"Golden Gate Gardening", the definitive primer on vegetable gardening in Northern California, is encyclopedic in its coverage of gardening principles and practices specific to the region. Full of information and camaraderie, this book explains how to grow common vegetables and herbs and add unusual ones that bring variety to the garden. Line art throughout .
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62 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
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The idiots' OR experts' guide to Bay Area gardening.,
By beckerbuns@aol.com (San Jose, California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Golden Gate Gardening: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area & Coastal California (Paperback)
So this past spring I decided, once and for all, that I wanted to start a garden. I had no experience in this subject, and I searched for a good book at the library. I found this book. I ended up renewing it five times, and finally ordering it from Amazon.com. It has truly been a life saver. What I like best is the way the book is laid out, with sections on vegetables, fruits, and flowers, as well as special sections on pests and other problems. The book is well organized and the index points the reader in the right directions, making it easy to find what I'm looking for down to the tiniest detail. The charts make it clear which San Francisco Bay Area microclimates are suitable for which plants, and the book explains down to the tiniest detail how to start plants, transplant them, grow them, and harvest them. At the same time that this book is informative beyond all my original expections, is also excels in not being condescending (one of my pet peeves). I believe it is the perfect book for the seasoned gardener just moving into the area, the seasoned gardener in need of more detailed information, and someone like me, with no gardening experience whatsoever.
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A Wonderful Book --Particularly for those in the SF Bay Area,
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This review is from: Golden Gate Gardening: Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area and Coastal California (Paperback)
This is a good book both for the avid gardener as well as the beginner. I've given this book as gifts to many people throughout the SF Bay area and everyone has loved this book!It is particularly a good gift if they grow vegetables and have had limited success in some aspects of gardening such as trying to grow tomotoes the coastal areas of the Bay Area. This book has growing charts of when to plant and harvest, best varieties for the bay area, and covers points to explain the many microclimates even within the same city.A great book with lots of pointers. Note that this is not a book to compete with Sunset's Western Garden Book but rather to supplement it. This book doesn't have the details with regard to horticultural specifics.
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helpful regional grow guide for S.F. area food gardeners,
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This review is from: Golden Gate Gardening: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area & Coastal California (Paperback)
Don't let the cumbersome title scare you away from this handy book for Bay Area and coastal California gardeners. Pam Pierce understands the unique Mediterranean microclimate(s) of our great gardening region, and offers sound advice on what to grow, when and how to grow it best. Very helpful and well-organized.
Havi Hoffman
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YES, WE CAN GARDEN ALL YEAR long in San Francisco and the nearby coastal regions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Seed Sun, Suggested Reading, New Zealand, Pea Family, United States, Cooperative Extension, Gourd Family, Santa Rosa, Southeast Asian, The Harvest Pick, Citrus Family, None Spring, The Harvest Harvest, Growing Instructions Start, Middle East, None Late, Quick Homemade Tomato Sauce, Sources Sweet, California Native Plant Society, Goosefoot Family, Marin County, None Early, Old World, South America New!
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YES, WE CAN GARDEN ALL YEAR long in San Francisco and the nearby coastal regions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Seed Sun, Suggested Reading, New Zealand, Pea Family, United States, Cooperative Extension, Gourd Family, Santa Rosa, Southeast Asian, The Harvest Pick, Citrus Family, None Spring, The Harvest Harvest, Growing Instructions Start, Middle East, None Late, Quick Homemade Tomato Sauce, Sources Sweet, California Native Plant Society, Goosefoot Family, Marin County, None Early, Old World, South America New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Gardening By Mail: A Source Book, Fifth Edition by Barbara J. Barton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Designing And Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally by Robert Kourik on page 30, and Back Matter
- My Weeds: A Gardener's Botany by Sara B. Stein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back by Ruth Stout on page 77, and Back Matter
- The Garden Book by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Wildly Successful Plants: Northern California by Pam Peirce in Back Matter, and Back Cover
- Edible Pepper Garden, The (The Edible Garden Series) by Rosalind Creasy on page 30, and Back Matter
- The Edible French Garden (Edible Garden Series, Vol. 3) by Rosalind Creasy in Back Matter
- The Edible Salad Garden (Edible Garden) by Rosalind Creasy in Back Matter
- The Edible Italian Garden (Edible Garden Series) by Rosalind Creasy in Back Matter
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