The Southern Kitchen Garden: Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers Essential for the Southern Cook

By William D. Adams and Tom Leroy

Book Overview

A kitchen garden, or potager, is a celebration of the seasons: brimming with vegetables, herbs, flowers, and even fruit trees, it's our link with nature and a source for fresh produce. The kitchen garden has always been an important part of life in the rural south, at times meaning the difference between being well-fed or going to bed hungry. In recent times, the kitchen garden has become fashionable, and now more and more homeowners (in cities, suburbs, as well as the country) are reaping the delicious rewards of growing their own food. A kitchen garden needs little more than a small raised bed, so an aspiring gardener with only a modest backyard will have plenty of room to get started. Have a sprawling yard and an appetitie for an agricultural adventure? The kitchen gardener can try his hand at some produce requiring a little more space: fruit trees, corn, or pumpkins.

Starting with location and soil preparation (where most gardens thrive or fail), authors William D. Adams and Thomas R. LeRoy will take you ste-by-step into the world of the southern kitchen garden. Planting guides for each fruit and vegetable, useful information on propogation and pest-control, recipes scattered throughout, and Adams' own beautiful photography make The Southern Kitchen Garden truly essential reading for all gardeners ready to bring along their produce from seed to the supper table.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589793188
• ISBN13: 9781589793187
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Gardening Bible for the South

This came highly recommended by a woman who doubled her garden yield using it! Absolutely the best guide for veggie gardening in the South, including Florida. Arrived in excellent condition and within less than specified timeframe.

Excellent

Excellent book. A must have resource for anyone wanting to grow a great kitchen garden in the south.

P. B., Garden Writer

Anyone who is either new to food gardening in the South or has been unsuccessful in their previous attempts will appreciate this very useful new gardening book. Adams and LeRoy clearly explain the tricks to growing edibles from delicious veggies and fruits to fragrant herbs and flowers. Unlike many typical how-to books, this wisdom comes from the author's own hand-in-the-dirt experience, and it is beautifully illustrated with photographs sure to inspire the reader to create their own kitchen garden space. An excellant gift book that will be treasured for years.