Guide to Georgia Vegetable Gardening (Vegetable Gardening Guides) [Paperback]

Walter Reeves (Author)

Book Description

Series: Vegetable Gardening Guides | Publication Date: February 1, 2008

This book offers advice on everything from starting your garden from seed, to planning your garden with helpful space saving techniques.  Make this guide a must-have resource for anyone interested in growing vegetables, no matter what their space requirements. Helpful charts will outline when to plant and when to harvest cool and warm season vegetables.

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Book Description

This book offers advice on everything from starting your garden from seed, to planning your garden with helpful space saving techniques.  Make this guide a must-have resource for anyone interested in growing vegetables, no matter what their space requirements. Helpful charts will outline when to plant and when to harvest cool and warm season vegetables.

About the Author

Rushing is a 10th generation Southern gardener. He is a leading Extension Service consumer horticulturist in Mississippi and has two degrees from Mississippi State University and the Louisiana State University Landscape School of the South. He coordinates Master Gardeners in the state's capitol.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Cool Springs Press (February 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591863910
• ISBN-13: 978-1591863915
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Helping Hand, May 27, 2008

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Mme Molineaux Valerie (Lorgues, Var, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Georgia Vegetable Gardening (Vegetable Gardening Guides) (Paperback)

I ordered this book for my daughter who had moved to Georgia from LA. She, a keen gardener, tells me that it is exactly what she was looking for and expects it to be a great help in her new surroundings.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative, September 12, 2009

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B. Valenza (Cleveland, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Georgia Vegetable Gardening (Vegetable Gardening Guides) (Paperback)

This book is very valuable to anyone interested in vegetable gardening in GA. I was new to the area and the soil here is much different from the soil in NJ. I bought the book as a reference guide and it has been very helpful. My garden is getting better each year.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful but Could Be Better, March 9, 2011

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R. Long (Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Georgia Vegetable Gardening (Vegetable Gardening Guides) (Paperback)

I was thrilled to finally find a guide specific to Georgia and for the most part I have found it useful. The general information is very basic and more for beginners. For example, they talk about how much water to give plants but offer no information on types of irrigation or even a reference to the fact that drip or soaker irrigation is less wasteful and causes fewer disease problems. They also list hay as a mulch and it is very often full of weed seeds. That aside, the basic facts about plant needs are given and that often missing information is essential to understanding how to grow plants. The book covers many ways to start seeds and start plants from purchased transplants.

The individual vegetable sections are divided into When, where and how to plant, followed by care and maintenance and recommended varieties. It clarifies different ways to start each plants, like onions from seeds, sets or stickouts. I appreciate that they talk about how and when a pest attacks the plant so that I can figure out strategies to avoid damage. I must figure them out because their standard recommendation is "Control insects by applying an approved insecticide." though occasionally a mechanical or biological method is offered. I also find the phrase "as soon as the soil can be worked" extremely frustrating because the soil can always be worked in most parts of Georgia. A specific planting time range for south and north would be more helpful. They do tell you where to find the information at your local extension service, if it still has funding.

The fruit section also has very good basic information, including pruning of trees, support for berries and thinning fruits. I love that unusual fruits like kiwi, mayhaw, pawpaw, persimmon, and quince are included!

Again, this is a very good basic guide to conventional gardening with good individual plant information that is often GA specific. It will not help you with organic techniques, but is useful even if you choose not to use chemical insecticides and petroleum fertilizers.