The Container Victory Garden: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Your Own Groceries

ISBN-13:	9780785255765
Publisher:	Harper Celebrate
Publication date:	02/21/2023
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	181,927
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Even if all you have is a postage stamp's worth of space on a balcony, patio, or front stoop, The Container Victory Garden equips you to dig into the joys of container gardening, right where you are.Imagine this: In the morning, you pluck a few mint leaves from your backdoor herb garden and add them to your tea. A few hours later, you step out onto your patio and collect a handful of lettuce leaves for your lunch salad. Just before dinner, you harvest a few basil leaves and cherry tomatoes for a delicious caprese pasta.In her trademark warm and informative style, bestselling author and expert gardener Maggie Stuckey shares everything you need to know to succeed with container gardening: planning, gearing up, planting, nurturing, and harvesting.In The Container Victory Garden, you will find:detailed line art drawings that illustrate many gardening techniques and set-upsfirst-person stories of World War II Victory Gardens and their inspiration for today's gardenersbeautiful full-color paintings of diverse people enjoying their container gardensThis is the promise of container gardening: a fresh bounty of vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers you can enjoy in every season.