Soil Fertility In The Vegetable Garden
I particularly like to lime in areas where I'll be growing brassicas and tomatoes. In this region, clubroot disease in brassicas is prevalent and one of the only ways to prevent it from flourishing is to increase the pH of the soil close to 7. ... [... more]
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Jerry Baker's Fast, Easy Vegetable Garden
 Jerry Baker answers thousands of questions sent to him from gardeners in every climate, and tackles such tough questions as how to lay out the vegetable garden for maximum efficiency, how to pick the right spot, how to improve the soil, and what and when ... [... more]
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Raindrip+ Drip Vegetable Garden Kit+ , Carton: 10 R562DT
Raindrip+ Drip Vegetable Garden Kit+ , Carton: 10 This item can not be shipped to an APO/FPO address. The concept of drip watering is simple: it is the slow, regular delivery of water directly to the root zone of your plants, keeping the root zone moist, ... [... more]
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Florence Fennel - The Gourmet Vegetable
Fennel is a Mediterranean plant belonging to the Umbelliferae family. The leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds all have a sweet, licorice taste. Some types of fennel can grow over 5 feet high and most plants are ... [... more]
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Extending Your Garden Into The Winter
Cloches and cold frames can protect plants from moderate frosts, and increase daytime temperatures by 5-20 degrees F. A simple cloche can also be constructed using ½" PVC pipe and sheets of plastic at least 5 feet ... [... more]
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Hairy What - Hairy Vetch That's What
Here in the Pacific Northwest, a common practice is to mix hairy vetch with fall rye or oats. The cereal plants establish quickly and absorb any residual nitrogen that would otherwise be leached away during winter rains. In the springtime, the ... [... more]
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Tim and Sally's Vegetable Garden
Tim and Sally's Vegetable Garden Grady Thrasher Illustrations by Elaine Hearn Rabon Join Tim and Sally as they embark on a learning adventure about the joys of vegetable gardening. Written in verse and perfect for early readers, in Tim and Sally's ... [... more]
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Urban Vegetable Gardening
Lastly, choose the types of vegetables that will maximize your garden space. Climbing vegetables like peas, cucumbers, tomatoes, and pole beans will make use of vertical space very efficiently. Salad crops like ... [... more]
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Success With Carrots & Beets
Because carrot seed are so small, they should not be planted more than 1/4 inch deep and 1/2 an inch apart. Seed this close to the surface are very susceptible to drying out. To prevent drying, water the soil well after planting and then stretch ... [... more]
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Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver
With a wealth of information and tested advice, this problem-solving treasure gives gardeners every-thing they need to do battle with garden pests, diseases, and weeds-with safe, natural solutions Combining a troubleshooting approach with encyclopedic ... [... more]
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Ornamental Vegetable Garden
Louis the XIV commissioned a landscape gardener to design the Potager de Roi at Versailles. Many of the fruit and vegetable pruning systems developed by this gardener are still in use today. This beautiful book illustrates the design and planting of the ... [... more]
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Vegetable Garden
Children are fascinated by watching plants grow, and in this colorful picture book even very young children can follow along with a family as they plant, tend, and harvest a vegetable garden. The sun shines brightly, summer rain falls, and vegetables ... [... more]
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