Container Vegetable Gardening Made Easy: How to Grow Fresh, Healthy Vegetables at Home in Pots, Paperback/Dr John Stone

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Container vegetable garden refers to growing veggies in a container which is small in size. The container can be a pot, drum, bushel baskets, gallons or wooden boxes. Here is some of the information you'll find in Container Vegetable Gardening Made Easy: - The Benefits Of growing Your Own Vegetables With the availability of a wide variety of fresh and processed vegetables these days at your local supermarket or grocer, why would you bother growing your own vegetables? Listed are ten benefits you can enjoy from growing, rather than buying, your own vegetables. - The Basics Of Growing Vegetables In Containers Learn what kind of pot or container you can use to grow your plants and what materials to avoid. - Useful Tools Included is information about the basic tools that you will need in order to make your gardening experience easier and more productive. - The Potting Soil The most critical consideration when you're purchasing or blending your own potting soil is to ensure that the mix is light enough to provide adequate pore space for air, water and healthy root growth. Included is a quick basic recipe for making your own potting mix. - Watering Container Vegetables This chapter discusses ways to help you determine when you should water you plants and how much you should water them. Learn to recognize the signs that your plant is suffering from over watering or dehydration. - Fertilizing Your Crops For container gardeners, creating a living soil, rich in humus and nutrients, is the key to growing vegetables and herbs. Here are instructions to create an organic liquid fertilizer, which can be absorbed quickly by your plants. - Growing Vegetables Indoors There are many types of vegetables that can be grown indoors without the aid of extra lighting. Here are some of the best ways you can grow vegetables on windowsills and near natural light sources, such as glass doors and windows, and some handy hints you can implement to keep them healthy. The aim of this eBook is to in