Your gardens best friend
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Decent germination on these seeds.  Your better off just saving your own seeds because really who doesn't like Zinnias besides nazis and satan?
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Many people associate the coziness of gardens with "cool, comfortable, shady garden nooks surrounded by deep-green foliage and brilliant flowers sprinkled with light . . . ."  If so, this book is for you.
I located this book when my wife began asking me what else we could plant to add color to our yard.  I found that everything I said began with, "You have to consider how much sun is available."  Because we live in a heavily treed part of New England, no parts of our yard receive full sun except in winter when nothing is growing.  During the growing season, we have from 2 hours of sun a day to no sun as our range.  This is great for coolness, but limits the flower choices quite a lot.
Growing up in a family that did gardening for a living, the degree of shade that plants like is something that I am acutely aware of.  On the other hand, I am less sure around the kind of soil moisture and acidity that are desirable.  This book was extremely valuable for its encyclopedia of 100 of the most common shade plants.  Each listing describes the type of shade, soil, moisture, and care that is best for the plant.  For the purposes of this book, shade is considered any area that has less than six hours of direct sunlight a day.
If you live in sunny areas, the book also has many valuable ideas for creating shade with screens.  There is also an excellent section on how to use sprinkling systems to add moisture.
Regardless of where you live in North America, you can use this book because it describes whether each of the plants will do well in your climate zone.  If you live in the desert, there are also good ideas for using cacti.
The book also gives you a process for evaluating your potential garden sites, adapting them to your desires, planning your garden, and planting and caring for the trees, shrubs, flowers, ferns, and ground cover you choose.
So whether you are thinking about impatiens, clivia, hydrangeas, daylilies, forget-me-nots, fuschias or pansies, this book will help you with annuals and perennials.  Also, don't forget to think about azaleas, camellias, wisteria and foxglove.  If you're not sure what all of these plants are, the many beautiful photographs in the book will fill you in.
After you finish thinking about the wonderful choices for your shady areas, I suggest that you think about what you would like to do there.  What else do you need to make it perfect?  Would a bench suit?  Or would a garden swing be better?  Or, if you have lots of room, what about a gazebo?  Is there room for a bird bath or hummingbird feeder?
Help nature weave her magic enchantment into your life!
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Extremely helpful! Just moved to a new home and wanted to start my plants off right. This book helped me not only in the selection of my plants, but where on my property it is best to plant them, and how to properly plant them. I also learned the correct ways of pruning and fertilizing each plant. I have found this book to be an invaluable tool to a begining backyard gardener.
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Great product!  Would make a fabulous gift for that special gardener friend!
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I have several of these for my patio and love the ease of moving plants around, especially the big urns and pots that need to be moved from the uncovered to covered patio when the sun moves more overhead and its super hot in our Texas heat. The huge patio Ferns and Big Daddy Hosta's don't like the direct sun, these make them easier to move around.
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I have my own and purchased this one as a gift. Nice quality works well - the gardens look really great with its help!
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This item is perfect if going on vacation or if you just forget to water your plants. I have a planter outside my front door which is on the lower level and am always forgetting to water..(might have something to do with my age..haha). I attached to a plastic water bottle, put a small pin hole in bottom of bottle, and then carefully insert into soil near plant roots.  Also the fact that it will fit different size bottles so if you're going away for a week or so you can use a larger bottle of water to keep your plants hydrated. It has a removable smaller screw on cap and then two different size screw on caps so fits many different size bottles. I also suggest that you buy sturdier plastic bottles and they can be decorated with paint if your artistic or duct tape to make a prettier more decorative and also color coordinated to your outdoor or indoor color scheme. Highly recommend.
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One of the nice things you can do for yourself is to make time to visit the lovely gardens listed in this book.  Has great photos and is coffee table material. You won't regret this purchase.
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Great book for back yard gardeners!  I live in MA stop at Rosaly's on my way to Stoddard NH.  I can always find something wonderful: veggies, flowers, cheese, baked goods.  I even found hand made yarn.  Naturally when I saw Rosaly's book, I had to have one.  I thumbed through and it is set up to follow the seasons - and gives tips for all the phases of gardening and the issues a gardener has to deal with.  It includes veggies and flowers.  It also includes some nice recipes and photos.  I bought one for my friend who has her own garden and loves to cook.  She was delighted with my gift.  We love the tomato on the cover!  This is a winner.
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Whether you are planning a garden for the front yard, a small plot in a corner of your backyard, or even on the balcony of your apartment, The Edible Front Yard is the reference book for you. Wait. It is not only an encyclopedia of landscape design, it is a book that is so pretty you will want to keep it out on your coffee table as I do. And if all you grow is grass, trees and a few shrubs, please, please get this book and get out of your rut! You won't be able to resist planting just one pineapple guava shrub and when you see how pretty and useful that is, another fantastic fruit or vegetable plant that will be a treat for the eyes and your table.

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Brilliantly written, funny, informative, connects with anyone who deeply loves to garden.  Would make a great gift.
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I love that you can make these gardens into your own.
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This thing is amazing and is a huge reason our garden is still up and running this year. Living in south Louisiana, missing one watering session will make or break plants. This takes care of that!
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Don't leave home without it especially if checking for eatable plants
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Just love this for my raised gardens! It lets me know how many seeds or plants to grow in a sq ft. I read the books, but this and the guide really help out in the garden. I should laminate the guide.
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This book is a must have for novice and expert gardeners alike. The illustrations are beautiful. This is a great reference guide to help one truly organize their gardens and the upkeep during all seasons. Would make a great gift...
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This is an easy to use guide to the best plants for the area. It has been very helpful as we plan our first garden here.