Small Budget Gardener : All the Dirt on Saving Money in Your Garden
by Gilmer, MaureenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-02-01
Publisher(s): Motorbooks Intl
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Summary
With consumers seeking ways to do more with less money, this book is a must have for gardening on a budget. With helpful tips and advice, gardeners can create beautiful, healthy sustainable landscapes with recycled materials and limited resources. Landscape designer and horticulturist, Maureen Gilmer has compiled years of gardening experience with advice on everything from amending the soil and fighting off pests and diseases in the garden, to sourcing and propagating plants, and creating landscapes and garden structures with free or recycled materials. Maureen addresses gardening while conserving water and minimizing energy dollars, and advice on creating an eco-friendly landscape. The guide also includes a chapter on growing vegetables and offers creative ideas for adding garden structures and yard enhancements to the landscape.
Author Biography
Maureen Gilmer has risen to the top of gardening media in America through books, television, radio, newspapers and the Internet. She is the author of more than 15 gardening books and writes Yardsmart, a national color newspaper column in its fourth year syndicated weekly by Scripps Howard News Service. She is host and project designer for the television series, Weekend Gardening, on the DIY Network. Her articles and photography have appeared in national magazines and frequently appears on numerous television and cable programs
Table of Contents
| Stretch Every Dollar | p. 8 |
| Buy It Right and Buy It Once: Essentials yes, junk no | p. 10 |
| Shop 'Til You Drop: Get a bargain every time | p. 34 |
| Free Dirt: Feed your soil on the cheap | p. 52 |
| Environmental Cents | p. 74 |
| Nature's Climate Control: Saving energy dollars | p. 76 |
| Never Thirsty: Cut your water bill in half | p. 98 |
| Don't Throw It Away: Recycle and reuse everything | p. 116 |
| Tips and Tricks: Twice the garden for half the price | p. 146 |
| Gratis - As It Should Be | p. 162 |
| Garden Tech: Exploit the World Wide Web | p. 164 |
| Making Babies: How to propagate free plants | p. 184 |
| Eat for Free: Your backyard veggie superstore | p. 212 |
| Your Tax Dollars at Work: Government payoffs | p. 228 |
| Bibliography | p. 234 |
| Seasonal Gardening Notes | p. 236 |
| Meet Mo | p. 240 |
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