Think of Doug Welsh’s Texas Garden Almanac as a giant monthly calendar for the entire state—a practical, information-packed, month-by-month guide for gardeners and “yardeners.” This book provides everything you need to know about flowers and garden design; trees, shrubs, and vines; lawns; vegetable, herb, and fruit gardening; and soil, mulch, water, pests, and plant care. It will help you to create beautiful, productive, healthy gardens and have fun doing it.

Writer, educator, and broadcaster Doug Welsh gives a wealth of practical gardening advice in this book. Encouraging us to “think like a plant,” Welsh holds pruning school in February, conducts a lawn clinic in April, builds a perennial garden in September, and shows us how to grow fresh vegetables for Thanksgiving. Yet this barely scratches the surface of all that is offered in this comprehensive, fun-to-use guide. With colorful and instructive illustrations and helpful information boxes, plant lists, charts, sidebars, and tips, the book is written in the engaging, conversational style that anyone who has listened to Welsh’s radio show will recognize.

Whether your passion is roses or green beans, wildflowers or trees, reading this book is like having a personal garden consultant and friend at your side. Doug Welsh’s Texas Garden Almanac will inspire you throughout the year and make you more eager than ever to get out into your garden.

DOUG WELSH is a professor and extension horticulturist at Texas A&M University and statewide coordinator for the Texas Master Gardener program. He hosts a gardening call-in radio show and provides gardening tips on television each week. He has also written a book on xeriscaping and is coeditor of the Texas Master Gardener Handbook.

". . . it offers clear and friendly solutions to common gardening problems. . . Lots of illustrations, charts and tables also help make the information easy to understand and accessible. . . This is one of those books that every Texas gardener will want to have on the shelf and perhaps in the garden as well."-Homegrown

"This month-by-month gardening guide uses handy hints and beautiful illustrations to present the ins and outs of planting flowers, trees, vegetables, herbs and more.  You'll also find tips on when to plant, managing pests, beautifying your land and designing that perfect garden."-Texas Highways

"None of the other state gardening books can match this title for Texas."-Bee Culture

"A must for all Texas gardeners." --Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"A comprehensive, fun-to-use guide full of colorful and instructive pages. The helpful boxes, plant lists, charts, sidebars, and tips in the book make it one you can pick up here and there or dive into reading all at once." --Austin American Statesman

“We especially like how Welsh gives us guidance for every month. . . .” --Texas Highways

“Welsh has packed this month-by-month guide with information….” --Houston Chronicle

“He keeps the text lively and conversational so it doesn’t weigh you down.” --Houston Chronicle

“A must-have book for gardeners and ‘yardeners’....packed with useful information…a reference book that will be helpful throughout the year, not just in the prime growing seasons.” --Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

“Packed with useful information….” --The Bryan-College Station Eagle

“This month-by-month guide provides a wealth of practical advice.” --Publishers Weekly

“I find it easy to appreciate Doug Welsh’s Texas Garden Almanac, a new month-to-month illustrated horticultural guide. More than just a how-to-manual, this information-laden compendium earns its title designation as an almanac.” --Texas Gardener’s Seeds

“The definitive almanac on Texas gardening . . . every school should consider ordering copies for students . . . Every library in Texas needs this gem.” --Amazon,