Synopses & Reviews
Commonsense Vegetable Gardening for the South advises how to plan a garden, prepare the soil, cope with the weather, start a garden with either seeds or transplants, and gives tips for gardening in containers. This book lists hundreds of varieties, including old favorites, gourmet delectables, herbs, and new varieties of both warm and cool-season vegetables.
Synopsis
For gardeners in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas, there's information on hundreds of varieties of vegetables--divided into warm-season and cool-season--and on 27 herbs. Each listing includes basic planting instructions, such as spacing, seed depth, and days needed to reach maturity. There are tips for growing each vegetable, as well as a chapter on getting started, which includes data on planning, soil requirements, starting with seeds, and container gardening. Another chapter covers pest and disease control. This comprehensive guide includes more than 100 color photographs by Adams.