Grow Easy Vegetables: Essential Know-how and Expert Advice for Gardening Success (DK Grow)

Discover how to grow it yourself with experts tips, simple step-by-step guides and gorgeous illustrations in this fantastic veg-growing guide Growing your own vegetables is a rewarding venture that’s both affordable and delicious, but a novice gardener might not know where to begin. This is your no-fuss guide to vegetable gardening. Do you want to learn how to start and sustain your own vegetable garden throughout the year? This vegetable gardening book for beginners will help you choose and care for more than 40 different varieties, all specially selected for successful growing. You don't have to be a horticulture expert to get started, this indispensable reference book will take you through every single step! It includes: • Tips on how to care for more than 40 different vegetable varieties • Practical, jargon-free know-how and simple gardening techniques • An easy-to-follow format to help grow your gardening knowledge From vegetable garden must-haves to less-common crops like edamame beans, this is a one-stop guide to growing vegetables that are easy to grow! Discover detailed information on how to sow, plant, feed, water, protect and harvest your vegetables. Let It Grow! Gorgeous, full-color photography provides plenty of inspiration and ideas for your patch! Expert tips and step-by-step instructions on every page help guide you on how to care for your vegetables. Grow Easy Veg covers everything you need to know about growing herbs and vegetables, while expert tips help you troubleshoot as you go. It’s the perfect book for first-time gardeners! Complete the Series: Make your green-fingered dreams a reality with the Grow series from DK. Learn how to brighten up even the trickiest areas in Grow Containers, or discover how to garden more sustainably in Grow Eco-Gardening. Alternatively, there are more titles to explore such as Grow Pruning & Training and Grow Houseplants. CONTENTS PLANNING, PLANTING, AND GROWING WHY GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES? WHICH VEGETABLES TO GROW? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN? WHERE TO GROW RAISED BEDS VEGETABLES IN CONTAINERS PREPARING THE SOIL MAXIMIZING PRODUCTIVITY VEGETABLES IN A SMALL SPACE FAMILY GARDENING STARTING FROM SEED STARTING WITH PLANTS STARTING OFF UNDER COVER FEEDING WATERING PROTECTING YOUR CROPS AFTER THE HARVEST YOUR SECOND SEASON EXTENDING THE SEASON COMPOSTING MAKE MORE SPACE FOR VEGETABLES SALAD LEAVES AND HERBS LETTUCES RADICCHIO AND CURLY ENDIVE PEPPERY LEAVES SORREL LEAF CELERY PEA AND BEAN SHOOTS CRESS AND MICROGREENS LEAFY HERBS LEAFY PERENNIAL HERBS TROUBLESHOOTING PEAS AND BEANS PEAS, SNOW PEAS, AND SUGAR SNAPS GREEN BEANS RUNNER BEANS FAVA BEANS DRYING BEANS TROUBLESHOOTING THE ONION FAMILY ONIONS SHALLOTS SPRING ONIONS GARLIC CHIVES LEEKS TROUBLESHOOTING SUMMER VEGETABLES BUSH TOMATOES VINING TOMATOES ZUCCHINI AND SQUASHES CUCUMBERS EGGPLANTS SWEET AND CHILE PEPPERS SWEET CORN GLOBE ARTICHOKES TROUBLESHOOTING ROOT VEGETABLES CARROTS BEETS RADISHES TURNIPS PARSNIPS POTATOES KOHLRABI TROUBLESHOOTING LEAFY VEGETABLES SPINACH CHARD SPROUTING BROCCOLI SPRING CABBAGE KALE ORIENTAL GREENS TROUBLESHOOTING INDEX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Discover the vegetables that are easy to grow successfully. Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Easy Vegetables contains everything you need to know to sow, grow, and harvest your own crops at home. Try your hand at more than 40 different varieties that have been specially selected for successful growing, including both vegetable garden must-haves and novelty crops like tomatillos and rainbow sweetcorn. Step-by-step images show you everything you need to know, while expert tips help you troubleshoot as you go. Packed with practical, jargon-free know-how, this easy-to-use guide has everything you need to know to help your garden Grow. "Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Easy Vegetables contains everything you need to know to sow, grow, and harvest your own crops at home. Try your hand at more than 40 different varieties that have been specially selected for successful growing, including both vegetable garden must-haves and novelty crops like tomatillos and rainbow sweetcorn. Step-by-step images show you everything you need to know, while expert tips help you troubleshoot as you go."--Amazon.com Filled with step-by-step images, this guide, ideal for first-time gardeners, contains everything you need to know to sow, grow and harvest your own crops at home