Veg Out: A Stress-Free Guide to Creating Your First Vegetable Garden

by Heather Rodino

Overview

Beginner vegetable gardeners won’t end up in the weeds with this accessible guide.

Watching delicate seedlings sprout from the ground and plucking cute cherry tomatoes at the peak of ripeness—if this is your idea of living the dream, you’ll want this friendly guide. Gardening expert Heather Rodino teaches the basics of growing your own vegetables, such as how to choose the right plants for a climate and guarding the crop from hungry critters. Included are 30 profiles of beginner-friendly vegetables and herbs with detailed instructions on where to grow, when to harvest, as well as their sunlight, watering, and soil needs. With helpful tips and photographs of important concepts, Veg Out is the perfect companion for any budding vegetable gardener.  
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454945253
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	04/04/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	51 MB
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About the Author

Heather Rodino is the author of How to Houseplant: A Beginner’s Guide to Making and Keeping Plant Friends and several other books. An editor and writer, she has worked in the publishing industry for more than two decades. 

Editorial Reviews

03/06/2023

This comprehensive primer by Rodino (How to Houseplant) shows readers how to grow their own vegetables, “from selecting a spot for your garden and navigating seed catalogs to dealing with pests and harvesting your first crops.” She covers the basics, including how to work around regional restraints (gardeners in colder climes can elongate their growing season by starting seeds indoors), where to plant one’s garden (the location should receive “six or more hours of direct sunlight per day”), and what type of soil to use (loam is the best, but such shallow-rooted crops as corn and lettuce can grow in silt). Outlining the pros and cons of planting in raised beds or the ground, she notes that the former option usually has fewer weeds but requires more frequent watering while the latter is cheaper to set up but harder to protect from pests. Plant profiles detail the ideal conditions for a variety of vegetables; for example, broccoli requires cool temperatures and lots of space, while carrots thrive in loose soil. Rodino’s straightforward style and thorough look at every stage of the growing process will encourage even the most trepidatious new gardener to pick up a trowel. This has all one needs to get started. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

[S]traightforward style and thorough look at every stage of the growing process will encourage even the most trepidatious new gardener to pick up a trowel. This has all one needs to get started.” —Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

01/01/2023

Rodino (How To Houseplant) transplants her gardening prowess to the outdoors in this how-to book catering to wannabe gardening enthusiasts. Her encouragement to start small and her easy-breezy writing style breaks down gardening basics into short paragraphs that keep fearful gardeners from being overwhelmed with too much information. The author's enthusiasm is accompanied by inspiring full-color photographs of delicious veggies and herbs as she walks the novice gardener through the many steps of a successful garden: planning, planting, maintenance, pest prevention, and harvesting. Rodino also provides a bibliography and a brief resources section. VERDICT The alphabetical profiles of easy-to-grow plants will entice beginner gardeners to embark on a delicious journey to feed themselves physically and spiritually.—Aspasia Luster

Library Journal