Edible Gardening for the Midwest: Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits & Seeds - Softcover

Vanderlinden, Colleen; Beck, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 976820057X ISBN 13: 9789768200570

Publisher: Lone Pine International, 2009

Synopsis

Food plants have their own ornamental value, adding harmony to existing landscapes without creating a separate vegetable garden. They also provide a fresh, healthy alternative to the tasteless and woody fruits and vegetables bred for long-distance transportation and shipped to our grocery stores from all over the world. In this book, we show how, with just a little effort, you can augment your landscape with edibles of every description in an environmentally sustainable manner:

* Veggie favorites: tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, beans and onions
* Berries: blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries
* The superhealthy: flax, broccoli, kale and garlic
* The oddly beautiful: Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, asparagus and artichokes
* The ancient and exotic: quinoa, amaranth and fennel
* Plus starting, maintaining and harvesting an edible garden
* Propagation and winter care
* Solutions to common garden problems.

About this title

About the Author:

COLLEEN VANDERLINDEN writes about gardening from her home in southeast Michigan, where she maintains an ever-expanding organic vegetable and herb garden. She is the organic gardening expert for About.com, and she has had articles published in regional and national home and garden magazines.

ALISON BECK has gardened since she was a child. She has a diploma in Horticulture and a degree in Creative Writing. Alison is the co-author of several best-selling gardening guides, and her books showcase her talent for practical advice and her passion for gardening.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lone Pine International
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 976820057X
• ISBN 13: 9789768200570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248