New and experienced gardeners alike will find this book fascinating and informative. More than 200 questions will test your plant and gardening knowledge. The question-and-answer format is entertaining as well as helpful in explaining the science and logic behind gardening and landscape choices. The book is of special interest to cold-climate gardeners, although others will enjoy it too.
What is the difference between fruits and vegetables? How long can seeds live? What annuals have fragrant flowers? What do earthworms eat? What is cold hardiness? These are examples of the questions, followed by discussion of the concepts in the answer section of each chapter. Multiple choice answers follow most questions. A cartoon introduces each chapter. Subjects include "The Plant's Life", plant propagation, soils, plant nutrition, annual flowers, perennials, trees and shrubs, vegetables, fruits, insects and diseases.
Proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit Vermont Master Gardener, a division of University of Vermont Extension.
About Norman Pellett Norman Pellett is Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont, where he taught horticulture classes, provided Extension education and conducted research for 29 years. He published many popular and scientific articles on a variety of horticultural subjects and appeared on television and radio shows about gardening. Pellett advised nursery and greenhouse growers, arborists and landscape architects. He taught college courses in Home and Garden Horticulture, Plant Propagation, Garden Flowers and Indoor Plants, Woody Landscape Plants, Landscape Maintenance, Greenhouse Management, Turf Management, Soil Science and Entomology. Pellett was raised on a market garden farm in western Iowa and has a B.S degree in Horticulture from Iowa State University and M.S. and PhD in Horticultural Science from the University of Minnesota. He enjoys vegetable and flower gardening at his home in Charlotte, Vermont. |
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