Gardening Techniques Volume 2 DVD-ROM:
Fine Gardening How-To Series:
Quick Computer Access to over 45 Articles and Video Clips on Seasonal Gardening Techniques -- and more

From the Editors of Fine Gardening

This informative DVD-ROM provides an overview of techniques used by experts to fine tune a garden throughout the growing season along with fresh ideas for creating outdoor spaces that reflect the spirit of their owners.
Now you can easily access precisely the information you need on everything from spring chores to winterizing the garden. Not only that, you'll be inspired by articles that show you how to feature a soothing fountain or build a rustic tuteur to grace your garden.

Here at your fingertips are all of the most important articles collected from Fine Gardening on these topics along with instructive how-to videos.

Content is divided into four subsections focusing on: lawn care, seasonal techniques, training plants, and decorating. All designed to help you grow a healthy lawn and a garden that thrives all year round. Train roses, grow grapes on an arbor, or espalier a specimen plant. And add decorative accents like a soothing fountain, a bamboo trellis, and gazing globes.

Each article is packed with proven tips, step-by-step instructions, and detailed photographs that help you master essential techniques and become a better gardener.

Here are just a few examples of the useful articles you'll find:

• It's not too early to get outside
• Seeding a lawn for keeps
• A simple way to train roses
• Making mosaic garden art

To get the best results in your garden, be sure you have this informative DVD-ROM for fast answers to all your questions!

System Requirements:

Windows®

• Microsoft® Windows 2000, XP or Vista
• Pentium® 3 (Pentium 4 recommended)
• 512MB RAM
• DVD-ROM drive (8X or faster recommended)
• 800x600 minimum screen resolution (1024x768 recommended)
• 4.3GB of available hard drive space (if installed)

Apple®

• Mac OSX® 10.3.8 or higher
• PowerPC G3 (PowerPC G4 recommended)
• 256MB RAM (512MB or greater recommended)
• DVD-ROM drive (8X or faster recommended)
• 800x600 minimum screen resolution (1024x768 recommended)
• 4.3GB of available hard drive space (if installed)

Download of Adobe Shockwave® Player might be required on some systems
This DVD-ROM disk will not play on stand-alone DVD players.

Table of Contents:

Seasonal Techniques
Putting your borders to bed
Overwintering tender plants
It's not too early to get outside
Put your perennials to bed for the winter
Fall: the other planting season
Winterizing the garden
Forcing bulbs
Stretch the growing season
Spring cleaning for garden furniture
Forcing branches
What to do in winter
Shelter plants from winter's worst

Training Plants
Train roses to produce more flowers
A simple way to train roses
Give clematis a leg up
Training grapevines on an arbor
An espalier for every garden

Lawn Care
Seeding a lawn for keeps
Aeration breathes new life into lawns
Reseeding your lawn
Autumn turf tips
Springtime blotchiness may be a symptom of fungal disease
Organic fertilizers for lawns

Decorating
How does your garden glow?
Create a pebble mosaic
Making mosaic garden art
Build a better basket
Gazing globes
A fountain of soothing sounds
Drying flowers in sand
Pressing flowers
Build a rustic tuteur
Build a bamboo trellis
Garden lanterns
Painting clay pots
A hoop trellis adds an English accent

Videos
Attracting birds to your garden
Autumn turf tips
Lashing a bamboo trellis
Build a rustic tuteur
Make your own garden lanterns
Ornaments in the garden
Overwintering tender plants
Painting clay pots
Protecting your plants for winter
Putting your vegetable garden to rest
Reseeding your lawn in fall
Shelter plants from winter
Winter prep for roses

DVD-ROM

ISBN: 978-1-60085-050-9

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