A simple, beginner's guide to growing vegetables with tips for digging, sowing, pruning, and harvesting a variety of vegetables. Also includes advice and reminders to help you build your confidence and skill set.

Statement of responsibility from t.p. verso. "Learn something new"--Cover. Includes index.

Start simple. Sow seeds ; Plant out ; Water your plants ; Tie in and pinch off ; Salad in a window box ; Tomatoes in a pot ; Herbs in a basket ; Onions from sets ; Garlic ; Strawberries in a basket ; Basic plant care ; Protect plants from slugs ; Feed ; Weed -- Build on it. Sow in furrows and thin out ; Repot ; Harden off and protect from cold ; Mulch ; Stake ; Potatoes in a tub ; Zucchini in a bag ; Peppers in a pot ; Carrots in a bag ; Cabbage ; Beans up a tepee ; Fall raspberries ; Plant an apple tree in a pot ; Black currants ; Protect plants from pests -- Take it further. Planning a kitchen garden ; Crop rotation ; Make compost and leaf mold ; Leeks ; Eggplant ; Asparagus ; Globe artichokes ; Create an herb parterre ; Blueberries in a pot ; Plant a plum tree ; Basic pruning ; Pruning shapes ; Store carrots in soil.