Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long

If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has more winter sunshine than the south of France. He shows how North American gardeners can successfully use that sun to raise a wide variety of traditional winter vegetables in backyard cold frames and plastic covered tunnel greenhouses without supplementary heat. Coleman expands upon his own experiences with new ideas learned on a winter-vegetable pilgrimage across the ocean to the acknowledged […]

The New Organic Grower: A Master’s Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (A Gardener’s Supply Book)

With more than 45,000 sold since 1988, The New Organic Grower has become a modern classic. In this newly revised and expanded edition, master grower Eliot Coleman continues to present the simplest and most sustainable ways of growing top-quality organic vegetables. Coleman updates practical information on marketing the harvest, on small-scale equipment, and on farming and gardening for the long-term health of the soil. The new book is thoroughly updated, and includes all-new chapters such as: *Farm-Generated Fertility-how to meet your soil-fertility needs from the resources of your own land, even if manure is not available. *The Moveable Feast-how to […]

Container Gardening – Provide A Larger Home For Plants Via Container Gardening!

A person blessed with a ‘green thumb’ considers it a terrible punishment to be restricted by space when he/she is actually hankering for a beautiful and large garden! The only way to ‘expand’ this garden is to grow plants in containers; in short, indulge in container gardening! According to expert gardeners, plants growing directly from the earth tend to ‘spread their branches’ in an uncontrolled manner. Container gardening can help to bring in some sort of control over growing plants. Additionally, complementing species have many uses such as behaving like an insect repellent and adding flavor to vegetables. To […]

Organic Vegetable Gardening ? Easy Guide For Beginners – Growing a Beautiful Vegetable Garden at Home

Are you looking to plant your very own organic vegetable garden but you’re not sure how to get started? Planting a healthy organic vegetable garden provides so many benefits including an abundance of healthy organic food and saving thousands on your grocery bills. I don’t know about you but I still remember the days when a tomato from the supermarket tasted like a tomato, not anymore unfortunately. Let’s look at some organic vegetable gardening for beginners’ tips to help get you started today.   Vegetable Gardening For Beginners – Tips Preparation is the key to growing a beautiful and healthy […]

Vegetable Gardening For Beginners – Planting A Beautiful Vegetable Garden At Home

Are you looking to plant your very own vegetable garden but you’re not sure how to get started? Planting a healthy vegetable garden provides so many benefits including an abundance of healthy organic food and saving thousands on your grocery bills. I don’t know about you but I still remember the days when a tomato from the supermarket tasted like a tomato, not anymore unfortunately. Let’s look at some vegetable gardening for beginners tips to help get you started today. Vegetable Gardening For Beginners – Tips Preparation is the key to growing a beautiful and healthy vegetable garden. Planning is […]

Container Gardening Ideas for your Home

Many gardeners have given up on the idea of a garden because they lack space, time or lots of experience. But if growing plants is an interest of yours container gardening could be your answer. Container gardens will allow you to enjoy “playing in the dirt” without investing a lot of time or money. You can get very creative in container gardening using vegetables, decorative grasses or flowers and herbs. You can plant a container garden with any plant that would grow outside. The trick is to come up with some creative ideas for your container garden. You should […]