This 'Easy Growing, the Plant Growers Handbook: Growing Made Simple' takes the mystery out of growing all plants successfully. It will overnight make you an expert on what plants grow best in whatever conditions you might find. It will make your 'easy growing' gardening experience enjoyable and very worthwhile. Take your time and read through it as there is invaluable information in every section

Home Vegetable Gardening is an outstanding resource for those interested in gaining a better understanding of vegetables and learning the best methods for producing vegetable crops in home gardens. The book presents important concepts in home gardening, including composting, soil improvement, fertilizer use, pest management, and season extension practices. Readers will also learn about vegetable classification and propagation, as well as the best techniques for growing organic vegetables. Important chapters are devoted to cool- and warm-season vegetables for home gardens as well as container vegetable gardening and gardening with heirlooms. With material that has been extensively tested in class over a period of almost two decades, this is the rare text on the subject that directly targets a university-level audience. Home Vegetable Gardening is ideally suited to university courses related to vegetable horticulture and other course offerings in ecology, sustainable vegetable gardening, and vegetable-based small farm agriculture.

For many, the idea of sustainably growing vegetables in the Upper Midwest, especially in Zone 3, is intimidating. Some gardeners have had limited success, while others have failed miserably. And it always seems that what the seed packets say doesn't apply to Zone 3 gardens. This book holds a solution for successfully and sustainably growing vegetables in the challenging Zone 3 climate. There are beautiful and bountiful home and market gardens even in this part of the U.S., and indeed in many other parts of the world with a similar climate. Most of that is due to adequate planning and realistic expectations. Shiver Me Parsnips is a step by step guide for planning and growing a successful (and sustainable) vegetable garden in the short growing season available. It will help the novice gardener to focus on growing vegetables that will flourish and that they actually want to eat. It will reveal how long vegetables really take to grow in this climate, allowing for realistic expectations. It will explain simple and inexpensive means of season extension. And, by following the instructions in each chapter, it offers an easy to understand planning process to help ensure a thriving and rewarding garden experience.

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"How Tomato Container Gardening Tips Will Help You" Are you one of the thousands of hobby gardeners growing tomatoes? Tomatoes are the number one plant grown to provide food for the household. With so many people living in accommodation that has limited outdoor growing areas tomato container growing information is a demand that needs to be met. There are plenty of books around about growing tomatoes in the garden, but when you grow tomatoes in containers there is a whole new set of rules. How Is This Book Going To Help You? There are discussions on: * Tomato container varieties * the size of pot to use * staking methods to consider * the use of the tomatoes you will grow * tomato seed planting and planting out of seedlings * tomato container growing conditions * watering techniques to minimize disease * pruning * pests and disease Tomato Container Gardening Tips describes container tomato growing process from seed planting to harvesting so you can start growing your tomatoes in pots with a sense of confidence. This is a book full of tomato container growing tips with the intent that you will enjoy growing your tomatoes in containers and pots and revel in the success of having beautiful sweet home grown tomatoes. Why You Should Buy This Book Because when you have there is very little that you won't know about tomato container gardening after reading Tomato Container Gardening Tips.