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Review by Pat Regel
Are you a beginner gardener who thinks that more experienced gardeners never made silly mistakes? Well, beginners take heart. We all start from zero when it comes to gardening. In Pat Stone's new book, Real Gardeners' True Confessions, 47 gardeners admit to their most embarrassing horticultural mishaps so that you won't repeat them. Stone has discovered that those with the most beautiful gardens were also the most likely to have made dreadful gardening mistakes when they first started out.
Real Gardeners' True Confessions is a noble effort to keep the beginner out of trouble by offering basic skills that every gardener should know. The book covers the main steps of each skill and the classic mistakes most often made in mastering them. This is a first. All 160 pages are full of information that beginners will need to outwrestle weeds, defeat diseases, and minimize mess-ups. Chapters include: "Breaking Ground," "Talking Tools," "Soil Builders," "Wise Words on Wetness," "Weeding," "Pest Control Basics," and "Get Ready for Winter."
Stone is the editor of Green Prints magazine.
Pat Regel writes and makes plans for her own spring garden in Nashville.
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