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Subtitle: how to grow and enjoy fresh food
By: Judy Barrett
Edition: First edition.
Series: W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series -- number fifty-three; W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series -- no. 53.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9781623493394
Subjects: Food crops; Gardening; Organic gardening
Description: "Veteran gardener and author Judy Barrett's book dispels the idea that growing plants we can eat is harder than growing plants we can't eat and introduces readers to the idea of placing plants that can produce in an ordinary landscape, a harvest of herbs, vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Whether buying a few tomato plants for a patio container or exploring the idea of a frontyard or kitchen plot, incorporating plants that bear food into the landscape has real appeal, even to weekend gardeners. For the more ambitious, Barrett offers a primer on the various kinds of garden beds that are easy to create and maintain. For those without the space to garden themselves, she describes where and how one can buy the bounty produced by others in farmers markets, farm stands, and pick-your-own operations. Finally, Barrett invites readers to enjoy the camaraderie and learning opportunities available at community, neighborhood, and schoolyard gardens."--Wheelers website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Is this going to be hard?; title: History is long; title: Memory is short; title: Why bother?; title: Working with what you've got; title: Adding vegetables to existing landscapes; title: Choosing herbs as shrubs, borders, and ground covers; title: Growing food in the kitchen; title: Aw, grow up!; title: Planting on trellises, fences, and walls; title: Veggie vines; title: Espaliered trees; title: Grape arbors; title: Put it in a pot, or a bucket, or a bag, or; title: Traditional containers; title: Nontraditional containers; title: Food just grows on trees; title: Fruit; title: Nuts; title: Free foods: stalking the wild whatever; title: Foraging for fun and flavor; title: Forest gardening; title: If you want to do more, go to bed(s); title: Raised beds; title: Sheet composting; title: Variations on a theme; title: Hydroponics and aquaponics; title: Taking the show on the road: gardening away from home; title: Community gardens; title: Gardens here, there, and everywhere; title: Just get it!; title: Pick your own; title: Farmers' markets; title: Farm stands; title: Community supported agriculture (CSA); title: Resources.