- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Adams Media Corporation; 2 edition (April 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1580621236
- ISBN-13: 978-1580621236
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 20.1 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,158,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
A postage stamp garden is a small area that can produce a bounty of herbs and vegetables. Many gardeners complain that they are short on both time and garden space. The Postage Stamp Garden Book solves both of these problems. The instructions in this book clearly demonstrate how anyone can produce tremendous amounts of vegetables in small spaces (using containers as well as ground gardens) by following intensive, ecologically friendly techniques that require much less weeding, watering, and overall effort.
About the Author
Duane and Karen Newcomb are gardening experts with over ten gardening titles to their credit, including most recently, The Postage Stamp Kitchen Garden Book. They live in Grass Valley, CA.
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For some of us, there are few things more fun than planning the garden for next season. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
For some of us, there are few things more fun than planning the garden for next season. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredibly inspirational,
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This review is from: The Postage Stamp Garden Book: Grow Tons of Vegetables in Small Spaces (Paperback)
I've grown vegetables in the past, when I was a teenager, but now that I'm going to try again in my thirties, I wanted to brush up on the best way to get as many vegetables as possible out of a small mountain garden. Following the authors' directions I measured my space, made a list of the number of plants for each vegetable based on the size of my family, and then used their spacing recommendations to see if it would all fit, taking into account intercropping and succession planting. It all turned out to be fairly easy to accomplish (on paper at least!), and I'm now shopping for seeds. I'll update this review next fall with my results.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great to have the update,
By WHills (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Postage Stamp Garden Book: Grow Tons of Vegetables in Small Spaces (Paperback)
As the other reviewers have said, this book is an update from the 1975 (or so) edition which was an inspiration at the time. What seemed the most useful in this edition is an updated seed type and source list, since you are looking for compact forms of most items. I miss the graphic artist who was involved in the first book. The pictures in the new book are charmless. And the new book lacks the diagram of double-digging that is hard to explain verbally. And I'm just about to get started this spring on a potato barrel. It would seem like a good candidate for mentioning postage-stamp-wise, yet is not covered.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent resource for those new to gardening!,
By Dawne B (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Postage Stamp Garden Book: Grow Tons of Vegetables in Small Spaces (Paperback)
I am a gardening dummy and found this book to be a real "bible" for me when starting my first patio and small in-ground garden plot. This books really lays it all out for you. They go into detail about how to do things organically, as well, if you want to go to all the trouble. But they also tell you the easier alternatives (like buying store organic fertilizer). I would recommend this book to new gardeners as well as experienced ones -- lots of tips on how to get all types of vegetables producing a lot of food for you, when to plant, what to plant with, etc.
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