Gardening Through the Year: A Step-By-Step Guide to Seasonal Gardening Tasks [Hardcover]

Peter McHoy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1995

700 full-color illus. 9 x 11 5/8.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Smithmark Pub (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0831738693
• ISBN-13: 978-0831738693
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,325,905 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars If You Want to Know How to Plant, Ask an English Gardener!, March 25, 2000

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This review is from: Gardening Through the Year: A Step-By-Step Guide to Seasonal Gardening Tasks (Hardcover)

That's exactly what I did when I bought Peter McHoy's "Gardening Through the Year" while on a trip to England. The book is subtitled, "A step-by-step guide to seasonal gardening tasks," and it is all that...and more.

This full color book is divided into each of the four seasons, with each season further subdivided into early, mid and late seasons. Each of the 12 chapters begins with a list of seasonal jobs for the kitchen garden, flower garden, greenhouse and conservatory (you gotta love those Brits!). There's also a list of plants that are at their best at each time of year. Various garden tasks are pictured and clearly described in step-by-step sequence.

Of particular interest to this novice are chapters on pruning and propagating from seed, layering, and stem and leaf cuttings. There are also excellent sections on overwintering plants and how to plant baskets and containers.

McHoy's book proves that there can be something to do in the garden nearly every day of the year. It's a great cure for the winter doldrums and a valuable reference throughout the year. Plus, you can impress your friends with charming phrases such as "pricking out" and "potting on"...delivered with an English accent, of course!