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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 LAWN CARE
GENERAL LAWN INFORMATION……………………………. 8
TYPES OF GRASSES…………………………………………………….. 13
MOWING TIPS………………………………………………………………. 17
PROBLEMS & SOLUTION……………………………………………. 19
WINTER TIPS…………………………………………………………………. 22
CHAPTER 2 FERTILIZERS
THE BASICS……………………………………………………………………. 25
GENERAL INFORMATION………………………………………….. 27
ORGANIC FERTILIZERS………………………………………………. 29
CHAPTER 3 PLANT SPRAYS & SCARECROWS
GENERAL INFORMATION…………………………………………… 33
ALL PURPOSE SPRAY PESTICIDES………………………….. 34
SCARECROWS………………………………………………………………….. 35
CHAPTER 4 FIGHTING BUGS
IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM……………………………………. 36
GENERAL INSECT REMEDIES……………………………………. 44
CHAPTER 5 GARDENING FORMULAS………………………………………… 121
CHAPTER 6 OUTSMARTING THE CRITTERS
GENERAL INFORMATION………………………………………….. 133
INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS……………………………………………….. 133
CHAPTER 7 BOGS & PONDS………………………………………………………………………. 152
CHAPTER 8 BULBS
GENERAL INFORMATION………………………………………….. 157
HELPFUL BULB HINTS…………………………………………………. 157
BENEFICIAL BUGS…………………………………………………………. 160
ANIMAL PROBLEMS………………………………………………………. 160
COMMON BULBS……………………………………………………………… 162
CHAPTER 9 COMMON FLOWERS
GENERAL INFORMATION……………………………………………. 169
PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS…………………………………………… 172
COMMON GARDEN FLOWERS……………………………………. 175
STAKING………………………………………………………………………….. 187
FLOWERS USED BY FLORISTS…………………………………. 187
CHAPTER 10 COMPOSTING
GENERAL INFORMATION………………………………………….. 189
COMMON MATERIALS…………………………………………………. 190
CHAPTER 11 EDIBLE FLOWERS & HERBS
GENERAL INFORMATION……………………………………………. 194
EDIBLE FLOWERS…………………………………………………………… 196
GENERAL HERB INFORMATION……………………………….. 199
INDIVIDUAL HERBS……………………………………………………… 203
CHAPTER 12 FLOWER ARRANGING
GENERAL INFORMATION……………………………………………. 219
CHAPTER 13 HOUSEPLANTS
GENERAL INFORMATION………………………………………….. 222
PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS…………………………………………… 223
CHAPTER 14 WEEDS & SAP
GENERAL INFORMATION……………………………………………. 229
FIGHTING POISON IVY……………………………………………… 232
SAP………………………………………………………………………………………. 232
CHAPTER 15 PLANTING SECRETS
PLANTS………………………………………………………………………………. 234
PLANTS PROTECTING PLANTS…………………………………. 237
TRANSPLANTING……………………………………………………………. 237
CHAPTER 16 SEEDS & SEEDLINGS
LABELING…………………………………………………………………………… 240
GENERAL INFORMATION……………………………………………. 241
STORING SEEDS……………………………………………………………. 249
CHAPTER 17 SOIL PREPARATION
GENERAL INFORMATION…………………………………………… 251
CHAPTER 18 TREES, BONSAI
BONSAI………………………………………………………………………………. 254
GENERAL TREE HINTS & PESTS…………………………….. 256
HARVESTING…………………………………………………………………… 263
PRUNING…………………………………………………………………………… 264
CHAPTER 19 WATERING……………………………………………………………………. 266
CHAPTER 20 GROWING FRUITS
FRUIT TREES & PEST PROBLEMS………………………….. 271
CHAPTER 21 GROWING VEGETABLES
PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS………………………………………….. 299
GARDEN PESTS………………………………………………………………. 301
SECRETS OF VEGETABLES…………………………………………. 307
CHAPTER 22 LEAF PROBLEMS…………………………………………………………… 339
CHAPTER 23 PLANTING IN POTS
POTTED PLANTS……………………………………………………………… 344
CHAPTER 24 GARDENING TOOLS & MOWERS
GARDENING GLOVES…………………………………………………….. 348
GARDEN HOSES……………………………………………………………… 349
GARDENING HAND TOOLS……………………………………….. 349
MAKING TOOLS……………………………………………………………… 351
REPAIRING TOOLS………………………………………………………… 353
POWER MOWERS……………………………………………………………. 356
POWER YARD EQUIPMENT…………………………………………. 359
CHAPTER 25 HOME HYDROPONICS
GENERAL INFORMATION……………………………………………. 365
SYSTEMS………………………………………………………………………….. 369
GROWING MEDIA………………………………………………………….. 372
NUTRIENTS…………………………………………………………………….. 373
LIGHTING…………………………………………………………………………. 376
PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS…………………………………………. 377
CHAPTER 26 MULCHING TIME
GENERAL INFORMATION……………………………………………. 378
VARIETIES……………………………………………………………………….. 379
CHAPTER 27 MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES
FUNGUS PROBLEMS………………………………………………………. 382
MILDEW PROBLEMS………………………………………………………. 384
CHAPTER 28 GARDENING FOR KIDS
GROWING PLANTS……………………………………………………….. 387
GROWING VEGETABLES………………………………………………. 402
CHAPTER 29 PERSONAL CLEANING TIPS……………………………………….. 413
CHAPTER 30 DRIED FLOWERS & POTPOURRI…………………………………. 415
CHAPTER 31 PESTICIDES
GENERAL INFORMATION……………………………………………. 419
BOTANICAL PEST CONTROL……………………………………… 426
CHAPTER 32 SEASONAL TIPS AROUND THE HOUSE
SEASONAL TIPS………………………………………………………………………….. 429
APPENDIX A PESTS CONTROLLED BY Bt……………………………………. 465
APPENDIX B PLANTS THAT REPEL PESTS……………………………………….. 466
SECRET BUG REPELLANT……………………………………………………………………………………………. 468
GLOSSARY…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 469
INDEX…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 474
