Backyard Farming: Growing Vegetables & Herbs

by Kim Pezza

Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here!

A bountiful vegetable garden is a mainstay of the backyard farm; when done right, it can form the foundation for all your future farming successes. Whether you’re aiming at self-sufficiency or just looking to add the freshest ingredients possible to your own kitchen table, starting your own backyard vegetable garden is the best possible first step.

Backyard Growing Vegetables & Herbs is your guide to ensuring that your first garden is a success. Intended to serve as a comprehensive primer for first-time gardeners, detailed illustrations and informative photographs help to eliminate confusion and ease new homesteaders into the world of backyard farming.

Growing Vegetables & Herbs takes you from start to from planning out your garden, to planting and nurturing, to enjoying your first home harvest.

Growing Vegetables & Herbs shows
• How to design the best gardening layout for your space
• The ins and outs of weeding, watering, and pest control to keep your garden fresh and healthy
• Ways to organize your plantings to take advantage of natural complements
• The equipment you will need to make your garden a success
• How to harvest your vegetables and prepare your garden for the coming winter
…and many more tips and tricks from experienced growers to help you avoid the most common mistakes.

Join the growing movement of homemakers and homesteaders looking to make a return to a healthier, happier way of life—right in your own backyard. Growing Vegetables & Herbs will show you how.

Backyard Farming is a series of easy-to-use guides to help urban, suburban, and rural dwellers turn their homes into homesteads. Whether planning to grow food for the family or for sale at the local farmers market, Backyard Farming provides simple instruction and essential information in a convenient reference.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[David]

2024 is the year of the garden, folks.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

After turning to Google to help me learn about planting plants, I took to the library and picked up this slim tome. It was an easy read and gave me all the confidence I needed to start planning my very first vegetable garden. Two green thumbs up!

[Catie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very much an introductory book, but I think it covers a wide array of topics and walks beginners through the basics of starting a garden. I was pleased that it also includes ideas and solutions for senior and disabled gardeners. I grew tired of the author suggesting to do further research on subjects, but it is very upfront about being a quick introduction to gardening. I think it's a good starting point for new gardeners but more experienced gardeners will probably want to read a book that goes into more depth.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

One or two interesting things in this book, but overall, I got tired of the "hey, here's a cool thing you can do, but go find another resource to learn about how." I suppose that's the danger of writing such a tiny primer on such a vast topic. Also, this book could use some editing. There were a couple of places where the second half of sentences were completely missing.

[Abby Stipetich · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a relatively quick and easy read and is a great basis for an introduction to gardening. If you are not a beginner gardener you likely don’t need to read this book. It overviews types of gardens, types of plants, maintenance and closing the garden.

[Ursula Wren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found it easy to read, and very informative. Some of the language was a little clunky, but it's not a novel. Glad I've got it to help me get started with my garden.

[Renee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick read . Great book if you are looking to start a garden. Has some good tips and good starting points. Wouldn’t recommend if you are an experienced gardener, as this book is for the beginners.