Books like Vegetable gardening for dummies by Charlie Nardozzi

A practical, all‑in‑one guide to vegetable gardening, covering soil prep, plant selection, care, pest control, harvesting, and a comprehensive vegetable encyclopedia for home growers.

As grocery prices rise and people search for new sources of local food, the popularity of vegetable gardening is at a new high. At the same time, ongoing interest in Asian cuisine continues to fuel demand for fresh Chinese vegetables and herbs.Growing Chinese Vegetables in Your Own Backyard addresses both interests with plant-by-plant advice on planting, growing, and harvesting more than 40 Chinese vegetables and herbs, from the familiar snow pea to the still exotic Chinese pumpkin. For every plant, the reader will also find simple recipes and tips for culinary uses. An extensive seed source list directs readers to reliable retailers for the primary plants and many delicious varieties.Adding to their appeal, many Chinese herbs and vegetables are very easy to grow in containers as well as in traditional beds. Container gardeners will find a section dedicated to plants that thrive in containers and specific advice on how to keep plants healthy, happy, and productive in their small gardens.Home vegetable gardeners looking for a new challenge will love the chapter on water gardens. Water chestnuts, taro, arrowhead, and Chinese lotus can be grown successfully in tubs as small as 25 gallons. Best of all, water gardens never need to be watered, mulched, or weeded.In traditional beds, in containers, or in small pools, Chinese vegetables thrive in all sorts of backyard gardens. 

Hidden behind high redbrick walls at the Chilton Foliat in Berkshire lies an extraordinary example of a traditional Victorian kitchen garden. This book, which accompanies a BBC television series, traces its recent restoration from a neglected patch of weed-choked ground back to a productive, well-ordered plot, cultivated using Victorian tools and techniques and planted with nineteenth century varieties of flowers, fruit and vegetables. Within it's four walls, the characteristics of the era are clearly reflected: inventiveness and a keen interest in science, the constant quest for improvement, and the certainties of a strict social hierarchy. Head gardener Harry Dodson, now retired, has been able to employ many time-honored (but now, unfortunately, fast-disappearing) skills learned as a young apprentice on large country estates in the 1930's. Through his work restoring the garden he has solved many horticultural mysteries, including how Victorian gardeners dealt with troublesome pests, how they managed to grow such exotic fruits as pineapple and melons, and how they obtained fruits and vegetables out of season. Beautifully illustrated with period drawings and engravings as well as full-color photographs showing every aspect of the newly-restored garden at Chilton Foliat, *The Victorian Kitchen Garden* is a magnificent and lasting celebration of the splendors of the walled kitchen garden in its heyday.

A practical guide to growing abundant, organic vegetables and herbs, the 10th Anniversary Edition expands the original with new crops, extended season tips, and fresh photography for home gardeners across North America.

An environmentally friendly sourcebook that is actually two books in one, providing everything the gardener needs to know about setting up a healthy growing environment within a sunspace, plus a complete guide to growing flowers, vegetables and herbs in the greenhouse. Veteran greenhouse gardener Shane Smith is the author of The Bountiful Solar Greenhouse. Two color; line illustrations.

A practical guide for starting an organic vegetable farm, covering soil management, crop planning, equipment, organic fertilizers, pest control, and farm economics, designed for both new and experienced growers.

Grow Great Grub shows how to grow organic veggies, herbs and fruit in small outdoor and indoor spaces using recycled materials and toxin‑free pest control.