Heirloom Vegetable Gardening A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History

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Heirloom Vegetable Gardening
A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History
by William Woys Weaver
Quarto Publishing Group - Cool Springs Press
Voyageur Press
Home & Garden
Pub Date 20 Mar 2018   

 Description

 "This book is sure to be a modern classic and is one of the most important books on gardening in the current century."
—Jere Gettle, founder, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

 Heirloom Vegetable Gardening has always been a book for gardeners and cooks interested in unique flavors, colors, and history in their produce. This updated edition has been improved throughout with growing zones, advice, and new plant entries. Line art has been replaced with lush, full-color photography. Yet at the core, this book delivers on the same promise it made two decades ago: It’s a comprehensive guide based on meticulous first-person research to these 300+ plants, making it a book to come back to season after season.

My Thoughts

 I love gardening!  And homegrown produce is a passion of mine. 

 My parents and grandparents were great edible gardeners!  As a child,  I remember hours spent working in their large vegetable beds. My job was to follow instructions and help with any tasks. At harvest time, our whole family was involved in picking and what didn't go to the table would be frozen, canned or shared with neighbors.

So, I was pleased to receive a copy of this book from Quarto Publishing Group. Yes! Heirloom Vegetable Gardening  A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History by William Woys Weaver is full of history and I love that it includes the different growing zones and popular Heirloom vegetables. 

 We recently stopped at an Amish market. In addition to a variety of tomatoes and peppers, we bought some Bush Green Bean JAKE seeds. But, until I read this book I had no idea of all the different varieties of these vegetables.

 This book also included leafy vegetables we love like beets, chard, kale,  collards, cabbage, and lettuces. We love growing loose leaf lettuce and have a raised bed devoted to it. I also plant lettuce seeds in clay pots.

 And for those that love unusual root vegetables, this book offers a great deal of information on the different varieties. I feel the details and new plant entries combined with the colorful photos will make readers want to expand their gardens and plant more.