All New Square Foot Gardening Cookbook [Hardcover]

Mel Bartholomew (Author)

Book Description

Series: Square Foot Gardening | Publication Date: December 15, 2009

The best-selling gardening book author, Mel Bartholomew, offers more than 135 recipes to enjoy the harvest from your square foot garden. The featured fresh fruits and vegetables offer healthy, cost effective and chemical free addititions to every meal. Mel adds harvesting techniques and yield information for each of the seventeen vegetables, fruits, and herbs and adds penny pinching tips, square foot advice, and even a kid's gardening corner throughout the book. Full color photographs illustrate the fruits, vegetables and healthy meals throughout the book.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

The best-selling gardening book author, Mel Bartholomew, offers more than 135 recipes to enjoy the harvest from your square foot garden. The featured fresh fruits and vegetables offer healthy, cost effective and chemical free addititions to every meal. Mel adds harvesting techniques and yield information for each of the seventeen vegetables, fruits, and herbs and adds penny pinching tips, square foot advice, and even a kid's gardening corner throughout the book. Full color photographs illustrate the fruits, vegetables and healthy meals throughout the book.

About the Author

Bestselling author, Mel Bartholomew was an engineer by profession and a gardener by weekend. Using his engineering expertise, he developed a system that yields 100% of the harvest in 20% of the space. Mel’s method gained popularity and ultimately he converted millions of gardeners world-wide to his Square Foot method. The Square Foot Gardening titles have sold more than 2 million copies.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Cool Springs Press (December 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591864593
• ISBN-13: 978-1591864592
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #59 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Vegetables & Vegetarian > Vegetables

More About the Author

MEL BARTHOLOMEW, a retired businessman and engineer, found the answer to the frustrations of most gardeners with his square foot gardening method, which has received worldwide acclaim. He also created the non-profit Square Foot Gardening Foundation to promote easy gardening methods for people around the world. He lives in Utah. For more information, visit www.squarefootgardening.com.

Customer Reviews

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Packed with extra info, January 16, 2010

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Marsha Garner - See all my reviews

This review is from: All New Square Foot Gardening Cookbook (Hardcover)

I received an All New Square Foot Gardening Cookbook for Christmas.
This is NOT "just another cookbook".
It is packed with extra info like when to harvest, signs that it is ready, how to harvest and tips for storage.
The pages for Planting Schedule for Continuous Harvest Crops and Plant Spacing contain the extra help I need.
I am not a big fan of eggplant but I can see myself trying these recipies. I may find a new favorite veggie!
I think this "cookbook" will encourage more people to start a garden and take their harvest to the family table.
Marsha Garner
Kyle, Tx.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly wonderful little book!, April 10, 2010

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K. Moody "Book Lover" (Ellenton, Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: All New Square Foot Gardening Cookbook (Hardcover)

I usually pick up a few magazines and books to read while I am in Lowes to stave off the boredom while DH looks at everything hardware and power toolwise. Today I happened to pick up this book. I was intrigued as I had read the Square Foot Gardener book. I had never implemented anything in the book mind you, but it was still an enjoyable read. I figured that anyone who is that awesome a gardener must have some awesome fresh recipes. I was definitely not disappointed!

First of all, the book is beautiful. Nice large colorful pictures of not only the dishes, but also of the vegetables, herbs, etc. that are grown to make the dishes. The book is divided into sections for each vegetable with instructions on growing, pairing, etc, in the beginning, followed by a couple of recipes highlighting each vegetable. There is also a section and a few recipes for herbs. Some of the recipes are a variation of classics, but others are new inventions. The ingredients are easy to find so you won't have to search high and low for that one ingredient that makes the dish special. All the recipes looked and sounded yummy. They are also relatively health, using sour cream (you can substitute non-fat if you choose) and no butter. There was only one I thought wasn't the greatest because it uses 2 cans of cream soup. Soup being very high in salt.

I was so excited about this book that I almost bought it right then and there at $17.97, until I remembered amazon. So, I rushed home to order it right away. Thank you Mr. Bartholomew for a wonderful cookbook! I can't wait to get the book in and get cooking.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the only gardening book you will ever need (unless he writes a sequel), January 31, 2010

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Michael R. Perkins (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All New Square Foot Gardening Cookbook (Hardcover)

First of all this book could not have been written by anybody but an engineer. The author, a retired engineer, debunks common gardening myths and provides a way to make garden practical instead of a chore and perhaps even fun. This is a how-to book that delivers and that is rare. Are you interested in being a successful gardener and doing it efficiently? Read this book and follow his method. It works.