Raised-Bed Vegetable Gardening Made Simple

By Raymond Nones

Book Overview

Having a backyard garden in a small space got a lot easier when the first edition of this wonderful handbook was published. Now it gets even easier--Raised-Bed Vegetable Gardening Made Simple has been revised Framed raised beds and a modular approach to growing vegetables means more production in less space and with less work. Whether you live in a small city apartment or on a large country estate, you'll find something in this book to help with your specific gardening challenges. Nones shows you how to set everything up and then gives you in-depth descriptions of all the procedures needed to achieve gardening success: sowing seeds, thinning, transplanting, cultivating, mulching, watering, harvesting, pest control, composting, crop rotation, and seed saving. It's a complete gardening guide for both the beginner and the experienced gardener, useful for those who have never tried raised beds before as well as for those who have already tried a raised-bed system. Far less bending, far less weeding, more produce at harvest time--gardeners, what have you been waiting for? Raymond Nones is a dirt-under-the-fingernails organic practitioner and proud penny-pincher who lives and gardens in Queens, New York.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581571887
• ISBN13: 9781581571882
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

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Arrived on time as described

Great book

I am starting my first garden and I am finding the advice in this book very helpful. Very easy to understand.

Insightful and Delightful - A classic!

The author has really done a great job sharing his innovative gardening techniques. Vegetable gardening is made much simplier using his techniques. I see my grocery bills shrinking and the pile of fresh, organic veggies on my table growing!!!!! This book is full of great down-to-earth information. The illustrations are amazing!!!!