Southern Living Garden Problem Solver

by Steve Bender

Book Overview

The senior garden writer for "Southern Living" offers a troubleshooting guide that diagnoses and offers proven treatments for Southern plant and garden problems. 600 color photos. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0376038721
• ISBN13: 9780376038722
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Oxmoor House
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

everything you need to figure out what your problem is and how to correct it

This is one of the best books I have seen about gardening in the South. It lists pests and diseases and conditional problems (overwatering, sun scorch) and shows a picture of the problem. It also lists the most common plants grown in the South and those plants favorite problem. So they get you coming and going, so to speak. It is comprehensive but written for the average Southern gardener. It also talks about transplanting, when to start seeds indoors, breaks down the fertilizer meanings. It rates how easily or how difficult a particular plant is to grow in the South. It also breaks down the Lower South, the Middle South, and the Northern South and which plants do best in which areas. A must for gardeners.

Shame it's out of print

One of the best for SE garden problem solving. Great shame it's out of print. Definitely get one if you can.

Southern Living Garden Problem Solver

This is a book I have recomended to first time gardeners and people who have been gardening for quite some time. I have never been dissapointed with any of the Southen Living Gardening books, for clear advice. It is a good all around reference book.

I love this Garden Book!!

I have bought many gardening books that promise to help me solve my gardening problems. Most address some issues and a few were no help at all. This is not one of those books. This book covers a huge range of gardening problems and I have yet to refer to it and not have it give me some answers. It's a must for anyone looking for a solid all around garden book. Everything from lawns to vegitables to plants and shrubs. If you have a disease problem this book can help. If you need answers on why certain plants are dying this book can help. Do you have pest problems? Yep, this book can help. It's not a garden dictionary so it is not hard to read. I have finally found a book that I can use on a regular basis. I love it!

A "must have" for the Southern gardener

I refer to this book at least once or twice a week. My neighbors even ask me to look stuff up for them when they have a gardening question. It is very easy to use, and the author is very direct and to the point. The pictures are beautiful and inspirational, but this is not a book of lofty gardening ideals, it is an informative, how to achieve it, how to fix it and how to get started type of book. It can save both time and money by dealing exclusively with what works and what doesn't in various Southern climates. It is worth every penny.

Best problem solving book around

Another book has never been written so comprehensibly for the gardner from novice to pro. Direct information that is easily understandable that any gardner can immediately use to solve the problem. The pictures and descriptions of the problems that any gardner may experience are well written and accurate. A must have for any gardner because it saves time and money by getting you directly to the problem without having to go through several different "it may be this" or "it may be that" type descriptions found in other garden books.