David Squire

A Miscellany for Garden-Lovers

Facts and folklore through the ages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A beautiful gift book filled with charming illustrations, it will take you through the facts and folklore of gardening, its history and curiosities.

Produktdetails

• Wise Words
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 130mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 162g
• ISBN-13: 9781399427517
• ISBN-10: 1399427512
• Artikelnr.: 73497992

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
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