The Everything Grow Your Own Vegetables Book: Your Complete Guide to planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables

by Catherine Abbott, Catherine Abbott

Vine-ripened tomatoes. Succulent squash. Plump cucumbers.

Growing vegetables is a rewarding and cost-effective way to eat better for less. Yet many don't know where to start. Author and farmer Catherine Abbott answers questions You will find affordable tips on how to plant and harvest more than thirty common vegetables, from spinach and eggplant to corn and beans. Abbott's expertise shines on planting, fertilizing, watering, weeding, and troubleshooting. This book has everything you need to grow fresh, delicious veggies in any climate, any time of year!

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference, Food, Ebooks, Cookbooks, How To

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Yodamom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful easy to use growing guide

[Joy Miraglia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although this was written a decade ago, little has changed in gardening methods and the text is just as relevant today as ever. I’m sure there are more web resources that they would now include but all of that information is readily available. I found some great tips that I did not find in my own online research, including a great blueprint of crop rotation in a small garden.

[Danielle Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow

If you read this book and say you dont know how to grow veggies you need yo be slapped for lying. This is a great book to show how to plant and take care and grow from this great world of soil.

[Teresa Hesson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

This is a great reference book for the novice gardener. It has a lot of useful information in it to keep and refer back to as needs arise. Very well written and easy to understand.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great gardening tips ..just would have liked more pictures.

[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so useful, especially if you're just starting to get into gardening. There are lots of detailed explanations for terms that you hear all the time, but may not really understand. For example, I've seen that many plants can be sowed as soon as soil can "be worked," but didn't know until I read this book how to tell when it's actually ready. I originally checked this out from the library, but plan on buying it so I'll always be able to use it as a reference.

[Karin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good reference book.
I would recommend that everyone from beginner garden enthusiasts to the more seasoned read this book. It's got a lot of good advice, and it for the more seasoned gardeners, it will have a lot of "I forgot about this" moments.
Thank goodness I have digital version, because I think I'll be refering back to it a lot. If it was a physical copy, it would become a very well worn dog-eared copy very quickly.

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was full of information about gardening which I found very helpful. It starts at the very beginning with planning, soil, seeds, plants, harvesting and trouble-shooting. There was some repetition of information and the charts were hard to read on the kindle version, but overall, I learned a lot.

[GoldenjoyBazyll · Rating 5 out of 5]

Since I have dcided to upgrade my garden to 3 times its size this year I figured I needed to know more about what I was doing! This book is a very easy description on how to grow your own vegetables. Nicely done and easy to get information out of quickly!

[Lis - The Indigo Quill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book from NetGalley.com and absolutely love it. My husband is a chef and I've been wanting to begin growing some of our own food. If you're systematic like me, this book will be incredibly helpful because it lays everything out in order. Greatly detailed and helpful. Thanks!

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very general basic information which is good for people just starting out. I have read a lot of books and have been gardening most my life so most of it was stuff I knew already but there was still some useful info I didn't know about.

[Peggy · Rating 3 out of 5]

lots of information in this book. a good go-to reference book for gardeners.

[Hillary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reference book on gardening, especially for those who are learning.

[Diana Henderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

General overview of gardening is okay.

[Suz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of general information on how to grow vegetables and treat your garden. Good enough for this noob.

[Patti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read. Great advice. I'm not a novice organic gardener and I learned - or re-learned - some stuff.

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

I couldn't delete this book of my Kindle after I finished it. It is a comprehensive reference from beginning a garden all the way to eating from the garden. Yay for Organic!

[A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good information on planting a garden.

[Jared Mainye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its great

[Barb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Totally worth the read. Lots of pointers here. Some new ideas also,.