Vegetable Gardening in Florida [Paperback]

JAMES M. STEPHENS (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Florida; 1st edition (June 12, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813016746
• ISBN-13: 978-0813016740
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vegetable Gardening in Florida, June 3, 2002

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Judith K. Ohare "grace" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vegetable Gardening in Florida (Paperback)

Being new to gardening it has been a chore finding books I can understand about gardening. Many make promises but don't deliver information in a senible manner and I end up more frustrated than satisfied. This one delivers. The thing I love about this book is its simple easily understandable format. The book is loaded with color photographs that help me distinguish the different kinds of problems plants suffer from, making it a simple process in learning how to care for my plants and exactly what may be the problem.

I like the way he layed out the charts in the back of the book. One section for cold crops and one section for winter crops. He even has a section for herbs! It takes the work out of thumbing through page after page, book after book, of when, what and where I can grow things. Thanks, Mr. Stephens, for taking the mystery out of vegetable gardening and making my life a little easier and a lot simplier.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! A User-Friendly Gardening Book, June 6, 2006

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M. Levine (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vegetable Gardening in Florida (Paperback)

This beautifully illustrated book steers clear from all the "professional jargon" and actually allows you to get outside and garden!

In a nicely uncluttered way, it shows you through the use of simple illustrated tables WHEN to plant each type of vegetable and WHERE. It makes gardening fun again.

Hooray! No longer does one have to spend days reading about soils, biological make-up, beneficial bugs and the other things that make vegetable gardening seem like some mysterious technological feat.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Big Help for Florida Gardens!, September 23, 2005

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Heather N. Moore "Heather" (Saint Cloud, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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As a new gardener, I was happy to read this easy to follow guide. It answers the basic questions, and gives great timelines to follow. It has full color pictures, that really help you to visualize what they are talking about in the text. It is not a fancy garden book, with all the scientific "mumbo jumbo". Just easy directions to follow for success. So far my garden looks great and I have had no problems thanks to this book.