Random House 2005 edition. Faded spine, otherwise good secondhand condition.

Real Gardening Real Easy focuses on the basics of gardening so that beginners can get started and experienced gardeners have a good solid reference guide to refer back to time after time. Beginning with a design plan of attack, this book looks at the basic framework of your garden and how to structure it. It covers colour and texture, special selections for particular areas, vegetables, container plants and lots of essentials like soil preparation, planting, compost, fertilisers, pruning, pests and much more. There is information on almost every topic for the home gardener. There are a huge number of plant lists for any variety of garden style or climactic type. The extensive cross-referencing between sections and topics makes this a highly user-friendly book. With lots of very practical advice and tips...