Commonsense Vegetable Gardening for the South advises how to plan a garden, prepare the soil, cope with the weather, start a garden with either seeds or transplants, and gives tips for gardening in containers. This book lists hundreds of varieties, including old favorites, gourmet "delectables," herbs, and new varieties of both warm and cool-season vegetables.
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For gardeners in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas, there's information on hundreds of varieties of vegetables--divided into warm-season and cool-season--and on 27 herbs. Each listing includes basic planting instructions, such as spacing, seed depth, and days needed to reach maturity. There are tips for growing each vegetable, as well as a chapter on getting started, which includes data on planning, soil requirements, starting with seeds, and container gardening. Another chapter covers pest and disease control. This comprehensive guide includes more than 100 color photographs by Adams. George Cohen
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... well-organized ... excellent photographs ... (The Monitor )
... take[s] the guesswork out of vegetable gardening ... (Columbia State )
This book may become the definitive book for home vegetable gardeners in the South and also helpful to those in other areas. (Hortscience )
Everything you need to know ... (Miami Herald )
... practically guaranteed to cut through the fog of gardening in Texas, give you back your sense of humor and ... get you back outdoors to plant some fall vegetables. (Neil Sperry's Gardens )
... this will make you want to get out there and get your hands dirty. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram )
Pick up a copy to help you plan your fall garden. (Houston Chronicle )
... applies the philosophy that gardening should be fun and therapeutic. (Flower and Garden )
... the best single introduction to vegetable gardening on the Gulf Coast. (Mobile Register )
... take[s] the guesswork out of vegetable gardening ... (Columbia State )
This book may become the definitive book for home vegetable gardeners in the South and also helpful to those in other areas. (Hortscience )
Everything you need to know ... (Miami Herald )
... practically guaranteed to cut through the fog of gardening in Texas, give you back your sense of humor and ... get you back outdoors to plant some fall vegetables. (Neil Sperry's Gardens )
... this will make you want to get out there and get your hands dirty. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram )
Pick up a copy to help you plan your fall garden. (Houston Chronicle )
... applies the philosophy that gardening should be fun and therapeutic. (Flower and Garden )
... the best single introduction to vegetable gardening on the Gulf Coast. (Mobile Register )
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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very informative,
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This review is from: Commonsense Vegetable Gardening for the South (Hardcover)
I got alot of good advise from this book. With charts on frost dates and when to plant what there is no way to go wrong when gardening year round in the south. I have fresh veggies all year now because of the helpful points and advise.
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This review is from: Commonsense Vegetable Gardening for the South (Hardcover)
I'm a new resident in the South and gardening is a lot different than where I came from. I needed tons of advice. This book was extremely substantive and a covered a multitude of topics. Had to buy one for my Mom, too. This book will become my major vegetable gardening reference.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Commonsense Vegatable Gardening in the South,
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This review is from: Commonsense Vegetable Gardening for the South (Hardcover)
This book is very informative, don't try and plant without it! Everything from working soil and crop rotation to container gardening and pest control. Plus great information on how to plant specific vegetables. Our neighbors dog got to mine and I had to get another right away!
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