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Product Description

Burpee has created a truly encyclopedic, but non-intimidating, guide to organic vegetable gardening that can be used and appreciated by anyone, whether or not they've ever stuck a seed in the ground. All the essential information is here--how to condition the soil, how and where to plant, sprouting schedules, what kind of yield to expect from each plant variety, and harvesting tips--in beautiful, bountiful, illustrated detail; the book's largest section, "Plant Portraits," contains explanations of the many cultivars of each vegetable and herb. If you're a novice vegetable gardener or new to organic gardening and can only afford one gardening guide, this may be your best value.

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Product Details

Publisher	Wiley
ISBN	0028620054
Features	ISBN13: 9780028620053 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Format	Hardcover
Author	Karan Davis Cutler,Cavagnarok David,Barbara W. Ellis,David Cavagnaro
EAN	9780028620053
UPC	021898620057
Label	Wiley
Edition	1
Dewey Decimal Number	635.0484
Studio	Wiley
Number Of Pages	448
Title	Burpee : The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically
Publication Date	1997-11-10
Manufacturer	Wiley

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Customer Reviews

Very Detailed

Review by MarsDinosaur, 2010-04-30

This is a very complete and detailed book with lots of information, pictures and "solves." For a beginning gardener like myself, it was a little overwhelming and I didn't end up using it to "get started" but rather referenced it as I went along. This is probably more ideal for someone a little more advanced or someone who likes a lot of up front information (and reading) before starting. It seems great, just a little too much for me :)

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Good Book but needs a Companion

Review by Jennifer A. Nelson, 2010-04-22

I bought this book to replace the book I left while shopping for seeds. Previously I had "The Vegetable Gardener's Bible" which I totally loved and would probably recommend above this book. Overall it has great guides for individual plants and good summaries, and companion planting. Additionally I have the book The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields. Which is wonderful for determining when to plant, and where. It has a full schedule of when to seed, thin and plant.

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No attention to hardiness zones

Review by S. Kalman, 2010-04-20

As a gardener who has moved a lot and now lives in a hardiness-zone 9b, I find this book utterly lacking. The only attention to hardiness zones is on page 430 where a hardiness-zone map has been reproduced on such a small scale one cannot even read the numbers. Skip this book. The rest of the material is not good enough to make up for this total lack of information.

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great book

Review by Jessica G. Morton, 2010-04-06

so helpful!! so much information! love the layout, sooo many different vegetables havent heard of alot of them but there interesting to read about none the less.

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Great for a new gardener

Review by Marcus Simpson, 2010-03-04

This is a great book for newbies. It contains a lot of good getting started tips and is a good guide to review in later years.

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