Growing Vegetables
Grow Bed
Nothing beats a raised bed for growing vegetables in a space-intensive area. These raised beds keep the soil warm for improved root growth, retain moisture, and practically eliminate weeding.
Cubed Foot Gardening: Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Beds
(Motorbooks)
Chris Bird does all his vegetable gardening in thickly planted raised beds, framed in 2 X 12 lumber and filled with custom-blended soil. The results are both eye- and mouth-opening. Moreover, his method requires so little work that you'll feel guilty when you try it.
Heirloom Vegetables
Retail: $16 (50% off!)
(Cooking.com Cookbooks)
A home gardener's guide to finding and growing vegetables from the past. Satisfying to cultivate and delicious to eat, heirloom vegetables are an important way to preserve food history and promote biodiversity.
Practical Gardener`s Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruit and Herbs
Retail: $18.99 (30% off!)
(Overstock Books)
Arrows Cookbook
Retail: $40 (37% off!)
(Cooking.com Cookbooks)
The Arrows Cookbook combines 160 innovative recipes and time-tested techniques for growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs in a book that reconnects us to the land and the growing season. Today, Maine is filled with vacationers, summer homes, and new restaurants.