Vegetable Gardening
- Home Vegetable Gardening Part I
Books
- Vegetable Gardening: From Planting to Picking - The Complete Guide to Creating a Bountiful Garden
- 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.
- Vegetable Gardening in Florida
- With full-color photographs and detailed expert advice, this affordable paperback describes how to grow abundant vegetables and edible herbs in gardens anywhere in Florida. Jim Stephens offers clear explanations of useful gardening terms and joins popular growing concepts with the expertise of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Stephens explains -- types of gardens (including hydroponic and organic), -- site selection, -- vegetable variety selection, garden establishment and care, -- soil fertilization and management, -- climatic implications, -- cultivation practices, and -- harvesting and storing. He addresses the challenge of pests and diseases and includes a detailed and illustrated description of all the major and minor crops usually grown in Florida. And he doesn't overlook the basic, practical advice: thin the turnips, Stephens says, keep your tools sharp and clean, don't use lawn fertilizer on those vegetables. This guide will be indispensable to county agents, schoolteachers, garden writers, and anyone who enjoys a juicy, homegrown tomato.
- 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. - Burpee : The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically
- A Backyard-Gardener’s Guide to Growing a Bountiful, Great-Tasting Harvest
The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener features:
- A full-color encyclopedia of over 100 vegetables and herbs with detailed, expert advice on growing them successfully from planting to harvest
- Planting and growing techniques that keep maintenance to a minimum
- Entries on how to grow unusual edibles, such as refreshing mesclun for salads, colorful edible flowers, spicy mustards, and more
- Descriptions and photos of a host of succulent vegetables, both hybrids and heirlooms, from common to exotic
- Complete information on improving even the poorest garden soil using safe, organic techniques, plus practical advice on making compost
- Recommendations on garden tools you need–and those you don’t
- Information on controlling pests and diseases organically, without resorting to poisonous sprays
- Spectacular full-color photographs of vegetables and herbs, food gardens, and edible landscapes, plus 30 black-and-white line drawings
- I absolutely love this book. I first found it at the local library and Had to Have It! I find two drawbacks and they are that the 'pests' and diseases aren't defined enough for the novice gardener. The 'pests' are pictured in black and white while the diseases are written only. This is a great gift for a new gardener.
- Florida Vegetables: How to Grow Them
- Contains the information necessary to grow vegetables in the Florida home culinary garden. Includes basic information on soil preparation, fertilization, and pest control. Many helpful photographs and an exhaustive planting guide are included. Grow vegetables and save money!
- I've been all through the University of Florida gardening guides, but wanted something aimed at home gardeners. This is the book! It's probably most valuable for all the descriptions and photos of pest and disease problems our area faces. This is a fantastic resource for Floridians.
- Texas Organic Vegetable Gardening: The Total Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, and Other Edible Plants the Natural Way
- This book shows you how to have a healthy soil and recommends environmentally safe products and even some homemade remedies to control pests and disease in your garden. You'll get nuts and bolts information on companion planting and the use of beneficial insects.
- If you are intending to grow vegetables in Central Texas, you MUST buy this book! It is the only book out there that realistically tells you how (and WHEN) to grow vegetables in this, very difficult part of zone 8. ALmost tropical...and yet, so dry......and hot.....and such awful soil we have here! (Well, for the most part.)
It has been THE most useful Gardening book in my collection for the last eight years, and though I buy many gardening books, no other book can begin to touch it (mainly because what they have to say just doesn't relate to Central Texas!)
Items for Vegetable Gardening
- Jerry Baker's Year Round Vegetable Gardening - Dvd *new
- Current Price: $11.85
- Baker,jerry: Year Round Vegetable Gardening Dvd -new
- Current Price: $12.91
- Vegetable Gardening
- Current Price: $22.96
- Jerry Baker's Year Round Vegetable Gardening (2006, ...
- Current Price: $15.40
- New Baker J-year Round Vegetable Gardening (dvd/ff)
- Current Price: $12.98
- Vegetable Gardening By Inc Dorling Kindersley (2007)
- Current Price: $11.99
- Vegetable Gardening By Jane Courtier (2006)
- Current Price: $29.76
- 3-step Vegetable Gardening By Sally Roth, Steve Merc...
- Current Price: $19.70
- Creative Vegetable Gardening By Joy Larkcom (2008)
- Current Price: $19.70
- Vegetable Gardening In Florida
- Current Price: $15.27
Questions and Answers
- Question:
- vegetable gardening?
i am TOTALLY new to gardening. i followed the miracle grow soil directions but i have NO idea how much water i should be using when im watering. it said for the 1st week i need to water everyday and then twice a week there after. but i have no idea what is enough water when i am watering. if anyone could give me some guidelines or signs that i have enough water i would appreciate it. also other tips are appreciated. im planting watermelon, sweet corn (from seed) and yellow & red bell peppers - Answer:
- I just water enough to wet the ground. When first planting, I water more. I watch my garden and can tell just by looking at a plant if it needs something. Someone answered that you shouldn't water the leaves. that is far from true. You shouldn't water at night, because the water won't evaporate faster and bugs will be attracted. Also, nothing wrong with miracle gro, but I don't know why you need it. I use it only if I am trying to recover a sick plant. I use fertilizer from stratch like blood meal, and bone meal. You get a lot more for your money. Watermelon and corn are great complements to plant together. Make sure you plant lots of corn. I live in Philly with a small yard, and it is amazing what I can produce every year
- Question:
- What are your best organic vegetable gardening tips?
I am starting an allotment and would like to be purely organic. Got any experience or tips for a newbie that I can use on my vegetable plots? General tips or growong tips, or just general ideas all welcome :) - Answer:
- Organic fertilizer, compost, mulch and of course, no pesticides. When it comes to making some dirt properly for a vegetable bed, start by mixing 2 parts steer or horse manure, 1 part peat moss, 1 part sifted dirt from your yard or 1 part topsoil and 1/2 part perlite. I prefer to mix mine in a wheelbarrow, but hell, you can mix it directly in a vegetable or flower bed. Just be sure to till the soil a bit at the bottom of your bed before mixing in your prepared soil. Also when planting either plants, flowers, vegetables, etc... Make a mixture of 1 - 2 tablespoons of fish emulsion (it comes in a 1 gallon jug) and 1 - 2 tablespoons of seaweed emulsion (it comes in a quart up to a 1 gal jug) with about a gallon or two of water in a watering can. Just water your plants or vegetables like you normally would at least once every 2 to 3 weeks. This will help to produce bigger yields and helps to promote stronger root growth. Next when it comes to your flower beds or the bare soil around trees and somewhat later on when your vegetables begin to be more established, if it is possible, try using cedar bark as mulch. The finer the better. This helps alot with water retention in the soil, but cedar also helps as a natural pesticide that has no chemicals. And after a while the cedar bark will breakdown and become compost. Next is composting. Dirt, organic matter, water aerating the compost regularly and watering. I prefer to compost in the ground as opposed to using a bin, or anything else. I dug two 4ft wide by 3 ft deep holes in my back yard, almost side by side. This allows me to have a constant supply of compost year in and year out. Plan on it taking anywhere from several months up to 18 months to make compost. You can add grass clippings, clean paper, apple cores, orange peels, etc... Just whatever you do, dont add anything that has come in contact with any meat products, or fish. As this will attract animals. I like to add a cheap bag of steer manure to the mix which helps with the breakdown of material.... Hit me up if you need any more advice....
- Question:
- Since food is becoming so expensive, will more Americans start vegetable gardening and canning their own food?
It's definitely one way to save money on food! - Answer:
- Being a fellow native to my state... you probably see as much of it as I do down here :) Out at Two Rivers Park they actually have public land staked out for gardens... people have them planted everywhere! My family has always had a garden growing up... but they have expanded it now that both of my parents have retired.. instead of a little thing.. we have 3 massive gardens. Can't beat the food picked there.. and yes, I do think we'll see more and more of this.