Ortho's Complete Guide to Vegetables [Paperback]

Ortho Books (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 1997

More than 200 photographs and illustrations fill the pages of this comprehensive guide to the planting, growing and harvesting of all common vegetables.

Organized by type of vegetable with specific chapters on garden pests, preparation and construction.

Bridges the gap between gardening books and cookbooks with nutritional information, recipes, and hints for vegetable preparation.

Appeals to people who like to try new vegetables but don’t know how to prepare them.

Seed and plant sources listed in an appendix for gardeners who can’t find plants locally.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Ortho (July 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897213149
• ISBN-13: 978-0897213141
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,253,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for cooks too, June 6, 2000

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This review is from: Ortho's Complete Guide to Vegetables (Hardcover)

Beautifully illistrated the book starts with a complete garden guide that includes specifics on everything from choosing a garden site to the correct amount of light and water. Also covered in this section is data concerning soil, seasons, weeds, pests and problems. It then continues with a very comprehensive catalog of vegetables and herbs, each one containing precise straightforward details on planting, harvesting and cooking along with recipes and nutritional facts. Even if you're not interested in growing a garden, every cook should have this book. I use it as a resource when I am trying to choose the correct type of vegetable according to my recipe and taste buds or when looking up unfamiliar herbs that certain recipes may call for. A wealth of information, I use it to quickly and easly find answers to all my questions.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do It Yourself Vegtable Garden, March 19, 2001

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Richard Szkodzinski (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ortho's Complete Guide to Vegetables (Hardcover)

In the true tradition of do it yourself books created by Ortho this has to be its best. The book is geared for both beginners in gardening and the handy do it yourselfer types. Chapters progress you through the steps from site selection and plant selection to harvesting, crop rotating and soil conditioning over winter and indoor greenhouse seed starting. Its an A-Z book and should be the the only reference book (excluding seed catalogs) you really need. The book also contains references to various cultivars within vegtable species and handy suggested cooking guides, so a beginner gardener could not only successfully select and grow well know vegtables, but could also grow and use the odd often hard to find fresh herbs.

5.0 out of 5 stars orthos complete guid to veg, October 3, 2011

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Genevieve M. Sexton "concerned gen" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ortho's Complete Guide to Vegetables (Hardcover)

I love the book it is what we wanted My husband is the veg gardener and he is reading it.