Gardening Tools & Books

Do you have a book on container gardening recommendation for vegetables?

I am a novice gardener and am interested in starting a garden next year, but he must do it in containers. Do you have book recommendations for container gardening? I am also looking suggestions on how to start and what would be easy to grow in containers. Thank you!

Lowe's sells a great book on container gardening published by Sunset and this is how I started. Although I live on an acre, I started gardening in containers in a gated courtyard. I still have more than 200 plants growing in containers in the yard, including herbs, citrus and vegetables. Tomatoes, peppers and herbs are excellent for growing in containers. I grow 5 varieties different tomatoes, 3 varieties of peppers and a host of herbs such as thyme, sage, chives, basil, 2 types of oregano, tarragon, dill, mint, Chamomile … and some others I do not remember now. I found the plants growing vines such as cucumber, pumpkin and squash is a bit difficult in containers, but they show how Sunset in the book. For free advice on gardening in containers in your area, you may contact a master gardener or county agricultural extension.

Re: Container Vegetable Garden Update, Part 1

Farmers Market Cut and Come Again Lettuce Blend Seeds 2000 Seeds $2.69 mix of four varieties to create the most appealing and varied salads. The mix contains Tango which is frilly and light green, Little Gem, Cimarron which is crimon, and Outredgeous (yes that is how it is spelled) which is deep burgandy. This is a cut and come again mixture. Stagger the sowings for long harvests. As with all lettuces they are best grown in the cool of spring or autumn. If you must g...

Butterhead Buttercrunch Lettuce Seeds Certified Organic 1000 Seeds $1.89 Although lettuces are best planted in the cool spring and late fall, this one is slow to bolt when the weather gets hot. Mild tasting, soft buttery leaves grow on medium sized heads just the right size for containers, window boxes and borders. Enough seeds for three 10' rows....

Garden Patch Grow Box Terra Cotta $34.95 Gardening should be fun - not a weekend chore. Finally, a NEW planter that grows vegetables for you! The Grow Box automatically adds the right amount of water and fertilizer so you never have to guess. You'll grow bushels of truly vine ripened produce without any digging or pulling weeds. No Gardening Experience? The Grow Box grows 'em For You! Simple step-by-step instructions let you grow like a...

Green Arbor Container Garden Essentials $5.45 An eco-friendly way for even the novice gardener to start cherry tomatoes, bibb lettuce, and mini bell-pappers inside and transplant into a larger container or outdoors! Great gift idea for your friend with the green thumb!...

Jersey Boy Tomato Planter Kit $26.41 60 inch jersey planter with trellis, tomato kit. Jersey Planter With Trellis 60" Black...

All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! $8.86 Do you know what the best feature is in All New Square Foot Gardening? Sure, there are ten new features in this all-new, updated book. Sure, it's even simpler than it was before. Of course, you don't have to worry about fertilizer or poor soil ever again because you'll be growing above the ground. But, the best feature is that "anyone," "anywhere" can enjoy a Square Foot garden. Children, adults...

Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series) $11.65 The decline of cheap oil is inspiring increasing numbers of North Americans to achieve some measure of backyard food self-sufficiency. In hard times, the family can be greatly helped by growing a highly productive food garden, requiring little cash outlay or watering. Currently popular intensive vegetable gardening methods are largely inappropriate to this new circumstance. Crowded raised beds req...

Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces $11.96 Recipe from Grow Great Grub: Root Vegetable Fries Ingredients: 1 large carrot 1 large potato 1 large sweet potato 1 large beet 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary Salt and pepper Roasted potatoes are good and all, but a roasted root vegetable medley is just as easy to make and a little bit fancy, too. Substitute any root v...