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This is best-selling author Ed Smith's complete guide to growing a
bounty of vegetables in small spaces and without land. This is a
completely updated and expanded edition of "Incredible Vegetables
from Self-Watering Containers", now including conventional
containers of all sizes, from window boxes to tubs. "The Vegetable
Gardener's Container Bible" provides information on growing
everyone's favourite vegetables in all kinds of containers. And Ed
Smith delivers his wealth of container gardening knowledge in the
friendly, accessible style that his readers love. He explains how
to choose the rights plants, select appropriate containers and
tools, provide balanced nutrition, care for plants throughout the
growing season, control pests without chemicals, and much more. He
even includes plans for small-space container gardens that urban
and suburban gardeners will love.
The invaluable resource for home food gardeners
Ed Smith's W-O-R-D system has helped countless gardeners grow an
abundance of vegetables and herbs. And those tomatoes and zucchini
and basil and cucumbers have nourished countless families,
neighbors, and friends with delicious, fresh produce. "The
Vegetable Gardener's Bible" is essential reading for locavores in
every corner of North America
EVERYTHING YOU LOVED about the first edition of "The Vegetable
Gardener s Bible" is still here: friendly, accessible language;
full-color photography; comprehensive vegetable specific
information in the A-to-Z section; ahead-of-its-time commitment to
organic methods; and much more.
Now, Ed Smith is back with a 10th Anniversary Edition for the next
generation of vegetable gardeners. New to this edition is coverage
of 15 additional vegetables, including an expanded section on salad
greens and more European and Asian vegetables. Readers will also
find growing information on more fruits and herbs, new cultivar
photographs in many vegetable entries, and a much-requested section
on extending the season into the winter months. No matter how cold
the climate, growers can bring herbs indoors and keep hardy greens
alive in cold frames or hoop houses.
The impulse to grow vegetables is even stronger in 2009 than it was
in 2000, when Storey published "The Vegetable Gardener s Bible."
The financial and environmental costs of fossil fuels raise urgent
questions: How far should we be shipping food? What are the health
costs of petroleum-based pesticides and herbicides? Do we have to
rely on megafarms that use gasoline-powered machinery to grow and
harvest crops? With every difficult question, more people think,
Maybe I should grow a few vegetables of my own. This book will
continue to answer all their vegetable gardening questions.
Praise for the First Edition:
"In every small town, there is a vegetable garden that people go
out of the way to walk past. Smith is the guy who grew that
garden." Verlyn Klinkenborg, "The New York Times Book Review
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"An abundance of photographs . . . visually bolster the techniques
described, while frequent subheads, sidebars, and
information-packed photo captions make the layout user-friendly . .
. Smith s] book is thorough and infused with practical wisdom and a
dry Vermont humor that should endear him to readers." "Publisher's
Weekly
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"Smith . . . clearly explains everything novice and experienced
gardeners need to know to grow vegetables and herbs. . . . "
"Library Journal
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"this book will answer all your questions as well as put you on the
path to an abundant harvest. As a bonus, anecdotes and stories make
this informative book fun to read." - "New York Newsday""
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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