Midwest Gardener's Handbook, 2nd Edition: All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant Maintain a Midwest Garden

Midwest Gardener's Handbook, 2nd Edition: All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant Maintain a Midwest Garden

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  • Create Date：2022-03-14 05:21:35
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Melinda Myers
  • ISBN：0785839526
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Reviews

Katie Kepley ，

Great overall reference book for the Midwest Gardener。 Care tips for plants， shrubs， and trees that grow well in the Midwest。 Also has basics on starting seeds， pruning， and soil prep。 The month-by-month guides are great for my Virgo brain。Thank you Netgalley for the ARC。

Alicia Bayer ，

This is a fine gardening book， especially for new gardeners。 It reminds me very much of gardening books I bought in the 20th century， and a million of them。 It covers very conventional gardening -- chemical pesticides， fertilizers， the most common perennials and annuals you'll find everywhere， very traditional looking gardens and expansive weed-free lawns， etc。 There is a fairly detailed listing of common perennial and annual flowers， with a color photo for each and basic growing information。 Ho This is a fine gardening book， especially for new gardeners。 It reminds me very much of gardening books I bought in the 20th century， and a million of them。 It covers very conventional gardening -- chemical pesticides， fertilizers， the most common perennials and annuals you'll find everywhere， very traditional looking gardens and expansive weed-free lawns， etc。 There is a fairly detailed listing of common perennial and annual flowers， with a color photo for each and basic growing information。 Honestly， I gravitate towards more sustainable gardening books and more focus on things like native plants， no till gardening， planting for wildlife， edible landscaping， organic gardening， fun projects， natural landscapes， etc。 This really seems like it would be suited for your slightly pretentious mother in law， if she'd never gardened before and was going to buy everything at Home Depot。 Not that there's anything wrong with any of that。 It will work well for people who like perfectly manicured lawns and RoundUp， which is most of my neighbors， so it's likely to be a good fit for many people。I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review。 。。。more

Annie ，

Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 Midwest Gardener's Handbook is a reformatted and updated 2nd edition of the midwest gardening guide by Melinda Myers。 Originally released in 2013， this edition is due out in March 2022 from Quarto on their Cool Springs imprint。 It's 256 pages and will be available in paperback format。 This is an accessibly written information dense regional gardening guide specifically aimed at gardeners in the midwest USA: Illinois， Indiana， Iowa， Kansas ， Michig Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 Midwest Gardener's Handbook is a reformatted and updated 2nd edition of the midwest gardening guide by Melinda Myers。 Originally released in 2013， this edition is due out in March 2022 from Quarto on their Cool Springs imprint。 It's 256 pages and will be available in paperback format。 This is an accessibly written information dense regional gardening guide specifically aimed at gardeners in the midwest USA: Illinois， Indiana， Iowa， Kansas ， Michigan， Minnesota ， Missouri， Nebraska， North Dakota， Ohio， South Dakota， Wisconsin and environs。 The information is arranged in a sensible manner with chapters arranged thematically。 An introduction about the benefits and challenges midwestern gardeners experience， followed by: annuals， bulbs， groundcovers， perennials， shrubs （& trees）， and vegetables & herbs。 The chapters are thorough and contain specific recommendations with both specific cultivars as well as general seasonal task lists for each chapter。 Cultivars are referred to by botanical （Latin） nomenclature as well as common name to facilitate sourcing and reduce confusion。 The book is -full- of full color photographs for inspiration and clarity。 One of the high points for me with this volume were the useful and specific appendices - pruning， building up beds， winter protection， raised beds， zone maps， and other resource information。Four and a half stars。 This would be a good choice for public and school libraries， gardening groups， community/allotment gardens， suburban gardeners， homeowners， etc。Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes。 。。。more