This is a series of how to grow vegetables originally posted at my wee-tiny blog firefly-dreaming.
I'll be posting these here each Thursday.
I encourage you to check with your Local County Extension Office to find frost dates, planting dates & suggested varieties for your particular location.
These books have been particularly helpful to me. I urge you to check them out:
Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work by Mel Bartholomew
My garden is based mostly on this method.
His revolutionary system is simple: it's an ingenious planting method based on using square foot blocks of garden space instead of rows. Gardeners build up, not down, so there's no digging and no tilling after the first year. And the method requires less thinning, less weeding, and less watering.
How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons
Jeavons explains how to produce a beautiful organic garden with minimal watering and care, whether it's just a few tomatoes in a tiny backyard or enough food to feed a family of four on less than half an acre.
Carrots Love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte
Originally published in 1975, this comprehensive and user-friendly guide to companion planting. Lifelong gardener and prolific author Louise Riotte reveals how plant relationships - be they mutually beneficial, one-sided, or downright dysfunctional - can have a tremendous impact on your garden's outcome.
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