Synopses & Reviews
Vegetable gardens can be designed for flavor AND fun! Niki Jabbour, author of the best-selling The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, has collected 73 plans for novel and inspiring food gardens from her favorite superstar gardeners, including Amy Stewart, Amanda Thomsen, Barbara Pleasant, Dave DeWitt, and Jessi Bloom. You'll find a garden that provides salad greens 52 weeks a year, another that supplies your favorite cocktail ingredients, one that you plant on a balcony, one that encourages pollinators, one that grows 24 kinds of chile peppers, and dozens more. Each plan is fully illustrated and includes a profile of the contributor, the story behind the design, and a plant list.
Synopsis
Follow your zany muse and get creative with your vegetable garden. Niki Jabbour brings you 73 novel and inspiring food garden designs that include a cocktail garden featuring all the ingredients for your favorite drinks, a spicy retreat comprising 24 varieties of chile peppers, and a garden that s devoted to supplying year-round salad greens. Created by celebrated gardeners, each unique design is accompanied by both plant lists and charming anecdotes. This fully illustrated collection glitters with off-beat personality and quirkiness.
"
Synopsis
Niki Jabbour set out to discover how and why popular gardeners are growing vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, grains, and herbs. The enthusiastic answers and innovative garden plans she received are as rich and varied as the plants being grown.
Synopsis
Niki Jabbour set out to discover how and why popular gardeners are growing vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, grains, and herbs. The enthusiastic answers and innovative garden plans she received are as rich and varied as the plants being grown.
About the Author
Niki Jabbour is a food gardener and garden writer who lives near Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her articles have appeared in Canadian Gardening, Garden Making, Gardens East, The Heirloom Gardener, and other publications. She is the host of The Weekend Gardener,
Table of Contents
Introduction
About the Contributors
Urban Farmscape - Patti Marie Travioli
Culinary Herbs for Beginners - Susan Appleget Hurst
Pollinator-Friendly Raised Bed - Paul Zammit
Beautiful Balcony Edibles - Andrea Bellamy
Southern-Style Backyard Farm - Carolyn Binder
Edibles on a Patio - Donna Balzer
American Potager - Jennifer R. Bartley
Eggs & Everything - Jessi Bloom
Fig-Pig Patio - Steven Biggs
Critter Control - Karen Chapman
Eat Your Yard - Nan K. Chase
Partially Shaded Vegetables - Marjorie Harris
Sidebar: Windy City Harvest