3 Step Vegetable Gardening

by Steve Mercer, Sally Roth, Gardening

Many people would love to enjoy eating super-fresh homegrown produce but don't know how. Starting with what varieties to plant through how to tend their garden and when and how to harvest the fruits of thei labors, this book is the complete vegetable gardening system for busy people. The book breaks things down into three simple steps: sow, grow, and harvest.

Readers will learn how to set their garden; how to install raised beds and a watering system; and why the time spent getting ready to sow will be repaid many times over during the summer. They will find out how to grow, learning all about mulches and weed covers, garden sites, and planting plans. Then day by day through the growing season, they will see how to make their garden grow. And finally they'll learn how to tell when it's time to harvest and how to store vegetables they can't eat right away.
By spending growing their own vegetables, readers will enjoy crops harvested at the peak of perfection, bringing food from garden to table in minutes flat. And they'll be eating the freshest home-grown vegetables, herbs, and fruit available instead of the underripe or limp, sickly offerings so often found in supermarkets.

Genres: Gardening, Reference

223 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2008

Reviews

[Casey Garrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been reading several of these paperback gardening, homesteading books. This one wasn't one of my favorites but was still a good read.

I feel like I have learned more from the homesteading books than this gardening one.

[Vernon Whillock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good all around primer for backyard gardening. It slants Organic but not in an overly preachy way. Would have been 5 stars if it had zone details about each individual plant.

[Erin Maynard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book!

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book on gardening. Between this book and "Grow Vegetables" all the various needs of a gardener are covered. This book covers vegetables, fruits (bushes and vines), and herbs. Written in a readable manner with just enough information. The only downside to this book is that it does not have pictures of the "problems" that the various vegetables, fruits, and herbs can experience. This leaves the reader guessing at what is going wrong with the plants in their garden.

[Kathy Carter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is fun and I like it so much I ordered a copy. List price $19.95. $8.44 from Amazon. Good basic information and I think I just loved the pictures and the idea of getting back to the garden after this very long winter.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

i found this book very interesting. it gives you easy directions to follow. it also has step by step on how to garden and plants. if you need easy step by step directions this book is for you.

[Joy Rm23 · Rating 5 out of 5]

a very good book.
it tells me 3 steps to do and it always worked at my big garden!!!

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great info for the novice gardener. Covered when to sow and harvest and included great pictures.