Unlock the secrets to a thriving garden with the American Farmers Almanac: Edible Gardening, your ultimate guide to planting and growing! Discover 217 invaluable tips covering everything from canning and preserving to a comprehensive A to Z growing guide for fruits, veggies, and herbs. Elevate your culinary adventures with delicious garden-to-table recipes and savor the flavors of your most bountiful harvest yet!
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map • A reference chart for where you live.
GREEN THUMBERY • Here’s how to create a healthy, fertile garden that’ll grow plenty of delicious produce for years to come.
Start Your First Garden • Even rookie gardeners can harvest a fine first-time crop by starting small and gathering experience.
How to Test Your Soil • Rich, fertile soil starts with a health checkup.
How to Grow Your Own Soil • The first thing you should tend to in your edible garden is the ground.
How to Make Great Compost • Don’t toss it! Turn veggie trimmings and old leaves into the yummy (free) food your edible plants crave.
Garden Pests • Here’s how to identify hungry bugs—and what you can do to protect your edibles from munching marauders.
A GUIDE TO GROWING VEGGIES & HERBS • These popular vegetables and herbs are easy to grow, nutritious, and have plenty of fresh, just-picked flavor.
Artichokes • Exotic looks and rich flavors make this Mediterranean native a gourmet favorite.
Arugula • Spicy arugula is full of healthful vitamins, antioxidants and minerals.
Asparagus • Asparagus takes some time to get going, but once established, this perennial will provide plenty of healthful eating for years to come.
Beans • Beans are some of the easiest, most carefree vegetables to grow, and they can be used in hundreds of tasty recipes.
Beets • This colorful garden veggie is easy to grow and is reputed to help lower blood pressure.
Broccoli • A cool-season vegetable, tasty broccoli grows best with lots of sunlight.
Brussels Sprouts • These little globes of goodness are enjoying a culinary revival and can be found in many tasty recipes.
Cabbages • Crunchy cabbages are full of antioxidants and are an excellent source of vitamin C.
Carrots • Bugs Bunny’s favorite snack is loaded with vitamin A.
Cauliflower • A relative of the cabbage, cauliflower needs constantly cool temps to produce beautiful, meaty heads.
Celery • Crunchy celery is a mainstay of salads and stir-fries. Add the spicy leaves to fresh salads, too.
Cucumbers • Cukes can take summer’s heat. Try “nonbitter” varieties for extra sweetness.
Eggplants • Pretty in purple, eggplant has lots of nutrients and healthy doses of dietary fiber.
Garlic • Garlic is famous for its intense flavor, and for centuries it has been used in many home remedies.
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Kale • A tasty kale salad supplies all your daily needs for vitamins A, C and K.
Leeks • Prized by chefs, leeks are cold-tolerant and easy for first-time gardeners to grow.
Lettuce • With its varieties of colors and textures, lettuce is the heart and soul of any salad.
Onions • One of the all-time most popular vegetables, onions are a key ingredient in cuisines all over the world.
Peas • Tasty peas like cool weather, but there are heat-resistant varieties to plant, too.
Peppers • Pick pecks of peppers for plenty of perfect produce—and palate-pleasing flavors.
Radishes • Little veggies with a big flavor, easy-to-grow radishes are a salad’s best friend.
Spinach • Spinach is higher in calcium, iron and vitamins than most other edible greens.
Squash • Creamy,...