Trowel and Error: Over 700 Tips, Remedies and Shortcuts for the Gardener
by Sharon Lovejoy
Book Summary Information
Author: Sharon LovejoyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-01-15
ISBN: 0761126325
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780761126324
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Book Reviews of Trowel and Error: Over 700 Tips, Remedies and Shortcuts for the Gardener
Book Review: Useful gsrdening advice
Summary: 4 Stars
I use this little book when writing the newsletter for my gardening club. Has some good advice for the beginning gardener.
Summary of Trowel and Error: Over 700 Tips, Remedies and Shortcuts for the Gardener
Ever since she was old enough to help her grandmother in the garden, Sharon Lovejoy has spent her life working with plants-and along the way, through "trowel and error," she's accumulated hundreds and hundreds of remedies, tips, short-cuts, and cure-alls. Now Ms. Lovejoy-author of Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots and the award-winning Sunflower Houses-does for the garden what Heloise or the Queen of Clean does for the household. TROWEL AND ERROR collects all of her homespun garden advice into an inviting, environmentally friendly, whimsically illustrated yet dead-on helpful book that will benefit every gardener, beginner or experienced.Cure plant viruses with spoiled milk. Steep a natural and effective insecticide out of fresh basil. Place flat stones under squash or melons to hasten ripening. Recycle an old apple corer as the perfect dibber for muscari and other small bulbs. Start rosemary cuttings in a green glass bottle. Sprinkle baby powder over seedlings to discourage rabbits. Crush a garlic clove and apply it to your skin as an insect repellent. From urging the reader to take an occasional shower with the houseplants to giving all-natural gardenside first aid, TROWEL AND ERROR is a direct line to the kind of practical wisdom that comes only after a lifetime of experience. The book is indexed by problem, plant, pest, and solution, and includes a list of tools and common household items-borax, cornmeal, vinegar-that completes the gardener's arsenal.
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