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    Gardening Made Easy!
    Gardening Made Easy!
    Gardening Made Easy!
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    Gardening Made Easy!

    By Jeannine Hill

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    These Are Some Of The Tips You Will Find In The Book :

    * Gardening Tips: Borders
    * General Gardening Tips
    * Late Autumn Gardening Tips
    * Gardening Tips: Using The Internet
    * Gardening Tips: More Advice
    * Admiring The Old Garden Rose
    * All About Roses
    * Arranging Flowers For Dummies
    * Designing Your Rose Garden
    * Discover Antique Roses
    * Gardening To Relieve Stress
    * How To Care For An Antique Rose
    * Learning About Nurseries
    * Origin, Sentiment And Care Of Red Roses
    * Roses And Their Color Meaning
    * The Basics Of Designing Gardens
    * The Benefits Of Rose Shrubs
    * The White Rose Is Not Just Another Flower!
    * What About Rose Gardening?
    * Why Would I Want To Grow Hybrid Teas?
    * Gardening Tips: Growing Hot Peppers
    * Gardening Tips: Starting A Butterfly Garden
    * Gardening Tips: Compost
    * Gardening Tips: Organic Gardening
    * Gardening Tips: Patio Gardening
    * Gardening Tips: Winter Gardening
    * Gardening Tips: Creating A Wildlife Garden
    * Gardening Tips: Common Pests
    * Gardening Tips: Types Of Soil
    * Gardening Tips: Starting With A New Garden
    * Using Your Florist – Floral/Flower Gardening Idea Hunting
    * Indoor Gardening Supplies In Winter
    * Cast Iron Furniture
    * Gardening Catalog
    * Gardening
    * Is A Raised Summer Garden Right For You?
    * Landscaping Your Summer Garden
    * Oak Garden Furniture
    * Picking A Healthy Plant
    * Picking The Ideal Location For Your Garden
    * Summer Garden Weddings
    * Understanding Container Gardening
    * Gardening Tips: Borders
    * What Kind Of Landscaping Equipment Do You Need To Have
    Around The House?
    * Find Yourself A Great Landscaping Picture
    * Why Use Landscaping Stones?
    * Get The Best Around The Pool Landscaping
    * Rain And Snow In Your Yard Landscaping
    * A Wonderful Backyard Landscaping Idea
    * Free Landscaping Software Helps Design Exterior On A
    Budget
    * Hillside Landscaping: Make That Hill Look Beautiful!
    * Landscaping Pictures Offer Different Possibilities
    * Low Maintenance Landscaping Chicago
    * The Key To Landscaping Design
    * What Does Your Landscaping Plan Need?
    * Not All Landscaping Software Is Created Equal
    * Do You Know How To Choose The Right Landscaping
    Supply Store?
    * Pool Landscaping Will Require Significant Thought
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeannine
    Release dateJun 30, 2018
    ISBN9788828346289
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      Gardening Made Easy! - Jeannine Hill

      Easy!

      Contents

      Gardening Tips: Borders............................................................................................................................ 9

      General Gardening Tips ........................................................................................................................... 10

      Late Autumn Gardening Tips................................................................................................................... 11

      Gardening Tips: Using The Internet ........................................................................................................ 12

      Gardening Tips: More Advice .................................................................................................................. 13

      Admiring The Old Garden Rose .............................................................................................................. 14

      All About Roses ........................................................................................................................................ 16

      Arranging Flowers For Dummies ............................................................................................................ 18

      Designing Your Rose Garden .................................................................................................................. 20

      Discover Antique Roses........................................................................................................................... 22

      Gardening To Relieve Stress ................................................................................................................... 24

      How To Care For An Antique Rose ......................................................................................................... 26

      Learning About Nurseries ........................................................................................................................ 28

      Origin, Sentiment And Care Of Red Roses ............................................................................................ 30

      Roses And Their Color Meaning ............................................................................................................. 32

      The Basics Of Designing Gardens .......................................................................................................... 35

      The Benefits Of Rose Shrubs .................................................................................................................. 37

      The White Rose Is Not Just Another Flower! ......................................................................................... 39

      What About Rose Gardening? ................................................................................................................. 41

      Why Would I Want To Grow Hybrid Teas? ............................................................................................. 43

      Gardening Tips: Growing Hot Peppers................................................................................................... 45

      Gardening Tips: Starting A Butterfly Garden........................................................................................ 46

      Gardening Tips: Compost ........................................................................................................................ 47

      Gardening Tips: Organic Gardening ....................................................................................................... 49

      Gardening Tips: Patio Gardening............................................................................................................ 50

      Gardening Tips: Winter Gardening ......................................................................................................... 52

      Gardening Tips: Creating A Wildlife Garden.......................................................................................... 54

      Gardening Tips: Common Pests ............................................................................................................. 56

      Gardening Tips: Types Of Soil ................................................................................................................ 57

      Gardening Tips: Starting With A New Garden ....................................................................................... 59

      Using Your Florist – Floral/Flower Gardening Idea Hunting ................................................................ 60

      Indoor Gardening Supplies In Winter ..................................................................................................... 62

      Cast Iron Furniture .................................................................................................................................... 64

      Gardening Catalog .................................................................................................................................... 66

      Gardening .................................................................................................................................................. 68

      Page 7 of 7

      Gardening Made Easy!

      Is A Raised Summer Garden Right For You?......................................................................................... 70

      Landscaping Your Summer Garden........................................................................................................ 72

      Oak Garden Furniture ............................................................................................................................... 74

      Picking A Healthy Plant ............................................................................................................................ 76

      Picking The Ideal Location For Your Garden ......................................................................................... 78

      Summer Garden Weddings ...................................................................................................................... 80

      Understanding Container Gardening ...................................................................................................... 82

      Gardening Tips: Borders.......................................................................................................................... 84

      What Kind Of Landscaping Equipment Do You Need To Have Around The House? ........................ 85

      Find Yourself A Great Landscaping Picture........................................................................................... 87

      Why Use Landscaping Stones? .............................................................................................................. 89

      Get The Best Around The Pool Landscaping......................................................................................... 91

      Rain And Snow In Your Yard Landscaping ............................................................................................ 92

      A Wonderful Backyard Landscaping Idea .............................................................................................. 94

      Free Landscaping Software Helps Design Exterior On A Budget ....................................................... 96

      Hillside Landscaping: Make That Hill Look Beautiful! .......................................................................... 98

      Landscaping Pictures Offer Different Possibilities ............................................................................. 100

      Low Maintenance Landscaping Chicago.............................................................................................. 101

      The Key To Landscaping Design .......................................................................................................... 102

      What Does Your Landscaping Plan Need? .......................................................................................... 103

      Not All Landscaping Software Is Created Equal.................................................................................. 104

      Do You Know How To Choose The Right Landscaping Supply Store? ............................................ 106

      Pool Landscaping Will Require Significant Thought .......................................................................... 107

      Page 8 of 8

      Gardening Made Easy!

      Gardening Tips: Borders

      If you want to add ground cover such as creeping thyme or alyssum to your garden here is a

      great way to get started early and a fabulous way to create instant borders without the backache of having to plant each flower. Measure the area you want covered with ground cover. Let’s

      say you want to create a border along an existing garden that is 10 feet long. Cut newspaper

      (about 2 pages thick) into two feet long by one foot wide strips. To cover 10 feet you will need five of these two foot strips. Place the strips in a slightly sunny area but where the seeds won’t be disturbed or pelted with rays of light, such as basement shelving near a window. Place

      garbage bags on the shelves then add the newspaper strips. Do not overlap strips.

      Sprinkle the seeds on the newspaper like you would if you were planting them in the ground.

      Place a layer of paper towel over each strip and then spray the towel, seeds and newspaper

      with a water bottle. You want to saturate the towel and the newspaper, but you don’t want it to

      drip. The paper must never dry out (if it does spray immediately.) Remove the paper towel

      when the seeds germinate (in about a week.) Two months later, weather permitting, you can

      plant your newspaper strips, now bursting with seedlings, outdoors. First carefully arrange each seedling strip where it will be planted. Once you are happy with the arrangement cover bare

      newspaper areas with soil to anchor the strip.

      Page 9 of 9

      Gardening Made Easy!

      General Gardening Tips

      Save all flats and flower pots that come with your plants. First, you can always use these to

      start your seeds next season (be sure to wash the flats to rid them of any disease.) Second, it

      may look funny at first, but if you cut out the bottom of plastic pots and place them over younger transplants it will protect them from rabbits. Additionally, placing pots around ornamental

      grasses is a great way to contain the younger, lower grass strands from rotting as they lay on

      the ground. The band created by the pot will keep the strands off the ground.

      Here’s a coffee tip. Humans are not the only ones to get a boost from espresso. Plants do too!

      Caffeine and theophylline, two ingredients of coffee are popular ingredients in expensive skin

      care products, and key ingredients in asthma medications, but also make excellent fertilizer for plants. You can get it by the big bagful and for free just by contacting your local coffee shop.

      Just mix the espresso in with your existing soil every few months and watch your plants grow.

      Successful gardening means that you don’t always have to buy everything new, such as pots or

      fertilizer. Look around your home to see what you already have that you can reuse.

      Page 10 of 10

      Gardening Made Easy!

      Late Autumn Gardening Tips

      Come fall gardeners are usually a little teary-eyed over parting ways with garden tasks. For a

      little late season planting run to the nearest garden section and buy California poppy, candytuft, cornflower, dianthus, phlox, cosmos, soapwort, spinach, larkspur, pansies, some marigolds,

      snapdragons, garlic, and/or sweet pea seeds for what should be half off at that time of year.

      These hardy annuals can actually be planted in the fall and will bloom in the spring or summer!

      Who doesn’t want instant blooming results in the garden? If you buy a plant you want it to be all it can be like, yesterday, right. Nurseries know this and so you will pay a premium for larger

      plants. Not only is there a demand, but also the overhead on a mature plant is more than a new

      one (larger container, more water, etc.) But if you are patient, buy the smaller plant. It will save you a good deal of money and in a couple of months, with the right conditions and some Miracle

      grow your plant formerly known as small, will be a force to be reckoned with.

      Autumn is a great time of year to buy your seeds on sale as well as plant those late year garden varieties in your garden. Take the time to plan an autumn garden so you can enjoy flowers late

      into the year.

      Page 11 of 11

      Gardening Made Easy!

      Gardening Tips: Using The Internet

      The Internet is a gardener’s best friend You might be surprised to know that your local nursery

      has been charging you way too much money. Or you might be pleasantly surprised to discover

      your local nursery is the best kept secret with great prices and stock. The point is, shop around online as well as offline. Here is one reason why: while searching for farmers or companies that sold plants in her area, one gardener we interviewed came across a nursery she had never

      heard of. She called and discovered they sold directly to nurseries until June when they opened

      to the public, but since she was local she could look through their 12 greenhouses and buy what

      she wanted. She had her pick of flowers, colors, textures, and rarities and didn’t have to worry about the item she wanted being sold out. Not only can you find great deals by researching, but

      you can also find new sources!

      As well, the Internet is a great place to get ideas for next year’s garden. You’ll find many ideas no matter what type of garden you’re growing. Check out gardening forums to see what other

      gardeners around the country are doing. You might find a great new garden idea that is sure to

      transform your garden into a neighborhood show piece.

      Page 12 of 12

      Gardening Made Easy!

      Gardening Tips: More Advice

      Stones between the sizes of oranges and cantaloupes make great decorations, or borders for

      gardens, but if you want a lot they can be costly. If you live near new construction, be it a large building or a new neighborhood,

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