"Calling all budding gardeners! What would you like to grow today? Is it green beans, or peas? Corn or carrots? There's so much to learn in Lois Ehlert's colorful picture book about growing vegetables. First we collect the necessary tools, and don't forget the seeds. Then the magic happens: planting, weeding, harvesting, washing, chopping, cooking, and best of all--eating! There's even a recipe for vegetable soup! Ehlert's simple cut-paper-style illustrations...

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...

Ah, the delights of gardening in the Midwest! While the cold winters and hot, humid summers can present gardeners with a challenge, VanderBrug shows you ways to have a productive garden and an ever-changing menu of seasonal foods.

"Best-selling author Niki Jabbour invites you to shake up your vegetable garden with an intriguing array of 224 plants from around the world. With her lively "Like this? Then try this!" approach, Jabbour encourages you to start with what you know and expand your repertoire to try related plants, many of which are delicacies in other cultures. Jabbour presents detailed growing information for each plant, along with fun facts and plant history. Be prepared...

"With The Creative Vegetable Gardener, lifestyle editor and master gardener Kelly Smith Trimble encourages readers to widen their focus, be playful, and imagine a vegetable garden that reflects their own unique aesthetic and offers a meditative sanctuary as well as a source of fresh, homegrown food"--

Make the most of your vegetable garden with Brett Markham, author Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre. This comprehensive new handbook covers everything you need to know about maximizing and harvesting the best vegetables you can possibly produce. With each chapter addressing a different vegetable, you'll learn tips and tricks about varietal selection, nutritional merits, how to begin, special hints for growing, and how to deal with...

"The taste of just-picked, homegrown vegetables is unbeatable. Whether you have a large garden or room for just a couple of pots, Grow Vegetables has advice on the easiest-to-grow and most prolific varieties for your site and conditions. With step-by-step sequences, planting calendars, care tips, and gardener's know-how, Grow Vegetables has all the practical advice you need to raise your own crops" -- From back cover.

"Growing gorgeous flowers and delicious fruits, vegetables, and herbs has never been easier, thanks to the power of grow bags. These lightweight, economical fabric pots have changed the gardening world forever. They're inexpensive, reusable, portable, and, best of all, their breathable nature means no roots circling around inside the pot! Instead, grow bag root systems are dense and well-branched due to the optimum soil air exchange they promote."...

A hands-on guide to the ins and outs of raising and using vegetables

Want to grow your own vegetables? You can do it the fun and easy way with this practical guide. From selecting the right spot to preparing the soil to harvesting, Vegetable Gardening For Dummies, 2nd Edition shows you how to successfully raise vegetables regardless of the size of your plot or your dietary needs.

You'll discover how to plot your garden and get

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