Trowel and Error

Description

Ever since she was old enough to help her grandmother in the garden, Sharon Lovejoy has spent her life working with plants - and along the way, through "trowel and error", she's accumulated hundreds and hundreds of remedies, tips, short-cuts, and cure-alls. TROWEL AND ERROR collects all of her homespun garden advice into an inviting, environmentally friendly, whimsically illustrated yet dead-on helpful book that will benefit every gardener, beginner or experienced. Cure plant viruses with sour milk. Steep a natural and effective insecticide out of fresh basis. Place flat stones under squash or melons to hasten ripening. Sprinkle baby power over seedlings to discourage rabbits.

Sharon Lovejoy, an author, illustrator, lecturer, and teacher, is the children's garden adviser to the American Horticultural Society, and has been a guest on Today at NBC, PBS's Victory Garden, and the Discovery Channel. She speaks at conferences and gardening organizations around the country. She has four grandchildren, and divides her time between San Luis Obispo, California, and South Bristol, Maine.