The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live

Stretch the gardening season with intensive planting techniques, cold-weather care tips, and vegetable varieties picked for flavor and growing success.

Even in winter's coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from years of growing vegetables in Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour shares her simple techniques for gardening throughout the year. Learn how to select the best varieties for each season, the art of succession planting, and how to build inexpensive structures to protect your crops from the elements. No matter where you live, you'll soon enjoy a thriving vegetable garden year-round.

Author: Niki Jabbour
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Published: 12/14/2011
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.02lbs
Size: 10.85h x 8.43w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781603425681


Award: IndieFab awards - Silver Medal Winner


Review Citation(s):
Foreword 11/18/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 250

About the Author

Niki Jabbour is the award-winning author of Growing Under Cover, Niki Jabbour's Veggie Garden Remix, The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, and Groundbreaking Food Gardens. Her work is found in Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Birds & Blooms, Horticulture, and other publications, and she speaks widely on food gardening at events and shows across North America. She has been a radio host since 2006. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and can be found online at SavvyGardening.com.

Award-winning photographer Joseph De Sciose is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in numerous books and magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, Country Living Gardener, House & Garden, and Country Home.