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Product Description

A Backyard-Gardeners Guide to Growing a Bountiful, Great-Tasting Harvest

The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener features:

• A full-color encyclopedia of over 100 vegetables and herbs with detailed, expert advice on growing them successfully from planting to harvest
• Planting and growing techniques that keep maintenance to a minimum
• Entries on how to grow unusual edibles, such as refreshing mesclun for salads, colorful edible flowers, spicy mustards, and more
• Descriptions and photos of a host of succulent vegetables, both hybrids and heirlooms, from common to exotic
• Complete information on improving even the poorest garden soil using safe, organic techniques, plus practical advice on making compost
• Recommendations on garden tools you need–and those you dont
• Information on controlling pests and diseases organically, without resorting to poisonous sprays
• Spectacular full-color photographs of vegetables and herbs, food gardens, and edible landscapes, plus 30 black-and-white line drawings

Customer Reviews

Review date : 2008-12-04
BURPEE THE COMPLEGE VEGETABLE AND HERB GARDENER is an excellent desk reference for the beginning vegetable and herb gardener. It’s a bit large to actually tote into the garden, but after a day of gardening this is a welcome reference to prepare for tomorrow.
* An encyclopedia of vegetables and herbs with growing advice and photos.
* Planting and growing techniques.
* Basic organic gardening techniques and tool recommendations.
* Soil building techniques and organic pest and disease control tips.
These are the highlights of this guide.
If you are looking for a carry-into-the-garden guide, the pocket-sized The Veggie Gardener’s Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You’ll Ever Face Answers to Every Question You’ll Ever Ask (Answer Book (Storey)) is very useful and for the intermediate an experienced vegetable gardener a must-have carry-along guide is The Kitchen Garden Grower’s Guide: A practical vegetable and herb garden encyclopedia.

Review date : 2008-07-06
I absolutely love this book. I first found it at the local library and Had to Have It! I find two drawbacks and they are that the ‘pests’ and diseases aren’t defined enough for the novice gardener. The ‘pests’ are pictured in black and white while the diseases are written only. This is a great gift for a new gardener.

Review date : 2008-04-07
This book is ideal for someone starting their first garden who wants to use all organic methods. It goes through setting up your garden beds, making your own compost, and in the back it goes over every kind of vegetable and herb you could possibly want! The burpees seeds and plants are excellent too! I bought some Burpees seeds from Lowes and they were growing after only 5 days!

Review date : 2007-06-09
This book is great if you’re a beginner gardener, and want just one book to sit down and read that covers all aspects of gardening. You’ll want to go on an buy other books that go into more detail on specific topics, but this is a great place to start, and one to keep on the shelf.
It is presented as a gardening book should be – a large hardcover with lots of glossy colour photographs.
Chapters are:
1) Growing you own
2) Getting Started
3) Garden Tools & Equipment
4) Improving the soil
5) Laying out the Garden
6) Planting the Garden
7) Caring for the Garden
Coping with Garden Problems

Review date : 2007-03-09
I am so impressed with this big, beautiful book! The photos are inspiring, and the technical aspects are thoroughly covered. I love the historic background of each vegetable and herb.
I think there is literally everything I ever needed to know about vegetable gardening from seed germination, through care and feeding, to harvest. Detailed charts outline fertilizer, pests, water, soil conditions, and planting and harvest times.

I keep it on my coffee table and flip through it daily just to enjoy the photos and learn some new fact.

You will not be disappointed with this book!