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McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits and Edible Flowers

by Rose Marie Nichols McGee, Maggie Stuckey (Author)

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With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that's grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of soil, sun and water, fertilizer, seeds and propagation, The Bountiful Container is an extraordinarily complete, plant-by-plant guide. Written by two seasoned container gardeners and writers, The Bountiful Container covers Vegetables-not just tomatoes (17 varieties) and peppers (19 varieties), butharicots verts, fava beans, Thumbelina carrots, Chioggia beets, and sugarsnap peas. Herbs, from basil to thyme, and including bay leaves, fennel, and saffron crocus. Edible Flowers, such as begonias, calendula, pansies, violets, and roses. And perhaps most surprising, Fruits, including apples, peaches, Meyer lemons, blueberries, currants, and figs-yes, even in the colder parts of the country. (Another benefit of container gardening: You can bring the less hardy perennials in over the winter.) There are theme gardens (an Italian cook's garden, a Four Seasons garden), lists of sources, and dozens of sidebars on everything from how to be a human honeybee to seeds that are All America Selections.… (more)
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Highly recommended. You get two expert guides to help you find your own path in container gardening with edibles. I loved the two-author commentary throughout. Lovely illustrations, and it's easy to find and read only what you want or read it straight through like a novel. ( )
  flying_monkeys | Apr 12, 2020 |
Create container gardens of vegetables, herbs, fruit & edible flowers..
  jhawn | Jul 31, 2017 |
Truly a pleasure to read. Very well written by its two authors, this book provides great descriptions of each plant and clear instructions on how to grow it. It is virtually an encyclopedia of vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers--at least the ones you can grow in a container. You'll find yourself reading some of the descriptions for pleasure even if you aren't interested in growing that particular plan. And you'll learn a lot along the way.

Like all books I have read from Workman, it is beautifully put together. Some may find the lack of color photographs a drawback, but you can always Google those. A lot of books that have great pictures don't give you any decent instructions! This book is wonderful.

Now, we'll see if my grape tomatoes and red bell peppers actually grow. Planting some beets tomorrow.... ( )
  datrappert | May 6, 2012 |
Fantastic resource for people interested in container gardening edibles and non-edibles alike. Lots of great tips, easy to use and arranged nicely for quick reference. One of the very best parts are all the "recipes" for mixed containers, so that you can maximize your space & harvest. Lacks full-color illustrations, but that is the single criticism I have for this book. A must for container gardeners and urban farmers. ( )
  eenerd | May 17, 2010 |
I loved this book! I learned so much and it's organized in such a great, easy to use way. ( )
  MandaJB | Dec 26, 2009 |
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Stuckey, MaggieAuthormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Hill, Michael H.Illustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that's grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of soil, sun and water, fertilizer, seeds and propagation, The Bountiful Container is an extraordinarily complete, plant-by-plant guide. Written by two seasoned container gardeners and writers, The Bountiful Container covers Vegetables-not just tomatoes (17 varieties) and peppers (19 varieties), butharicots verts, fava beans, Thumbelina carrots, Chioggia beets, and sugarsnap peas. Herbs, from basil to thyme, and including bay leaves, fennel, and saffron crocus. Edible Flowers, such as begonias, calendula, pansies, violets, and roses. And perhaps most surprising, Fruits, including apples, peaches, Meyer lemons, blueberries, currants, and figs-yes, even in the colder parts of the country. (Another benefit of container gardening: You can bring the less hardy perennials in over the winter.) There are theme gardens (an Italian cook's garden, a Four Seasons garden), lists of sources, and dozens of sidebars on everything from how to be a human honeybee to seeds that are All America Selections.

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