ISBN 1893443094. $19.95 suggested list price. Illustrated (b&w) and indexed. Available from this site, from Amazon.com, and from full service bookstores everywhere.

136 pages. 8.25 x 11 inches. Published by B. B. Mackey Books.

Laugh off the garden perils and grow a wonderful new landscape in Florida! Every day, newcomers arrive in Florida from northern areas and are stumped by  the sandbox-type soil, upside-down garden year,strange looking lawn grass, and muggy, buggy climate. But they see neighbors with lush Florida lawns and colorful plantings and fruit-bearing trees. How do these successful gardens happen? Help is here in the user-friendly book that has told thousands of Florida gardener wanna-be's how to make a great Florida lawn and garden. Florida Gardening: The Newcomer's Survival Manual, Second Edition has the answers. On sale today for $18 postpaid to USA and Canada.

The length has jumped to 136 pages (the previous edition had 88) and it has lots of new illustrations and updated and expanded information.

Chapters cover preparing for the move, avoiding costly mistakes, Florida plant material, exotic and plain flowers, shrubs, trees, vegetables, and fruits, container gardening in Florida, turning Florida sand into rich soil with mulch, native and eco-friendly plants, making appropriate tree choices, and much more, all delivered with expertise and good humor by popular Florida author Monica Brandies.

Brandies' other books include Herbs and Spices for Florida Gardens, Xeriscaping for Florida Homes, Landscaping with Tropical Plants, A Cutting Garden for Florida, and many more.

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