Veg Out
A Stress-Free Guide to Creating Your First Vegetable Garden
Published on 4. April 2023
192 pages
978-1-4549-4525-3 (ISBN)
Description
Beginner vegetable gardeners won't end up in the weeds with this accessible guide.
Watching delicate seedlings sprout from the ground and plucking cute cherry tomatoes at the peak of ripeness-if this is your idea of living the dream, you'll want this friendly guide. Gardening expert Heather Rodino teaches the basics of growing your own vegetables, such as how to choose the right plants for a climate and guarding the crop from hungry critters. Included are 30 profiles of beginner-friendly vegetables and herbs with detailed instructions on where to grow, when to harvest, as well as their sunlight, watering, and soil needs. With helpful tips and photographs of important concepts, Veg Out is the perfect companion for any budding vegetable gardener.
Watching delicate seedlings sprout from the ground and plucking cute cherry tomatoes at the peak of ripeness-if this is your idea of living the dream, you'll want this friendly guide. Gardening expert Heather Rodino teaches the basics of growing your own vegetables, such as how to choose the right plants for a climate and guarding the crop from hungry critters. Included are 30 profiles of beginner-friendly vegetables and herbs with detailed instructions on where to grow, when to harvest, as well as their sunlight, watering, and soil needs. With helpful tips and photographs of important concepts, Veg Out is the perfect companion for any budding vegetable gardener.
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Heather Rodino is the author of How to Houseplant: A Beginner's Guide to Making and Keeping Plant Friends and several other books. An editor and writer, she has worked in the publishing industry for more than two decades.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE: THE BASICS
- YOUR GROWING SEASON
- YOUR PLACE IN THE SUN: DECIDING WHERE TO PUT YOUR GARDEN
- Sun
- Water
- Soil
- Airflow
- I DIG IT! RAISED BEDS, IN-GROUND PLANTING, OR CONTAINERS
- Raised Beds
- In-Ground Planting
- Containers
- FROM THE GROUND UP: DETERMINING SOIL QUALITY
- THE CLEVERNESS OF COMPOST
- MUCH ADO ABOUT MULCH
- IN-GROUND GARDENING
- Tilling
- No Dig
- PLANNING THE GARDEN PLOT
- Working with the Seasons: Cool- and Warm-Season Crops
- It's Just One Thing After Another: Succession Planting
- All in the Family: Understanding Crop Rotation
- GETTING STARTED WITH SEEDS
- STARTING SEEDS INDOORS
- Planting, Step-by-Step
- Troubleshooting
- Kill Your Darlings: Thinning
- Moving on Up: Transplanting Seedlings Indoors
- YOUR GARDEN TOOL KIT
- GARDEN MAINTENANCE
- Watering
- Fertilizers
- CONTAINERS 101
- If You've Got a Balcony or Patio
- If You've Got No Outdoor Space at All
- PESTS AND DISEASES
- Plant Diseases
- Common Insect Pests
- Organic Pest Controls
- PART TWO: PLANT PROFILES
- AMARANTH, RED-LEAF (AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR)
- ARUGULA (ROCKET) (ERUCA SATIVA, DIPLOTAXIS TENUIFOLIA)
- BASIL (OCIMUM BASILICUM AND OTHER SPECIES)
- BEANS (PHASEOLUS SPP., VIGNA SPP.)
- BEETS (BETA VULGARIS)
- BORAGE (BORAGO OFFICINALIS)
- BROCCOLI (BRASSICA OLERACEA)
- CABBAGE (BRASSICA OLERACEA)
- CABBAGE, CHINESE (NAPA) (BRASSICA RAPA)
- CARROTS (DAUCUS CAROTA)
- CHIVES (ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASUM)
- CILANTRO/CORIANDER (CORIANDRUM SATIVUM)
- COLLARD GREENS (BRASSICA OLERACEA)
- CORN (ZEA MAYS)
- CUCUMBERS (CUCUMIS SATIVUS)
- DILL (ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS)
- EDAMAME (GLYCINE MAX)
- EGGPLANT (SOLANUM MELONGENA)
- GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM)
- KALE (BRASSICA OLERACEA)
- LAVENDER (LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA)
- LETTUCE (LACTUCA SATIVA)
- MINT (MENTHA SPP.)
- OREGANO (ORIGANUM SPP.)
- PARSLEY (PETROSELINUM CRISPUM)
- PEAS (PISUM SATIVUM)
- PEPPERS AND CHILES (CAPSICUM ANNUUM)
- POTATOES (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM)
- PUMPKINS AND WINTER SQUASH (CUCURBITA SPP.)
- RADISHES (RAPHANUS SATIVUS)
- ROSEMARY (ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS)
- SAGE (SALVIA OFFICINALIS)
- SCALLIONS/GREEN ONIONS (ALLIUM FISTULOSUM)
- SPINACH (SPINACIA OLERACEA)
- SWEET POTATOES (IPOMOEA BATATAS)
- SWISS CHARD (BETA VULGARIS SSP. CICLA)
- THYME (THYMUS VULGARIS)
- TOMATOES (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM)
- ZUCCHINI (CUCURBITA PEPO)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING
- RESOURCES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- IMAGE CREDITS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
