Vegetable Gardening: From Planting to Picking - The Complete Guide to Creating a Bountiful Garden by Fern Marshall Bradley and Jane Courtier is arranged in a very user-friendly way, with tips and tricks and reccommended varieties on the side and loads of photographs. Each vegetable and common herb gets its own page with how to plant, maintaing harvest and treat common problems. There are organic methods side by side with nonorganic methods to let the reader choose instance by instance. Each page has an illustration or actual photograph. Where appropriate information on growing in different hardiness zones is included. There are also step by step instructions on planing, preparing the ground, sowing and planting, making your garden grow (watering, feedings, weeding, pests diseases, harvest and storage, and lastly pages for each vegetable as grouped into sections such as herbs, root and stem crops etc.
Book Details
Book Details

- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Readers Digest (February 16, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0762106298
- ISBN-13: 9780762106295
- Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 1.2 inches
- List Price: $32.95
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