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Container food gardening : all the know-how you need to grow veggies, fruits, herbs, and other edible plants in pots / Pam Farley.
Starting your own garden might seem like an intimidating task, but gardening in pots makes it easy to be successful. Farley shows how to locate your potted food garden on your balcony, deck, driveway or porch, and provides solutions to the most common problems faced by container gardeners. From deciding which plants, type of soil, and containers to use, to expanding and creating themed gardens, Farley will have you harvesting homegrown veggies, herbs and fruits!
Record details
- ISBN: 9780760378137 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 175 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Publisher: Beverly, MA : Cool Springs Press, 2023.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Plan and plant your first container garden ; the best varieties for small spaces ; care tips to maximize yields ; go from seed to harvest quickly and easily!"--Cover. Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Why grow your own food? -- Decide what to grow : planting recipes -- Choose your containers -- Container gardening soil -- Sun & location -- Watering -- Fertilizing & soil amendments -- Troubleshooting -- Conclusion. |
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| Subject: | Container gardening. Fruit-culture. Gardens, Miniature. Herb gardening. Organic gardening. Vegetable gardening. |
| Genre: | Handbooks and manuals. |
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In The First-Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening, youâll learn how to successfully grow vegetables, herbs, and fruits in pots, even if youâve never gardened before. - Grand Central Pub
âStraightforward instructions, matrices, photos, and illustrations make this one of my new favorite gardening books.â âSeira Wilson, Amazon Editor
Growing your own fresh, organic food in containers is a great way to begin your gardening journey! This friendly guide includes everything you need to know to get started.
Whatâs holding you back from growing your own food? Are you nervous about having enough space? Do you question whether or not you have the time to make it happen? Are the growing conditions you have a little questionable? Is your budget at a bare-bones minimum? Then container gardening is the answer to all of your concerns! With a minimal investment in time, money, and space, and The First-Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening at your side, start your very first garden in containers, instead of in the ground. You just may find youâre capable of growing fantastic yields in spite of all your initial hesitations.
Container gardens can take up as much or as little room as youâd like. Theyâre portable, so you can locate them wherever conditions are optimal for plant growth. And, you can grow just about any veggie in pots, as long as you have the right container, the right soil blend, and the right care tips. In these pages, author Pam Farley of BrownThumbMama.com lines the path to container food gardening success in clear, simple steps.
Not only will you learn how to get started, youâll also discover:Â
Â- What size container you need for each different veggieÂ
- Why filling the pot with the perfect soil blend matters so much
- When to fertilize and how often to waterÂ
- Where to locate your container food garden for optimum productionÂ
- What to do if problems arise and how to fix themÂ
- Tips for everything from staking and pruning your veggie plants to knowing when itâs time to harvest
Plus, find a dozen fully illustrated planting plans for themed container food gardens, including a Smoothie Greens Garden, a Spring Stir-Fry Garden, a Spaghetti Sauce Garden, a Salad Greens Garden, and many others.
No room? No problem. Lousy soil? Nothing to worry about. Not enough time? Think again. Growing food in containers is fun, easy, and perfect for beginners.
This book is part of The First-Time Gardenerâs Guides series from Cool Springs Press, which also includes The First-Time Gardener: Raised Bed Gardening, The First-Time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers, and The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables. Each book in The First-Time Gardenerâs Guides series is aimed at beginner gardeners and offers clear, fact-based information thatâs presented in a friendly and accessible way, including step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations throughout.
