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The Continuous Vegetable Garden

Create a Perpetual Food Garden that Sows and Grows Itself
Brief Description
Do you want a fruitful vegetable garden with less work and less time? Try this revolutionary method for a continuous garden that practically grows itself. With this method, there's no buying transplants or starting seeds indoors (plants sow themselves!), no yearly planting (perennial crops return year... Read More
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The Continuous Vegetable Garden details a groundbreaking system for creating a food garden that practically grows itself through a combination of perennial vegetables and fruits, self-sowing crops, seed saving, and more.

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Do you want a fruitful vegetable garden with less work and less time? Try this revolutionary method for a continuous garden that practically grows itself.

With this method, there's no buying transplants or starting seeds indoors (plants sow themselves!), no yearly planting (perennial crops return year after year!), no seed buying (you collect your own seeds!), and no "off" season (with protection, some crops yield year-round!). It's a unique approach to creating a more sustainable, self-perpetuating vegetable garden that returns on its own year after year. Yes, you can grow more of your family's food with significantly less work than a traditional vegetable garden.

After detailing the many perks of this method, author and professional gardener Charlie Nardozzi digs into this new approach by sharing:

  • The know-how you need to establish your continuous garden in the best soil and location
  • Insight on vegetables that sow their own seeds and return to the garden all on their own
  • Profiles of permanent perennial vegetables that produce harvests for years to come
  • Info on establishing a perpetual fruit patch in your landscape
  • Handy lists of seeds to save to continue growing your favourites year after year
  • Tips for protecting edible plants from frosts and freezes for a longer harvest
  • Planting schemes to plan for a perpetual harvest in yards big and small
  • And much more!

By planting the right combination of self-perpetuating plants and caring for them "just enough", an enduring and abundant harvest awaits.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760398760

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 February 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Cool Springs Press

Illustration: color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 662g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Charlie Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, and radio and television personality. He brings expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, lectures, the Internet, and the printed page. Charlie delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun, and accessible to everyone. Charlie has his own radio and television shows, is a well-known public speaker, and is the author of Cool Springs Press's Northeast Fruit & Vegetable Gardening (2012), Vegetable Gardener's Journal and Magnet Gift Set (2014), New England Getting Started Garden Guide, andΒ Foodscaping (2015).

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