Garden book review: ‘The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Great Vegetables’
Updated 12:37 PM;
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By Sally Peterson
“The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Great Vegetables” by Lorene Edwards Forkner ($19.95, Timber Press): This is a comprehensive guide to gardening that goes well beyond being appropriate for just beginners. As someone who has enjoyed growing plants for more than 30 years, I found it a refreshing overview with an emphasis on nurturing vegetables and herbs in the ground or in containers.
Her expertise is evident here.
Growing region maps are beneficial and descriptions are succinct. Microclimate and phrenology are explained with clarity and sufficient depth.
20 of the best Pacific Northwest garden books: See authors at the Great Grow Along virtual festival
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
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Are you ready to get your hands back into soil? Now’s the time for seasoned gardeners to plot their harvest schedules and for those new to gardening to plan their next step. It’s estimated that 16 million Americans started gardening during the coronavirus pandemic.
Across the Pacific Northwest and beyond, people turned ignored patches of their yard into fertile plots to grow their own organic vegetables, herbs, berries and fruit.
As spring planting takes place, local nurseries and garden centers are prepared to provide information and materials.