Gardening Month by Month: Tips for Great Flowers, Vegetables, and Houseplants All Year Long

Gardening Month by Month lays out general gardening tips and tricks through the whole year. Are you planting vegetables, growing orchids, finding organic ways to care for your lawn, trying to raise fragrant roses? This book lays out what you need to know. Written for the beginning gardener, but also with plenty of information for the more advanced gardener.

Table of Contents:


JANUARY5
Save Time and Trouble With Garden Journals5
First section: To-do lists5
Second section: Reference lists.6
Third section: Tracking progress.6
Fourth section: Details of the natural world.7
Fifth section: Notes and comments.7
New Year’s Resolutions9
Garden Catalog Mayhem!10
Heirloom Vegetables – History Plus Taste Plus Hardiness12
January To-Do List14
January Garden Checklist for Zones 7 to 916
FEBRUARY18
Birds of Missouri18
Write Your Shopping Lists for Spring!19
MARCH21
Square Foot Gardening21
Getting Ready for Spring Tilling23
Why Soilbuilding is So Important25
Spring Wildflowers27
Great Organic Soil Additives to Make Healthy Soil29
Choose Tough Perennials and Annuals31
The Romance and History of Roses32
Time to Plant Your Vegetable Garden!!34
You Can Plant Trees and Shrubs in March35
Lawn Care in Early Early Spring36
Late March and Early April are Better Times for Potato Planting37
Trellis Planting38
Cold Frames39
APRIL40
Your Early April To-Do List40
What Plant Tags Actually Mean42
Damping-Off Disease and How to Stop It43
Get a Jump on Weeds45
Rabbits, Squirrels, and other Nuisances46
A True Blue Rose: Is It Possible? So Far, No.48
Try Something New in Your Perennial Garden This Year49
Lawn Tips for Spring50
MAY52
A May To-Do List!52
Rose Tips for May53
Organic Lawn Care Tips55
Potato Blight Also Affects Tomatoes57
Some Quick Reminders for Late May59
Fragrance Can Give Your Garden an Extra Dimension60
JUNE62
Spotted Cucumber Beetles62
Squash Bug Control62
Revamping Your Perennial Bed64
Deadheading Your Plants66
JULY67
July To-Do List67
Beat Heatstroke and Heat Exhaustion69
Take Care of Hummingbird Feeders70
Food Pantry Plea71
Helpful Tips for Your Lawn72
AUGUST74
Prepare Your Garden for a Fall Harvest74
August Lawn Tips75
Fusarium Wilt, Bacterial Wilt, and Other Wilts77
Fighting Weeds in High Summer79
SEPTEMBER82
Planting in Early Fall is the Best for Plants82
How to Weed When Weeds Have Pretty Much Taken Over Everything83
Pumpkins!84
Drying Fruit86
Free Plants! Divide Your Perennials87
OCTOBER91
Tips for Preparing the Garden for Winter91
The Truth About Green Tomatoes92
Winterize Your Lawn Mower93
Late Fall Flowers94
Tender Bulbs95
Bringing the Houseplants Inside96
Houseplants Part 2: Now That They’re Inside, Clean Them Up!97
Fall Bug Attack! Boxelder Bugs, Ladybugs, and Crickets99
NOVEMBER101
Orchids: Actually Not That Difficult To Grow (Mostly)101
How to Grow a Christmas Cactus Like Grandma’s103
Keep Bird Feeders Clean104
DECEMBER107
‘Tis the Season for … Poinsettias107
Josephine, Empress of the Roses109
Water Does Not Equal Love for Houseplants110
How to Buy a Great Gardening Book112