The New Hampshire Gardener's Companion: An Insider's Guide to Gardening in the Granite State

by Henry Homeyer

Overview

The New Hampshire Gardener’s Companion is the only guide focused on the challenges of cultivating a successful garden in the Granite State. Whether you are an experienced green thumb or an inquiring novice, whether you live in the White Mountains, the Connecticut or Merrimac River valleys, or along the seacoast, this easy-to-understand guide will help you grow bountiful vegetables, abundant flowers, and lush lawns.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493010714
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/2015
Series:	Gardening Series
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	595,984
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Henry Homeyer is a landscape designer and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Master Gardener with more than fifty years of experience in organic gardening. He is a freelance writer whose weekly gardening column is carried by several New England newspapers. He served as an associate editor of People, Places and Plants magazine for 10 years and is the author of 4 gardening books, including Notes from the Garden (University Press of New England), selected as one of the best gardening books of 2002 by the Christian Science Monitor. Henry is a regular gardening commentator on Vermont Public and has a short weekly interview during Morning Edition on New Hampshire Public Radio. He regularly speaks to garden clubs, libraries and Master Gardener groups.

Table of Contents

Introduction     vii
Firm Foundations
Soils     2
Growing Seasons     20
Water     37
Green Things
Vegetable Gardening     50
Annual Flowers     68
Perennial Flowers and Bulbs     84
Trees and Shrubs     99
Lawns     114
Invasive Plants     26
Garden Solutions
Coping with Pests and Diseases     140
Learning from Public Gardens     156
Resources for the New Hampshire Gardener     166
Glossary     175
Index     180