Plant Grow Harvest Repeat: Grow a Bounty of Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers by Mastering the Art of Succession Planting

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In Plant Grow Harvest Repeat, home gardeners will learn how the principle of succession - one of the key dynamics of the natural world - can make their vegetable garden more productive, beautiful, and enjoyable in every season. Meg Cowden wants to help home gardeners have a vegetable garden that provides a bounty of varied produce year-round. In Plant Grow Harvest Repeat, she does this by teaching gardeners how to master succession gardening, a method of gardening that features staggered plantings for increased crop availability. Readers will first learn how succession happens in nature and then how to recreate it in a home garden. Plant Grow Harvest Repeat includes details on growing vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. AUTHOR: Meg Cowden is a self-taught organic gardener with an advanced degree in natural resource management. Having lived on both coasts and settled in the upper Midwest, she has knowledge and experience living, playing, and gardening in many different ecosystems, from the eastern hardwoods of southern New England where she ran free as a child to the majestic rain forests of the Pacific Northwest where she found home in college to the edge of the prairie outside Minneapolis where she and her husband are raising their two boys. 201 photographs and 11 illustrations

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"Meg is always a wealth of information on succession planting and we cover her best tips for mastering the art of that gardening method and extending the growing season." --The Joe Gardener Show

"Full of wisdom, inspiration, and practical knowledge to help any gardener maximize production through creative thinking and strategic planning--naturally!"--Deanna Talerico, creator, Homestead and Chill

"Wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated, and everything you need to know to get more productivity out of your food garden." --Joe Lamp'l, creator and executive producer, Growing a Greener World

"Cowden is encouraging, offering a variety of tools for gardeners to try in their own spaces, but understanding that gardeners like the gardens they tend move and grow at their own pace." --The Northern Gardener

"Learning how, when, and what to succession plant is a skill that comes with experience, but you can take a shortcut by reading Plant Grow Harvest Repeat. Essential reading for all vegetable gardeners."--Niki Jabbour, author of The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener

"An incredible tome on getting the most out of your garden, big or small."--Kevin Espiritu, founder, Epic Gardening

"This master class will entice seasoned gardeners and newbies alike." --Publishers Weekly

"[An] inventive, commonsensible, effectively illustrated guide...A useful guide for readers in any hardiness zone, but especially those whose growing season is pinched--and just in time for the 2022 growing year." --Booklist

Author Bio

Meg McAndrews Cowden is a self-taught organic gardener with an advanced degree in natural resource management. Having lived on both coasts and settled in the upper Midwest, she has knowledge and experience living, playing, and gardening in many different ecosystems, from the eastern hardwoods of southern New England, where she ran free as a child, to the majestic rain forests of the Pacific Northwest, where she found home in college, to the edge of the prairie outside Minneapolis, where she and her husband are raising their two boys. Follow her on Instagram @seedtofork.