Vegetable gardening for dummies
1999
Book
"Vegetable Gardening For Dummies guides you every step of the way with detailed instructions for everything from planning and preparing to planting, protecting, and harvesting. You discover ten almost "foolproof" vegetables to grow, and you find out how to enjoy new crops for months with succession planting. An entire chapter is dedicated to growing vegetables in containers on your roof or balcony if you don't have a yard. More than a hundred illustrations throughout the book and tons of colorful photos provide inspiration and ideas for your own vegetable garden. Whether your goal is to grow all of your own food or simply to sneak a few edibles into your ornamental garden, you can find out all you need to know inside the covers of this book." -- Amazon
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780764551291
- 0764551299
Description: xxii, 356 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 338) and index.
Contents:
- Beauty and a feast
- Choosing your spot and using it well
- Working with mother nature
- And the winner is: tomatoes
- Tomato cousins: peppers and eggplants
- The big three root crops: carrots, onions, and potatoes
- Lovely legumes: peas and beans
- The vines: cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, and squash
- King Cole crops: cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, and brussels sprouts
- It's easy being greens: lettuce, spinach, meschlun, and Swiss chard
- Sweet corn + 30 extraordinary veggies
- Herbs, berries, and more: not veggies, but they sure taste good
- On your mark, get set, grow!
- Workin' the dirt
- Maintaining your vegetable garden
- Some cool farmer techniques
- Growing vegetables in containers
- Off with the bugs: keeping plants pest-free and healthy
- Harvesting and storage
- Sets of ten special-purpose vegetables
- Ten tools of the trade
- Ten ways to extend your growing season.
LCCN: 98089728
Control Number: 198111
Publisher: Foster City, CA : IDG Books, [1999]