Get Started: Growing Vegetables: The Basics

Get Started

by Simon Akeroyd

Have you always wanted to learn how to grow your own vegetables and fruits, but don't know how to get started? Get Growing Vegetables is your perfect, patient teacher, taking you from complete beginner to being able to complete more than 50 gardening projects. Start simple with your own leafy salad and a delicious strawberry hanging basket; build on your skills with a rustic tepee for beans and plump, juicy raspberries; and show off by designing an aromatic herb garden, nurturing gourmet asparagus, storing your crops for winter, and more. Packed with advice, reminders, and help when things go wrong, Get Growing Vegetables is your first step toward a passion for growing your own food. More than any other series on the market, DK's Get Started series simulates carefully structured classroom lessons, an approach that allows you to custom-build courses with practical lessons and themed projects. Nothing's assumed, and everything's explained; each book answers fundamental questions, identifies the subject's basics, and provides step-by-step explanations and assessments so you can fulfill your own unique potential.

Genres: Gardening

31 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 17, 2012

About the author

Simon is an author having written over 30 gardening books, and contributes to national gardening magazines and newspapers. He has also featured as a TV presenter and on radio. He was previously Garden Manager for both RHS and National Trust. He was also a BBC producer.

He currently lives in South Devon.

Reviews

[Amy Burdick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book, I borrowed it from the library but now I want a copy for myself. Lots of great information for beginner gardeners and covers a good variety of vegetables.

[Cloay]

- available in SG NLB 635 (ToaPayoh)