Taunton's Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables and Herbs

by Ruth Lively (Editor)

From planning and planting to harvesting, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to growing your own vegetables and herbs. That’s good news for gardeners everywhere, as the “eat local” movement continues to gain momentum across the country. What to grow? Where to plant it? How to get the most from your garden? It’s all in here. First-rate gardening pros share their expertise on designing a garden of any size, as well as fundamentals about soil, irrigation, pest control, crop rotation, and more. With detailed advice on growing 85 crops, plus sidebars on how to make a garden as attractive as it is productive, readers will delight in finding all the information they’ll ever need on vegetable gardening in one place.

Genres: Gardening, Reference, Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published March 22, 2011

Reviews

[Jim Black · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a collection of articles from what I think was the best potager garden magazine ever. Taunton's "Kitchen Gardener Magazine"(I bought every back issue it was so good). It just had the bad run of luck to not survive the period of time such gardens were not the rage. The great articles on growing, using and cooking out of the garden are contained within the pages of this very nice, although paperback, book. Well worth ordering , as due to the content, this information is not dated and well worth following today.

[Jo Ann Rhodehouse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to follow chapters with pictures, diagrams, and essential must dos to tips. The guide covers how to start or build items, sowing, growing and harvesting, traditional to good varieties, as well as weeds and pests & solutions for each vegetable and herb. An excellent personal library reference for any stage gardener.

[Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Guide to Kitchen Vegetable and Herb Gardens complete with irrigation information, layouts, and really gorgeous photos.

[Sébastien · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good details. Useful and essential info about drip irrigation systems and components.

[Julie Fischer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a passionate Gardner and read as many book on gardening as I can. Each author has their own style and Ruth Lively taught me so much about vegetable gardening. I have had vegetable gardens in the past. Through illustrations on building structures for the garden and close up pictures of insects and plants I learned so much from her writing. I will refer to this book through the season. I am looking forward to a great harvest.