In today's economy, one sector is trending sharply up: backyard vegetable gardening. Americans are staying closer to home - literally tending to their gardens, by the millions. And they're reaching out for help and advice. Doug Oster, popular radio talk show gardening expert and newspaper garden & food columnist, gets more questions about tomatoes than any other vegetable. #2 is garlic, with basil close behind. It's time for a book about these favorites of the American kitchen. With color photos throughout, this book is a balance of easy-to-use organic gardening tips, a little horticultural history, serious and funny cautionary gardening tales...and 30 simply delicious recipes (the gastronomic payoff). No matter if a garden is a loft balcony or a backyard in the 'burbs, Doug leads his readers step by step with his trademark "how I do it" humor and Julia Child honesty...with a bonus prize of all those recipes as a reward for their labors. For beginners and old-timers alike.
- ISBN10 0981961517
- ISBN13 9780981961514
- Publish Date 18 March 2010
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint St. Lynn's Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 272
- Language English