vegetable gardening

A collection of little-known stories about the origins, legends, and historical significance of twenty-three of the world's most popular vegetables.

A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup.

Advice for small scale, commercial farming and gardening without using harmful pesticides.

Curious George plants a garden of carrots to help feed his friend Bill's rabbits, but when he goes to show Bill the perfect carrot, George learns that the bunnies are lost and goes off to find them. Includes a recipe for carrot muffins.

Follows the life of urban farmer Will Allen, who grew up on a dairy farm, had a career in professional basketball, but decided to return to growing food in Milwaukee.

Uses bright illustrations and simple instructions for planning, designing, growing, and harvesting a garden for young children.

Squirrel teaches Little Groundhog how to plant and tend a vegetable garden.

Explains the concept of square foot gardening; provides suggestions for planning, building boxes and supports, planting, and spacing; and includes more than seventy-five photographs.

A guide to growing and preserving fruits and vegetables for a year-round supply of fresh foods.

Aimed at both urban and suburban gardeners with small plots, who want to be part of the grow-your-own phenomenon, Small Plot, Big Harvest celebrates what the vast majority of people have--a little bit of patio or garden that is precious to them. With at-a-glance crop planners, step-by-step gardening techniques--such as preparing soil, sowing, planting, watering, feeding, and growing under cover--and instructions and charts showing when to sow and when to harvest, Small Plot, Big Harvest brings foolproof vegetable growing for gardeners with little space.--Publisher's description.