David Squire

A Miscellany for Garden-Lovers

Facts and folklore through the ages

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Produktbeschreibung

A beautiful gift book filled with charming illustrationgs, A Miscellany for Garden-Lovers will take you through the facts and folklore of gardening.

Produktdetails

• Wise Words
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 142mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 244g
• ISBN-13: 9780857842749
• ISBN-10: 0857842749
• Artikelnr.: 41217709

Autorenporträt

David Squire originally trained as a horticulturalist at the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) at Wisley in the UK and has spent his life gardening. He is also a successful writer of 80 books and a winner of the Garden Writers of America Quill and Trowel Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Early Garden Tools Inverting the Sod Draining Soil Conserving
Moisture in Soil Sowing Seeds Early Plant Hunters Plant Folklore Weather
Folklore Pest and Disease Folklore The World of Garden Gnomes Down on the
Farm Early Lawn Healing Gardens Index About the author Other titles in the
series