjects
Published
London : Portico [2016]
Language
English
Main Author
Jane Moseley (author)
Other Authors
Jackie Strachan, 1956- (author), Clare Rollet
Physical Description
112 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm
ISBN
9781910232828
  • Using the plot
  • Ready, steady, grow
  • The no-garden garden.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Small in size but mighty in use, this little green book guides gardeners, especially new gardeners, to fulfillment. Fully illustrated with elementary drawings, the three chapters cover basics with bits of humor and loads of good sense. "Green oases can be found in very small spaces, and indeed, you don't even have to have a garden to garden," write Moseley and Strachan in the introduction to their second DIY-themed book (after Fix Your Bike). Chapter 1 schools readers on using on the variety of plans and purposes for gardening in small, often urban, spaces and provides a primer on tools needed. Chapter 2 covers digging and weeding, starting or revamping, and flowering v. wilting. The final chapter focuses on gardening unconventional in spaces including roofs, green screens, pouches, and pots. Short sections, blurbs, additional resources, and cross-references allow the authors to squeeze in lots of information into such little space. Color illus. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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