Homegrown Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs

Advance praise for
Homegrown Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs: . "Compost all your other 'how to' gardening books-this one replaces them all. Jim Wilson and Walter Chandoha ... have created a labor of love ... worthy of a lifetime achievement award."
-Nona Wolfram Koivula, Executive Director, All-America Selections and The National Garden Bureau . "With more than 100 years of experience between them, Jim and Walter (can help) less-experienced gardeners get immediate results. ...You can almost smell the sweet apples, the savory basil, and the juicy tomatoes. ... Wow, what a feast!"
-Walter Reeves, The Georgia Gardener . "The chapters (on growing) vegetables, fruits, and herbs are the best I've ever seen in all my years of collecting edible gardening books. ... (It) feels like I'm taking a walk down Jim's lifelong garden path. ..."
-Cathy Wilkinson Barash, Past President, Garden Writers Association, Author, Edible Flowers from Garden to Palate and Gardening in the Prairie Lands States
JIM WILSON earned a B.S. in agriculture from the University of Missouri and has been an active horticulturist for over 60 years. He has authored 13 books and spent more than a decade on garden television, most notably as co-host of PBS's The Victory Garden South. WALTER CHANDOHA is a graduate of New York University. An accomplished photographer and writer, his work has appeared in Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, and National Geographic.

Auteur

Walter Chandoha - Jim W. Wilson - How-To

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Learn to grow your own food no matter where you live with this illustrated gardening guide featuring more than seventy plant profiles.

Homegrown Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs is a comprehensive guide for busy people who want to enjoy the many benefits of growing their own produce. Whether you live in the city, the suburbs, or a rural area, a small garden can provide you and your family with nourishing, delicious food at a fraction of what it would cost at a grocery store.

Jim Wilson teaches responsible gardening practices that are both time-efficient and bountiful. Through photographs and detailed descriptions, he offers step-by-step instruction for planting, maintaining, and harvesting the most common vegetables, fruits, and herbs. You'll find tips on preparing your soil, the ideal times to plant in your area, fertilizing, weeding, mulching, nonhazardous pest, disease control, and much more. Over seventy plant profiles provide essential statistics, growing instructions, continuing care facts, and harvesting tips.

Contenu

Introduction Chapter 1Why Grow Your Own Food? Chapter 2Where and How Does Your Garden Grow? Chapter 3Understanding Your Soil Chapter 4All the Tools You'll Need Chapter 5The Three E's: Economy, Ease & Enjoyment Chapter 6Selected Vegetables Chapter 7Selected Fruits Chapter 8Selected Herbs Chapter 9Advances in Organic Gardening Chapter 10Modern Victory Gardens Sources of Planting and Gardening InformationSources of Vegetable Seeds or Small Fruit and Vegetable PlantsGlossaryIndex