Vegetable Gardening From The Ground Up by Stephanie Smith
Produce you just picked from your vegetable garden tastes much better than produce you purchase. For new gardeners, however, establishing a garden can be daunting. You don’t want to waste all that money and time only to have everything die.
This book was written for you. The author addresses all the steps in picking a site, getting it ready to plant, taking care of the vegetables, and caring for the site after the season is over. Vegetable Gardening from the Ground Up covers:
Understanding basic climate factors for your site
Choose a traditional, raised bed, container, square-foot, or lasagna garden
Ready the garden plot
Order the seeds and plants
Start the potential vegetables correctly
Fertilize the plants
Mulch your flourishing plants appropriately
Control pests, diseases, and other problems
Safely use organic or synthetic pesticides
Harvesting your bountiful produce
Safely storing the harvest
Save seeds and/or trade them
Caring for the garden plot between seasons
