Waterstones The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables Volume 1

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Description: You're excited to plant your first vegetable garden | ??but where to start? In The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables, you'll find the answers you're looking for.* Winner of the Garden Comm 2022 Media Awards Silver Award of Achievement in the Photography/Book General Readership Category* Homesteader Jessica Sowards, the warm and energetic host of You Tube's Roots and Refuge Farm, is the perfect teacher for new gardeners, offering not just know-how but inspiration and time-management tips for success. Before you sink your hands into the soil, she'll answer all those questions rolling around inside your head: Where do I put my new garden? How do I prepare the soil? What vegetables should I plant? Is it better to start new plants from seed or should I buy transplants? What about watering, feeding, and taking care of my garden? What do I do if bugs show up? There are no stupid questions here. Everyone has to start somewhere, after all. Not only will you learn how to prepare, plant, and tend your first vegetable garden, you'll also learn: How to design an eco-friendly layout How to grow with the seasons How to maximize your harvest, even if you only grow in a small space Jessica wants your first food-growing experience to be a positive one, and she's prepared to go the distance to make sure tending the earth becomes your new favorite hobby. A single growing season is all it takes to fall in love with growing your own healthy, organic, nutrient-dense food. With Jessica as your guide, you'll soon discover all the satisfactions, challenges, and great joys of growing your own food garden. This book is part of The First-Time Gardener's Guides series from Cool Springs Press, which also includes The First-Time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers and The First-Time Gardener: Raised Bed Gardening. Each book in The First-Time Gardener's Guides series is aimed at beginner gardeners and offers clear, fact-based information that's presented in a friendly and accessible way, including step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations throughout. Waterstones The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables Volume 1 - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

 

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Author: Celina Kehoe

Rating: 5

Review: Great book well made. Lots of information about growing a garden,beautifully written. Jessica has a way with words that is easy for anyone to understand and explains ways of growing a vegetable garden that isn't to complicated like other gardening books. Would highly recommend to buy for yourself or as a gift.

 

Author: Barbara Ruth Houghton

Rating: 5

Review: This is a wonderful book written by a wonderful person she has a lot of knowledge but is so great at communicating that knowledge without being judgmental or over complicated. I am in UK and got this book almost straight away so good.

 

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