The complete guide to vegetable gardening Create, cultivate, and care for your perfect edible garden
Book - 2024
"Gardening Know How - The Complete Guide to Vegetable Gardening is an all-encompassing guide to growing your own food, filled with creative tips and practical advice from the editors of the world's most-visited gardening website"--
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Beverly, MA :
Cool Springs Press
2024
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- English
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- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 224 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Also available online - ISBN
- 9780760386262
- Foreword: Food for Thought
- Introduction: The Joy of Growing Your Own Food
- Part 1. The Vegetable Garden's Foundations
- Chapter 1. Edible Garden Basics
- Understand Your Climate
- Work with Your Site
- A Gallery of Vegetable Garden Styles
- Know Your Soil
- Improve Your Soil
- Nourish Your Garden
- Enrich with Compost
- Gather Your Tools
- Store Your Equipment
- Outfit Yourself
- Start from Seed
- Spotlight on Choosing Seed-Starting Pots
- Dig a Vegetable Plot
- Irrigate Your Garden
- Control Weeds
- Choose Your Mulch
- Find Companions
- Use Aboveground beds
- Protect with Cold Frames
- Fight Diseases and Pests
- Rotate Your Crops
- Plant in Succession
- Cultivate Organically
- Plant Cover Crops and Green Manure
- Grow in a Greenhouse
- Plant a Container Vegetable Garden
- Cultivate an Indoor Edible Garden
- Learn About Hydroponics
- Preserve and Store Your Harvest
- Part 2. Plant Profiles
- Chapter 2. Fruits and Vegetables
- Know Your Vegetables
- Asparagus
- Beet
- A Gallery of Pepper Varieties
- Bell Pepper
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Bush Beans
- A Gallery of Cruciferous Vegetables
- Cabbage
- Carrot
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Corn
- Cucumber
- Eggplant
- Garlic
- Spotlight on Growing Alliums
- Globe Artichoke
- Jerusalem Artichoke
- Kale
- Lettuce
- A Gallery of Lettuces and Salad Greens
- Okra
- Olive
- A Gallery of Dwarf Fruit Trees
- Onion
- Parsnip
- Pea
- Pole Beans
- Potato
- Pumpkin
- Spotlight on Growing Squash
- Radicchio
- Radish
- Ramp
- Rhubarb
- Rutabaga
- Spinach
- A Gallery of Berries
- Strawberry
- Sweet Potato
- Swiss Chard
- Tomato
- Turnip
- Watermelon
- Spotlight on Growing Melons
- Wheatgrass
- Zucchini
- Chapter 3. The Herb Garden
- Edible Garden Herbs
- The Shelf Life of Herbs
- Amaranth
- Anise
- Basil
- Bay Laurel
- Spotlight on Creating Seasoning Mixtures
- Borage
- Calendula
- Caraway
- Chervil
- Chicory
- Chives
- Cilantro/Coriander
- Clary Sage
- Dill
- Fennel
- Fenugreek
- Garlic Chives
- German Chamomile
- Ginger
- Horseradish
- Hyssop
- Lavender
- Lemon Balm
- Lemongrass
- Lemon Verbena
- Lovage
- Marjoram
- A Gallery of Mints
- Mint
- Mustard
- Nasturtium
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Pineapple Sage
- Purslane
- Roman Chamomile
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Salad Burnet
- Scented Geranium
- A Gallery of Edible Flowers
- Sorrel
- Stevia
- Summer Savory
- Tarragon
- Thyme
- Winter Savory
- Part 3. Appendices
- Source Your Seeds
- A Glossary of Vegetable Gardening Terms
- Index
- Photo Credits
- Acknowledgments