Vegetable Gardening For Beginners: Book For Dummies and Tips To Urban Organic Gardening

By Sophia Moore

Vegetable Gardening For Beginners - Book For Dummies and Tips To Urban Organic Gardening is the book that contains every aspect gardening. This book written for starter and makes them a expert in vegetable gardening. You will come to know much about these in this book-

- raised garden beds
- growing tomatoes
- garden design ideas
- container gardening
- growing potatoes
- gardening tips
- urban gardening
- organic gardening
- vegetable seeds

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Mandy Parker
• Release date: Mar 18, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311132963

Sophia Moore

I write books on self help and I am a professional writer.

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Vegetable Gardening For Beginners

Book For Dummies and Tips To Urban Organic Gardening

By Sophia Moore

Copyright 2014 Sophia Moore

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Table of Contents

Part One – Basics Of Vegetable Gardening

Chapter 1: Vegetable Gardening And Its Importance

Chapter 2: Tips For Dummies For Vegetable Gardening

Chapter 3: Categories of Vegetable Gardens

Chapter 4: Proper Plans and Designs of Garden

Chapter 5: Establishing Your Vegetable Garden

Part Two - Planning Your Garden For Production of Vegetables

Chapter 6: Planting and Growing Tomatoes

Chapter 7: Planting and Growing Peppers

Chapter 8: Planting and Growing Cucumbers

Chapter 9: Planting and Growing Onions

Chapter 10: Planting and Growing Beans

Chapter 11: Planting and Growing Lettuce

Chapter 12: Planting and Growing Radishes

Chapter 13: Planting and Growing Asparagus

Chapter 14: Planting and Growing Beets

Chapter 15: Planting and Growing Broccoli

Chapter 16: Planting and Growing Squash

Chapter 17: Planting and Growing Potatoes

Chapter 18: Planting and Growing Okra

Chapter 19: Planting and Growing Kales

Chapter 20: Planting and Growing Cauliflower

Chapter 21: Planting and Growing Carrots

Chapter 22: Planting and Growing Cabbages

Chapter 23: How To Maintain Your Vegetable Garden?

Chapter 24: What Are The Main Benefits of Vegetable Gardening?

Part One

Basics Of Vegetable Gardening

Chapter 1

Vegetable Gardening And Its Importance

Vegetable gardening is an art and the science of vegetable production within the vicinity of your home mainly for own consumption. It is referred to as an art because it entails activities such as measuring distances, building of structures, tilling of land, planting of vegetable crops, harvesting and other activities that require skill other than knowledge. It is also considered to be a science as it entails soil science, entomology and crop pathology.

Soil science is the study of soil and it is crucial in vegetable gardening, as different vegetables require different soil characteristics to produce optimally. Entomology is the study of insects. Vegetables are prone to destruction by insects therefore vegetable gardening requires some knowledge of insects for effective control measures to be put in place at the right time. Crop pathology is the study of plant diseases, it is important to understand the diseases that are likely to affect your crops so as to control them in time.

Various parts of vegetables are used as food. This classifies garden vegetables in a number of classes that include; root vegetables, stem vegetables, fruit vegetables and leaf vegetables depending on the part used as food.

Root Vegetables

These are vegetables that are grown for their roots, which are used as food. The root refers to the underground part of a plant. Generally, these roots are enlarged and act as a food store, which is in the form of carbohydrates. Examples of root vegetables include carrots, sweet potatoes, turnip, turmeric, ginger, arrowroot and others.

Stem Vegetables

In vegetable gardening, stem vegetables are crops whose stems are used as food. Primarily this refers to above ground stems as not all stems are above ground. Examples of stem vegetables include asparagus and celery. Stem vegetables form the lowest percentage of garden vegetables.

Leafy Vegetables

These form the biggest percentage of garden vegetables. Their leaves are utilized as food and sometimes their shoots and petioles as well. Although a wide variety of crops are leafy vegetables, they are used in different combinations to optimize food taste. Examples of leaf