Better homes & gardens gardening made simple: a step-by-step guide to great garden projects (paperback)

This complete step-by-step guide makes successful gardening easy!

Whether you"re a beginner looking for a basic guide to plants, garden tools, and techniques or a seasoned gardener searching for new project ideas, you"ll find everything you need in this book. It"s chock-full of easy-to-follow instructions, with more than 1,200 colorful photographs to show you how to achieve success with your landscape and edible gardens without a lot of fuss. Gardening has never been this simple, or this fun!

IN THIS BOOK...

• 145 plant profiles of the easiest and most popular flowers, foliage plants, trees, shrubs, vines, roses, groundcovers, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and houseplants to grow

• 65 step-by-step garden projects

• 1,200 color photographs illustrating each how-to step as well as finished projects

• Better Homes and Gardens® Test Garden tips throughout provide expert solutions to make gardening easier

• Answers to common garden questions from the Better Homes and Gardens Garden Doctor help solve problems

• Introductory section on essential tools and techniques to ensure success with gardening

Chapter 2. Understanding Plants 24

Chapter 3. Choosing and Using Tools 36

Chapter 4. Preparing and Improving Soil 54

Chapter 5. Growing Turfgrass 82

Chapter 6. Growing Flowers and Foliage 106

Chapter 7. Growing Trees, Shrubs, and Vines 138

Chapter 8. Growing Vines and Climbers 170

Chapter 9. Growing Edibles 184

Chapter 10. Making More Plants 212

Chapter 11. Mulching and Fertilizing 234

Chapter 12. Watering and Irrigating 248

Chapter 13. Pruning 266

Chapter 14. Gardening in Containers 292

Chapter 15. Managing Weeds, Pests, and Diseases 322

Resources 346

Index 348