Product Description

Provides a wealth of labour-saving tips for every aspect of the garden as well as practical advice on issues such as making mowing easier, choosing plants and detering pests and diseases.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #231693 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

From Publishers Weekly
The title "No-work" is a bit of an exaggeration, but veteran British gardener Flowerdew (Bob Flowerdew's Organic Bible, etc.) gives excellent advice about keeping gardening busywork to a minimum. Profusely illustrated with attractive photographs and drawings, the book covers the gardening gamut: lawns, houseplants, flowers, vegetables and a particularly long and detailed section on fruits. Flowerdew gives commonsense advice: don't listen to rose experts obsessed with the giant flowers that win prizes when your own interest is to enjoy an abundance of blooms in your garden; if you prefer strawberries, why not grow them instead of the radishes you never eat? He also provides some quirky but handy tips such as the Romans' technique for killing pernicious weeds: drown them in a barrel of water, add a layer of vegetable oil to keep mosquitoes away and use the liquid for plant food. His dry British humor may be a bit difficult for the American reader to fathom, but most of his emphasis on following your pleasure in gardening choices will be especially welcome to new gardeners who worry about doing things right. (July)
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Gardening Which?
"This is a book to sit down and read--amusing, anecdotal and original."

About the Author
Bob Flowerdew has gardened organically for over 20 years and is Britain's foremost authority on organic gardening methods. He is constantly experimenting with new methods and ways of saving labour. In addition to his own books, was recently a co-author of The GQT Plant Chooser (see opposite).