CREATIve gardening techniques

FOR GROWING FOOD UP

IN SMALL SPACES

Dangling from on high

Cashing in on corners

Climbing the walls

Hanging out

Trellising in tight spaces

Training up teepees

Using unusual containersFinding room on fences

CREATIve

gardening techniques

for GROWING UP IN SMALL SPACES

VERTICAL Vegetables

& Fruit

RHONDA MASSINGHAM HART

The author of The Dirt-Cheap Green Thumb

Vertical Vegetables & FruitFull-color; illustrations throughout

176 pages; 7½ x 9‹/¢

Paper:$16.95 US / $19.95 CAN

ISBN: 978-1-60342-998-6

No. 62998

eBook available

To order, please see your sales representative or call (800) 722-7202. Storey books are distributed in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son, LTD, (800) 387-4333.

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Rhonda Massingham Hart is a

master gardener and the author

of The Dirt-Cheap Green Thumb,

Trellising, Deerproofing Your Yard &

Garden, Squirrel Proofing Your Home

& Garden, and other titles. She has

written articles for a variety of mag-

azines, including Flower & Garden,

Fine Gardening, and Woman’s Day.

She writes extensively on organic gardening techniques and

lives in Washington state.

The Author

• Early mailing to garden blogs, publications, and garden writers

• Pitch to food writers, publications, and websites

Publicity & promotion:

Publicity Contact: Adam Carmichael(413) 346-2139 or adam.carmichael@storey.com

December 2011

www.storey.com

Space-Saving, HarveSt- enHancing guide to growing

a Vertical Bounty

Storey’s

food grows up!MAxIMIzE SPACE, TIME, AND YIELDS

Everyone wants to grow their own food these days. But not everyone has a spa-

cious plot to grow it on. Vertical Vegetables & Fruit has the solution for space-challenged gar-deners: think outside the plot. Above it, actually. Growing up—with trellises, towers, hanging baskets, living walls, and more—is the best way to make the most of limited space, whether it’s a city balcony, an alleyway, or a kitchen window.

Master gardener Rhonda Massingham Hart’s unique guide will leave beginners and seasoned gardeners alike excited to try a whole new way to grow.

Higher yields! Vining varieties often produce larger harvests than their bushy counterparts do.

Tastier veggies! Vertical vegetables and fruit benefit from more exposure to sun-shine, which makes them sweeter.

Less work! Growing up makes weed-ing and watering easier. It also allows better air circulation, reducing the chance of disease.

Vertical Vegetables & Fruit details all the tips and tricks needed to grow up, including:

• The best materials for support systems and how to use them• DIY trellis designs• What to look for in ready-made support systems• The best edibles to grow up, with chapters devoted to climbing champs like beans, peas, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, melons, berries, and more

After harvesting hundreds of dollars worth of delicious, organic food from the balcony, food gardeners will wonder: What took me so long to grow up?

Illustrations © Kathryn Rathke

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AN INTRODUCTION TO

ESPALIERAPPLES, PEARS, PLUMS

AND SO MUCH MORE…

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