Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible, The

by EdwardC.Smith (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2011

  $24.59

  This is best-selling author Ed Smith's complete guide to growing a bounty of vegetables in small spaces and without land. This is a completely updated and expanded edition of Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers , now including conventional containers of all sizes, from window boxes to tubs. The Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible provides information on growing everyone's favourite vegetables in all kinds of containers. And Ed Smith delivers his wealth of container gardening knowledge in the friendly, accessible style that his readers love. He 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 much more. He even includes plans for small-space container gardens that urban and suburban gardeners will love.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.42

  Shiny green cucumbers; firm, juicy tomatoes; baby lettuces handpicked one salad at a time - these are the tasty benefits of the back- yard vegetable garden. But earth gardens are a lot of work. They require a plot of plantable land and a significant time commitment to sowing, watering, weeding, and tending each plant. Is there a solution? Self-watering containers allow vegetable gardeners - from the casual weekender interested in a tomato plant or two to the very dedicated gardener with limited space - to grow richly producing plants in a controlled, low-maintenance environment. Lifelong gardener Ed Smith became fascinated with the possibilities of self-watering containers and began testing dozens of vegetables in various containers, experimenting with nutrients, soil mixtures, plant varieties, and container positioning. Now Smith is here to tell gardeners that anyone can grow and enjoy wonderful organic vegetables, using pots with continuous-flow watering systems. Smith shares advice on choosing appropriate containers, how to provide balanced nutrition using his secret soil formula, and what additional tools benefit the container gardener. The reader will also find advice on starting from seed versus buying plants, which vegetables thrive in containers and which might be a bit more challenging, along with space-saving tips' on pairing plants in single containers. After the last green tomato has been picked and is ripening on the windowsill, Smith wraps everything, up with a chapter on fall clean-up and preparing for next spring. Now there's really no excuse for store-bought tomatoes!