Garden Rules
The Snappy Synopsis for the Modern Gardener
Published on 10. March 2011
144 pages
978-1-61059-814-9 (ISBN)
Description
Garden Rules captures the essence of gardening by providing short, snappy, easy-to-remember tidbits of advice that will help homeowners and wannabe gardeners learn the shortcut rules to being successful. It is just enough of the right information to get started in gardening and enjoy the experience along the way.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Beverly
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
ISBN-13
978-1-61059-814-9 (9781610598149)
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02/2011
Cool Springs Press
€29.22
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Persons
Jayme JenkinsBillie Brownell spent many years in the corporate world of marketing, advertising, and publishing from Scripps-Howard to PC World magazine to the largest ad agency in the Southeast to Cool Springs Press. She now balances (or, tries to balance) being an editor, writer (as a co-author of Garden Rules, The Snappy Synopsis for the Modern Gardener), aspiring author of children's books, and gardener with her passion of riding horses. She knows how to cut to the chase in order to fit it all in, although this is partly due to arising at 5 a.m - or sooner! In addition to taking care of her horse Keillor (named for Garrison Keillor), Billie volunteers at a therapeutic riding facility and serves as the self-nominated social cruise director for all who will allow it. You can find Billie on Facebook and sometimes on Twitter. Or, you can just look in the phone book and call her.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Rule Number One: There Are No Rules
- If You Can Only Do One Thing, Keep the Lawn Mowed
- Be Kind to Our Planet. It's the Only One We've Got.
- A Watched Garden Never Grows
- Plants Can't Read
- Plant the Right Plant in the Right Place
- Make Friends With an Expert
- It's a Poor Workman Who Blames His Tools
- Plant Seedlings Before Seeds
- What's Done Can Usually Be Undone
- Forget About Hardiness if You Plant Only Annuals
- Baby Transplants Like They Were Babies
- If the Tag Says "Creeping"-Believe It!
- Hold a Dress Rehearsal Before Planting
- Misery Loves Company
- You Get What You Pay For . . . Most of the Time
- "Perennial" Does Not Mean the Same Thing as "Living Forever"
- Herbs Are "Black Thumb" Proof
- Plants Never Have To Go on Diets
- An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Gallon of Roundup®
- Read the Label. Read the Label. Read the Label.
- If You Want Visitors, Put Out the Buffet
- Organic Doesn't Equal Safe
- Denial (of the Environment) Is Not Just a River in Egypt
- The Bigger the Leaf, the Harder It Drinks
- Bugs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Never Allow a Vine to Grow Beyond the Reach of Your Ladder
- You Won't Panic If You Go Organic
- The Allergist's Garden
- Plant Murder Is Not a Felony
- Train Your Grass by Watering Less Often, But Longer
- When the Sun Is Done, Put Up the Hose
- Plants Get Stressed Out Too
- Sometimes It Is Too Wet
- Fish Gotta Swim, Roots Gotta Breathe
- Plant Like With Like
- All Sun Is Not Created Equal
- Compost Happens
- Get To Know Your Dirt
- Grass Will Fight Back
- There's More to Roses Than Knock Out®
- Get Into Your Plants' Business
- No Glove, No Love-Practice Safe Gardening
- Free Mulch Falls From the Sky Every Year
- You Don't Have to Have a PhD to Understand pH
- Don't Wait Until All Your Leaves Fall
- If the Glove Fits, Buy It
- When in Doubt, Throw It Out
- One Year of Weeds, Seven Years of Seeds
- Give Your Plants a Little Breathing Room
- A Dwarf Can Still Be a Giant
- Just Because It's For Sale Doesn't Mean It Should Be
- Test Soil With Your Bare Bottom
- When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
- White Roots Are Good Roots (At Least for Plants)
- Bigger Isn't Always Better
- Timing Is Everything (When Pruning Flowering Shrubs and Trees)
- Only Virgins Should Be Sacrificed to Volcanoes
- Soon Ripe, Soon Rotten
- You Can't Grow Grass in a Garage
- Super Mario's Got Nothing on Dirt and Worms
- You Can't Escape Your Hardscapes
- Edibles Are the New Kids on the Block
- The Drip Line Is a Tree's Dinner Table
- Deadheading Isn't Just for Rock Concerts
- In Design, At Least, Opposites Do Attract
- Repeat, Repeat, Repeat-for Impact
- More Is More When You're Talking Plants
- Feng Shui Your Way to a Gorgeous Garden
- Begin With the End in Mind
- Simplicity Is the Key to Garden Art
- Companion Planting: Carrots Do Love Tomatoes
- The Color Wheel of Fortune
- Gardens Are Like Women-More Beautiful With Curves
- Teed Off Plants Are Happy Plants
- Plant Iris (and Azaleas and Rhododendrons) Like Ducks Sitting on the Water
- How to Get Two Plants for the Price of One
- Trees & Shrubs Are Like Teenagers
- Annuals & Perennials Are Like Children
- Out of Sight Is Out of Mind
- No Yard? No Problem
- Spiky, Roundy, Frilly, Floppy: The Container Garden Formula
- Shake and Bake to Reuse Potting Soil
- Containers Will Bloom Where They Are Planted
- Grow Up-Use the Space You Have
- Bambi and Thumper Are Only Cute in Disney Movies
- Your Garden Is Around All Year
- Me Talk Latin One Day
- If You Can Throw It, You Can Grow It
- If Your Tree Falls Into Your Neighbor's Yard, Will There Be a Sound?
- Fifty Ways to Leave Your Zucchini
- Herbs Hate Wet Feet-True or False? Yes
- Make No Garden Larger Than You Can Weed
- "I Did" Beats "I Will" Every Time
- You Can't Download Experience
- There's No Substitute for a Quality Tool
- Glossary
- You Talk Latin One Day
- Meet Jayme Jenkins
- Meet Billie Brownell
- Plants Can't Read-But You Can!
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
