An Ear to the Ground: Understanding Your Garden - Couverture souple

Thompson, Ken

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1903919207 ISBN 13 : 9781903919200

Editeur : Eden Project Books, 2008

Synopsis

How did plants get to be the way they are? Why do they have pretty flowers? How different would things have been if the wrong kind of pollinators had got the upper hand? Why are Latin names so complicated, and why Latin anyway? Why is a weed-free lawn an ecological impossibility? This entertaining book gives the answers to these questions and many more. It shows how a little botanical knowledge can bring not just better results but peace of mind, and that losing sleep over such traditional gardening bogeys as weeds, pests and pruning is not necessarily the best course. In this new edition Ken Thompson grabs the opportunity to explain why any old plant will do, for companion planting - but also that it can do as much harm as good - and why planting by the moon is complete and utter nonsense.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ken Thompson is a plant ecologist. He is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield where he was a key member of the first of two 'Biodiversity of Urban Gardens' (BUGS) projects investigating the significance of urban gardens as habitats for 'natural' biodiversity. He has written over one hundred articles for scientific journals and writes regularly for several gardening magazines, including The Garden and Gardens Monthly. He is also the author of the equally charming and critically acclaimed NO NETTLES REQUIRED: The Truth about Wildlife Gardening.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Eden Project Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1903919207
• ISBN 13: 9781903919200
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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