Crockett's Victory Garden [Paperback]

James Underwood Crockett (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 326 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company (April 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316161217
• ISBN-13: 978-0316161213
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EASILY THE BEST GARDENING BOOK EVER!, February 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Crockett's Victory Garden (Hardcover)

CROCKETT'S VICTORY GARDEN is the first and last gardening book you need buy. It is really that simple. Whether you are a novice or an experienced green-thumb this book is the only gardening guide you need in your library.

Divided into chapters by month, James Underwood Crockett provides a comprehensive overview of gardening activities the year round. Each chapter head offers a quick overview of each item in the garden needing attention that month. Subheads give complete details as to how to proceed.

Additionally, Crockett offers helpful hints regarding everything from composting to cultivating and from terrariums to trellises. He even provides a comprehensive planting calendar that allows the reader to customize his schedule depending on where he lives in the country.

If you ever get a chance to watch the old PBS program of which the book was a companion I highly recommend it. So, happy gardening for this year and for the future.

Douglas McAllister

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I learned to garden with Jim Crockett, May 19, 2005

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Agnes "BardLady" (PINE BLUFF, AR, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crockett's Victory Garden (Hardcover)

I have a warm spot in my heart for this book, and will keep it forever. I learned to garden on PBS with this sweet, gentle man, and I will forever be thankful that he taught me the magic of making things grow.

Yes, it's dated, and I don't use as much insecticide and such as he did, but the basics are all here, and he was such a wonderful teacher.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gardening Through the Year, January 15, 2006

By 

Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crockett's Victory Garden (Paperback)

This guide covers month by month the basic tasks for your flower and vegetable garden. You get advice on composting, growing vegetables in containers, natualizing bulbs, transplanting, and perennial borders. The book includes questions and answers from the author's PBS television show.

Amply illustrated with color photos and drawings, the book is useful for beginners and more advanced gardeners.