{"product_id":"the-michigan-gardening-guide","title":"The Michigan Gardening Guide","description":"Its all here---step-by-step guidance for gardening success in Michigans varying soil types and often difficult climate. Veteran garden writer Jerry Minnich presents detailed directions and practical tips for growing vegetables  herbs  flowers  landscaping plants  and house plants  as well as dependable advice on hundreds of garden operations. Minnich begins where gardening begins---in the soil---as he tells how to build a healthy and productive soil  and how to solve soil problems. In subsequent chapters he reveals composting and mulching techniques  and what to do when the weather is less than congenial for gardens. Minnich describes more than sixty Michigan vegetables  tells how to grow them  and lists recommended varieties for each. There are also chapters on growing fruits  berries  and nuts  and on food storage. Minnich devotes a chapter to growing annuals and perennials  another on lawns  trees  and ornamental woody plants. He tells how to deal with insect and animal pests without using harmful chemicals  and he includes a major section on houseplants. Throughout  Minnich approaches the subject with experience  wit  and style. Readers will learn how to deal with weeds in the lawn  how to surf the landscape for com-posting materials  and how to grow mulch at home. He explains intercropping  companion planting  seed saving  cover cropping  strip composting and other techniques. He tells how to raise unusual crops such as tomatillos and radicchio  as well as the standard favorites. He explains how the science of phenology can help the gardener  how to take a soil test  how to use earthworms to turn household wastes in to compost  and how to attract birds and toads to the garden. And he lists more than a thousand varieties of vegetables  herbs  fruits  and ornamentals that can be trusted to grow in the Michigan climate. The Michigan Gardening Guide is the one backyard guide that Michigan gardeners can trust. It is a tool as indispensable as the hoe and the shovel. Jerry Minnich has written about gardening for more than twenty years and has been commended with a Certificate of Merit by the Garden Writers Association of America. His interest in gardening began when he joined the staff of Organic Gardening in the 1950s.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44855888281653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0472083988","price":60.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0472083988.jpg?v=1765970244","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-michigan-gardening-guide","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}