Year-Round Gardening: Growing Vegetables and Herbs, Inside or Outside, in Every Season

by Lena Israelsson

Overview

Want to get home-grown spices in the middle of winter? Eat fresh vegetables in the spring? Sow in the summer to harvest in the fall? Lena Israelsson's book, Year-Round Gardening, is a practical guide for those who want to extend their growing season. And double, perhaps triple, their harvest. Growing year round is possible, and this book can teach you the best methods to do it the right way.

Year-Round Gardening includes inspiring and expert tips on which vegetables, herbs, and spices suit the different seasons. Certain plants can even be harvested in the middle of winter if handled correctly. Others, like microgreens, herbs, and hydroculture, can create the perfect indoor gardens.

This book will teach readers to know the difference between cold and hot weather plants, which growing methods are best suited for different plants, and when to plant and harvest. They’ll learn about sowing; coverage with plastic, glass, or fiber weaves; and fertilization—creating a fruitful and fertile soil is the linchpin of all cultivation and one of the book's most important parts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510733657
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	03/19/2019
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Lena Israelsson is one of Sweden’s most valued gardeners. She is a newspaper journalist and has published a series of books, including the Handbok för köksträdgården (Handbook for the Vegetable Garden), which is usually described as a vegetable grower's bible. In 2004, she released the book Cityodling (Growing City). Lena Israelsson is of Norrbotten origin and has always had a strong interest in gardening. In a barren climate, she learned how important the foundation is to succeed in cultivation. The books she has written, and the knowledge she conveys, is thus based on deep personal experience. She currently resides in Sweden.

Table of Contents

These Days, I Garden All Year 8

Planning the Harvest 11

Weather Detection 11

Smart Plant Choices 12

Your Complete Cheat Sheet 14

Create a Greenhouse Environment 29

Garden Fabric Is a Must 29

Growing in a Cold Frame 30

Gardening in a Greenhouse Tunnel 32

Unhealed Greenhouses and Tunnel (Poly-Tunnel) Greenhouses 33

The Fertile Earth 39

Heavenly Humus 39

Important to Know When Growing Vegetables 40

To Dig or Not to Dig? 40

Mulching Is Best 41

Slug Problems 44

Composting 45

Fertilizing 49

Growing Schedules and Crop Rotation Methods 52

Spring Gardening 61

Indoor Seed Starting 61

Grow Lights-Which to Choose? 67

Let's Start Sowing Outdoors! 69

Perennial Vegetables 71

Spring in the Tunnel Greenhouse 77

Summer Gardening 83

Grow Warm Weather Plants 83

Checklist for the Summer 84

Staggered Sowing and Planting 89

Aim for a Late Fall Harvest 90

Asian Greens 91

Not Everything Thrives in the Heat 93

Get Nutrients with Green Fertilizing 96

Kick-Start Your Cut-and-Come-Again Plants 96

Summer in the Tunnel Greenhouse 98

Fall Gardening 105

Four Fall Beds 105

Time to Get the Row Covers Out Again! 106

The Fall Frost Attacks 110

These Plants Taste Better after a Cold Snap 111

The Italians React 112

Grow Your Own Seeds 114

Build a Hügel Bed 117

Fall Sowing 119

It's Time for Garlic 120

Fall Gardening: Tunnel Greenhouses 120

Winter Gardening 125

At Least Ten Hours of Daylight 125

So You Still Want to Garden in Winter? 126

Grow and Harvest in a Heated Frame 126

Winter Gardening in a Tunnel Greenhouse 133

Indoor Gardening 133

Microgreens or Tender Leaves 136

The Most Budget-Friendly Seeds 137

Sprout Superfoods 140

Herbs and Chili Peppers 144

Hydroponics-Water Gardening 145

The Gardening Year Is Over and Done-Time to Start Anew! 150

Index 152

Thanks! 159

Editorial Reviews

"I thought of gardening as an activity for the warmer months until I read Lena Israelsson's new book. I learned how to extend the season with smart planning and the right plants and growing methods. Lenashe also provides inspiration for indoor gardening. Having homegrown herbs, salad, and microgreens all year-round is much easier then you would think!" —Lena Wallentinson, author of Sprouts, Shoots & Microgreens

"Year-Round Gardening is a well-researched, Swedish-inspired approach to season extension based on years of hands-on growing. Dramatically improve cold-weather meals by extending the season on both ends with or without a greenhouse." —Anna Hess, author of The Ultimate Guide to Soil and The Bug-Free Organic Garden

"I thought of gardening as an activity for the warmer months until I read Lena Israelsson's new book. I learned how to extend the season with smart planning and the right plants and growing methods. Lenashe also provides inspiration for indoor gardening. Having homegrown herbs, salad, and microgreens all year-round is much easier then you would think!" —Lena Wallentinson, author of Sprouts, Shoots & Microgreens

"Year-Round Gardening is a well-researched, Swedish-inspired approach to season extension based on years of hands-on growing. Dramatically improve cold-weather meals by extending the season on both ends with or without a greenhouse." —Anna Hess, author of The Ultimate Guide to Soil and The Bug-Free Organic Garden

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