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Vegetable Gardening: From Planting to Picking - The Complete Guide to Creating aBountiful Garden

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I've checked out most vegetable gardening books at the local library and used the extension service materials, but this is the best general guide I've seen. Each vegetable and common herb gets its own page with how to plant, maintaing harvest and treat common problems. There are organic methods side by side with nonorganic methods to let the reader choose instance by instance. Each page has an illustration or actual photograph. Where appropriate information on growing in different hardiness zones is included. There are also step by step instructions on planing, preparing the ground, sowing and planting, making your garden grow (watering, feedings, weeding, pests diseases, harvest and storage, and lastly pages for each vegetable as grouped into sections such as herbs, root and stem crops etc. I checked this out from the library but decided to buy it after realzing how useful it will be in my house as a reference.

I received this gorgeous book last Christmas and have since read through it so many times it's getting dog-eared! It's not only a comprehensive volume, covering everything from salsify to celeriac and kolhrabi to tomatoes, peppers, and lettuce, but it also gives excellent tips on how to set up your garden, when to harvest, and how to store your vegetables. It's arranged in a very user-friendly way, with tips and tricks and reccommended varieties on the side and loads of photographs. In fact, the full-color pictures are so incredibly gorgeous that this could be a coffee table book! Do yourself or the gardener in your life (amateur or otherwise) a favor and pick this up!!

I found this book to be very helpful and a great read. I really like the way it is organized and illustrated, the pictures are beautiful and informative. The authors took the time to make the book accessable for those who may not be fully acquainted with the art of veggie gardening...

overall it is a worthwhile buy.

This is the book to have if you are just starting out in gardening. I had never planted a garden before and this book made my garden a huge success. It talks about lots of different types of gardens and then near the pack (really the last half of the book) it goes through all the different things you can plant, discusses when to plant them, how far apart to place them, how many you should plant for how many people you have in your family. It also talks about diseases and how to get rid of them. I have no complaints about this book.

I am a long time gardener who has had off and on success growing vegetables. I own many gardening books including Vegetable Gardeners Bible. I like the Reader's Digest Book the best as it has a nice format, beautiful pictures and information that other garderning books do not contain. The book covers garden planning, setup, general growing tips, harvesting and storage (no other book has covered this). Then there is a multiple page section for each vegetable that can possible be grown. I also like that there are also two points of view offered by the two authors of this this book: totally organic and the use pesticides in special cases. I paid full price for this book at a local bookstore and felt it was money well spent.

This is an extremely informative and inventive book on growing your own vegetables and herbs. It's filled with great ideas on how to handle various soils, seasons and pests. Easy to read, beautifully done and a great reference book for the beginner or experienced gardener.

This is a great book to have around. I will be referring to it over and over again.
This is my first year to garden and this book has really helped me in knowing what to plant and how to take care of it!

I bought this book for my son who is a beginning gardner. He has reviewed it and says it will be very helpful with his garden next spring.

This book gives you succinct, clear information about vegetable gardening. I liked it because I did not have to waste time reading the author's poetic rhapsodies about plants and gardening. I got the facts and then I had time to apply them.

From doing a trial and error garden for the past two years, this book gives a lot of information for all vegetables in one book. Also going into soil preparation, the subject matter is helping in so many aspects. Would recommend to any home gardener.