The Vermont Gardener's Companion
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The Vermont Gardener's Companion by Henry Homeyer
Grow a garden bountiful and beautiful The Vermont Gardener's Companion is the only guide focused on the challenges of cultivating a successful garden in the Green Mountain State. Whether you are an experienced green thumb or a curious novice, whether you live in the Green Mountains or along Lake Champlain, this easy-to-understand guide will help you grow bountiful vegetables, abundant flowers, and lush lawns. You will learn: What's in your Vermont soil and how to improve it How to stretch the state's short growing season The best high-performance plant varieties for your climate Organic fertilizing and plant care approaches Ways to combat pests and plant diseases unique to the state Local sources of hands-on assistance with gardening questions Information on great public gardens and places to buy unusual plants, such as the showy lady's slipper Tricks from accomplished Vermont gardeners In short, how to succeed as a cold-climate gardener
Henry Homeyer is a University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension master gardener with more than fifty years' experience in organic gardening. He is a freelance writer whose weekly gardening column is carried by a dozen New England newspapers; associate editor of People, Places and Plants magazine; and author of Notes from the Garden (University Press of New England), selected as one of the best gardening books of 2002 by the Christian Science Monitor. Once a month he broadcasts on Vermont Public Radio as "the gardening guy," once or twice a year he appears on an hourlong call-in gardening show on New Hampshire Public Radio, and he often speaks to garden groups, such as the Boston Flower Show.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780762743346 |
| ISBN 10 | 0762743344 |
| Title | The Vermont Gardener's Companion |
| Author | Henry Homeyer |
| Series | Gardening Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2007-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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