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The year-round vegetable gardener : how to grow your own food 365 days a year no matter where you live / Niki Jabbour ; photography by Joseph De Sciose.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781603425681 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781603429924 (hc) :
- Physical Description: vii, 247 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
- Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, c2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Getting the timing right -- Intensive planting -- Extending the shoulder seasons and growing through the winter -- Designing productive gardens -- Vegetables -- Favorite herbs. |
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| Subject: | Vegetable gardening. |
- Baker & Taylor
Presents advice for growing vegetables throughout the year, discussing such topics as selecting the right vegetables for the season, using succession planting, and building and setting up cold frames. - Book News
This illustrated gardening guide provides detailed instructions for developing season extending garden practices that can provide fresh produce throughout the entire year, even in climates that experience cold winters. The work begins with an outline of techniques, infrastructure, and practices that can extend the growing season, and continues with an in-depth discussion of specific plant types and varieties suited to year round gardening. The volume includes appendices detailing cold frame designs and providing charts for succession planting and interplanting. Jabbour is a garden writer from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Grand Central PubEven in winterâs coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from years of growing vegetables in Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour shares her simple techniques for gardening throughout the year. Learn how to select the best varieties for each season, the art of succession planting, and how to build inexpensive structures to protect your crops from the elements. No matter where you live, youâll soon enjoy a thriving vegetable garden year-round.
- Grand Central PubStretch the gardening season with intensive planting techniques, cold-weather care tips, and vegetable varieties picked for flavor and growing success.
- Workman Press.Even in winter's coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from years of growing vegetables in Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour shares her simple techniques for gardening throughout the year. Learn how to select the best varieties for each season, the art of succession planting, and how to build inexpensive structures to protect your crops from the elements. No matter where you live, you'll soon enjoy a thriving vegetable garden year-round.
