The Old Farmer's Almanac Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook: Essential Step-by-Step Advice for Growing Vegetables and Achieving Success

The Old Farmer's Almanac Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook is a fantastic resource for both new and experienced gardeners. It provides clear, step-by-step advice for growing 32 different vegetables, along with helpful tips, stunning full-color photos, and useful reference charts. I love the practical approach, making it easy to plan, plant, and harvest a successful vegetable garden. The personal anecdotes from seasoned gardeners add a charming touch, making it feel like you’re learning from a trusted friend. If you want to grow fresh, delicious produce while enjoying the peace of working with nature, this handbook is an essential addition to your gardening collection.

I’m so happy to have this book. It’s packed with excellent information. The detail and info about using one item vs another is crazy helpful. Nice illustrations/live fotos and info on recommended plant varieties. I can see myself using this for a long long time! I like the thickness of the pages too

Know your gardens needs in one simple book.

It's good for beginners or if you use it to record things (but a notebook is easier and cheaper). It has some good information in it, but I guess I expected more information. I was hoping for something a little more authoritative - many crops are not discussed and some important concepts have little ink dedicated to their discussion. I suppose I was hoping for a planting schedule or chart, and maybe a bit more scientific background information, and at least some more application notes. I suppose I will put my own, more informative, charts and references together. Personally, I do not really plan to use the notes sections which are a larger proportion of the pages than I realized - I have a notebook for recording things and did not need that here. I feel like it will be the gardening book I read or reference the least, but otherwise, it is nicely assembled, has nice aesthetics; if you want a very light quick start into gardening it's pretty good actually, but expect to graduate from it quickly if you continue.

Great for learning about vegetable gardens. Good information. Helpful for gardeners.

Love this book! Five stars. Two thumbs up. All the good things. Recommend to EVERYONE!! I finished my second year of gardening and I wish I’d had this book two years ago! It covers a little bit of everything without going so in depth it's overwhelming, and without glazing over it leaving you frustrated and more confused. The charts make it automatically worth the buy. It has companion planting, pH and water needs for each plant, frost dates, and tons of others. It has lots of pages for you to write in the book for notes (which I won’t do because that’s sacrilege, but they are good ideas for pages in my garden binder). Each veggie has about three pages dedicated to it. Planting, Care, Pests/Diseases, Harvest/Storage are covered. Plus recommended varieties, general info and tips (like rosemary will deter Mexican bean beetles). It covers fertilizing, troubleshooting and so many helpful things, specific to a certain veggie. It also has amusing quotes at the start of every chapter. I really can’t say enough wonderful things about it. This is my absolute favorite gardening book and I think it should be on everyone’s shelf. Definitely the perfect Christmas gift for the gardener in the family!

This was one of my first gardening books, and I absolutely love it! It’s packed with timeless tips, easy-to-follow guidance, and helpful charts. A must-have for any gardener — I still find myself going back to it for advice and inspiration!

Great book. Lots of information.

This is it. This is literally it.

Informative.

Very good book worth getting thanks

I wanted a book that covered typical, usual vegetables that I grow. This book really covered a large range of topics that I found helpful and useful. If you're a gardener at any level, I highly recommend this book. Would also make a fantastic gift for the gardener in your life.

Great book for your money. It has a lot of information in it and I am happy to purchase it.