Re: Book recommendations

**L* R* <l*@hvc.rr.com>**

I would be so bold as to suggest my own book Weedless Gardening. This  
book puts a lot of emphasis on soil care and garden layout, but that  
is the basis of a good vegetable garden. I also cover planting dates  
and techniques for individual vegetables.

Pests are hardly a problem once all this is attended to. I've grown  
almost all the vegetables that I eat for almost 40 years and the only  
pest problems for which I've taken deliberate action are cabbage  
worms  (two sprays of Bt) and, on eggplants, flea beetles (Reemay).

Lee Reich, PhD
http://www.leereich.com/

Books by Lee Reich:
A Northeast Gardener's Year
The Pruning Book
Weedless Gardening
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
Landscaping with Fruit

On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Rose Rankin wrote:

> If you had to recommend one book to a newbie vegetable gardener,  
> what would
> it be? I'm trying to think of something that explains the what and  
> how of
> basic edible gardening but also deals with pests and diseases and  
> how to
> handle them. Sort of like the upcoming "What's Wrong with my Plant?"  
> Any
> suggestions? Thanks!
> -Rose
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