Vibrant Harvest
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Vibrant Harvest
Vibrant Harvest is the ultimate guide to bringing more color and diversity into your veggie garden (and your diet!) by growing the most colorful veggies on the planet.
Fill your garden and plate with a rainbow of flavourful produce with this engaging and visually stunning guide to a Vibrant Harvest.
It's easy to "eat the rainbow" when you're growing one right in your own backyard! In Vibrant Harvest, you'll meet some of the most colourful veggies on the planet and learn how to grow, harvest, and enjoy them. Author Sandra Mao (@sandra.urbangarden) and her colour-infused garden provide all the insight you need to grow a kaleidoscope of heirloom, hybrid, and ancestral vegetables that are not only a feast for the eyes but also nutritional powerhouses.
With this inspiring guide, bringing bright colours and rich flavours into your kitchen has never been simpler or more dynamic. From purple tomatoes, pink beans, yellow carrots, magenta potatoes, and black radishes, to speckled lettuces and orange cucumbers, you'll find handy advice for growing them all. Plus, learn the best varieties to seek out.
The book is organised into four parts:
Choose Your Plants: First, meet these multihued dynamos via detailed plant profiles, organised by both the growing season and the edible portion of each plantโstem, leaf, bud, fruit, pod, or root.
Plan & Start Your Garden: Next, gain insight into planning and installing your garden, from site selection and soil prep, to seed starting and transplanting.
Care for Your Garden: Then, learn the ins and outs of caring for your polychromatic garden and all the plants living in it, including watering, feeding, staking, pruning, and trellising.
Pick, Preserve & Prepare Your Harvest: Finally, discover how to harvest and enjoy your rainbow-hued garden through recipes and easy preservation techniques.
It's a KALEidoscope of possibilities out there for modern gardeners! Meet dozens of vivid varieties and gain the expertise you need to plant and tend your own super-colourful garden in Vibrant Harvest.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780760395110
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 December 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Cool Springs Press
Illustration: 150 color photos
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 191.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 531g
Pages: 176
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About the Author
Sandra Mao is the creator and founder of the brand Sandra Urban Garden. She lives in Southern California, USDA Hardiness Zone 10B. Sandra has a BA in Business Management and Interior Design, but she has always been passionate about vegetable gardening. She started to grow fruit trees and other edibles when she moved to California. Because of the blessings of the weather and lack of freezing temperatures, she is able to grow most vegetables and fruits year-round (though her content is aimed at gardeners from all growing zones, not just hers). Sandra first started growing her edible garden in containers and has expanded the growing space over the years. She loves helping new gardeners start growing their own food by sharing her passion for growing colorful and productive varieties, offering unique tips and tricks, and teaching others how to use the harvest wisely.
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