Burpee: Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener, Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically

Burpee: The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically
by Karan Davis Cutler (Editor), Cavagnarok David (Photographer), Barbara W. Ellis (Editor), David Cavagnaro (Photographer)
Hardcover - 416 pages (November 10, 1997)
Hungry Minds, Inc
ISBN: 0028620054

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Burpee has created a truly encyclopedic, but non-intimidating, guide to organic vegetable gardening that can be used and appreciated by anyone, whether or not they've ever stuck a seed in the ground. All the essential information is here--how to condition the soil, how and where to plant, sprouting schedules, what kind of yield to expect from each plant variety, and harvesting tips--in beautiful, bountiful, illustrated detail; the book's largest section, "Plant Portraits," contains explanations of the many cultivars of each vegetable and herb. If you're a novice vegetable gardener or new to organic gardening and can only afford one gardening guide, this may be your best value.

Book Description
Similar in style and format to the highly successful Burpee Complete Gardener, this book is devoted to growing vegetables and popular culinary herbs without using synthetic and harmful fertilizers and insecticides. Packed with more than 300 full-color photographs and comprehensive reference information, Burpee Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener is the most authoritative and up-to-date guide to this subject on the market. From site and soil preparation to pest and disease solutions, this book...

Customer Reviews
Reviewer: Chuck Strohm from Jenks, OK USA
My daughter bought this for me on fathers day and it has helped me immensely. From the sections on soil testing and conditioning to the extensive vegetable articles, it has really helped make this year a total success. I liked it so much that I ordered a copy for my dad who has been gardening for over 35 years. Well done.

Reviewer: John G. Maylone from Tollhouse, California
I've dabbled with vegetable gardening all my life. Now that I'm retired, I wanted to get serious about it and expand my postage stamp garden. It doesn't take a lot of skill to grow tomatoes this close to California's central valleys and I wanted to go beyond the slam dunk crops and grow a variety of things that I enjoy eating.

The Burpee book is perfect for my purposes. It has two major parts; the first section deals with gardening in general and provides a broad base of information on how to prepare for and raise your own vegetables. The second part is an alphabetical tour of more than 100 of the most commonly grown vegetables with a general description of each vegetable or herb and its varieties, and some specifics on how to grow and harvest that particular plant.

I was looking for a single reference book that would get me into some serious vegetable gardening, and I hit the jackpot with this book. It is definitely a keeper. I won't say that I'll never need another book on vegetable gardening, but I should be so lucky as to live long enough to outgrow this one!

Reviewer: A reader from Dexter, MI USA
I can't imagine a better vegetable & herb book to give as a gift or buy for one's own gardening needs! The comprehensive coverage, wonderfully clear and entertaining writing, and stunning photography kept me reading, often about vegetables and herbs I had no intention of growing (or even eating). In addition,I enjoyed how historical and cultural significances were tied in with the practical gardening information. Was anything left out of this complete book? Only several hundred packages of seeds...

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