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Crockett's Victory Garden

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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

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.

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.

CROCKETT'S VICTORY GARDEN is the only gardening book you'll ever need. End of statement. PERIOD!

Month by month, James Underwood Crockett provides a precise overview of your gardening activities for the entire year. Monthly chapters provide details for all your gardening activities that month. Detailed sections within each month's chapter give details for what you need to do.

This book covers everything and includes an indespensable gardening tool: a planting calendar that allows you to customize your gardening schedule depending on where you live.

Get the book and your off green thumbing!

THE HORSEMAN

I have been a gardener for over twenty years, and I have had opportunities to examine several books on the subject. Without question, Crockett's Victory Garden is the best book about gardening that I have ever read for two reasons.

First, James Crockett wrote with a passion for the subject. His book featured personal anecdotes about the challenges that both he and his co-workers faced at the beginning of the TV show; such as, the problem of converting an abandoned lot into the fertile garden that would become the focus of the show. He also shared his wisdom by responding to various questions from gardeners.

Second, the book was very well organized. Mr. Crockett took the reader through the experience of gardening in a concise, month-by-month basis instructing one on what to plant and when and how to do it. The book was written in layman's terms, making it both enjoyable and easy to read.

Sadly, James Crockett died several years ago, but his work will continue to influence gardeners both young and old for many years to come. I heartily recommend this book to everyone with a passion for gardening!

This is the best gardening book i have come across in many years. it has all the information that i have been looking for. I have spring fever so bad due to the topics and directions that Jim has given in his book.

The best thing about this book is how it is organized. Each month begins with a checklist of what you have to plant, transplant, thin, and otherwise tend to. Then the chapter has sections where he gives instructions for each task.

I think it's great that so many of the contributors are concerned about the thoroughly UN-organic methods that Crockett used. I agree that the book is way too heavy on the pesticides and chemical fertilizer, but the rest of the advice is excellent. You can follow his methods and schedule easily, and substitute the chemicals with more organic methods.

I had this book, then it got wet and the glossy pages all stuck together. I missed it so much that I went out and bought it again. I read the book every year for the valuable, practical advice and the month-by-month format is absolutely perfect.

This book is laid out uniquely. Mr. Crockett gives a month-by-month write-up of what you should be doing in the garden or for the garden, for all 12 months of the year. There is a seed list, and a vegetable gardening guide for the different zones. This book really teaches you how to be a garden planner and keep one step ahead.
This book is the companion to the nationally acclaimed PBS television series.
My brother and my mother both liked it so well, they asked me to get them a copy too.

I have used this book for years. I go back to it every year and go through the months to make sure I've done everything. I have recommended it to many of my friends and they all agree- best gardening book they ever bought.

Great Book. Arrived in plenty of time and in excellent condition. It was just what we needed to help make our Gardening Experience Easier.