Offers suggestions on decorating with plants, describes the most popular house plant varieties, and gives advice on watering, feeding, and repotting.

"Indoor Plants provides everything you need to know about house plants - how to choose them, how to care for them and how to display them. At the heart of the book are two directories of plants. each in alphabetical order and illustrated with full-colour photographs. The main directory describes more than 170 of the most common and popular house plants, their size, colour, light, humidity and temperature preferences, and how to plant, repot, propagate and care for them. The second directory describes over 130 more unusual plants that can be grown indoors for special effects."--BOOK JACKET.

Fast, Fresh Garden Edibles shows homeowners how to use every square inch of available space to grow fresh vegetables in the shortest possible time. Guides to growing in small gardens, in containers, and in window boxes. How to select and plant the quickest growing varieties of vegetables.

An illustrated guide to vegetable gardening explains how to plant and cultivate more than eighty vegetable varieties, covering everything from selecting plants and preparing the soil to pest control and harvesting.

A guide to caring for your lawn, including both basic techniques and more unusual ideas, and published in association with House Beautiful magazine. It is divided into six sections, tabbed with its topic and a brief overview of its contents. The practical, portable, wiro-bound format lends itself to being laid flat on a paving stone or pushed into a back pocket.

Guiding readers to identify the kind of lawn they desire, and taking the steps to create it, this reference includes tips on restoring an existing lawn, maintenance, problem solving, and using alternatives to grass. Includes color-coded tabs and step-by-step illustrations.

Eating fresh home-grown produce can't be beaten and with this book which caters for novice gardeners and devoted enthusiasts alike, you will learn all you need to know to grow your own vegetables - from choosing a site to storing vegetables after the harvest. Simple, straightforward advice shows you how to match planting strategies to the way a crop grows and how to get the most out of a vegetable garden no matter what lifestyle, climate and garden soil you have. A crop list features over 80 entries on different vegetables - from artichokes to courgettes. Each entry contains a jargon buster planting prescription box, problem solver, recommended varieties and a Green Light box which helps the reader decide if this is the right plant for them. And throughout the book there are a dozen sample garden plans for every scheme from patio containers through to kitchen gardens. Growing your own vegetables has never been easier!