Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Lower Midwest Gardening: Techniques for Growing Landscape & Garden Plants in Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, southern Michigan & southern Ontario

Lynn M. Steiner

2012. g. janv. · Cool Springs Press

Par šo e-grāmatu

This book offers a didactic, practical approach that allows novice-to intermediate residential gardeners to experience success with their vegetable, fruit, and ornamental gardens. A complete but focused treatment of plant species and simple, time-saving techniques that maximize the homeowners likelihood of succeeding with his or her garden. It includes regional specific information for the following states in USDA zones 5 and 6: Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, lower half of lower Michigan

Par autoru

Lynn Steiner has been a professional garden writer, photographer, and speaker for 30 years. She has a master’s degree in horticulture from the University of Minnesota. For 15 years, she was the editor ofNorthern Gardenermagazine, the official publication of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Under her direction,Northern Gardenerreceived several Overall Excellence awards from the Minnesota Magazine & Publication Association, and several individual contributors received Garden Writers Association Media Awards. She now writes a column titled “Northern Natives.”Lynn practices responsible gardening at her home in Minnesota, using native plants, avoiding pesticides, and planting to attract native wildlife whenever possible. She has written and provided the photography for five other books, includingPrairie-Style Gardens: Capturing the Essence of the American Prairie Wherever You Live, Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota, andRain Gardens: Sustainable Landscaping for a Beautiful Yard and a Healthy World.