Vegetable Gardening: Your Ultimate Guide (Black & Decker Outdoor Home) [Hardcover]

Robert J. Dolezal (Author)

Book Description

Series: Black & Decker Outdoor Home | Publication Date: January 1, 2000

-- Explains how to prepare, harvest and preserve vegetables.
-- Uses a highly visual, easy-to-read, user-friendly format.
-- Includes information on pest control, focusing on less toxic alternatives.

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A well-planned combination of straightforward text and colorful photos make Vegetable Gardening: Your Ultimate Guide a most useful addition in your quest for the perfect melon or Brussels sprout. The chapters on preparation cover everything from garden design (complete with worksheets) to the creation of special environments like cold frames and greenhouses. With the easy step-by-step instructions on building a potting bench, you may even surprise yourself with your new handy talents!

Plant care--from irrigation to pest control--is demonstrated with numerous methods, with an emphasis on do-it-yourself projects and avoiding harmful chemicals. All kinds of canning and preserving tips are shown as well--who knew the importance of an ice bath in ensuring freshness? Ending with a vegetable glossary that includes 15 different categories for each plant, this book has all the information you need for successful gardening. The color photos in each section are a mix of step-by-step demonstrations and close-ups of plants and insects in varying states, and every one of them does a beautiful job of bringing the text to life. The writing itself, while as informative as an advanced textbook, is written simply enough for use by novices--no fancy language here! Enjoyable and instructive, this manual is equally useful for beginners or those with years of experience. --Jill Lightner

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Creative Publishing International; 1st edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865734410
• ISBN-13: 978-0865734418
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,749,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My ultimate guide, October 16, 2009

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This review is from: Vegetable Gardening: Your Ultimate Guide (Black & Decker Outdoor Home) (Hardcover)

I read every gardening book I can get my hands on, but I'm cheap, so this is the only one I have or ever will buy. In eight years of using amazon.com this is also the first review I've felt compelled to write. I cannot emphasize enough how thorough, accurate, and good-looking this guide is. Get it, you will not regret it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Comprehensive Book, March 27, 2011

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This review is from: Vegetable Gardening: Your Ultimate Guide (Black & Decker Outdoor Home) (Hardcover)

I checked this book out from the library and it has everything that a beginner gardener would need to know. It includes information on all types of vegetable gardening from row gardening, to French-style, to container gardening, etc. It is full of lots of information--stuff that you wouldn't even think that you'd need to know! I'm really glad I came across this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Vegetable Gardening book. Period., February 19, 2010

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Steve Kovach, Jr. - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vegetable Gardening: Your Ultimate Guide (Black & Decker Outdoor Home) (Hardcover)

This is the best gardening book I have ever read. And, I have read a ton of I have them. The Vegetable Encyclopedia section gives you all the info you need to grow super veggies. I recommend it for every vegetable gardener