Vegetable Gardening For Beginners: Book For Dummies and Tips To Urban Organic Gardening
By Sophia Moore
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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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Sophia Moore
I write books on self help and I am a professional writer.
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Vegetable Gardening For Beginners - Sophia Moore
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