For the gardeners
Jul. 26th, 2006 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancerjodiHey peeps!
A co-worker of mine is closing on a house this week. Its the home she grew up in, and her Mom is transferring ownership over to her. She's from a traditional Italian family and as such, doesn't really know how to do anything around the house since her Mom has done it all. We're getting her a new homeowner care package including stuff on cooking, tool kits, cleaning and gardening (they have a vast vegetable garden, grape trellis' and all that good Italian stuff that you'd expect from a home in Revere with a lot of wrought iron).
I'm covering the gardening section (though, someone found some cute gloves that will go with the gift). I'm going to get her a couple of tools, a watering can and I want to get her a basic, basic how to book. Any suggestions? I actually own gardening for dummies and it was totally overwhelming to me at first read because it was talking about landscaping from scratch - testing soil, designing plant setups, etc. I'm thinking she'd do well with a take it slow, how to maintain kind of book so that she can just get her feet wet. Do you know if anything like this off the top of your head? Otherwise, I'll just be browsing at a store tonight.
Thanks in advance! :)
A co-worker of mine is closing on a house this week. Its the home she grew up in, and her Mom is transferring ownership over to her. She's from a traditional Italian family and as such, doesn't really know how to do anything around the house since her Mom has done it all. We're getting her a new homeowner care package including stuff on cooking, tool kits, cleaning and gardening (they have a vast vegetable garden, grape trellis' and all that good Italian stuff that you'd expect from a home in Revere with a lot of wrought iron).
I'm covering the gardening section (though, someone found some cute gloves that will go with the gift). I'm going to get her a couple of tools, a watering can and I want to get her a basic, basic how to book. Any suggestions? I actually own gardening for dummies and it was totally overwhelming to me at first read because it was talking about landscaping from scratch - testing soil, designing plant setups, etc. I'm thinking she'd do well with a take it slow, how to maintain kind of book so that she can just get her feet wet. Do you know if anything like this off the top of your head? Otherwise, I'll just be browsing at a store tonight.
Thanks in advance! :)
