Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 110. Today's recommended book is:A Year in the Garden : A Monthly Gardening Guide for the Gulf South which is a project by the folks at the Magnolia Mound Plantation .
People often ask me if we have a garden book specific to our area and while we carry several that are about our region ( The Southeast, or Louisiana as a whole ) with a home base right in Baton Rouge as far as what to do and what to plant when this is probably the closest we get - Magnolia Mound is just 33 miles from the bookstore after all.
This book is arranged first with a section for each month telling you what you should be planting, what you should be cutting back, what to cultivate in your meeting each month and even giving you a list of plants that will do well in our area each month. There is even a handy guide that tells you how many bedding plants you will need to buy per square foot of garden bed to give a really lush, full appearance . After the month by month section there are lots more information including blom timing charts for different trees, shrubs, vines etc so you can visually see what is in bloom each month and plant your gardens accordingly. This is really an necessary guide for gardeners in our area.
The book was originally published in 1989 with the current edition being completed in 2007. The current book is a spiral bound softcover that sells for $14.95 a copy.
