Do you want a fruitful vegetable garden with less work and less time? Try this revolutionary method for a continuous garden that practically grows itself.
With this method, there’s no buying transplants or starting seeds indoors (plants sow themselves!), no yearly planting (perennial crops return year after year!), no seed buying (you collect your own seeds!), and no “off” season (with protection, some crops yield year-round!). It’s a unique approach to creating a more
sustainable, self-perpetuating vegetable garden that returns on its own year after year. Yes, you can grow MORE of your family’s food with significantly LESS work than a traditional vegetable garden.
After detailing the many perks of this method, author and professional gardener Charlie Nardozzi digs into this new approach by sharing:
- The know-how you need to establish your continuous garden in the best soil and location
- Insight on vegetables that sow their own seeds and return to the garden all on their own
- Profiles of permanent perennial vegetables that produce harvests for years to come
- Info on establishing a perpetual fruit patch in your landscape
- Handy lists of seeds to save to continue growing your favorites year after year
- Tips for protecting edible plants from frosts and freezes for a longer harvest
- Planting schemes to plan for a perpetual harvest in yards big and small
- And much more!
By planting the right combination of self-perpetuating plants and caring for them “just enough”,
an enduring and abundant harvest awaits.
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"Be sure to have a notebook and colored markers with you when reading...there is so much useful information...you will want to take notes. This extremely interesting and useful book would make a wonderful addition to your own garden library, or a much-appreciated present for any gardeners among your friends and family." -- Marsha Douma * Washington Gardener * "The Continuous Vegetable Gardener is a great addition to your library of helpful gardening books. Youll be able to apply his techniques in your garden this spring, and youll enjoy the benefits for years to come." -- Christy Wilhelmi * Gardenerd *
Introduction
Chapter 1 THE PERKS OF PERPETUAL
Chapter 2 STARTING AT THE GROUND LEVEL AND KEEPING SOIL HEALTHY
Chapter 3 PERMANENT PERENNIAL VEGETABLES AND HERBS
Chapter 4 SELF-SOWING VEGETABLES, HERBS, AND EDIBLE FLOWERS
Chapter 5 SEED AND PLANT SAVING
Chapter 6 A PERPETUAL FRUIT PATCH
Chapter 7 POWERFUL AND PRODUCTIVE PLANTING SCHEMES
Chapter 8 PLANT PROTECTION FOR SEASON EXTENSION, PEST CONTROL, AND WEATHER
EXTREMES
Chapter 9 BRINGING PERPETUITY INDOORS
Resources
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Index
Charlie Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, and radio and television personality. He brings expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, lectures, the Internet, and the printed page. Charlie delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun, and accessible to everyone. Charlie has his own radio and television shows, is a well-known public speaker, and is the author of Cool Springs Presss Northeast Fruit & Vegetable Gardening (2012), Vegetable Gardeners Journal and Magnet Gift Set (2014), New England Getting Started Garden Guide, and Foodscaping (2015).
