The Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible How to Grow a Bounty of Food in Pots, Tubs, and Other Containers

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Pub. Date: 2011-03-02
Publisher(s): Storey Publishing, LLC
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Summary

Best-Selling Author Edward C. Smith has taught thousands of people how to grow a backyard vegetable garden. Now, in The Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible, Ed Shows readers how easy it is to grow a backyard garden even without a backyard. By growing vegetables in containers, even novice gardeners can reap an abundance of organic food in very small spaces. Anyone can harvest tomatoes on a fire escape, produce a pumpkin in a planter, or grow broccoli on a balcony--it's easy! The Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible provides information on growing everyne's favorite vegatables in all kinds of containers. And Ed Smith delivers his wealth of container-gardening knowledge in the friendly, acccessible style that his readers love. He explains how to choose the right plants, select appropriate containers and tools, provide balanced nutrition, care for plants throughout the growing season, control pests with out chemicals, and much more. He even includes plans for small-space container gardens that urban and suburban gardenrs will love. This book has everything gardeners need to produce bountiful container harvests, even in the smallest spaces.

Author Biography

Edward C. Smith is the best-selling author of The Vegetable Gardener's Bible and The Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible. For more than 30 years he and his wife, Sylvia, have lived off the grid in Vermont, in a house they built on land they cleared by hand. Together, the grow more than 100 varieties of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in their 2,000 square feet of gardens and containers.

Table of Contents

Contents
Part One: Get Growing in Containers
Introduction: A Vegetable Garden in Pots
Chapter One: The Right Pot for Every Plant
Chapter Two: What's in the Pot?
Chapter Three: Tools and Accessories

Part Two: Putting It All Together
Chapter Four: Getting Started
Chapter Five: Of Seeds and Six-Packs
Chapter Six: Designing for Containers
Chapter Seven: Caring for Your Container Gardens
Chapter Eight: Managing Pests and Diseases
Chapter Nine: Harvesting the Bounty
Chapter Ten: When Winter Draws Near

Part Three: Incredible Edibles
Chapter Eleven: The Best Vegetables
Chapter Twelve: Herbs for Every Pot
Chapter Thirteen: The Edible Bouquet

Acknowledgments
Photography Credits
Further Reading
Suppliers
Maps
Index

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