Complete Guide to Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs – Ortho Books

Description:

Grow your own delicious, nutritious bounty with Ortho’s Complete Guide to Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs—a trusted and practical handbook for home gardeners. With detailed instructions for planning, planting, growing, and harvesting more than 165 edible crops, this comprehensive volume is perfect for anyone aiming to build a productive garden.

 Beautifully illustrated and full of step-by-step advice, this guide includes tips on site selection, extending growing seasons, pruning for yield, and preserving your harvest for year-round use.

 Highlights:

• Covers 50+ vegetables, 40 fruits, and 75 herbs
• Includes sections on garden planning, soil prep, pest control & season extension
• Harvesting and storage tips to maximize flavor and shelf life
• Color photographs and plant ID pages throughout
• Great for raised beds, kitchen gardens, and backyard growers

“Savor the delectable flavors of homegrown food crops… Separate sections on vegetables, herbs, and temperate and subtropical fruits detail growing guidelines for more than 165 edible crops.”