A Homeowner's Guide to a Carefree Garden and a More Beautiful Landscape. Weeding. Watering. Soil improvement. Frost and heat protection. Wouldn't it be wonderful if these gardening and landscaping chores could be simplified with one easy method? They can! This book is a reader's guide to the gardener's secret weapon for healthy, carefree and beautiful gardens and landscapes - mulch. Advice on every kind of mulch and on how to use mulches on everything from landscape plantings to vegetable gardens makes this the one book that gives readers everything they need to know to use mulch most effectively.

About the Author

Stu Campbell is an accomplished gardener, writer and skier who lives in Stowe, Vermont. He has written Storey's The Home Water Supply, The Mulch Book, Mulch It!, Let It Rot!, and Improving Your Soil. Stu is also a compulsive composter - collecting piles of particularly attractive leaves from the side of the road! He lives in Stowe, Vermont.

Reviews

helpful handbook. "Science News"

Many gardeners will appreciate the easy-to-use Quick Reference Chart as a handy overall guide to mulches and key mulch characteristics. "American Horticulturist" ""

If you aren t sold on the value of mulch before reading Campbell 's book, you will become so. "Wisconsin State Farmer" ""

a compact, unassuming paperback It is definitely the most comprehensive book I ve ever read on mulch. "The Long Island Horticultural Society, Inc."