中文名: 自己動手種菜
原名: Vegetable Gardening for Dummies
作者: Charlie Nardozzi
圖書分類: 家居/美食
資源格式: PDF
版本: 第二版
出版社: Charlie Nardozzi
書號: 978-0-470-49870-5
發行時間: 2009年
地區: 美國
語言: 英文
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內容介紹：
食用綠色健康食品正在全球蔚然成風。菜種得好，不僅吃上自己種的無公害蔬菜，翠枝綠葉和碩果累累，也可以成為一道美景。可是我們生活在鋼筋水泥叢林中的城裡人沒有大片的土地，怎麼種菜呢？引自然入室，只要有一個陽台就行，因為現在的時尚便是開辟陽台菜園子，種植夏日盛開的向日葵、秋日的銀葉菊、冬日的彩葉芋、春日的仙客來與郁金香。當然，最方便的是種蔬菜，在陽台上種植小白菜、蔥、韭菜、芹菜、櫻桃西紅柿等等，還可以種植食用香草甚至水果，開始美妙的農耕體驗吧。每日面對“菜園子”，感受它的綠意，比擁有私人花園還要惬意。
The book's first three chapters deal with deciding what to plant, where to plant it, and when. Nardozzi then turns the bulk of the book--nine chapters--over to the vegetables themselves: the tomato (the most popular vegetable for the home gardener); the pepper and eggplant; root crops; legumes; vine crops; cole crops, such as broccoli and cabbage; greens; and sweet corn and unusual vegetables. A special chapter goes to nonvegetables like herbs and berries. The book's third section is devoted to gardening techniques, which more experienced gardeners may want to turn to immediately. There's good, solid information here on irrigation, mulching, reading a fertilizer label, companion and secession planting, and much more. As with all For Dummies titles, the resources listed in the appendix are comprehensive and up to date, and the index (without which any reader might be lost) is complete and useful.
內容截圖：

目錄:
Introduction ................................................................ 1
Part I: Digging Into the Basics of Vegetable Gardening .... 5
Chapter 1: Vegetable Gardening 101 ............................................................................... 7
Chapter 2: The Popularity and Benei ts of Vegetable Gardening .............................. 15
Chapter 3: Planning Your Veggie Garden ..................................................................... 21
Part II: Vegging Out .................................................. 39
Chapter 4: Tomatoes: The King of Veggies ................................................................... 41
Chapter 5: Meeting the Tomato’s Cousins: Peppers and Eggplants ......................... 57
Chapter 6: Growing Underground Crops: Carrots, Onions, and Potatoes ............... 71
Chapter 7: Sweet and Simple: Beans and Peas ............................................................. 89
Chapter 8: Vigorous Vines: Cucumbers, Melons, Pumpkins, and Squash .............. 105
Chapter 9: Cool Weather Staples: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts,
Cabbage, and Caulil ower ........................................................................................... 123
Chapter 10: A Salad for All Seasons: Lettuce, Spinach,
Swiss Chard, and Specialty Greens ........................................................................... 137
Chapter 11: Sweet Corn and an A to T of Other Worthy Veggies ............................ 151
Chapter 12: Growing Berries and Herbs for an Edible Landscape .......................... 181
Part III: Getting Down and Dirty
in Your Vegetable Garden ......................................... 197
Chapter 13: On Your Mark, Get Set . . . Grow! ............................................................ 199
Chapter 14: Workin’ the Dirt ........................................................................................ 219
Chapter 15: Maintaining Your Vegetable Garden ...................................................... 237
Chapter 16: Surveying Some Cool Farmer Techniques ............................................. 265
Chapter 17: Keeping Your Plants Healthy .................................................................. 275
Chapter 18: Containing Your Veggies.......................................................................... 291
Chapter 19: Harvesting, Storing, and Preserving Vegetables ................................... 301
Part IV: The Part of Tens .......................................... 311
Chapter 20: Ten Tools of the Trade............................................................................. 313
Chapter 21: Nearly Ten Ways to Extend Your Growing Season............................... 321
Appendix: Planning Guidelines and Other Resources .............................................. 327
Index ...................................................................... 351