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Starter
Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens by Barbara
Pleasant (Mar 2010)
Paperback: 180 pages ISBN-10: 1603425292
Publisher: Storey Pub (March 2010) |
| Takes the guesswork out of growing
food, explaining in simple, straightforward language how to start, maintain, and expand a
bountiful vegetable garden in small, manageable spaces. 24 no-fail, small-scale garden
plans from a simple bag garden (planted right in soil bags!) to an orderly border. An
essential one-stop resource for anyone just beginning to cultivate a vegetable garden. |
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The
Vegetable Gardener's Bible (10th Anniversary Edition) - by Edward C. Smith
Paperback: 352 pages ISBN: 1603424752
Publisher: Storey Pub; (December 2, 2009) |
| Everything you loved about the
first edition of The Vegetable Gardener's Bible is still here: friendly, accessible
language; full-color photography; comprehensive vegetable specific information in the
A-to-Z section; ahead-of-its-time commitment to organic methods; and much more. New to
this edition is coverage of 15 additional vegetables, including an expanded section on
salad greens and more European and Asian vegetables, and more. |
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Home
Vegetable Gardening (Illustrated Edition)
by F. F. Rockwell
Paperback: 202 pages ISBN: 1611043719
Publisher: ReadaClassic.com (December 22, 2010) |
| A Complete and Practical Guide to
the Planting and Care of all Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use:
May be the best single volume, practical manual of family-feeding, high-yield home
gardening ever compiled. A book for anyone who wants to do practical, efficient gardening,
and do it with the least possible fuss and loss of time, and can be very useful for the
small space gardener as it discusses at length, the basics of gardening. For larger
small-plot gardening, anywhere the book describes use of horses, logic would indicate that
a tiller of varying sizes could be substituted. |
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Vegetable
Gardening: From Planting to Picking
The Complete Guide to Creating a Bountiful Garden
by Fern Marshall Bradley, Jane Courtier
Hardcover: 288 pages ISBN: 0762106298
Publisher: Readers Digest (February 16, 2006) |
| An easy-to-understand, comprehensive
guide to growing vegetables and herbs with mainly organic methods. They begin by
describing planning the garden, preparing the soil, sowing, planting, cultivating, and
harvesting; individual entries for each plant including detailed instructions for
planting, starting seeds, caring, and harvesting follow. "Problem Solver" boxes
share how to deal with insect pests and plant diseases specific to the plant, while
"Best of the Bunch" lists suggest varieties with descriptions. Packed with
information, this beautifully illustrated book for both experienced and novice gardeners
is highly recommended for libraries needing an additional book on how to grow vegetables. |
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From
Seed To Salad: A Step-By-Step Manual For Backyard Gardening
by Frank Salerno
Paperback: 70 pages ISBN: 0595393225
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (May 18, 2006) |
| How to turn your backyard garden
into a Green Machine. There is something supremely satisfying about pulling out of the
backyard garden a big head of crisp lettuce, a half-dozen ripe, red tomatoes, a basketful
of Sugar Snap peas, or any one of the dozen or more fresh vegetables growing there. Well,
you too can turn your backyard into a cornucopia of plenty from spring through summer and
fall, and you don’t need a green thumb. All you need is a little know-how. With this
book, new gardeners can learn how to do it, and experienced gardeners can learn how to do
it better. |
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Incredible
Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers:
Using Ed's Amazing POTS System
by Edward C. Smith
Paperback: 272 pages ISBN: 1580175562
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 1, 2006) |
| Self-watering containers allow
vegetable gardeners—from the casual weekender interested in a tomato plant or two to
the very dedicated gardener with limited space—to grow richly producing plants in a
controlled, low-maintenance environment. Smith shares advice on choosing appropriate
containers, how to provide balanced nutrition using his secret soil formula, and what
additional tools benefit the container gardener, advice on starting from seed versus
buying plants, which vegetables thrive in containers and which might be a bit more
challenging, along with space-saving tips on pairing plants in single containers. |
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American
Tomato: The Complete Guide to Growing and Using Tomatoes
by Robert Hendrickson
Paperback: 224 pages ISBN: 158979222X
Publisher: Taylor Trade (February 25, 2006) |
| Everything you need to know about
selecting, growing, and preparing delicious tomatoes. The author takes home gardeners by
the hand and walks them through the complexities of growing tomatoes, either in the ground
or in containers. When it comes to practical problems like staking, mulching and
fertilizing, home gardeners will find this to be a useful and informative guide. |
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Growing
Vegetables & Fruit Around the Year
by Jonathan Edwards
Paperback: 96 pages ISBN: 1844761401
Publisher: Southwater (July 2005) |
| A Calendar of Monthly Tasks for the
Kitchen Garden with over 350 Photographs and 80 Step-by-Step Techniques. This book takes
the gardener through each season in detail, covering tasks to be planned and executed in
the garden and the greenhouse at each stage. |
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HarperCollins
Practical Gardener: Kitchen Garden: What to Grow and How to Grow It
by Lucy Peel
Paperback: 176 pages ISBN: 0060733381
Publisher: Collins (February 15, 2005) |
| An introduction to more than 150
essential vegetables, fruits, and herbs, including details on miniature varieties suitable
for containers, and instruction on harvesting, storing, and freezing produce.
Comprehensive information on vegetables, fruit, herbs, and edible flowers; Indispensable
charts with flowering and harvesting details; Useful hints and tips from the experts;
Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for key tasks; a "troubleshooting
maze" for identifying pests or diseases. |
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