While most gardeners aren't blessed with ideal soil to start with, it is possible to improve almost any site. This guide provides clear and practical information on making compost, taking soil samples, all-organic methods of feeding plants, dealing with poor drainage, choosing and using mulches effectively, and more.

Soil and Composting: The Complete Guide to Building Healthy, Fertile Soil (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Ondra, Nancy J.

Ellis, Barbara

Gardening & Landscape Design

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

There are few things in gardening more satisfying than turning one plant into many. In this book, gardeners can learn all the techniques of easy propagation, including growing plants from seeds, multiplying your stock by dividing clumps, taking cuttings to start, layering, and more.

Easy Plant Propagation: Filling Your Garden With Plants from Seeds, Cuttings, Divisions, and Layers (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides)

This is a one-stop source for practical growing information and inspiring ideas on including annuals, biennials and bulbs in all parts of the yard--from flower beds and borders to container plantings and cutting gardens.

Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening: Annuals and Bulbs

Proctor, Rob

Rodale Books

Annuals and Bulbs (Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening)

St Martins Pr

A guide to enhancing landscapes profiles popular herbs and their uses, provides instruction on care, and suggests themes to customize gardens.

Landscaping With Herbs: Beautify Your Yard and Garden With Easy-Care Herbs (Rodale's Essential Herbal Handbooks)

Tried and True Perennials spotlights time-tested hardy perennials that thrive in the gardens at Hayefield, the home of award-winning writer and blogger Nancy J. Ondra (www.hayefield.com). Each portrait showcases the plants in a variety of settings and seasons, with growing tips and pointers for choosing compatible and colorful companions.

Tried and True Perennials

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

From the dazzling orange leaves of Flame Grass to the feathery purple haze of Switch Grass, ornamental grasses can add a vibrant and colorful dimension to any garden. Nancy J. Ondra shows you how to use grasses on their own or in tandem with perennials, annuals, and shrubs to add visual interest and texture to your outdoor space. Insightful profiles of dozens of varieties of ornamental grasses enlivened by Saxon Holt’s stunning photography will inspire you to create your own dynamic, grass-filled gardens.

Grasses: Versatile Partners for Uncommon Garden Design

Storey Publishing, LLC.

Turn your outdoor landscape into a rich, living canvas of color and texture. Encouraging experimentation, Stephanie Cohen and Nancy J. Ondra show you how to plan a garden that incorporates unique combinations of plants to achieve stunning effects. With an overview of garden design fundamentals and 20 sample garden plans, Cohen and Ondra will inspire you to play with creative juxtapositions of vibrant hues and subtle textures. Let your imagination run wild as you create your own unique and original garden designs.

The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer

Cohen, Stephanie

Framing the edges of a peaceful garden retreat or serving as a background color to make your flowers stand out, foliage is an important part of any well-thought-out planting. In this fun and informative guide, Nancy J. Ondra shows you how to use foliage plants to add drama and structure to your landscape. Ondra’s approachable and easy-to-follow advice, along with Rob Cardillo’s stunning photography, will inspire you to employ foliage to transform your outdoor world into a dazzling mixture of colors, shapes, and textures.

Foliage: Astonishing Color and Texture Beyond Flowers

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Soil and Composting: The Complete Guide to Building Healthy, Fertile Soil (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides)

Easy Plant Propagation: Filling Your Garden With Plants from Seeds, Cuttings, Divisions, and Layers (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides)

Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening: Annuals and Bulbs

Annuals and Bulbs (Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening)

Landscaping With Herbs: Beautify Your Yard and Garden With Easy-Care Herbs (Rodale's Essential Herbal Handbooks)

Tried and True Perennials

Grasses: Versatile Partners for Uncommon Garden Design

The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer

The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer

Foliage: Astonishing Color and Texture Beyond Flowers