As the brains behind The Little Veggie Patch Co., Fab and Mat have taken the mystery out of - and put the fun back into - growing fruit and vegetables. 1-Minute Gardener features 70 fast, illustrated step-by-step guides to edible gardening essentials, from preparing and caring for your patch through to harvesting the rewards (and getting the kids involved along the way). This is a specially formatted fixed layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

Shameless shortcuts for a great garden super-fast Love being in the garden but not keen on spending the whole weekend making it look perfect? If so, then 30 Minute Gardening is just the book you've been looking for. This will have you sitting down enjoying a drink on the patio after just 30 minutes of stress-free, guilt-free gardening. Packed full of shameless shortcuts and practical tips and ideas that have instant impact, all the know-how is broken down into simple steps and picture sequences including 122 projects on creating beautiful borders, perfect patio pots and how to keep your salad growing all summer. 30 Minute Gardening is the perfect rescue remedy for anyone who loves gardening but has little time on their hands. It's all about how to have a neat garden, a pretty garden, a productive garden...and still have a life.

First published in 1985, this guide brings together the author's ten years of research and his unsurpassed expertise to create an innovative vegetable growing system that not only extends the growing season from early spring to early winter, but requires just 60 minutes of work each week. 65 photographs; 50 line drawings.

Award-winning garden writer Derek Fell shows how anyone can reap a bounty of vegetables or flowers with a little preparation and just one minute of care each day. 100 photos and line drawings of the author's own one minute gardens illustrate his successful methods.

"The 10-Minute Gardener is a quick-and-simple guide to garden care when there's no time to spare!"--

The Little Veggie Patch Co. has taken the mystery out of - and put the fun back into - growing fruit and vegetables. No matter how much or how little space you have, whether it's in the sprawling suburbs or an inner-city high rise, the Little Veggie Patch team will have you growing your own food in no time. 1-Minute Gardener features 60 illustrated step-by-step guides to edible gardening essentials, from preparing and caring for your patch through to harvesting the rewards (and getting the kids involved along the way). These handy how-to guides include: * Choosing your location * Optimizing your soil * The world's easiest seedling incubator * Crop rotation no-brainers * How to fertilize in pots * Staking tomatoes like a pro * Stink bombing possums * The right way to harvest herbs * The lowdown on edible flowers * Hand pollination for beginners * Easy-peasy trellising * Seed bombing * Competitive snail hunting Growing your own food has never been simpler, speedier or more fun, so pull on your boots and get planting with the Little Veggie Patch crew.

". . . speaks eloquently to anyone who resolves to live close to the earth, and to eat well and frugally." —Indianapolis Monthly "Marian Towne has done a superb—and witty—job!" —The Weedpatch Gazette This marvelous cookbook, the product of 50 years of cookery according to seasonal principles, contains hundreds of recipes for more than 90 different fruits, vegetables, and herbs (including such wild crops as mulberries, pawpaws, and violets), locally grown and used at their peak of flavor and freshness. Take it with you as you stroll through the local farmer's market, or consult it after bringing in the harvest from your own garden.

Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman are America’s foremost organic gardeners—and authorities. Barbara is the author of The Garden Primer, and Eliot wrote the bible for organic gardening, The New Organic Grower. Today they are the face of the locavore movement, working through their extraordinary Four Season Farm in Maine. And now they’ve written the book on how to grow what you eat, and cook what you grow. The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook is two books in one. It’s a complete four-season cookbook with 120 recipes from Barbara, a master cook as well as master gardener, who shows how to maximize the fruits—and vegetables—of your labors, from Stuffed Squash Blossom Fritters to Red Thai Curry with Fall Vegetables to Hazelnut Torte with Summer Berries. And it’s a step-by-step garden guide that works no matter how big or small your plot, with easy-to-follow instructions and plans for different gardens. It covers size of the garden, nourishing the soil, planning ahead, and the importance of rotating crops—yes, even in your backyard. And, at the core, individual instructions on the crops, from the hardy and healthful cabbage family to fourteen essential culinary herbs. Eating doesn’t get any more local than your own backyard.

Easy meals that capture the flavor of every season Danielle Majeika’s vegetarian recipes harmonize the garden with the kitchen for the best-tasting veggie dishes all year round. These simple plant-based meals show you how to use every part of your produce in recipes that let the vegetables shine, including: • Autumn Slow Cooker Minestrone with Kale, Butternut Squash and Cranberry Beans • Butternut Squash Galette with Caramelized Onions and Blue Cheese • Stuffed Poblanos with Farro and Pinto Beans • Ember-Roasted Beets and Their Greens with Calabrian Chili Aioli • Parmesan-Baked Parsnip Gnocchi with Marinara • Fresh Pea Soup with Arugula Salsa Verde Gardening and harvesting tips are perfect for farmers and gardeners, and the delicious, plant-based recipes are great for vegetarians, farmers’ market enthusiasts and people just looking to add more veggies to their diet. Bring your harvest to the plate each season and enjoy the (cooked) fruits of your labor.