The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live

A wonderful book for anyone who loves to grow their own food. Easy to read, great tips. Thanks!

This book has been incredibly helpful. It offers really detailed information, not just peripheral philosophy or ideology. It gives actual materials used for mini hoop tunnel construction, breaks down the differences between various row covers, and goes through common vegetables one by one to let the grower know specifics about each (including when to plant based on frost dates, how to manage and thin as the plant grows, and how to harvest). It also has great layout that is colorful with a good balance of word and photography. It is also really upbeat and doesn't make the reader feel discouraged for not knowing certain aspects of gardening. This has really been a gem of a book for me. I am new to the gardening scene, and although I've purchased 10s of books to get to know everything I can, I keep coming back to this book over and over again as I implement my garden plans. I should note that at first read, this book really encouraged, empowered, and provided me with the tools I needed to start a garden. But, I've found that the more I've actually done in the garden and the more questions I've developed, the more value the book has had as I've come back to it as a reference. I'd like to thank Niki for this treasure.

This book is the best gardening book I've read to help you grow food all year long. Ms. Jabbour starts off describing 3 growing seasons (cool, warm, cold) and how to know what vegetables to grow in each season. She shares info about building your soil, intensive planting, creating inexpensive greenhouses and polytunnels, and many more tips and tricks to get the most out of your garden space. Later she shares different garden plans for both small and large gardens. Finally, she discusses many of the vegetables you can grow and when you should plant each. Ms. Jabbour also gives several of her favorite varieties in case you need help choosing what variety to grow. This is a very well written book to help you get the most from your garden, no matter how large or small it may be. I consider it a must-have on any gardener's bookshelf.

Wow, this was inspirational as well as very informative. Specific vegetables are detailed, with suggested varieties and planting calendars. My favorite part, however are the charts detailing interplanting and succession planting. I refer frequently to these handy charts. There are also great suggestions for extending your garden seasons, such as an inexpensive cold frame, for which there are detailed instructions. I can't wait to implement some of these ideas this fall and winter. If you enjoy gardening, you owe it to yourself to get as much enjoyment out of it as you can. This book will help you do just that.

Something to read when the snow falls and we gardeners can't wait until Spring. Lots of good photos and helpful tips.

I am a book nut, and I have bookcases of books--together with so many titles on my Kindle, it's hard to find what I'm looking for. Of my bookcases of books, gardening books are among my favorites and I have some very well written/illustrated garden books. But The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener is always near the top of my pile of "active" books. For the beginner/intermediate gardener, or those for whom 4-season gardening is new, this is such a well conceived, well written, and beautifully illustrated garden book and if I could have only one garden book, this one would do nicely for me as a 4-season home gardener. Among the features I most appreciate is the sequential, seasonal layout of the book, in which the author discusses the many seasonally specific aspects of gardening, and how to deal with them in a way that will maximize the year-round viability and productivity of a garden. Notable are such nice touches as "A year in the life of my grow-lights" in which the author shares the details of how she maximizes the limited under-light area she has available so as to ensure that she always has adequate seedlings available for planting at the appropriate times. Too, I like her lists of favorite varieties of vegetables/fruits that are appropriate for the different seasons at her location (and which can be adjusted for the reader's location. Her discussion of the many options of season extenders--row covers, clouchs, tunnels/hoop houses, cold frames, etc. Also appreciated is her treatments of composting and other soil-enrichment routines required to maintain maximum soil fertility in garden spaces that are intensively planted and in all seasons. I could go on and on gushing about this book, but do yourself a favor: order your own copy. When it arrives, get comfortable, curl up with it, and just enjoy a very well conceived, written, and illustrated book. Even though I've been gardening for several years with a focus on organic, all-season gardening, I've learned a lot from this book. Plus it's such a beautiful book, it's just fun to sit and spend time engaged with it. The photography alone makes the book very inspirational and well worth it's modest price. Five stars, all the way.

My gardening bible. There is so much great information, I’m constantly referring to it for planting guidelines and variety recommendations.

Finally a book made for Canadians in mind. very informative and I like that there are some foods that can even grow in the winter time. The book came on time and in great condition

I find 'The year-round vegetable garden' a great guide not only for specific produce, but particularly for then insights into crop rotation, use of cover and succession planning to get the most from your garden for harvest throughout the year. The reference to American climate, even though I'm in the UK, is a good example to help understand how to plan your site/growing...which I hadn't really thought about. A great all round guide, it's the right size to be really usable; presenting enough insights clearly and succinctly. For myself - coming to the end of my first year's planting - it's made life easier...and I'm inspired to plan much better for the spring!

I am looking at my shelf of 20 gardening books purchased in the last 12 months and this is my favourite. I live in Southern England, so rather distinct from the location of the writer, however, I found the advice, tips and plans to be a good guide and an even better inspiration. Well written and illustrated; this will be a good reference for years to come.

This is a great intro to veggie gardening and the author includes plenty of info specific to each vegetable. She also includes instructions for how to design a garden in different types of spaces, make your own trellises, and how to use cloches and greenhouses. The pictures are fantastic - lovely to look at and helpful. I live in southern Alberta and although my climate is quite different from Atlantic Canada (where the author is from) the info is easily applicable to where I live. This book is a great resource for anyone living in a region that gets winter weather. Thanks

Just got "The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live". I did not have a chance to read it all, but based on the material that I saw, I highly recommend the book, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN THE SUBJECT. I think that there are better gardening books out there, BUT this one shows the experience of Niki Jabbour and her garden. I was amazed to see the back yard full of snow (around 2 to 3 feet), and in a small area beautiful green vegetables. If you really want to learn how to grow vegetable in your yard all year long, I believe that this book will inspire you to get going. I do not have a lot of experience on this subject, so I can highly recommend the book, however if you are an advanced gardener, I am not sure how it will apply to you. For me though, I have to give it the thumbs up.