The Speedy Vegetable Garden

The Speedy Vegetable Garden
Author: Mark Diacono
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604693266

Typically, vegetable gardening is about the long view: peas sown in spring aren't harvested until summer, and tomatoes started indoors in February can't be eaten until July. But it's not true for all plants. Some things can be planted and eaten in weeks, days, even hours. The Speedy Vegetable Garden highlights more than 50 quick crops, with complete information on how to sow, grow, and harvest each plant, and sumptuous photography that provides inspiration and a visual guide for when to harvest. In addition to instructions for growing, it also provides recipes that highlight each crop’s unique flavor, like Chickpea sprout hummus, stuffed tempura zucchini flowers, and a paella featuring calendula. Sprouted seeds are the fastest. Microgreens can be harvested in weeks: cilantro, 14 days after planting; arugula and fennel in 10 days. And a handful of vegetable varieties grow more quickly than their slower relatives, like dwarf French beans (60 days), cherry tomatoes (65 days), and early potatoes (75 days). The Speedy Vegetable Garden puts fresh, seed-to-table food at your fingertips, fast!

Fast, Fresh Garden Edibles

Fast, Fresh Garden Edibles
Author: Jane Courtier
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1607654237

Fast, Fresh Garden Edibles shows homeowners how to use every square inch of available space to grow fresh vegetables in the shortest possible time. Guides to growing in small gardens, in containers, and in window boxes. How to select and plant the quickest growing varieties of vegetables.

3-Step Vegetable Gardening

3-Step Vegetable Gardening
Author: Steve Mercer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-09-30
Genre: Fruit-culture
ISBN: 9781580114073

Learn how to sow, grow, and harvest dozens of popular vegetables and fruits. Green tips tell you how to help the planet while watching your garden grow.

Food from My Yard

Food from My Yard
Author: Speedy Publishing Books
Publisher:
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2019-04
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781541968332

One of the best gardening gifts for beginners, who love to grow their own food. This is a perfect starter for vegetable gardening, an introduction to begin an organic garden right in your back yard. Follow the training in this book to create your very own high yield vegetable garden that's sustainable. Chapters include topics on soil care, planting techniques, how to grow herbs, pest control, weeding your garden, organic garden recipes and much more. Pick up a copy of this book today.

Jerry Baker's Fast, Easy Vegetable Garden

Jerry Baker's Fast, Easy Vegetable Garden
Author: Jerry Baker
Publisher: Plume Books
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1985
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780452256705

Explains the fundamentals of vegetable gardening, from selecting the right spot and planning the right layout to organic gardening and frost protection.

The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener

The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener
Author: Niki Jabbour
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2011-12-14
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1603427856

Even in winter’s coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from years of growing vegetables in Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour shares her simple techniques for gardening throughout the year. Learn how to select the best varieties for each season, the art of succession planting, and how to build inexpensive structures to protect your crops from the elements. No matter where you live, you’ll soon enjoy a thriving vegetable garden year-round.

Vegetable Gardening Journal

Vegetable Gardening Journal
Author: Speedy Publishing LLC
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2014-06-27
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781633838000

Writing in a journal is a great way to keep track of just about everything, including gardening. There are many tasks involved with gardening that need to be recorded so that gardening efforts pay off. Tasks such as planting seeds, fertilizing, weeding, and other similar garden chores are better kept up on when the gardener knows when to repeat certain chores. Another reason a Vegetable Garden Journal is handy to keep is so that success can be recorded for future reference

The Edible Garden

The Edible Garden
Author: Alys Fowler
Publisher: Cleis Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1936740540

In this timely new book, BBC star and Gardening World's thrifty and resourceful Alys Fowler shows that there is a way to take the good life and re-fashion it to fit in with life in the city. Abandoning the limitations of traditional gardening methods, she has created a beautifully productive garden where tomatoes sit happily next to roses, carrots are woven between the lavenders and potatoes grow in pots on the patio. And all of this is produced in a way that mimics natural systems, producing delicious homegrown food for her table. And she shares her favorite recipes for the hearty dishes, pickles and jams she makes to use up her bountiful harvest, proving that no-one need go hungry on her grow-your-own regime. Good for the pocket, good for the environment and hugely rewarding for the soul, The Edible Garden urges urbanites everywhere to chuck out the old gardening rules and create their own haven that's as good to look at as it is to eat.

Circle Gardening

Circle Gardening
Author: Kenneth E Spaeth
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2018-01-29
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1623495563

As more people become concerned with food safety as well as the environment, vegetable gardening offers an opportunity to grow produce at home. Not everyone has the time, money, or energy to take on the challenge of starting a vegetable garden, however. In Circle Gardening, Kenneth E. Spaeth Jr., a soil and ecosystem specialist, provides a fresh approach and thorough guide to vegetable gardening for all gardeners, experienced and beginner alike. Through years of experimentation, Spaeth has found circle gardening, an ancient method “as old as agriculture,” to be not only an efficient but also an aesthetically pleasing way to grow plants. By arranging them in a concentrated circle rather than in rows, gardeners are able to conserve compost, fertilizer, and water. Depending on the number of vegetables planted, this design can save time and be less physically demanding. The rationale for planting your veggies in a circle is scientific, too—many plants clump together in nature and thrive in groups, and so planting in circles actually mimics natural plant distribution. There are other questions that befuddle expert and beginner gardeners, too: What is the difference between organic and conventional gardening? Are there significant pros and cons to each? What makes up the soil in a garden? Spaeth provides clear answers to these complex questions. The book also includes quick vegetable guides in the back along with information on composting, calculating fertilizer rates, and gauging soil health.

The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food

The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food
Author: Joseph Tychonievich
Publisher: Ten Speed Graphic
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1984857274

The first graphic novel guide to growing a successful raised bed vegetable garden, from planning, prepping, and planting, to troubleshooting, care, and harvesting. “A fun read packed with practical advice, it’s the perfect resource for new gardeners, guiding you through every step to plant, grow, and harvest a thriving and productive food garden.”—Joe Lamp’l, founder and creator of the Online Gardening Academy Like having your own personal gardening mentor at your side, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food is the story of Mia, an eager young professional who wants to grow her own vegetables but doesn't know where to start, and George, her retired neighbor who loves gardening and walks her through each step of the process. Throughout the book, "cheat sheets" sum up George's key facts and techniques, providing a handy quick reference for anyone starting their first vegetable garden, including how to find the best location, which vegetables are easiest to grow, how to pick out the healthiest plants at the store, when (and when not) to water, how to protect your plants from pests, and what to do with extra produce if you grow too much. If you are a visual learner, beginning gardener, looking for something new, or have struggled to grow vegetables in the past, you'll find this unique illustrated format ideal because many gardening concepts--from proper planting techniques to building raised beds--are easier to grasp when presented visually, step by step. Easy and entertaining, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food makes homegrown vegetables fun and achievable.