Gardening Basics For Dummies. Steven A. Frowine

Making the Right Cut with Cutting Tools Putting Power Tools to Use Rolling Out the Wheelbarrows and Carts Wading through Watering Tools

      6  Part 2: Flowers and Foliage: Growing for Color Chapter 6: Adding Yearly Variety to Your Garden with Annuals Finding Flowers that Fit Your Garden Mixing and Matching Annuals Buying Annuals An Annual Event: The Whens, Wheres, and Hows of Planting Feeding the Flower Power: Taking Care of Annuals Chapter 7: Growing Perennials: Plants That Make a Comeback Looking at the Repeat Performers Planning Long-Term Strategies for Your Perennial Garden Finding and Buying Perennials Planting Perennials Taking Care of Your Perennials Chapter 8: Brightening Up the Garden with Bulbs Shedding Light on Bulbs Choosing to Combine Your Bulbs The Search: Where to Get Your Bulbs Getting Down and Dirty: Planting Bulbs Taking Care of Bulbs Chapter 9: Coming Up Roses What Makes a Rose Be a Rose Be a Rose Deciding Where to Put Your Roses Buying the Best Roses Planting Your Roses Taking Care of Your Roses Chapter 10: Multiplying Your Plants Growing Plants from Seeds (Sexual Propagation) Sowing Seed Indoors Sowing Seed Directly Outdoors Cloning Your Plants — Vegetative Reproduction Reproducing Bulbs

      7  Part 3: Stretching Your Garden beyond Its Boundaries: The Permanent Landscape Chapter 11: Growing a Perfect Lawn Patching Up the Lawn You Already Have Making a Lawn from Scratch Seeding and Sodding: Adding the Grass Watering a Thirsty Lawn Fertilizing Your Lawn Mowing the Lawn, Cutting the Grass, and Otherwise Giving the Yard a Trim Battling the Weeds Chapter 12: Reaching New Heights with Trees Knowing Your Trees Choosing the Right Tree for Where You Live Getting Treed! Planting Trees Taking Care of Your Tree Chapter 13: Going Low with Shrubs Knowing Your Shrubs Planning Practical Uses for Bushes Planting Shrubs Caring for Your Shrubs Chapter 14: Climbers and Crawlers: Growing Vines and Groundcovers Looking at How Vines Hold On Choosing the Right Vines Planting and Supporting Vines Maintaining Vines through Pruning Looking at Groundcovers Planting and Maintaining Groundcovers

      8  Part 4: Producing Your Own Produce Chapter 15: Food, Glorious Food! Raising Your Own Veggies Perusing the Varieties of Veggies Designing for Dining and Getting Your Vegetable Garden Ready Finding Your Vegetables Planting Your Vegetables Chapter 16: Taking Your Veggie Garden to the Next Level Composting Your Vegetable Garden Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden Using Frames and Supports for Veggies Dealing with Vegetable Pests Chapter 17: Adding Flavor to Your Garden with Herbs Recognizing