The Downsized Veggie Garden: How to Garden Small Wherever You Live, Whatever Your Space
By (Author) Kate Copsey
St. Lynn's Press
St. Lynn's Press
15th February 2016
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Specialized gardening methods
635
Hardback
192
Width 203mm, Height 203mm, Spine 18mm
680g
Small is beautiful, and integrating a small, easy-to-manage garden into hectic everyday life is easy. In The Downsized Veggie Garden, low maintenance is the mantra. And so is making smart, creative use of the space we have - whether it's outdoors, indoors, in-ground, in containers, on a balcony railing...or even going vertical. Garden expert Kat
This guide will teach you to make smart, creative use of the space you have, whether its outdoors, indoors, in-ground, in containers, on a balcony railing, or even going vertical. The author takes readers season-by-season and plant-by-plant to build the pint-sized garden just right for their gardening style and space. Youll learn all you need to know about soil, seed starting, plant choices, non-chemical fertilizing, watering, choosing the right containers, and veggie garden planning and planting.
This is a good beginner's gardening book and would make a nice housewarming present. -- Jill Sell * Gardening books will inspire homeowners whether they live in the city or country *
Kate Copsey hosts the weekly online radio show "The Master Gardener Hour" at americaswebradio.com. A freelance writer specializing in garden topics, she is a frequent speaker at garden shows and clubs nationally, and is a garden columnist for Ohio Gardener and Renaissance magazines. Kate Copsey lives in South Carolina.