The Old Farmer's Almanac Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook

Whether you've never touched a trowel in your life or have been harvesting at home for decades, you're sure to grow your best vegetable garden ever with this easy-to-use guide from The Old Farmer's Almanac? America's trusted gardening resource since 1792! All of the information that you need for vegetable success is right here at your garden-gloved fingertips... • Read step-by-step advice on growing 32 delectable vegetables, from asparagus to zucchini (which you'll find under ?Squash?!). •Find out the dirt on soil: Why testing is so important?and how to do it?as well as how to transform ?blah? dirt to tiptop soil into which your plants will happily sink their roots. •Discover easy techniques for growing vegetables in-ground, plus alternatives to traditional raised beds?including straw bales! •Grow the plants that you like again and again?and get them off to a healthy start each time?by following the simple seed-saving and -starting directions provided. •Identify gardeners' friends and foes: which plants help (or hinder) vegetables. •Delight in enlightening (and humorous!) anecdotes from fellow gardeners. •Write it down! Use the space provided for noting observations and experiences. •Dig deeper with essential reference tables and charts, including frost dates for U.S. and Canadian regions •What's an Old Farmer's Almanac guide without a little folklore and fun? You'll find quotes and wit and wisdom sprinkled throughout the book. (Did you know that early Roman farmers referred to broccoli as ?the five green fingers of Jupiter??) •Enjoy more than 150 full-color photos that perk up the pages and inspire you to get gardening. •plus much more!