Gardening Tips For Dummies<sup>®</sup>
1st Edition
Published on 6. August 2010
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-470-97634-0 (ISBN)
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Content
Introduction.
Conventions Used in This Book.
How This Book Is Organised.
Icons Used in This Book.
Where to Go from Here.
Chapter 1: Planting for Maximum Effect.
Choosing a Garden Style.
Matchmaking: Right Plant, Right Place.
Creating Year-round Colour and Interest.
Drawing Up a Planting Plan.
Permanent Plants for Structure.
Trees and shrubs.
Architectural plants.
Infilling for Colour through the Seasons.
Bursts of Bloom with Bulbs and Annuals.
Planting for Privacy.
How Many Plants, How Far Apart?
Chapter 2: Growing Vegetables for All Seasons.
Growing Tangy Leaf Crops.
Something to end up with: endive.
Sowing and cultivating your endives.
Harvesting and storing your endives.
Choosing varieties.
Two of a kind: Chicory and radicchio.
Sowing and cultivating your chicory and radicchio.
Harvesting and storing your chicory and radicchio.
Choosing varieties.
Enjoying Flavoursome Summer Crops.
A bit saucy: Tomatoes.
Sowing and cultivating your tomatoes.
Harvesting and storing your tomatoes.
Choosing varieties.
Spicing things up: Peppers.
Sowing and cultivating your peppers.
Harvesting and storing your peppers.
Choosing varieties.
Feeling hot: Chillies.
Sowing and cultivating your chillies.
Harvesting and storing your chillies.
Choosing varieties.
Deep purple: Aubergines.
Sowing and cultivating your aubergines.
Harvesting and storing your aubergines.
Choosing varieties.
Cool as a.: Growing cucumbers.
Sowing and cultivating your cucumbers.
Harvesting and storing your cucumbers.
Choosing varieties.
Smashing Pumpkins and Squashes.
Prolific producers: Courgettes.
Sowing and cultivating your courgettes.
Harvesting and storing your courgettes.
Choosing varieties.
Get ready for a glut: Marrows.
Sowing and cultivating your marrows.
Harvesting and storing your marrows.
Choosing varieties.
Not just for Halloween: Winter squashes and pumpkins.
Sowing and cultivating your winter squashes and pumpkins.
Harvesting and storing your winter
squashes and pumpkins.
Choosing varieties.
Chapter 3: Ten Tips for Creating a Wildlife Garden.
Choose the Right Plants.
Plant a Tree.
Plant Up Walls and Fences.
Choose Hedges Instead of Fences.
Create a Pond.
Convert Your Lawn to a Meadow.
Bear with the Bugs.
Compost Your Waste.
Don't Be Too Tidy.
Be Environmentally Friendly.
Conventions Used in This Book.
How This Book Is Organised.
Icons Used in This Book.
Where to Go from Here.
Chapter 1: Planting for Maximum Effect.
Choosing a Garden Style.
Matchmaking: Right Plant, Right Place.
Creating Year-round Colour and Interest.
Drawing Up a Planting Plan.
Permanent Plants for Structure.
Trees and shrubs.
Architectural plants.
Infilling for Colour through the Seasons.
Bursts of Bloom with Bulbs and Annuals.
Planting for Privacy.
How Many Plants, How Far Apart?
Chapter 2: Growing Vegetables for All Seasons.
Growing Tangy Leaf Crops.
Something to end up with: endive.
Sowing and cultivating your endives.
Harvesting and storing your endives.
Choosing varieties.
Two of a kind: Chicory and radicchio.
Sowing and cultivating your chicory and radicchio.
Harvesting and storing your chicory and radicchio.
Choosing varieties.
Enjoying Flavoursome Summer Crops.
A bit saucy: Tomatoes.
Sowing and cultivating your tomatoes.
Harvesting and storing your tomatoes.
Choosing varieties.
Spicing things up: Peppers.
Sowing and cultivating your peppers.
Harvesting and storing your peppers.
Choosing varieties.
Feeling hot: Chillies.
Sowing and cultivating your chillies.
Harvesting and storing your chillies.
Choosing varieties.
Deep purple: Aubergines.
Sowing and cultivating your aubergines.
Harvesting and storing your aubergines.
Choosing varieties.
Cool as a.: Growing cucumbers.
Sowing and cultivating your cucumbers.
Harvesting and storing your cucumbers.
Choosing varieties.
Smashing Pumpkins and Squashes.
Prolific producers: Courgettes.
Sowing and cultivating your courgettes.
Harvesting and storing your courgettes.
Choosing varieties.
Get ready for a glut: Marrows.
Sowing and cultivating your marrows.
Harvesting and storing your marrows.
Choosing varieties.
Not just for Halloween: Winter squashes and pumpkins.
Sowing and cultivating your winter squashes and pumpkins.
Harvesting and storing your winter
squashes and pumpkins.
Choosing varieties.
Chapter 3: Ten Tips for Creating a Wildlife Garden.
Choose the Right Plants.
Plant a Tree.
Plant Up Walls and Fences.
Choose Hedges Instead of Fences.
Create a Pond.
Convert Your Lawn to a Meadow.
Bear with the Bugs.
Compost Your Waste.
Don't Be Too Tidy.
Be Environmentally Friendly.