Vertical Vegetable Gardening: Discover the Benefits of Growing Your Vegetables and Fruit Up Instead of Out (A Living Free Guide)

The beauty and bounty of vertical gardening. The vertical advantage -- Vertical garden structures and containers -- Make your own bed -- DIY structures from scratch -- Creative repurposing -- The basics: soil and seed. Garden soil 101 -- A plant primer -- Tending the vertical vegetable garden. Feed, water, and nurture -- What's bugging you? -- Vegetables and fruit that enjoy growing up. (Literally) vertical vegetables. Beans ; Cucumbers ; Melons ; Peas ; Summer squash ; Tomatoes ; Winter squash -- Vertically challenged veggies. Carrots ; Eggplants or aubergines ; Lettuce ; Peppers ; Potatoes ; Radishes ; Spinach ; Swiss chard -- Vertical fruit. Espalier ; Apples ; Peaches, apricots, and nectarines ; Pears ; Grapes ; Blackberries and raspberries ; Strawberries ; Kiwis -- The vertical herb garden. Best bets: herb containers ; Basil ; Chives ; Cilantro and coriander ; Mint ; Parsley ; Oregano ; Rosemary ; Sage ; Thyme -- Appendixes. A. Glossary ; B. Resources.;Experienced gardeners know the many advantages of gardening up rather than out. Layering plants vertically saves garden space, money, and time which all adds up to a garden that delivers more and better produce for the time and money you put into it. In this work, McLaughlin demonstrates the benefits of vertical gardening and offers secrets to success. Grow up, not out! Are you a gardener (or aspiring gardener) who is short on space? Vertical methods and structures for growing plants are an ideal way to maximize your real estate, and they're eye-catching, too.Vertical solutions deliver more yield in fewer square feet, especially perfect for the urban gardener. They're less work, too, so you can forget all-day weeding and watering. Some vegetables, such as tomatoes and pole beans, have been grown vertically for a very long time, but those who need to maximize space can grow almost any type of plant vertically—from melons and squash to carrots, peppers, and pears.Vertical growing isn't just practical, it's beautiful, too! Trellises, terra cotta towers, and hanging planters (to name a few!) transform an outdoor space into a magical garden.Vertical Vegetable Gardening is your thorough guide for growing all types of leafy, root, and other vegetables vertically. Included in the book are: • Creative ideas for structures and containers that will save you space, including DIY projects and repurposing suggestions • Profiles on dozens of plant varieties, including planting, tending, and harvesting instructions • How to make your own garden bed • Soil, seed, and gardening basics • Pest control guidance Vertical vegetable gardening isn't intuitive. Although some vegetables, such as tomatoes and pole beans, have been grown vertically for a very long time, it is only recently that gardeners who are short on space have looked to vertical methods and structures for growing vegetables that traditionally have been thought to require a lot of horizontal space. Vertical Vegetable Gardening provides information on growing all types of leafy, root, and other vegetables vertically, saving space, protecting from insects, and making harvesting easier. Now people living in urban areas can grow produce that used to require sizable plots of land. Also included are ideas and plans for vertical structures.