1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden : An Indispensable Guide to Easier and More Effective Gardening
Quick tips seem to be the order of the day in gardening literature, as this book follows hard on the heels of Pippa Greenwood's Gardening Hints and Tips (LJ 10/15/96). Unlike Greenwood, Reader's Digest takes an encyclopedic approach with an alphabetic rather than thematic arrangement, which allows a greater number of topics to be addressed in more detail. Six tips are listed under "Swiss Chard" alone, and a full page is found under broader topics like "Patios." Included alphabetically with these topics are two- to four-page spreads on such subjects as Heirloom Roses. Following the "Garden Dictionary" are two useful sections: "Enemies of the Garden," which illustrates, describes, and gives remedies for an exhaustive array of plant diseases and damaging insects, and "The Garden Calendar," a monthly guide to garden activities for four climate types and eight types of plants. While readers will browse Gardening Hints for ideas to apply to their own yard, they are more likely to consult 1001 Hints for answers to questions about specific plants or garden problems. Both books have a useful place in gardening collections.?Molly Newling, Piscataway P.L., N.J.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.