Gardens of Use and Delight Uniting the Practical and Beautiful in an Integrated Landscape

Name: Gardens of Use and Delight Uniting the Practical and Beautiful in an Integrated Landscape
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ISBN: 9781555913243

ISBN-10: 1555913245

ISBN-13: 9781555913243

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jiggs Gardner, Joann Gardner, Jiggs Gardner

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Publication date: 4/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



Introduction



The Whole



The Farm Today



The Evolving Landscape



The Gardens



The Kitchen Garden


Kitchen Garden Sampler of Recipes



An Old-Fashioned Fruit Garden


Fruit Garden Sampler of Recipes



The Flowering Herb Garden


Sampler of Early Season Herbs & Flowers


Directions for Candied Petals & Pressed Floral Cards



The Harvest Bed


Sampler of Mid- to Late-Season Herbs & Flowers


Directions for Herb Salt/Salt-Free Herb Blend; Skin Freshener; Beginner's Artemisia Wreath Base



Roses


Sampler of Favorite Hardy Roses (and the Absolute Truth About Them)


Rose Companions


Directions for Rose Potpourri & Rose Petal Jelly



The Art of Naturalizing


Sampler of Tough Plants



The Contained Garden


Sampler of Scented Plants


Directions for Green Basil Tea; Herbal Confetti; Purple Basil Jelly Purple Basil Vinegar



In the Cottage Garden Spirit


Sampler of Old Favorites



The Integrated Landscape--Practice & Philosophy



Growing Guide


Hardiness Zones


Successful Seed Germination


Seed Saving


The Compost Heap


No-Dig Gardening: Raised Beds


No-Dig Gardening: Direct Sod Planting


Plant Maintenance


Propagation


Managing Water Resources


Harvesting


Disease and Insect Control



A Summary of Practical & Aesthetic Principles


Epilogue


Bibliography


Index