The Family Garden Plan: Family Garden Planning Guide for Growing More Food and Harvesting Year-Round

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Grow a year’s worth of wholesome fruits and vegetables for your family.

Fifth-generation homesteader and host of the popular Pioneering Today podcast Melissa K. Norris shows you how to plan, plant, and maintain a productive garden that provides food throughout the year.

Using the same methods and techniques she relies on at her own homestead, Melissa walks you through each stage of the gardening process, helping you make the most of your available space and choose the best crops for your family and growing conditions.

Inside you’ll learn how to:
• Select the right food crops for your area and family
• Plan your garden for maximum production
• Protect plants from common pests and diseases naturally
• Determine when fruits and vegetables are ready to harvest
• Improve soil health through crop rotation and backyard composting

Filled with simple-to-follow charts, worksheets, and photographs, this book provides the tools and confidence you need to grow more of your own food.

Perfect for gardeners, homesteaders, and families seeking greater self-sufficiency, The Family Garden Plan helps you make the most of your garden space and enjoy good food for the people you love.

From the Publisher

Planning

Melissa will help you create a customized plan based on your family’s needs, space, and climate.

Planting

Learn about different plant varieties, how to select seeds, successfully grow your plants, and protect them from pests, disease, and weeds.

Harvesting

This section includes helpful charts, so you know when your fruits and vegetables are ripe for picking and detailed instructions on how to preserve your produce using a variety of methods, such as curing, canning, and freezing.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Peaks Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 7, 2020
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0736977619
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0736977616
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.59 x 10 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #101,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #97 in Organic & Sustainable Gardening & Horticulture #101 in Vegetable Gardening #1,215 in Home Improvement & Design Books
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Customers find this gardening guide comprehensive and thorough, loaded with useful charts and graphs, making it particularly suitable for beginners. The book is easy to read with its simple language and well-organized content, featuring gorgeous pictures throughout. Customers appreciate its practical approach, with one mentioning the helpful food needs for a year worksheet, while another notes how it helps focus on planting what they’ll actually eat.