Heirloom Gardening in the South: Yesterday's Plants for Today's Gardens

Description

New edition of a classic work on Southern heirloom gardening . . .Heirloom plants belong in Southern gardens. Tough and adapted, tried and true, pretty and useful, these living antiques--passed through countless generations--represent the foundation of traditional gardens as we know them today. Heirloom Gardening in the South is a comprehensive resource that also offers a captivating, personal encounter with two dedicated and passionate gardeners whose love of heritage gardening infuses the work from beginning to end. Anyone who wants to know how to find and grow time-honored and pass-along plants or wants to create and nurture a traditional garden is sure to find this a must-have addition to their home gardening library. Inside the book: New essays on naturalizing daffodils, slips and starts, and growing fruit; A completely updated and expanded heirloom plant encyclopedia;Revised plant lists (bulbs, cemetery plants, etc.) New material on the creation of two of the authors' personal gardens Building on the popularity of the original edition, this lively, entertaining, and informative new book from two proven experts will be enthusiastically welcomed by gardeners and horticulturists throughout Texas and the South.

Get the book

Amazon.com

Search the book

eBay.com

Search the book

Similar books

• 

  The Southern Heirloom Garden

  By Greg Grant, William Carlisle Welch

  The regional lores, historical fact and trivia behind once commonly cultivated Southern plants.

• 

  Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History

  By William Woys Weaver

  For seed-saving purposes, it is important to know that turnips will cross with broccoli rabe, Chinese cabbage, and Chinese mustard, as well as with any wild turnips naturalized in the vicinity. Several forms of Brassica rapa have become ...

• 

  The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World

  By John Forti

  —ANDREW BOORDE KITCHENS tend to be the primary gathering place in most homes, and for the gardener it often serves as ... When the harvest is abundant, crafty gardeners know how to put it up in jars and freezers for the winter to come.

• 

  Texas Fruit & Vegetable Gardening, 2nd Edition: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles for Texas Gardens

  By Greg Grant

  In this updated 2nd edition of Texas Fruit & Vegetable Gardening, you'll find much-needed advice and practical tips on growing an edible garden, no matter which part of The Lone Star State you call home.

• 

  Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time

  By Craig LeHoullier

  Sweet Success Grow and harvest the best tomatoes ever with this practical and beautiful guide by tomato expert Craig LeHoullier.

• 

  The Heirloom Life Gardener: The Baker Creek Way of Growing Your Own Food Easily and Naturally

  By Jere and Emilee Gettle, Meghan Sutherland

  This is the first book of its kind that is not only a guide to growing beautiful and delicious vegetables, but also a way to join the movement of people who long for real food and a truer way of living.

• 

  The New Heirloom Garden: Designs, Recipes, and Heirloom Plants for Cooks Who Love to Garden

  By Ellen Ecker Ogden

  With a range of soups, salads, entrées, and desserts, you’ll revel in delicious fare that includes cold Summer Squash Soup with Parsley-Mint Pistou, Fennel and Watermelon Salad, Rainbow Beet Spoonbread, Rhubarb Pie with Ginger and Lemon, ...

• 

  Gardening the Amana Way

  By Lawrence L. Rettig

  ... ofNature in Iowa By Cornelia F. Mutel The Farm at Holstein Dip: An Iowa Boyhood By Carroll Engelhardt Forest and Shade Trees ofIowa By Peter].van der Linden and Donald R. Farrar Frontier Forts ofIowa: Indians, Traders, and Soldiers, ...

• 

  The Bulb Hunter

  By William C. Welch, Chris Wiesinger

  Dubbed the Bulb Hunter in a 2006 New York Times feature story, Chris Wiesinger took his passion for bulbs to vacant lots, abandoned houses, cemeteries, and construction sites throughout the South in search of botanical survivors whose ...

• 

  Gardening With Heirloom Seeds: Tried-and-true Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for a New Generation: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition

  The text is sprinkled throughout with practical advice from heirloom gardeners and lists sources for finding the seeds of many old varieties.