1998-01-01 A unique guide to the amazon bounty of our vegetable heritage. An amazing diversity of vegetables exists, in ranges of shape, size,color, cooking quality, and taste that most of us have never dreamed of, and with differences in cold and heat tolerance, harvest times,and resistance to pests amd...
1982-01-01 Full of useful tips and practical garden wisdom, this straightforward guide shows you everything you need to know to grow a more bountiful harvest with less work. Stressing the utility of raised beds and wide rows, gardening expert Dick Raymond shares his time-tested techniques for preparing the...
1997-01-01 This volume is about using your raised bed garden. In the pages to follow, you will discover novel ways to plant, irrigate, feed, and protect your garden. All of the techniques and procedures described have been evaluated and are effective.
1995-01-01 One of the biggest names in the large and rapidly expanding sport of growing giant vegetables reveals his unique--and unusual--secrets for gardening gargantuan greens, including how to plant, prune, protect, and nurture each plant for maximum results and mega-poundage. Color photos throughout.
1995-01-01 The Crandalls how how anything that growns in a conventional garden can be grown in a container. This includes such unlikely candidates as asparagus, pumpkins,corn--even fruits such as apples, apricots, peaches, pears and figs. Container gardening also makes it possible for people in cold...
2000-01-01 Noted horticulturist Richard Merrill and award-winning cookbook author Joe Ortiz have teamed up to bring you the ultimate no-nonsense guide to cultivating and cooking from a kitchen garden. Exhaustively researched and easy to use,The Gardener’s Tableoffers a complete plan for maintaining a cook’s...
1978-01-01 You'll find everything you will need to know about each plant's growing habits, climatic needs, cultural requirements, soil and moisture preferences; extra carethat can produce a superior crop; harvestting and storing each vegetable, its value as a food and how to prepare and serve it. Sources of...
1978-01-01 Presents information on the characteristics, planting, cultivation, harvesting, and culinary uses of traditional Chinese greens cucurbits, snow peas, beans, cabbages, and herbs.