The Downsized Veggie Garden: How to Garden Small - Wherever You Live, Whatever Your Space

by Kate Copsey

Overview

This is a timely, "especially for now" book, when growing food at home is at the top of many family to-do lists. Small is beautiful, and integrating a small, easy-to-manage garden into hectic everyday life is easy. In The Downsized Veggie Garden, low maintenance is the mantra. And so is making smart, creative use of the space we have – whether it’s outdoors, indoors, in-ground, in containers, on a balcony railing…or even going vertical. Garden expert Kate Copsey takes the reader season-by-season, plant-by-plant, with essential tips about soil, seed-starting, plant choices, non-chemical fertilizing, watering, choosing the right containers, veggie garden planning and planting, and much more. This fully illustrated book is a one-stop guide for the beginner gardener or the downsizing gardener.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943366002
Publisher:	St. Lynn's Press
Publication date:	02/15/2016
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Kate Copsey hosts the weekly online radio show "The Master Gardener Hour" at americaswebradio.com. A freelance writer specializing in garden topics, she is a frequent speaker at garden shows and clubs nationally, and is a garden columnist for Ohio Gardener and Renaissance magazines. Kate Copsey lives in South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1 Start Where You Are

Chapter 1 Finding Space to Grow Vegetables Wherever You Live 1

Chapter 2 Designing a Vegetable Garden that Works for You: All About Raised Beds and Containers 23

Chapter 3 Let's Get Growing! Seed Starting, Fertilizing and Healthy Soil 43

Part 2 Vegetables, Vegetables Everywhere! (Fruits and Herbs, too) Great ideas for a delicious harvest

Chapter 4 Growing Veggies Outdoors in the Garden 63

Chapter 5 Containers: the Answer for Patios, Porches, Balconies and Sunny Windowsills 83

Chapter 6 Growing Herbs: 12 Great Herbs for Your Favorite Recipes 97

Chapter 7 Growing Fruit in a Small Garden 111

Part 3 The Veggie Garden Growing Year: Plant by Plant, Season by Season

Chapter 8 Spring 121

Chapter 9 Summer 131

Chapter 10 Fall and Winter 143

Appendix

What's Eating My Plants? "Bad Bugs" and Other Undesirables 153

Types of Containers and Their Uses 161

Some Natural Fertilizers and What They Do 167

Resources 170

Index 171

Acknowledgments 173

About the Author 175

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"IDEAS, that's what this book is all about. If you want the pleasure of a vegetable garden, this book will give you plenty of ideas, and you will be amazed at all of the options you really have." ~ MEL BARTHOLEMEW, creator of the Square Foot Gardening System, author of "Square Foot Gardening" and "The All New Square Foot Gardening"

Editorial Reviews

This is a good beginner's gardening book and would make a nice housewarming present.

Gardening books will inspire homeowners whether they live in the city or country - Jill Sell

This guide will teach you to make smart, creative use of the space you have, whether it’s outdoors, indoors, in-ground, in containers, on a balcony railing, or even going vertical. The author takes readers season-by-season and plant-by-plant to build the pint-sized garden just right for their gardening style and space. You’ll learn all you need to know about soil, seed starting, plant choices, non-chemical fertilizing, watering, choosing the right containers, and veggie garden planning and planting.

From the Publisher

12/01/2016
Though master gardener Copsey briefly shares her downsizing story, the book focuses less on emotion and more on practicalities for the increasing number of small-space gardeners. Organic fertilizers and methods are featured.

Library Journal