Product Description

Whether used in backyards, acre properties, or patio container gardens, the simple and natural gardening tricks in this resource incorporate common household products and down-home ingenuity to combat common gardening problems. Recipes include homemade insect sprays and fertilizers that replace chemical, store-bought alternatives. Quick fixes are offered on fighting fungus with pantyhose, protecting pruned roses with white glue, and defeating botanical disease with peppermint. Green thumbs as well as novice gardeners can use beer, baby shampoo, ammonia, and other domestic products to produce prize flowers, vegetables, fruits, and herbs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #366238 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

About the Author
Jerry Baker is the author of more than 50 books, including Jerry Baker's Perfect Perennials!, Jerry Baker's Terrific Tomatoes, Sensational Spuds, and Mouth-Watering Melons, and Plants Are Like People. His syndicated radio show, On the Garden Line, is heard nationwide, and his gardening specials have been televised on PBS. He lives in New Hudson, Michigan.

Customer Reviews

Great Resource for gardening tips
As with many other Jerry Baker books, this one is filled with unique recipes that are easy to make. He also gives out a variety of tips on gardening in general, and then on a variety of plants. The scope of this book is broad as he covers getting your beds ready, chosing what to plant, what to plant next to each other, and how to keep your garden growing well. He also tells you how to harvest, store your veggies, and he even tells you how to cook some of the items that come out your garden.
I really like his take on growing, simple solutions work best. I have benefitted from many of his homemade recipes for a variety of gardening concerns. This book covers a lot of area, it doesn't cover anything too deeply, so its a great choice if you are trying to pick up new ideas and tips in general. This is an easy read, and well worth it if you are trying to better your gardening skills.

Jerry Baker's Giant Book of Garden Solutions, - 1,954 NATURAL Remedies to Hanlde Your Toughest Garden Problems
This book has a good table of contents and a good index - makes it easy to find an answer to a question. The book is very informative and provides the reader easy to follow instructions on various types of gardening questions.

Good recipes, but........
This book seemed to offer a few good recipes for homemade solutions as far as insecticides, herbicides, etc., but.....This has got to be the absolute most disorganized book I have ever read.
My advice is, look for something else more organized. You'll be so glad you did. Especially when you have a problem and need an immediate answer on what to do.