Deep South Month-by-Month Gardening ─ What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi

For years, do-it-yourself gardeners in the southern United States have brought their questions to “the Garden Mama” herself, Nellie Neal, for her lifelong expertise in gardening through thick and thin. Now, her regional mastery of the South bolsters our Month-by-Month Gardening series—already the definitive when-to and how-to resource for gardeners in regions across the country—with all the knowledge the Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana gardener and home landscaper needs to be successful. Deep South Month-by-Month Gardening includes all the specifics on growing annual and perennial flowers, bulbs, grasses (both lawn and ornamental), edibles, roses, groundcovers, shrubs, trees, and vines throughout the year—including a section on water gardens. From planting, watering, and fertilizing to routine maintenance and problem-solving, Deep South Month-by-Month Gardening educates gardeners of all skill levels on the best practices for satisfying, rewarding results. And best of all, you’ll be reaping the benefits all year round.

Known as “the Garden Mama” to her radio audiences, Nellie Neal (Jackson, MS) writes and speaks from a solid educational background coupled with a lifetime of gardening successes and failures. She learned to garden from her grandfather in Monroe, Louisiana, and spent summers gardening and crabbing with her great-aunt in Gulfport, Mississippi. She blogs weekly at her website, www.gardenmama.com; twice a month about tropicals for www.nationalgardening.com; and occasionally for Diggin’ It, the online gardening section of the Christian Science Monitor. www.gardenmama.com