{"product_id":"2940015140613","title":"Your Garden - The Ultimate Gardener Guide! AAA+++","description":"For most of us our garden is our own private refuge, a place where we can satisfy our\u003cbr\u003eneed for beauty, tranquillity and personal achievement. The garden provides a link with\u003cbr\u003enature, a balance and harmony of the living world. Each garden is an entity, created\u003cbr\u003efrom its share of the sun and rain and the qualities of the soil, with its own unique\u003cbr\u003echaracter.  \u003cbr\u003eThe majority of plants we grow today have been brought from far-flung regions of the\u003cbr\u003eworld, giving us variety and the opportunity to experience growing different species than\u003cbr\u003ethose found locally. Many native species are cultivated to improve appearance and \u003cbr\u003estamina, strengthening their immune system to resist pestilence and predators, creating\u003cbr\u003elarger flowers with better form, colour and features and give longer flowering periods.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, those people with an interest in cultivating plants which are extremely tender\u003cbr\u003eto the area where they garden, must go to some lengths to enable their choice of plants \u003cbr\u003eto flourish and must give them winter protection. \u003cbr\u003eThere are many factors affecting a plant's hardiness, or rather its ability to succeed in\u003cbr\u003eany particular place. The type of soil, its ability or inability to release nutrients, or to\u003cbr\u003edrain, or to allow roots to penetrate to sufficient depths, can all affect plant growth. The\u003cbr\u003elevel of rainfall, and when it falls, is vital. In many places around the world drought is a\u003cbr\u003eproblem, particularly in the hottest regions.  \u003cbr\u003eIn Northern Europe, it is often not the lack of water but excess, especially if it is \u003cbr\u003eaccompanied by cold spells. Shelter, in a larger area as provided by hills and mountains\u003cbr\u003eor more locally by buildings, walls and trees, these affect what can be grown \u003cbr\u003esuccessfully.  \u003cbr\u003eTowns and cities are usually a few degrees warmer than rural areas. Frosts can be \u003cbr\u003epreceded by snow, which provides protective insulation for plants; frost before snow,\u003cbr\u003eespecially if it is accompanied by drying winds, can damage plants. An overnight frost on\u003cbr\u003ea calm night maybe harmless; a prolonged frost can prove fatal even for some of the\u003cbr\u003ehardiest varieties. Northern and eastern winds, or salt-laden winds from the sea, can be\u003cbr\u003edisastrous. Day length, the angle of the sun and brightness of the light, are as important\u003cbr\u003eas the temperature.  \u003cbr\u003eClimates repeat themselves around the world due to weather patterns, latitude, \u003cbr\u003eproximity to large bodies of water (oceans and major lakes) and other factors. Many of\u003cbr\u003eus garden in temperate to sub-tropical climates and these are the ranges of climate in\u003cbr\u003ewhich the vast majority of our \"hardy\" garden plants originate.  \u003cbr\u003eIf we can identify the broad type of climate where we garden, and we know where a\u003cbr\u003eplant is native and can identify the broad type of climate of that area, we are then \u003cbr\u003emoving in the right direction for successful gardening.","brand":"eBook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146222354672,"sku":"2940015140613","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015140613_p0.jpg?v=1763619471","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015140613","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}