Provides information on growing vegetables in different kinds of containers. This guide explains how to choose the rights plants, select appropriate containers and tools, provide balanced nutrition, care for plants throughout the growing season, control pests without chemicals, and more.
Harvest tomatoes on a patio, produce a pumpkin in a planter, and grow broccoli on a balcony!
Bestselling author Ed Smith shows you everything you need to know to successfully create and care for an edible container garden, including:
- Choosing the right plants
- Selecting appropriate containers
- Controlling pests without chemicals
- Harvesting fresh vegetables
You’ll discover that container gardening is an easy and fun way to enjoy summer’s bounty in even the smallest of growing spaces. With lots of photos for visual reference, Smith’s comprehensive guide will take you through every aspect of container gardening and leave you with home-grown fresh vegetables.
“[A] step-by-step approach to container gardening . . . Smith’s practical, assuring, timely, and handsomely produced how-to will see brisk traffic.” —Booklist (starred review)
“With detailed, illustrated advice on selecting and retrofitting containers, cultivation, efficient maintenance, and design plans to pull it all together, Smith’s latest guide provides everything needed to grow a bounty of home-grown vegetables.” —Publishers Weekly
"With detailed, illustrated advice on selecting and retrofitting containers, cultivation, efficient maintenance, and design plans to pull it all together, Smith's latest guide provides everything needed to grow a bounty of home-grown vegetables."
