Garden Detective

As you can see, my desk is buried beneath books sent by publishers and authors hoping for a favorable review. But I'm so dang busy, it's impossible for me to read -- let alone review -- all of them. And so they pile up. In fact, even the ones I do review pile up.

Because I don't want to create a fire hazard here at Newsday headquarters, I've decided to have another giveaway. But you'll have to work for it.

First, familiarize yourself with the step-by-step How Tos I've written in Gardening 101. Then, keeping those in mind, shoot me an email with your idea for an instructional gardening piece.

Be sure to include your full name, mailing address and email address. If I use your idea, you get a free book. And I get a clear desk. It's a win-win.