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内容简介
Gardening Basics For Dummies has been revised to help the beginner gardener get started, providing all the information you'll need on flowers beds and borders, trees, shrubs, and lawns to landscape your property. It also includes step-by-step plans for organic and edible gardens, specific regional gardens, and butterfly and children's gardens. The book gives helpful tips controlling pests safely, managing weeds, and correcting common gardening problems. In addition, Gardening Basics For Dummies also covers all the new tools and additives available to make gardening easier.
作者简介
The National Gardening Association is a well-known and widely recognized authority on the consumer lawn and garden market and the largest member-based, nonprofit organization of home gardeners in the United States.
目录
Gardening Basics For Dummies
Title
Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You’re Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I : Preparing Yourself (And Your Garden) for PlantingChapter 1: Getting Ready for Gardening
Playing the Name Game
Bringing in Beauty with Flowers (and Foliage)Gardening for Your Dining Pleasure
Working with Woody (or Viney) Plants
The World Is Flat: Caring for Your Lawn
Chapter 2: Planning Your Own Eden
Taking Stock: Evaluating What You Already HaveGetting Ideas for Your Garden Space
Zeroing In on Your Ideal Garden Style
Making Sure Costs Don’t Outgrow Your BudgetBringing Your Garden Ideas to Reality
Getting Professional Help for Your Garden PlansChapter 3: Getting into the Zone – Your Garden’s ZoneDifferent Hardiness Zone Maps for Different FolksFathoming Frost Zones and Growing SeasonsZoning Out: Breaking the Zone and Growing Season RulesChapter 4: Live Long and Prosper: Giving Plants What They NeedLet There Be Light!
Facing the Fertilizer Facts
Compost: More than Just a Fertilizer
Demystifying Soil pH
Much Ado about Mulch
Water, Water Everywhere: Tackling Watering IssuesAir! Air! Plants Need Air!
Chapter 5: Gathering Your Gardening Gear
Digging Those, Er, Digging Tools
Clues to Quality Cultivating Tools
Making the Right Cut with Cutting Tools
Putting Power Tools to Use
Wading through Wondrous Watering Tools
Part II : Flowers and Foliage: Growing for ColorChapter 6: Growing Annuals: Adding Yearly Variety to Your GardenFinding Flowers that Fit Your Garden
Mixing and Matching Annuals
Buying Annuals
An Annual Event: The Whens, Wheres, and Hows of PlantingFeeding the Flower Power: Taking Care of AnnualsChapter 7: Growing Perennials: Plants That Make a ComebackLooking at Perennials, the Repeat PerformersPlanning Long-Term Strategy for Your Perennial GardenFinding and Buying Perennials
Planting Perennials
Show the Love: Taking Care of Your PerennialsChapter 8: Brightening Up the Garden with BulbsShedding Light on Bulbs
Social Mixers: Choosing to Combine Your BulbsThe Search: Where to Get Your Bulbs
Getting Down and Dirty: Planting Bulbs
Taking Care of Bulbs
Chapter 9: Coming Up Roses
What Makes a Rose Be a Rose Be a Rose
Deciding Where to Put Your Roses
Buying the Best Roses
Planting Your Roses
Taking Care of Your Roses
Part III : Stretching Your Garden Beyond Its Boundaries: The Permanent LandscapeChapter 10: Growing a Perfect Lawn
In the Beginning: Getting Ready to Make a Lawn from ScratchSeeding and Sodding: Adding the Grass
Watering a Thirsty Lawn
Feeding and Fertilizing
Mowing the Lawn, Cutting the Grass, and Otherwise Giving the Yard a ShaveWarring with Weeds
Chapter 11: Reaching New Heights with Trees and ShrubsKnowing Your Trees
Choosing the Right Tree for Where You LiveGetting Treed! Planting Trees
Taking Care of Your Tree
Knowing Your Shrubs
Planning Practical Uses for Bushes
Planting Shrubs
Caring for Your Shrubs
Chapter 12: Climbers and Crawlers: Growing Vines and GroundcoversLooking at How Vines Hold On
Choosing the Right Vines for Your Garden
Planting and Supporting Vines
Maintaining Perennial Vines through PruningLooking at Groundcovers, a Living Carpet
Planting and Maintaining Groundcovers
Part IV : Producing Your Own Produce
Chapter 13: Food, Glorious Food! Growing Your Own VeggiesVarieties of Veggies
Designing for Dining and Getting Your Vegetable Garden ReadyFinding Your Vegetables
Planting Your Vegetables
Composting for Vegetable Gardens
Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden
Using Frames and Supports for Veggies
Dealing with Vegetable Pests
Chapter 14: Adding Spice to Your Garden: Growing HerbsPlanting Herbs: A Lesson in Adaptation
Taking Care of Your Herbs
Chapter 15: Sweet and Crunchy: Growing Fruits, Berries, and NutsFruit Basics: Knowing and Choosing the Right Fruits for Your GardenFinding and Buying Your Fruit Bearers
Planting Your Fruit
Taking Care of Fruits
Part V : Designing Special and Fun GardensChapter 16: Mini Gardens and Microcosms: Gardening in ContainersExploring Different Kinds of Containers
The Inside Track: Getting the Container Soil RightPicking the Best Plants for Your ContainersArranging Containers for a Container GardenTaking Care of Your Container Plants
Chapter 17: Taking the Plunge: Gardening with Ponds and FishPlanning Your Water Garden
Picking Out Your Water Garden Parts and SuppliesInstalling and Filling Your Pond
Choosing Plants for Water Gardens
Adding Fish to Your Water Garden
Maintaining Your Water Garden
Part VI : The Part of Tens
Chapter 18: Ten Common Questions from (and Ten Common Answers for) Gardening BeginnersWhat’s the Difference between an Annual and a Perennial?
What’s Organic Matter?
Why Does Everything I Plant in My Flower Bed Die?
How Do I Prepare the Ground for a Brand-New Bed?
Do I Have to Spray Chemicals on My Rosebushes?
Do Any Vegetables Grow in the Shade?
It’s Hot and Dry Here and I Don’t Want Cacti. What Are My Options?
What Can I Plant on a Steep Bank to Prevent Erosion?
How Do I Remove the Weeds from the Lawn without Pulling Them One by One?
Is There Anything Deer Don’t Eat?
Chapter 19: Ten Quick, Fun, or Handy Garden ProjectsSet Up a Hammock
Put Up a Rubber Tire Swing
Install Stepping Stones
Set Up a Trellis
Plant a Teepee
Create Whimsical Garden Art from CastoffsDecorate the Front Steps with Potted PlantsMake Some Plant Labels
Make a Simple Compost Bin for Your Own Organic MatterCombat Garden Pests with Homemade Pepper SprayChapter 20: Ten Garden Projects for ChildrenCreate a Dinosaur Garden
Grow a Sunflower Fort
Make Sunprints
Plant Mini-Pumpkins
Write with Seeds
Trap a Zucchini
Make a Home-Grown Salad
Grow Paperwhites
Set Up a Birdbath
Attract Butterflies to the Garden
Appendix: Basic Gardening Resources
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