The Little Veggie Patch Co. DIY Garden Projects: Easy Activities For Edible Gardening and Backyard Fun

by Matt Pember, Dillon Seitchik-Reardon

Fun, practical, outdoor DIY projects to transform your backyard living space into the ultimate functioning vegetable garden. The Little Veggie Patch Co. DIY Garden Projects includes thirty-eight hands-on, step-by-step activities that will help cultivate your handiness and get you out in the garden. It’s easier than you think and a whole lot of fun to get your hands dirty building your own cubbyhouses, making your dream planter boxes, and harvesting edible green walls made out of inexpensive or upcycled materials. Chapters include projects for kids, vertical gardening, garden basics, using recycled materials, and more, and there are projects for every skill level, from the novice gardener to those who seriously know their way around a circular saw. A collection of recipes for what to do with the produce you’ve grown in the kitchen truly makes this the ultimate gardener’s companion. The Little Veggie Patch Co. crew will inspire the green thumb in every reader.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2016

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was packed with different ideas for gardening activities.. most are for people who would have to garden in tight/urban spaces. There were still a few good ideas for classroom/group teaching and some projects could be adapted to a larger yard. I flagged a lot of pages for further consideration.

[Ligaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book on creative gardening projects, mostly in tight spaces and with kids. Projects from very easy to do with kids, to needing a circular saw/angle grinder/drill. Friendly writing style exudes enthusiasm and inspires confidence. Lots of great photos, tips, techniques, recommendations, and clear and complete how-tos. They include several "Top 5" lists that are very helpful: kid-friendly plants to grow, recycled raised garden beds, vertical garden goodies to grow. Nothing frou-frou or twee here. The authors are out of Australia, but reading this in the US, I could barely tell. A suppliers resource is greatly needed. I had a big problem reading all the white type over dark backgrounds! Otherwise, fabulous!

[Grace Kelly · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't be fooled by the cover, this book is a waste of time unless you don't have a functioning brain stem. It is full of projects a 5 year old could come up with. This is more of an arts and crafts word vomit than a creative resource for gardening. I wish I could have the time I spent reading it back.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the formatting of this book terribly distracting, right from the start with the white, sans-serif text laid out over photos. It was literally difficult to read.

[Kate M]

I won’t rate this one but I did read it all...hoping to find ideas for small, raised bed or containers for around the patio. I cannot use most of these ides, but it was fun.

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This thick softcover book is full of color photos demonstrating all the steps in constructing these garden projects. Very useful!

[Reba · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super useful book for ideas to improve y0ur garden. Had me sourcing coffee sacs and crates in no time.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some fun projects, several kid-oriented projects, some useful stuff, some wildly out of my ability level. Also, where do you GET the worms?

[B. Barron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really I just skimmed it, but it seems to have a lot of good ideas.

[Patti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of fun and good backyard projects for kids and adults by two guys from Australia.

[Judi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of these projects are beyond me for a number of reasons. They sure do look like fun, however.