Chattin Books Online Day 362 . Today's recommended book is Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener's Handbook.
I have been intending to start a vegetable garden. I am not yet sure if this is my year but I am at least reading books and getting ready to perhaps get ready to plant one (not commitment shy at all , am I ? )
Anyway, step one in this book is to determine the "Average Date of Last Frost" in your area and then write that on a particular page (page 88), then you work backwards and forwards from that page by week to see where you are today and what you should be doing in your garden. Coincidentally, our Average Date of Last Frost (actually that for the nearest Farmer's Almanac Climate Center in New Roads) is March 10. Which happens to have been this week - yippee date of average last frost is over !!!!
So this year I will start somewhere around page 88 (though first I actually need to build a garden) and then work my way through this book week and by week and let's see how I do - I may even share my harvest - if I actually manage to grow anything!
This spiral bound cardboard cover working book , is 199 pages and sells for $18.95 a copy.
To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you. Now Let's get growing!
