Taunton's Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables & Herbs

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GARDENING





Start Your Own Vegetable Garden Today
Growing vegetables is fun and rewarding. It isn't complicated, either, since you follow pretty basic steps, like preparing the soil, planting seeds, watering, and weeding. But for a garden to thrive and produce for more than one season—or more than one year—you'll need to learn the ins and outs of what works and why.
With this comprehensive guide in hand, you'll leai-n all you need to know to design, plant, and tend a garden of any size.
Discover what's inside:
• Selecting a site and determining garden size
• Designing a garden that worl<s for you
• Dealing with sun and shade, testing and amending soil, fertilizing, and watering
• Keeping your garden healthy—and pests, diseases, and rodents at bay
• Building a raised bed, garden tepee, trellis, and cold frame
• Plus: specific growing and sowing information for 85 crops
Look for other Taunton Press books " wherever books are sold or visit our website at... Tovább

Fülszöveg

GARDENING





Start Your Own Vegetable Garden Today
Growing vegetables is fun and rewarding. It isn't complicated, either, since you follow pretty basic steps, like preparing the soil, planting seeds, watering, and weeding. But for a garden to thrive and produce for more than one season—or more than one year—you'll need to learn the ins and outs of what works and why.
With this comprehensive guide in hand, you'll leai-n all you need to know to design, plant, and tend a garden of any size.
Discover what's inside:
• Selecting a site and determining garden size
• Designing a garden that worl<s for you
• Dealing with sun and shade, testing and amending soil, fertilizing, and watering
• Keeping your garden healthy—and pests, diseases, and rodents at bay
• Building a raised bed, garden tepee, trellis, and cold frame
• Plus: specific growing and sowing information for 85 crops
Look for other Taunton Press books " wherever books are sold or visit our website at www.taunton.com.
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Fine Gardening magazine brings you breathtaking design ideas, helpful techniques, and the know-how to get great results in your own garden. Planting advice from experts across the country means you can grow flowers, vegetables, and herbs no matter where you live. Visit finegardening.com to learn more.
Ruth Lively, a former editor of Fine Gardening and Kitchen Gardener, has been growing vegetables and herbs for more than 20 years. She lives in Connecticut.
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