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The Vegetable Gardening Book

Your complete guide to growing an edible organic garden from seed to harvest
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The Vegetable Gardening Book by Joe Lamp'l offers expert guidance on creating a thriving and resilient vegetable garden using entirely organic methods. Drawing from his extensive broadcasting experience and personal gardening practice, Joe shares practical advice on everything from seed starting and crop selection to encouraging pollinators and enriching soil biodiversity. The book includes design tips for maximising yields in small spaces, reducing garden maintenance, detailed crop profiles, crop rotation charts, and strategies for gardening in beds, containers, and more.
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This book is ideal for anyone passionate about vegetable gardening—whether starting out or looking to deepen their knowledge—with practical, organic-focused strategies suitable for small or large spaces, including balconies. It also appeals to gardeners seeking to enhance yields, reduce labour, and foster biodiversity in their food gardens.

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The Vegetable Gardening Book, from public television host Joe Lamp'l, is the most complete and comprehensive book on growing a modern organic vegetable garden.

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The award-winning television and podcast host Joe Lamp'l is here with insider tips and next-level insight for creating a lush, fruitful, and resilient vegetable garden.

Just when you think you have a secure grip on what it takes to grow a vegetable garden, a pro like Joe comes along to surprise you with a wheelbarrow full of new-to-you information to knock your gardening socks right off. In The Vegetable Gardening Book, Joe distills insight from years of interviewing highly experienced growers for public television's Growing a Greener World and The joe gardener® Show Podcast along with his own extensive, hands-on knowledge of the craft to present practical and useful info on everything from starting seeds and selecting varieties to building the perfect tomato cage, encouraging pollinators, and creating biodiversity-rich soil in a 100% organic food garden. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in growing the best edible garden their backyard (or balcony!) has ever seen.

Inside you'll find:

  • Ideas for designing and laying out your garden for the greatest yields in the smallest amount of space
  • A sure-fire plan for reducing maintenance and trimming down the traditional workload of a garden
  • Detailed growing profiles of 40 of Joe's favourite crops
  • A handy reference chart with an easy-to-follow crop rotation plan
  • Advice and tips for extending the growing season, building raised beds, setting up a potting station, and deciding which garden tools are worth your time and money
  • Strategies to grow anywhere and everywhere—from in-ground garden beds and containers to grow bags and raised-bed planters

Among the most trusted, recognisable, and sought-after voices in the gardening world, Joe Lamp'l is here to help you "Grow like a pro - no experience required!™"

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“Joe is a life-long vegetable gardener with a unique perspective, blending personal experience and expert insights, resulting in a comprehensive and inspiring organic gardening guide,” praises Charlie Nardozzi, author of The Complete Guide to No-Dig Gardening. Lorraine Ballato, horticulturist and author, calls it “the best of the lot” among vegetable gardening books, highlighting its conversational tone, comprehensive coverage, and usefulness for both novices and experts. Budget Earth names it among their top five gardening books for beginners, noting it contains indispensable advice. Reviewers consistently recommend it as a must-have resource for vegetable gardeners.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760375716

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 October 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Cool Springs Press

Illustration: 200 color images

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 880g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Joe Lamp'l (aka joe gardener) is one of the country's most recognized and trusted personalities in gardening and green living. With an academic background in horticulture and over 30 years of real-world growing experience, Joe was the host of Fresh from the Garden on the DIY Network, where he taught viewers how to grow vegetables from seed to harvest, with each of 50+ episodes dedicated to an entirely new crop. Currently, he is the creator and Emmy-winning host of public television's Growing a Greener World, which has aired for 12 seasons (200 episodes) and is still going strong. The program airs in 96% of the US and in numerous countries.Joe has been an on-air contributor for NBC's The Today Show, ABC's Good Morning America, and The Weather Channel. His podcast, The joe gardener Show, is the #1 most-listened-to gardening podcast in the country. His conversations with professionals, book authors, plant breeders, and others in the green industry and gardening world are downloaded by millions of listeners every year.As the founder and "Joe" behind the successful brand joegardener.com and the Online Gardening Academy he has created an ever-growing network of resources dedicated to all things gardening. His videos and blog posts are viewed by hundreds of thousands each and every month, and his comprehensive online courses encourage and inspire a growing number of students to become better gardeners in their own backyards. Joe and his family live on a small farm just north of Atlanta, Georgia.

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