CREATIve gardening techniques
FOR GROWING FOOD UP
IN SMALL SPACES
Dangling from on high
Cashing in on corners
Climbing the walls
Hanging out
Trellising in tight spaces
Training up teepees
Using unusual containersFinding room on fences
CREATIve
gardening techniques
for GROWING UP IN SMALL SPACES
VERTICAL Vegetables
& Fruit
RHONDA MASSINGHAM HART
The author of The Dirt-Cheap Green Thumb
Vertical Vegetables & FruitFull-color; illustrations throughout
176 pages; 7½ x 9‹/¢
Paper:$16.95 US / $19.95 CAN
ISBN: 978-1-60342-998-6
No. 62998
eBook available
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Rhonda Massingham Hart is a
master gardener and the author
of The Dirt-Cheap Green Thumb,
Trellising, Deerproofing Your Yard &
Garden, Squirrel Proofing Your Home
& Garden, and other titles. She has
written articles for a variety of mag-
azines, including Flower & Garden,
Fine Gardening, and Woman’s Day.
She writes extensively on organic gardening techniques and
lives in Washington state.
The Author
• Early mailing to garden blogs, publications, and garden writers
• Pitch to food writers, publications, and websites
Publicity & promotion:
Publicity Contact: Adam Carmichael(413) 346-2139 or [email protected]
December 2011
www.storey.com
Space-Saving, HarveSt- enHancing guide to growing
a Vertical Bounty
Storey’s
food grows up!MAxIMIzE SPACE, TIME, AND YIELDS
Everyone wants to grow their own food these days. But not everyone has a spa-
cious plot to grow it on. Vertical Vegetables & Fruit has the solution for space-challenged gar-deners: think outside the plot. Above it, actually. Growing up—with trellises, towers, hanging baskets, living walls, and more—is the best way to make the most of limited space, whether it’s a city balcony, an alleyway, or a kitchen window.
Master gardener Rhonda Massingham Hart’s unique guide will leave beginners and seasoned gardeners alike excited to try a whole new way to grow.
Higher yields! Vining varieties often produce larger harvests than their bushy counterparts do.
Tastier veggies! Vertical vegetables and fruit benefit from more exposure to sun-shine, which makes them sweeter.
Less work! Growing up makes weed-ing and watering easier. It also allows better air circulation, reducing the chance of disease.
Vertical Vegetables & Fruit details all the tips and tricks needed to grow up, including:
• The best materials for support systems and how to use them• DIY trellis designs• What to look for in ready-made support systems• The best edibles to grow up, with chapters devoted to climbing champs like beans, peas, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, melons, berries, and more
After harvesting hundreds of dollars worth of delicious, organic food from the balcony, food gardeners will wonder: What took me so long to grow up?
Illustrations © Kathryn Rathke
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grapeS
AN INTRODUCTION TO
ESPALIERAPPLES, PEARS, PLUMS
AND SO MUCH MORE…
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BeanS
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CuCuMBers
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SweetPOTATOES
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