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Monday, February 6, 2012

Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens (Paperback)

Posted by admin on April 4, 2010

Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens

From Booklist

Fueled by the localvore movement and a tightened economy, more people are motivated to grow their own vegetables, and yet few aspects of gardening are quite as daunting. Sowing seeds! Combating pests! Harvesting zucchini! It can all be a little overwhelming for the inexperienced gardener. With a clean, crisp, foolproof approach, Pleasant takes the fear out of food gardening in a must-have resource that will appeal to both neophytes and experienced gardeners. From simple bag gardens to bountiful food cornucopias, each garden plan is a symphony in simplicity, laid out with precise lists of materials and plants based on detailed landscape plans suitable for small city gardens as well as larger suburban backyards. (more…)

What Vegetables Grow In Shady Gardens?

Posted by admin on February 8, 2010

My wife and I are hoping to build a little raised garden in the back yard of our new house in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The yard is very shady all summer I gather; we just bought it in late summer. Can you grow many edibles in shady yards?
Thanks for any help!