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Title: Kitchen Gardens in Containers by Anthony Atha ISBN: 0-8069-9293-X Publisher: Collins & Brown Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Basic, but Useful
Comment: This is a practical and useful basic book about growing vegetables and herbs in containers. The writer carefully presents the basics of container gardening and offers suggestions for designing container gardens. There is a useful section about pests and diseases and even a short section on harvesting.
Almost half the book is a plant directory, color-coded, divided into herbs, vegetables and fruit, with a few recipes for each.
This is pretty basic stuff, but the book is well focussed and nicely illustrated. It contains the information a novice gardener needs.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good directory of container plants....
Comment: KITCHEN GARDENS IN CONTAINERS by Antony Atha is a nifty book with beautiful close-up pictures for tired eyes. Atha has created a useful and informative work. He shows the gardener how to make plant containers from scratch (wooden boxes, brick enclosures); convert items into containers (baskets, coffee cans, plastic lined buckets, wheelbarrows, etc.); or use the tried and true containers such as clay pots. He also includes material on how to design with plant containers. One nifty idea I am going to try involves growing combinations of food plants in the same container. I especially like the example of the strawberry jar growing cilantro in the side pockets and eggplants on top.
The back half of Atha's book lists container plants in his "Plant Directory." Not all plants are suited for growing in containers. Furthermore, some plants do well together and some do not. Atha divides his directory into herbs, vegetables, and fruits. Each entry includes information about plant tenderness, size, flower description (food plants have flowers), light requirements, propagation needs, and other information. He color codes the sections: purple for herbs; green for vegetables, and terra cotta for fruit. At the end of each section, he includes recipes for the various items. For example, under herbs you will find a recipe for a chamomile and bran face mask. Under vegetables you will find recipes for Borscht and Gazpacho. The fruit section includes recipes for spiced peaches and damson jam. This is a practical book for gardeners with intermediate skills.
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Title: McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers by Rose Marie Nichols McGee, Maggie Stuckey, Michael A. Hill ISBN: 0761116230 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Edible Container Garden: Growing Fresh Food in Small Spaces by Michael Guerra ISBN: 0684854619 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: How To Grow Organic Vegetables In Containers (...Anywhere!) : by Eileen Logan ISBN: 0595217729 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 06 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Potted Gardens: A Practical Guide to 100 Inspirational Containers by Stephanie Donaldson ISBN: 1842155563 Publisher: Southwater Pub Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Container Gardening Through the Year (DK Living) by Malcolm Hillier, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Matthew Ward ISBN: 078943296X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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