Harvesting Of Vegetables: A - F
ASPARAGUS: If plants were started from root crowns, you may be tempted to harvest in the second year, although it's advisable to wait until the third year. Plants that are started from seed, require at least 3 years ... [... more]
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Growing Herbs and Vegetables: From Seed to Harvest
 Sometimes reading like a botany class textbook, this volume is for gardeners who want to follow their plants from conception onward; it is also a great source for those wanting to start a nursery or catalogue seed business. Experts Terry and Mark Silber ... [... more]
CDN$40.00
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Landscaping With Fruits And Vegetables
Great Reference I ordered this book through Amazon.com because we are interested in using fruits and vegetables in landscaping. Actually, we just plain like to garden and eat. Landscaping is secondary. Fruit tree catalogues are very basic, and ... [... more]
CDN$55.00
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Red, White, and Greens: The Italian Way with Vegetables
For those who immediately associate Italian cooking with meatballs and red sauce, Faith Willinger has a treat. She has composed a cookbook of everyday, family Italian recipes that rely on vegetables and tradition. Each chapter features a specific ... [... more]
CDN$19.82
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Urban Eden: Grow Delicious Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs ...
What a breath of fresh air Living in a small space with no bed to call my own I picked up this book and read it. It was wonderful! Lots of information on gardening specifically for the urban dweller. The photographs were wonderful, as was the writing. ... [... more]
CDN$29.95
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The Cook's Encyclopedia of Vegetables
The definitive vegetable cookbook Excellent informational section detailing the history, nutrition, varieties, buying and storage, preparation, and cooking and serving of a wide range of vegetables, complete with color photos to aid in identification (a ... [... more]
CDN$19.50
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Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style
Since its 1991 publication, Viana La Place's Verdura has become a classic. And with good reason: Its 300 accessible recipes represent the best of the Italian approach to vegetable preparation, an earthy yet spirited technique that celebrates fresh ... [... more]
CDN$38.97
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Warm Season Vegetables Go Undercover
In tests conducted by the Horticulture Department at the University of Saskatchewan rowcovers have benefitted many vegetable crops under local growing conditions. Sweet corn planted under rowcovers emerged 3 days ... [... more]
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Harvesting Of Vegetables: G - Z
WHITE POTATOES: For fresh tasting "new potatoes", dig up the tubers when the flowers form on the plant. For fully mature potatoes, wait until the top growth starts to die back. If you want to store the tubers for a ... [... more]
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Vegetables To Avoid
Among the many novelties you will want to avoid are Jumbo Tom, a very large tomato, claimed to be a contender to beat the record for the world's heaviest tomato. The record stands at 61 pounds, 8 ounces. For several ... [... more]
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Vegetables
Vegetable crops such as radishes, spinach, peas, lettuce, onions, cabbage and turnips which prefer cool growing temperatures can normally be directly planted into the garden three weeks before the May long weekend. ... [... more]
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Selecting Vegetables
To reduce some of the guesswork involved in vegetable cultivar selection for Saskatchewan gardens, the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Horticulture Science has an ongoing program of cultivar testing. Each ... [... more]
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