Earth Works: Readings for Backyard Gardeners

In Earth Works, award-winning columnist Nancy R. Hugo presents a month-by-month, season-by-season exploration of the pleasures and pains of gardening in the mid-Atlantic. Readers familiar with her columns in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Virginia Wildlife will welcome this collection of her most popular essays, written in the characteristic conversational style that has made her a regional favorite.Earth Works has a wealth of helpful hints and seasonal advice for both experienced and beginning gardeners, from how to attract butterflies and discourage Japanese beetles to when to prune; from how to move big tress to how to propagate a legacy rose. This book offers something for every backyard gardener and will be treasured year-round by enthusiasts looking for much-needed seasonal tips, as well as by snowbound readers longing for a reminder of the warmer days to come.

• | Author: Nancy Ross Hugo
• | Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 29, 1997
• | Number of Pages: 180 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0813918316
• | ISBN-13: 9780813918310