Your Midwest Garden: An Owner's Manual
by Jan Riggenbach /
2013 / English / PDF
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It’s a rare midwesterner who doesn’t grow something, whether
potted plants on a porch, caged tomato vines, a blooming border,
or a solitary rose. And it’s an even rarer midwestern gardener
who isn’t sometimes flummoxed by extremes of weather, pesky
insects and persistent diseases, or simple questions about what
to plant where. For nearly four decades, Jan Riggenbach has given
these gardeners answers, as well as a weekly dose of gentle humor
and wise counsel, in her widely syndicated newspaper column,
Midwest Gardening.
It’s a rare midwesterner who doesn’t grow something, whether
potted plants on a porch, caged tomato vines, a blooming border,
or a solitary rose. And it’s an even rarer midwestern gardener
who isn’t sometimes flummoxed by extremes of weather, pesky
insects and persistent diseases, or simple questions about what
to plant where. For nearly four decades, Jan Riggenbach has given
these gardeners answers, as well as a weekly dose of gentle humor
and wise counsel, in her widely syndicated newspaper column,
Midwest Gardening.Your Midwest Garden
Your Midwest Garden draws on these
columns to offer readers in America’s heartland all the gardening
information they want and need, along with plenty they might not
even suspect they’re missing.
draws on these
columns to offer readers in America’s heartland all the gardening
information they want and need, along with plenty they might not
even suspect they’re missing.
Annuals and perennials, shrubs and vines, fruits and vegetables,
wildflowers, bulbs, and herbs: As readable as it is useful, this
book reviews the familiar, reconsiders old favorites, and
introduces dozens of surprising and seldom-grown plants ideal for
Midwest gardens and landscapes. Illustrated with color photos
from the author’s garden, it provides tips on plant placement and
care, starting seeds and making compost, matching specimens and
sites, combating insects and diseases, simplifying garden chores,
designing for winter beauty, and myriad other ways of enriching
and enjoying your Midwest garden.
Annuals and perennials, shrubs and vines, fruits and vegetables,
wildflowers, bulbs, and herbs: As readable as it is useful, this
book reviews the familiar, reconsiders old favorites, and
introduces dozens of surprising and seldom-grown plants ideal for
Midwest gardens and landscapes. Illustrated with color photos
from the author’s garden, it provides tips on plant placement and
care, starting seeds and making compost, matching specimens and
sites, combating insects and diseases, simplifying garden chores,
designing for winter beauty, and myriad other ways of enriching
and enjoying your Midwest garden.