Rodale's Garden Answers: Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs : At-A-Glance Solutions for Every Gardening Problem (G.K. Hall Large Print Reference Collection) [Hardcover]

Fern Marshall Bradley (Editor), Linda A. Gilkeson (Editor), Rodale Press (Corporate Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1996 | Series: G.K. Hall Large Print Reference Collection

Rodale's Garden Answers provides complete instructions for more than 200 gardening techniques including planting, fertilizing, watering, pruning, and extending the growing season for maximum harvest.

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Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"A handy reference guide to growing fresh food at little cost to the gardener or the environment."-Horticulture magazine

"A well laid-out 'quick reference' that will allow gardeners to spend most of their time in their gardens rather than prowling for answers in books."-Book Page --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

FERN MARSHALL BRADLY is a garden book editor at Rodale. She lives in Emmaus, PA. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 375 pages
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co (February 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0783816073
• ISBN-13: 978-0783816074
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,832,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Fern Marshall Bradley is the former gardening books editor for Rodale Press. She is best-known for the best-selling Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, and has also authored or edited many books, including Reader's Digest's Vegetable Gardening.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hint book for Organic Gardening, June 8, 2001

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"brackm" (Winston-Salem, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rodale's Garden Answers: Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs : At-A-Glance Solutions for Every Gardening Problem (Hardcover)

Spend less time reading and more time gardening with this quick-reference guide. The book is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Growing Vegetables, Growing Fruits, Growing Herbs, and Controlling Pest and Diseases. Each section is loaded with tips. In the Getting started section, you will learn about preparing a site, buying the right plants, and how to making Compost Tea. The Vegetable section, not only gives you a detailed write-up on over 30 different vegetables, but tells how to get 100 pounds of tomatoes from one plant. For the do-it-yourself group, there are instructions on how to build a homemade tomato cage.

The book devotes 100 pages to growing fruits. Learn how to make an aphid trap out of a milk jug or how to propagate berry plants and fruit trees. There are detailed care and maintenance write-ups on 12 of the most common fruits & berries.

The Herb section talks about controlling invasive herbs, companion planting, and how to perform a technique called layering.

The Controlling Pest and Diseases section points out beneficial insects and plants. The book also explains organic tricks for solving insect, plant deficiency, and disease problems. I love the way the book uses home products to solve common gardening problems in an easy to read format. This is my favorite gardening book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book, July 31, 2001

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John R. Mcquiston "zje8" (Stone Mountain, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rodale's Garden Answers: Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs: At-a-Glance Solutions for Every Gardening Problem (Paperback)

I really loved this book because it focused on organic methods first. Also, it goes though plant by plant and lists growth conditions, problems and many options for cures. It also goes through soil and garden development.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good info, March 21, 2011

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J. Wilson "garden gnome" (Red Bluff, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rodale's Garden Answers: Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs : At-A-Glance Solutions for Every Gardening Problem (Hardcover)

There is a ton of useful, organic gardening information in this book. I especially like the lay out. Not my only gardening book but one I go to often.