Carolinas Month-by-Month Gardening: What To Do Each Month To Have A Beautiful Garden All Year

I really love this book and all the tips in this book and its very helpful to get an Idea of gardening in any month. However, the longer I look, the more issues I have with the organization. For Example, if you want information about planting Annuals, you first turn to the month, then you'll see a section that says Care with a little paragraph about Annuals. Flip 3 pages for the Watering section, another little paragraph for annuals. Flip 5 pages for problem-solving, another paragraph for annuals. Flip 4 pages for Pest Control, paragraph for Annuals. Then repeat for each month.And if your problem isn't in your current month, good luck flipping through each month for slightly different explanations on fixes.Not to rag on it too hard-again, there is some great info in this book. Just a bit annoying to find the information you need when you actually go about gardening.

I got the original version of Mr. Polomski's book at the local library and absolutely loved it. After seeing this updated version on Amazon I ordered it. I was so excited to get it in the mail but when it did arrive I was sadly disappointed that it wasn't like the original version. The main differences are:The original is broken down into chapters of types of plants, such as bulbs, vegetables, lawns, etc. Each chapter is then broken down by month, so you get a overall snap shot on two pages of what you need to do for each plant that month. I loved that organization because it allows me to focus on each plant and what I have to do for each. Also, visually, the two-page spread for each plant is very easy to follow and very clearly organized.The newest version changed this format into strictly a month to month format. Some people may like this better, but I found it to be less easy to follow. More like a paragraph reading style than a checklist style, which is what I liked the most about the original version. For example, you open to September, and there is a paragraph for "Planning" and under that a paragraph for each plant. Then a paragraph for "Planting" and each plant, etc. But it is just a standard paragraph reading style, so you have to flip around various pages to get all the information for "bulbs".In terms of the actual information, I don't think there is much difference. In fact, some of the paragraphs are identical from book to book.I guess it depends on your preference for organization, but I am a "categorical" thinker, so when I am focusing on "bulbs" I want all the information for bulbs together so I can plan the whole month for them specifically.Based on reviews for the middle version of this book, it seems that that version is similar to the original so I am going to try that one.

I bought this a s a gift and the recipient loves it. It is just what she needed as a new gardener.

Difficult to find things, I end up jumping all over the place for one topic, say vegetables. You look in each month, then in weeding, watering, planting, etc. some things may only appear in one odd location in the book- perhaps watering corn in July.

Was given as a gift. The recipient loved it. Very detailed book. On time delivery at a reasonable cost.

I really like this month to month schedule, on what needs to be done in your garden. It covers flowers, veg. water gardens and lawns.

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Good book to learn from but each month is set out under lots of different headings. A table summary at the beginning or end of each month would be useful as a quick reference.