McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers | 
| Authors: Rose Marie Nichols Mcgee, Maggie Stuckey
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  48 reviews
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0761116230
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.986
EAN: 9780761116233
ASIN: 0761116230
Publication Date: February 1, 2002
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With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that's grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of soil, sun and water, fertilizer, seeds and propagation, The Bountiful Container is an extraordinarily complete, plant-by-plant guide.
Written by two seasoned container gardeners and writers, The Bountiful Container covers Vegetables-not just tomatoes (17 varieties) and peppers (19 varieties), butharicots verts, fava beans, Thumbelina carrots, Chioggia beets, and sugarsnap peas. Herbs, from basil to thyme, and including bay leaves, fennel, and saffron crocus. Edible Flowers, such as begonias, calendula, pansies, violets, and roses. And perhaps most surprising, Fruits, including apples, peaches, Meyer lemons, blueberries, currants, and figs-yes, even in the colder parts of the country. (Another benefit of container gardening: You can bring the less hardy perennials in over the winter.) There are theme gardens (an Italian cook's garden, a Four Seasons garden), lists of sources, and dozens of sidebars on everything from how to be a human honeybee to seeds that are All America Selections.
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 Not what I expected August 23, 2008
PB
Unfortunately, although I read very good reviews on this book, it is not what I expected and doesn't cover many vegetables in great detail. Most of what I'm growing in containers is not covered in this book, which is what I was hoping for. Probably my fault, I should have researched more before buying.
 Great info for container gardens July 14, 2008
Lexlee
If you grow vegetables in containers then this book is a must. No pretty pictures just good tips. The only con is you might not find detailed info on a specific vegetable but you will find something on the family of vegetables.
 I wish I could give it 10 stars! July 9, 2008
Ana E. Thomas (Gainesville, FL, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I checked this out from my library expecting just to glance at a few topics, but I ended up reading every word! In fact, I only returned it to the library because it had a hold on it- so I decided to buy it :-) This is a great book- very thorough and as a beginning gardener it made me feel very encouraged to try anything I wanted. I am so glad I bought this! Oh, and no problems with shipping, it came right on time.
Bountiful Container June 26, 2008
NaNa O (Ohio)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is like an encyclopedia for new gardeners like me.
It gives advice for every veggie and flower and helps
with ideas for combining plants so you get a good-sized
harvest.
great resource June 13, 2008
C. Symington (Austin, TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is extremely helpful for regular gardeners as well as container gardeners for its thoroughness, including varieties that grow well in containers as well as in the ground, varieties for different climates, cultivation, soil. I have many gardening books, but I turn to this one again and again for reference.
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