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How to cheat at gardening and yard work : shameless tricks for growing radically simple flowers, veggies, lawns, landscaping, and more / Jeff Bredenberg.

Summary:

Do you love the look of stunning flowerbeds or a nice expanse of lawn, but don't have time to spend the whole weekend in your backyard? It's time to cheat-in a smart way. In How to Cheat® at Gardening and Yard Work, you'll find hundreds of work-reducing, time-saving, cost-cutting gardening tips that will reward you with the best-looking garden you've ever had with less effort than ever before.

Cheating on garden and yard tasks is about simple adjustments and shortcuts-with a healthy dose of creativity. You'll learn effective and efficient methods to complete just about every garden project, chore, cleanup, or predicament you'll face.

Set aside your costly, old habits and discover:

How the right tool can save you time-and save your back

That doing less for your lawn actually means better results

Why planting a diversion crop cuts down on your pest-patrol efforts

That groundcovers and foliage plants are no-hassle solutions for weedy flowerbeds

Record details

ISBN: 9781594869662
ISBN: 1594869669
ISBN: 9781594869594
ISBN: 1594869596
Physical Description: xii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: [Emmaus, Pennsylvania] : Rodale, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The cheating frame of mind -- Soil: a healthy garden, from the ground up -- Vegetables: the juiciest shortcuts -- The sweet 16: experts' favorite can't-miss veggie varieties -- Sneaky garden and yard design -- Sub-plots: raised beds, containers, rooftops, and more -- The rot stuff: the world's easiest composting -- Flowers made easy even for late bloomers -- Grass: bringing peace to the turf war -- Trees and shrubs: trimming down the maintenance -- The handiest tools and sneakiest storage -- Seasonal challenges: weeds, leaves, snow, ice, heat, drought, and deluge -- At peace with mother nature: bugs, bunnies, bambi, groundhogs, and more.