A B C Of Vegetable Gardening

The A-B-C of Vegetable Gardening is a timeless encyclopedia of the noble art of growing your food. Inside, you may find tips on laying out your area for gardening, preparation of seeds, planting, hotbeds, and information on the value and types of fruits and vegetables.

"Biggs and Balzer have gardened far and wide, from Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Grande Prairie, to Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island. No Guff Vegetable Gardening is a down-to-earth, fun book for new gardeners with a delicious collection of savoury tips and ideas for experienced gardeners.

The "ABC of Vegetable Gardening" covers a wide range of topics related to cultivating and maintaining a successful vegetable garden. The title suggests that the book is organized in an alphabetical format, making it easy for readers to navigate and find information on specific vegetables or gardening practices. Key topics addressed in the book may include soil preparation, seed selection, planting techniques, cultivation, pest control, and harvesting. The alphabetical arrangement likely allows readers to look up specific vegetables or gardening concepts in an organized manner. While the book may reflect the gardening practices and techniques of its time, it can still offer valuable insights for those interested in traditional and historical approaches to vegetable gardening. Keep in mind that modern gardening practices and understanding may have evolved since the book's publication, so it's advisable to complement the information with contemporary resources for a comprehensive understanding of vegetable gardening.

"[...] If the temperature can be controlled in such a way that it will not vary much from 60 to 65, if the soil can be kept moist but never wet, and fresh air can be given in generous quantity regularly, it will be found a comparatively easy matter to grow plants satisfactorily from seed in the house, and have them in such healthy condition by the time it is safe to put them out in the garden that they will average up well with the plants the professional gardener raises in hotbed and cold-frame. By the use of such plants, and such plants only, can we expect to grow early vegetables successfully. VII [...].""

Not everybody has a garden. Some deny themselves the pleasure and the profit of one because they have never had any experience in gardening, and have somehow got the impression that special training is necessary to make a success of the undertaking. Here is where they make a mistake. There is no special "knack" about it. Any one who owns a bit of land, and has some time that can be given to garden-work, and an inclination to do so, can make a gardener of himself in a season-and a successful one, too-if he allows himself to be governed by the advice of some one who has had some experience along this line. After the first season[2] he will not be likely to ask or need advice, for the practical knowledge which comes with one season's work among vegetables will not only be sufficient to enable him to go on with his gardening operations on his own responsibility, but it will have made him so enthusiastic over them that he will be eager to enlarge his knowledge of "the green things growing," and in doing this he will find a pleasure that will make him wonder how he ever came to consider gardening something to dread.

Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to grow his own fruit and veg for free for a year. He succeeded and now wants to help you do the same. Can't afford a raised bed? Try repurposing an old wooden pallet. Don't want to spend money on buying plants? Look in the fridge and your kitchen cupboards for food that you can plant. Need a particular tool? Barter or borrow from a neighbor. Don't have a garden? See if someone in your area has an untended patch you can turn into a well-loved veg plot. Huw's Grow Food for Free has the inspiration and practical advice you need to start, grow, love, propagate and harvest your own fruit and veg organically and at zero-cost. This is real sustainability!