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"The Weekend Gardener"
- The Busy Person’s Guide To A Beautiful Backyard Garden
By Victor K. Pryles
Copyright © 2003 Victor. K. Pryles
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Table of Contents
Please Read This First .................................................................................. 2
Introduction................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 1: The Weekend Garden ............................................................... 9
A Better Weekend Gardening Experience ............................................................... 11
Weekend Gardening Goals ........................................................................................ 12
Making Your Choices ................................................................................................. 13
Looking For Easy Solutions ....................................................................................... 14
Slow But Sure Does It!................................................................................................ 14
Chapter 2: Easy Lawns .............................................................................. 17
A New Vision Of Lawn Care...................................................................................... 17
Sloping Lawns ............................................................................................................. 18
What About Lawn in Shade?..................................................................................... 18
Let’s Line up Our Lawn............................................................................................. 19
Mass Planting Ground Covers................................................................................... 20
My Big Three Suggestions! ........................................................................................ 21
Oh! The Tangled Webs Of Deceitful Ground Cover! ............................................. 23
Handling Unruly Ground Covers.............................................................................. 23
Mowing And Lawn Care Freedom............................................................................ 24
Grass Choices .............................................................................................................. 24
Shaded Grass............................................................................................................... 25
Helping Grass In The Shade ...................................................................................... 25
Grass Vs. Tree Trunks & Roots ................................................................................ 26
A Mowing Strip To The Rescue! ............................................................................... 26
Conclusion: Easy Lawns! ........................................................................................... 27
Chapter 3: Fast Flowers ............................................................................. 28
The Perfect Weekend Flower Garden....................................................................... 28
Flowers: A Short Course ........................................................................................... 29
Three Cheers For Annuals!........................................................................................ 29
Easy Care Annuals...................................................................................................... 30
Those Bang-Up Biennials!.......................................................................................... 31
Keep ‘Em Comin’ Perennials .................................................................................... 32
Bang Up Bulbs! ........................................................................................................... 33
Roses, Oh! Roses ......................................................................................................... 33
The Season Long Bloom ............................................................................................. 35
Color In The Flower Garden ..................................................................................... 36
Taking The Outside Inside......................................................................................... 36
Enjoy the Loveliness Of Your Care Free Flower Garden....................................... 37
Chapter 4: Delicious Weekend Vegetable Gardens ................................ 38
Intensive Gardening.................................................................................................... 38
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Step One- The Soil ...................................................................................................... 39
Yearly Chores.............................................................................................................. 39
Making The Bed.......................................................................................................... 39
Designing Your Bed .................................................................................................... 40
How To Select Vegetables .......................................................................................... 41
Harvesting Vegetable Plants ...................................................................................... 42
Weekend Vertical Gardening .................................................................................... 42
Spacing Crops For Weekenders ................................................................................ 43
Vegetable Roommates ................................................................................................ 44
Keep ‘Em Moving Crop Rotation ............................................................................. 44
Coming Back For Seconds And Thirds And ............................................................ 45
Those Everlasting Perennial Crops........................................................................... 45
Chapter 5: Fruits Made Easier.................................................................. 47
Blueberries: The Friendliest Of All........................................................................... 47
How To Care For Blueberries- The Basics............................................................... 48
Planting And Feeding Blueberries ............................................................................ 48
Pruning Blueberries.................................................................................................... 49
Scrumptious Strawberries.......................................................................................... 49
Whoa! Strawberry Stampede! ................................................................................... 50
Strawberry Planting & Feeding ................................................................................ 52
Big Show Brambles!.................................................................................................... 54
Which Brambles?........................................................................................................ 54
A Trellis and A Bramble ............................................................................................ 54
Brambles Basic Care................................................................................................... 55
Is your Bramble Sick? ................................................................................................ 56
Currants and Gooseberries........................................................................................ 56
Caring For Currants and Gooseberries.................................................................... 57
A Fruity Conclusion.................................................................................................... 57
Chapter 6: Natural Landscapes ................................................................ 59
A Few Basic Principles ............................................................................................... 59
Native Or Natural? ..................................................................................................... 60
Your Woodland Garden - A Shaded Paradise ......................................................... 61
Check The Soil pH And Other Considerations........................................................ 62
Shaded Areas............................................................................................................... 62
Choosing Your Site ..................................................................................................... 62
Let’s Spark Up The Soil ............................................................................................. 63
Let’s Get Some Woodland Plants.............................................................................. 63
A Word Of Caution .................................................................................................... 64
Let’s Place Our Plants Now ....................................................................................... 64
Ferns Are Lovely Here ............................................................................................... 65
House Keeping Is A Breeze!....................................................................................... 65
An Introduction To Meadow Gardening.................................................................. 65
What About Seed Mixes? ........................................................................................... 66
Weeds And Your Meadow ......................................................................................... 69
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Chapter 7: Easy Care Plants for Weekenders ......................................... 70
Weekender Groundcover Recommendations........................................................... 71
Weekender Small, Medium & Tall Deciduous Tree Recommendations ............... 83
Weekender Evergreen Tree Recommendations....................................................... 93
Weekender Deciduous Shrub Recommendations .................................................... 97
Weekender Evergreen Shrub Recommendations .................................................. 103
Weekender Annuals Recommendations ................................................................. 107
Weekender Perennial Recommendations ............................................................... 114
Weekender Bulb Recommendations ....................................................................... 119
Chapter 8: Matching The Tool and Task In Your Weekend Garden . 124
Don’t Take Your Tools For Granted ...................................................................... 124
Dig In and Plant With These Tools ......................................................................... 124
Power Tillers.............................................................................................................. 126
Weekend Weeding & Cultivating Tools ................................................................. 126
Weekend Pruning Tools ........................................................................................... 127
Weekenders Raking And Blowing Tools ................................................................ 128
Weekenders Leaf Eating And Brush Chomping Tools ......................................... 128
Weekenders Edging Tools........................................................................................ 129
Weekenders Lawn Mowing Tools ........................................................................... 129
Weekenders Garden Hoses And Attachment Tools .............................................. 130
Weekenders Wheelbarrows, Carts, And Garden Cloths ...................................... 131
Weekenders Mulch ................................................................................................... 132
Weekenders Compost ............................................................................................... 133
Appendix A: Weekender’s Year Long Calendar Of Activities ............ 135
Happy New Year! January ...................................................................................... 137
February .................................................................................................................... 138
March ......................................................................................................................... 139
April ........................................................................................................................... 140
May............................................................................................................................. 141
June ............................................................................................................................ 142
July ............................................................................................................................. 143
August ........................................................................................................................ 144
September .................................................................................................................. 145
October....................................................................................................................... 146
November................................................................................................................... 147
December ................................................................................................................... 148
Appendix B: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.................................... 149
Appendix C: Weekend Gardeners’ Resources....................................... 151
Afterword................................................................................................... 153
About the Author ...................................................................................... 154
Other Books By The Author:................................................................... 155
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Introduction
Too many demands, too little time for the joy of gardening? One of the hard facts of modern life is that crammed schedules and crushing workloads seem to conspire to make gardening a threatened pastime.
But everyone wants a lovely garden, a place where the landscape sparkles with
refreshment and the beauty of nature. A place where the dirt gets under your fingers; the earth a partner and friend. A setting where you can spend a few restful hours soaking up its beauty and letting it lift your spirit.
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