Great Garden Shortcuts is a collection of the most unique and useful gardening tips and techniques ever published - straight from the country's most successful experts and backyard gardeners. With Great Garden Shortcuts you'll save time and trouble no matter what you want from your garden and yard: earlier tomatoes, gorgeous weed-free flowers, a quick low-maintenance hedge, or the simplest ways to keep pests away. You'll find tips like these and hundreds more: keep your roses looking gorgeous and healthy with a simple baking soda spray, harvest strawberries earlier by protecting fruiting buds in fall, make beautiful flower-covered trellises with morning glories or other annual vines and found objects; and give early tomatoes a heat and nitrogen boost with grass clippings.