SET OUT TRANSPLANTS of tomato, pepper, and
eggplant.
CREATE A MINI ROOT
CELLAR by sinking a new trash can into the ground.
PLANT STRAWBERRIES
and begin harvesting asparagus spears.
MAKE SUCCESSION PLANTING of lettuce,
beets, carrots, sweet corn, and radishes.
ENCOURAGE NEW SPROUTS by pinching out the tips of
Brussels sprout plants.
SOW SEEDS of slow-growing herbs like parsley and
thyme indoors.
CHECK FOR TOMATO
HORNWORM. Check summer squash for blossom blight.
ENRICH YOUR SOIL
WITH NITROGEN by turning under old pea vines.
START SEEDS INDOORS for
cabbage, broccoli, and caulifl ower.
PLANT RADISHES
within the row or between rows
of carrots or beets.
HARVEST new potatoes.
FERTILIZE
asparagus bed with manure.
PERFECTLY TIMED GARDENING FOR YOUR MOST BOUNTIFUL HARVEST EVER
RON KUJAWSKI & JENNIFER KUJAWSKI
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Week-by-Week
VEGETABLEGARDENER’S
Handbook
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AT LAST . . . a book that tells you exactly what to do in the garden and exactly when to do it!
• The simple, foolproof guide to your most suc-cessful vegetable harvests ever
• Takes you step by step and week by week through the entire gardening season
• Practical gardening advice & easy instruction that’s specifi c to your gardening zone By following simple steps to set up the book for their own gardening zones, new and experienced gardeners alike can turn the Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook into a personal, customized action guide that spells out when and what to do in their own gardens. This book “should not remain in pristine condition!” assert the authors. Take it out to the garden and get growing!
Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s HandbookIllustrations throughout; 192 pages; 7 x 9
Paper with partially concealed wire-o:$14.95 US / $18.95 CAN
ISBN: 978-1-60342-694-7; No. 62694
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Ron and Jennifer Kujawski are a father-daughter garden-ing team. Together, they tend a 2,000-square-foot vegetable garden in the Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts. Ron is a horticultural consultant, writer, and lecturer who served as an Extension Educator for the Uni-versity of Massachusetts for 25
years. He’s also the author of a popular syndicated gar-dening column called “The Gardener’s Checklist.” Jennifer holds degrees in botany and horticulture and works as a freelance writer and editor for a variety of organizations, including the University of Massachusetts Extension, the USDA Forest Service, and the Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape association.
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Take the GUESSWORK Out of Gardening!
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