The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast Author: Visit Amazon's Ira Wallace Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1604693711 | Format: EPUB
The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast Description
Review
“[Wallace's] broad gardening experience is the source of some fantastic advice. . . There is much to learn here.”
(
The Lexington Herald-Leader)
“Timber Press could not have selected a better author for this guide. Ira Wallace is a legend among followers of the organic gardening movement and champions of heirloom vegetable preservation.”
(
Magnolia)
“This compilation of tips for our climate, the names of reliable regional varieties, and the encouragement to start in any month and harvest in every month, is valuable beyond price.”
(Pam Dawling
Sustainable Market Farming)
"This guide for Southern gardeners is the perfect tool."
(
Mississippi Magazine)
About the Author
Ira Wallace lives and gardens at Acorn Community Farm in Mineral, Virginia home of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange where she coordinates variety selection and seed growers. Ira serves on the board of the Organic Seed Alliance and is also a co-organizer of the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello. She present at events and writes about heirloom vegetable varieties for magazines and blogs including Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening, and Southern Exposure.
- Paperback: 216 pages
- Publisher: Timber Press (December 31, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1604693711
- ISBN-13: 978-1604693713
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I ordered this book directly from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, but am writing my review here for the larger audience.
Reasons to buy this book:
- It is more current than others of the same topic (just came out in 2013).
- It talks about a planting schedule that is a lot different from what most people use. It focuses on trying to get early, and late crops which avoids the stresses and diseases of the dog-days of the summer heat in this part of the country.
- It focuses on a NATURAL, organic approach to gardening. If you have looked into permaculture, many of the principles applied there are included in this book (though this is not a complete permaculture book by any means).
- It gives you a ton of tips on the "easy" way to do things. It is clear the author has personally spent decades in the garden and passes on so many valuable tips, like the best way to prevent, and deal with weeds (all the way down to which garden hoe does the best job at weeding young weeds).
- It focuses on low-cost, sustainable approaches and alternatives. Sure you could spend a ton of money on lumber to build a nice cold frame, but another approach is to just lay out hay bales in a square and set a storm door on top of them, etc.
- Discusses pest control the natural way: by encouraging beneficial insects, and planting varieties known to be resistant to the pests in this part of the country.
- Suggests heirlooms and non-hybrid open pollinated varieties that are PROVEN to work well in this part of the country. Some of these things may be plants you've never heard of before but if you perform some additional research on them (via Google), you'll wonder why you haven't. Many have been grown around here (or in similar climates) for centuries.
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