Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

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

William Woys Weaver

4.2/5 ( ratings)

In this encyclopedic guide to the history and cultivation of some of America's most treasured heirloom vegetables, food historian and organic gardener Will Weaver focuses on 280 profiled varieties of 37 vegetables and discusses nearly 400 others. He shares his over thirty years of original research from historical archives as well as hands-on gardening experience to help the lay person appreciate the fascinating history of each vegetable, grow it, and incorporate it into everyday cooking.Some 100 varieties are shown in full color and more than 200 with line drawings by Signe Sundberg Hall. Weaver traces the development of the seed-saving movement and the history of the kitchen garden in America and gives a list of commercial seed and plant stock sources, plus an extensive bibliography.

Language: English

Pages: 439

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Owl Publishing Company

Release: March 01, 1999

ISBN: 0805060898

ISBN 13: 9780805060898

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

William Woys Weaver

4.2/5 ( ratings)

In this encyclopedic guide to the history and cultivation of some of America's most treasured heirloom vegetables, food historian and organic gardener Will Weaver focuses on 280 profiled varieties of 37 vegetables and discusses nearly 400 others. He shares his over thirty years of original research from historical archives as well as hands-on gardening experience to help the lay person appreciate the fascinating history of each vegetable, grow it, and incorporate it into everyday cooking.Some 100 varieties are shown in full color and more than 200 with line drawings by Signe Sundberg Hall. Weaver traces the development of the seed-saving movement and the history of the kitchen garden in America and gives a list of commercial seed and plant stock sources, plus an extensive bibliography.

Language: English

Pages: 439

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Owl Publishing Company

Release: March 01, 1999

ISBN: 0805060898

ISBN 13: 9780805060898

More books from William Woys Weaver

100 Vegetables and Where They Came From

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Bean Bible: A Legumaniac's Guide To Lentils, Peas, And Every Edible Bean On The Planet!

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Culinary Ephemera

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Pennsylvania Dutch Country Cooking

3.7/5 ( ratings)

As American as Shoofly Pie: The Foodlore and Fakelore of Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Country Scrapple: An American Tradition

Sauerkraut Yankees: Pennsylvania Dutch Foods & Foodways

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: 3 Volume Set

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Dutch Treats: Heirloom Recipes from Farmhouse Kitchens

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Christmas in Pennsylvania

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The Roughwood Book of Pickling: Homestyle Recipes for Chutneys, Pickles, Relishes, Salsas and Vinegar Infusions

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Pennsylvania Trail of History Cookbook

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Food and Drink in Medieval Poland: Rediscovering a Cuisine of the Past

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?