Description
Book SynopsisThe First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables is an essential tool for newbie gardeners, handing them all the practical and inspirational know-how they need to grow a fruitful garden, even if it's their very first time sinking a seed into the soil.
Trade Review"Beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout in full color photography...the ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, school, and community library Gardening & Horticulture instructional reference collections." * Midwest Book Review *
“… answers every question from where to put the garden to how to prepare soil to deciding which veggies to plant.” * CNN Underscored *
"Sowards welcomes new gardeners to growing vegetables with a cheerful voice and a can-do attitude." -- Heather Prince * American Gardener *
"Sowards is also a gifted writer. Her words bring the many acts and facts of gardening to life and illustrate her principles as vividly as her photographs." * Provincetown Independent *
'a useful and inspiring guide for those at the beginning of the veg-growing journey.'
* Countryfile Magazine *
Table of Contents1 Welcome to the Classroom
2 The Foundation—What Every Garden Needs to Succeed
3 Creating Your Garden
4 Growing with the Seasons
5 The Need for Seed . . .or Not
6 Grow Something Lovely—Designing a Captivating Space
7 The Nitty-Gritty of Garden Management
8 Making the Harvest
CONCLUSION Grow on, Gardener
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Index
