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Zusatztext "With detailed! illustrated advice on selecting and retrofitting containers! cultivation! efficient maintenance! and design plans to pull it all together! Smith's latest guide provides everything needed to grow a bounty of home-grown vegetables." Informationen zum Autor Edward C. Smith is the best-selling author of The Vegetable Gardener's Bible and The Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible. For more than 30 years he and his wife, Sylvia, have lived off the grid in Vermont, in a house they built on land they cleared by hand. Together, the grow more than 100 varieties of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in their 2,000 square feet of gardens and containers. Klappentext Plentiful, Organic Vegetables from Small Spaces Put your garden containers to work this summer. On the deck, in the garden, or even on a sunny balcony, you can grow luscious tomatoes, gorgeous artichokes, juicy strawberries, and so much more. Ed Smith has chosen, planted, tested, and tasted dozens of vegetables in all kinds of containers, and he shows you how simple and rewarding it is to grow a backyard garden even without a backyard. "Big, delicious yields from small, unlikely spaces. This is just the book the world is hungering for and it couldn't come at a better time." - Roger Doiron, Founder, Kitchen Gardeners International and Leader of the White House Kitchen Garden Campaign "Garden writer Edward Smith shares his expert knowledge on the subject in this excellent manual for both novice and experienced gardeners." - The National Gardener Zusammenfassung Provides information on growing vegetables in different kinds of containers. This guide explains how to choose the rights plants, select appropriate containers and tools, provide balanced nutrition, care for plants throughout the growing season, control pests without chemicals, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Part One: Get Growing in Containers Introduction: A Vegetable Garden in Pots Chapter One: The Right Pot for Every Plant Chapter Two: What's in the Pot? Chapter Three: Tools and Accessories Part Two: Putting It All Together Chapter Four: Getting Started Chapter Five: Of Seeds and Six-Packs Chapter Six: Designing for Containers Chapter Seven: Caring for Your Container Gardens Chapter Eight: Managing Pests and Diseases Chapter Nine: Harvesting the Bounty Chapter Ten: When Winter Draws Near Part Three: Incredible Edibles Chapter Eleven: The Best Vegetables Chapter Twelve: Herbs for Every Pot Chapter Thirteen: The Edible Bouquet Acknowledgments Photography Credits Further Reading Suppliers Maps Index ...
