With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that's grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only on...
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Mar 14, 2010
Brigid
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This book was invaluable for me this year as I put in my little container garden. The authors lay out all the information in a thorough, yet condensed, manner, allowing for easy reference and practical application. It is divided up into four different sections: vegetables, herbs, fruits and edible flowers. McGee and Stuckey both write clearly but with an enjoyable amount of humor. Reading the book was almost like having a conversation with someone who knows a lot more about gardening than I do.
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Apr 17, 2011
Matthew
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Just trying to get a head start on our deck garden this year. But, just because I'm reading a gardening book doesn't mean I'm tired of winter. Let it Snow!
Now that it's mid-April and I've already got my first crop of spinach, carrots, basil, and beets in the yard garden I can start concentrating on the deck containers. I'm going to plant pole beans on the railing planters and let them vine their way up some fencing attached to the roof. This will create a nice, natural shade for More...
Now that it's mid-April and I've already got my first crop of spinach, carrots, basil, and beets in the yard garden I can start concentrating on the deck containers. I'm going to plant pole beans on the railing planters and let them vine their way up some fencing attached to the roof. This will create a nice, natural shade for More...
Jul 01, 2009
Shannon
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love this book!! i can't wait till spring at ft knox. i want the garden NOW!!
after reading this book, i feel that i can successfully do some container gardening. this book not only covers container, soil, tools, tips, fertilizers; it tells you about the plants that go in them. it's not written to be too technical. rose and maggie give you so many options so that your garden can be just that, yours! they have really made a great book that answers all my questions. i would very m More...
after reading this book, i feel that i can successfully do some container gardening. this book not only covers container, soil, tools, tips, fertilizers; it tells you about the plants that go in them. it's not written to be too technical. rose and maggie give you so many options so that your garden can be just that, yours! they have really made a great book that answers all my questions. i would very m More...
Oct 08, 2007
Lisa
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This is another favorite on my gardening bookshelf. This is a great book for those that love gardens but don't have lots of space. Warning: those containers need to be watered more than plants that are in the ground but if you're short on space this book is a must-have!! There are recipes sprinkled throughout the book and their are suggestions on different types of gardens (example: herb garden, hummingbird garden,etc.) I love this book and it will another one that I will be re-reading this wint
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Oct 31, 2009
Matthew
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Excellent and informative book. This is marketed squarely to people like me who want to grow food and nothing else. Every plant in this book has at least one edible part. The only drawback is the lack of attention to regional growing areas outside the U.S.A. This drawback isn't important, really, since regional issues are easily researched on the internet. A humane and witty read, this book is a classic of home and limited-space gardening.
Oct 27, 2008
Grandma
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Good book with essential information for gardening in containers, including what to have in your potting mix (essential nutrients), good organic fertilizers, savings seeds, and information about different plants. I might add that a good potting mix would be using all or part compost, with a few added nutrients that she mentions (greensand & superphosphate). Add crushed eggshells (she explains how to dry them) to bottom of planting hole, add plant & cover with your soil. Dribble liquid seaweed
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Mar 04, 2008
Matriarchy
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I am planning to move within the next six months. I didn't want to give up having a kitchen garden, but I also didn't want to leave it behind if we moved in the middle of the summer - so I am planning a garden I can take with me, if needed. Containerizing will also allow me to get plants up off the ground, where critters are less likely to eat my lettuce and spinach down to the ground as soon as it is established!
I got this from the library, but now I need to buy it for my bookshe More...
I got this from the library, but now I need to buy it for my bookshe More...
Sep 24, 2009
Nicole
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During the growing season, this book is one of my bibles for taking care of my urban container garden. The authors give great tips on choosing plants, choosing containers and locations for them, and taking care of them. Especially fun are their container "gardens" where they put a bunch of plants together thematically. I've gotten some great ideas from this book.
Aug 04, 2008
Alison
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This is a wonderful book that covers all the basics of container gardening. It includes some diagrams/instructions for large containers with multiple plantings, as well as information for how to grow a single type of plant by itself in a container.
In addition to the general info on container gardening, the authors have drawn up an extensive section with information that simply covers how to grow different types of veggies - all the basic info (varieties, sun/shade, how much water) et More...
In addition to the general info on container gardening, the authors have drawn up an extensive section with information that simply covers how to grow different types of veggies - all the basic info (varieties, sun/shade, how much water) et More...
Jul 18, 2010
Vilai
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The information and advice given in this book is amazing. As a novice gardener I found it really easy to read and apply and it also made gardening a lot less scary and confusing. I love being able to go out to my balcony and being able to have fresh green beans, bell peppers, tomatoes, basil and peppers!
Feb 25, 2011
Liz
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The single most helpful book for container gardening I have found, the advice is practical and centered particularly on the growth of all things culinary. Indispensable to my greening urban agricultural thumb. If you want to eat what you grow, but you have little space, this is the go-to book.
Jun 25, 2009
Amy
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This is an excellent gardening book if you have window boxes or a small space to work with outdoors. I have been gardening in window boxes and have constantly referred to this as a resource. Out of all the container gardening books I have looked through this has been the best one.
Apr 11, 2010
Kathy
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This is an absolutely fantastic resource for anyone interested in growing edible stuff (veggies, fruits/berries, herbs, edible flowers) in containers. Terrific information, very well organized and easy to read and reference. Can't recommend it highly enough.
Jul 06, 2010
Stephanie
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This book is full of great tips for beginner container gardeners. The biggest value in the book for me, though, is all the new and interesting plants it suggests that I would have never heard about otherwise. It has made me a hoarder of herbs!
Jun 12, 2009
Jupiter
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Unlike most books about container gardening, this one specializes in container gardens that you can eat. Complete guide to almost every imaginable plant & advice on how to make it thrive in a pot (or whether it's best to avoid it entirely)
Apr 18, 2011
Amy
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I love this book. It's not one I'll read cover-to-cover since it's a reference book of sorts, but I love to flip through it, and right now I'm reading the introductory how-to chapters. It's got great recipes, themed container gardens you can create, and endless advice and ideas about creating the most garden you can in limited spaces. I have room for a larger garden, but I've got two little patios that I'd like to spruce up with herbs and flowers in containers. I guess I just have spring fever,
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Mar 19, 2009
Lalani
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This book was fantastically helpful in getting me on my feet and answering my gardening questions and concerns. I absolutely recommend it if you want to start a garden and have no space to do so.
Mar 30, 2009
Harris
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Still reading, but an easy to understand and comprehensive book on container gardening. good ideas for container combinations with sketches and with an index of various plants at the back.
Sep 02, 2009
Susan
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The way this book is organized makes it so, so easy to reference. You just find the plant you want to grow, and all the details are right there. Visually, a nice book too.
Jan 29, 2011
Angie
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Wonderful tips for container gardening. It actually talks about vegetables instead of just flowers, which many container gardening books focus on. Great resource.
Mar 10, 2009
Amy
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This was a great intro to gardening book, as well as specific to container gardening. Highly recommended for anyone who doesn't want to kill their plants
Jun 04, 2011
Becky
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Want to grow things you can eat? Have little space to work with? This is the best guide I have found. Period. And I've read lots of gardening books.
Feb 05, 2011
Brad
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This book has answered a lot of my questions about growing fruit, vegetables, and herbs in containers. I'll be consulting it regularly as I plan and tend my rooftop vegetable garden.
Oct 30, 2010
Goombi
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The gardener's bible. Anything you'll ever want to know about container gardening will in here. It's the only book you'll need or want to refer to.
May 18, 2009
Kris
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Lots of good info on growing herbs & veggies. Hopefully I won't kill the plants and not get the chance to enjoy the fruits of my labor.
Nov 02, 2009
Bonnie
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Really comprehensive and great, but I denoted two stars for it neglecting any discussion of organic gardening practices.
Jun 16, 2009
Shanan
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I have just started the process of learning more about gardening--vegetable gardening in particular. This book was wonderful for me. They give you ideas for questions to ask yourself as you go through the steps of planning a good container garden. My one problem is that I live in Arizona which makes general books like this to follow to the letter--our summers are not like the ones typically discussed in this book. So I am still looking for information about vegetable gardening in Arizona in part
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May 20, 2010
Louise
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This is THE book to get if you want to plant edible plants in a container. It doesn't have *everything* like weird strains of heirloom tomatoes, but it's a good general book telling you when you should plant something, how big the container, how much sun, etc. It's also full of helpful tidbits and even a list of places where you can order seeds in the back.
Mar 20, 2009
Gina
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This book the bible of container gardening! It is what got me started in gardening!
Jul 02, 2008
Vanessa
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I borrowed this from the library, but when I graduate from college, I will buy a copy for myself because it is my dream to have an urban garden... And some day, I will have the money, time, and space to grow vegetables and fruits in and/or outside the apartment where I live, in containers. For now I'll just try to raise an herb garden.
These ladies have so much wisdom to impart about container gardening. It's easy to understand and organized well, and just about every question you can More...
These ladies have so much wisdom to impart about container gardening. It's easy to understand and organized well, and just about every question you can More...
