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Burpee : The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically |  | Authors: Karan Davis Cutler, Cavagnarok David, Barbara W. Ellis, David Cavagnaro
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 53883
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 448
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0028620054
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.0484
UPC: 021898620057
EAN: 9780028620053
ASIN: 0028620054
Publication Date: November 10, 1997
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Amazon.com Review
Burpee has created a truly encyclopedic, but non-intimidating, guide to organic vegetable gardening that can be used and appreciated by anyone, whether or not they've ever stuck a seed in the ground. All the essential information is here--how to condition the soil, how and where to plant, sprouting schedules, what kind of yield to expect from each plant variety, and harvesting tips--in beautiful, bountiful, illustrated detail; the book's largest section, "Plant Portraits," contains explanations of the many cultivars of each vegetable and herb. If you're a novice vegetable gardener or new to organic gardening and can only afford one gardening guide, this may be your best value.
Product Description
A Backyard-Gardener's Guide to Growing a Bountiful, Great-Tasting Harvest The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener features: - A full-color encyclopedia of over 100 vegetables and herbs with detailed, expert advice on growing them successfully from planting to harvest
- Planting and growing techniques that keep maintenance to a minimum
- Entries on how to grow unusual edibles, such as refreshing mesclun for salads, colorful edible flowers, spicy mustards, and more
- Descriptions and photos of a host of succulent vegetables, both hybrids and heirlooms, from common to exotic
- Complete information on improving even the poorest garden soil using safe, organic techniques, plus practical advice on making compost
- Recommendations on garden tools you need--and those you don't
- Information on controlling pests and diseases organically, without resorting to poisonous sprays
- Spectacular full-color photographs of vegetables and herbs, food gardens, and edible landscapes, plus 30 black-and-white line drawings
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 35
 Very Detailed April 30, 2010
MarsDinosaur
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very complete and detailed book with lots of information, pictures and "solves." For a beginning gardener like myself, it was a little overwhelming and I didn't end up using it to "get started" but rather referenced it as I went along. This is probably more ideal for someone a little more advanced or someone who likes a lot of up front information (and reading) before starting. It seems great, just a little too much for me :)
Good Book but needs a Companion April 22, 2010
Jennifer A. Nelson (Cedar Rapids, IA)
I bought this book to replace the book I left while shopping for seeds. Previously I had "The Vegetable Gardener's Bible" which I totally loved and would probably recommend above this book. Overall it has great guides for individual plants and good summaries, and companion planting. Additionally I have the book The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields. Which is wonderful for determining when to plant, and where. It has a full schedule of when to seed, thin and plant.
 No attention to hardiness zones April 20, 2010
S. Kalman
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a gardener who has moved a lot and now lives in a hardiness-zone 9b, I find this book utterly lacking. The only attention to hardiness zones is on page 430 where a hardiness-zone map has been reproduced on such a small scale one cannot even read the numbers. Skip this book. The rest of the material is not good enough to make up for this total lack of information.
 great book April 6, 2010
Jessica G. Morton
so helpful!! so much information! love the layout, sooo many different vegetables havent heard of alot of them but there interesting to read about none the less.
Great for a new gardener March 4, 2010
Marcus Simpson (Austin, TX USA)
This is a great book for newbies. It contains a lot of good getting started tips and is a good guide to review in later years.
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