The Vegetable Gardening Book
eBook - ePub

The Vegetable Gardening Book

Your complete guide to growing an edible organic garden from seed to harvest

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Vegetable Gardening Book

Your complete guide to growing an edible organic garden from seed to harvest

About this book

The award-winning television and podcast host Joe Lamp’l is here with insider tips and next-level insight for creating a lush, fruitful, and resilient vegetable garden.

Just when you think you have a secure grip on what it takes to grow a vegetable garden, a pro like Joe comes along to surprise you with a wheelbarrow full of new-to-you information to knock your gardening socks right off. In The Vegetable Gardening Book, Joe distills insight from years interviewing highly experienced growers for public television’s Growing a Greener World and The joe gardener® Show Podcast along with his own extensive, hands-on knowledge of the craft to present practical and useful info on everything from starting seeds and selecting varieties to building the perfect tomato cage, encouraging pollinators, and creating biodiversity-rich soil in a 100% organic food garden. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in growing the best edible garden their backyard (or balcony!) has ever seen.

Inside you’ll find:

  • Ideas for designing and laying out your garden for the greatest yields in the smallest amount of space
  • A sure-fire plan for reducing maintenance and trimming down the traditional workload of a garden
  • Detailed growing profiles of 40 of Joe’s favorite crops
  • A handy reference chart with an easy-to-follow crop rotation plan
  • Advice and tips for extending the growing season, building raised beds, setting up a potting station, and deciding which garden tools are worth your time and money
  • Strategies to grow anywhere and everywhere—from in-ground garden beds and containers to grow bags and raised-bed planters

Among the most trusted, recognizable, and sought-after voices in the gardening world, Joe Lamp’l is here to help you “Grow like a pro – no experience required!™”

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Preface: The Joy and Importance of Growing Your Own Food
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Start Here
  7. 2 It's All About the Soil
  8. 3 Plant Basics
  9. 4 Where to Grow Your Food
  10. 5 Feeding Your Plants
  11. 6 Seeds and Seedlings
  12. 7 Getting the Timing Right
  13. 8 Mulch Matters
  14. 9 Getting the Watering Right
  15. 10 Extending the Season
  16. 11 Insects and Bugs: Friend or Foe?
  17. 12 Diseases: Managing the Inevitable
  18. Grow Guides: The Fab 40 for Filling Your Vegetable Garden
  19. About the Author
  20. Acknowledgments
  21. Photo Credits
  22. Index
  23. Copyright