Once-A-Week Gardener

This text is organized in a series of seasonally-based chapters and written specifically for those garden owners with busy lifestyles who can only venture into the garden for a few hours a week. It shows how to make the best possible use of a gardener's time when carrying out a wide range of essential tasks, including those in garden beds, borders and pools, containers, propagating, the kitchen garden and on the lawn. 

 

Seasonal tasks. Part 1 Spring: early spring - beds, borders and pools, propagation, containers, lawns, kitchen gardens; mid-spring - beds, beds, borders and pools, containers, lawns, kitchen gardens; late spring - beds, borders and pools, propagation, containers, lawns. Part 2 Summer: early summer - beds, borders and pools, propagation, containers, kitchen gardens; mid-summer - beds, borders and pools, propagation, containers, lawns, kitchen gardens; late summer - beds, borders and pools, propagation, containers, kitchen gardens. Part 3 Autumn: early autumn - beds, borders and pools, propagation, containers, lawns, kitchen gardens; mid-autumn - beds, borders and pools, containers, lawns; late autumn - beds, borders and pools, propagation, containers, kitchen gardens. Part 4 Winter: beds, borders and pools; kitchen gardens; the healthy garden - solving pest, disease and weed problems; an A-Z directory of easy-care plants.