Grow Great Vegetables in North Carolina

I received this ARC from #NetGalley just in time to use it as a reference to start my 2020 garden! We're following the helpful, concise planting calendar right now (late January) to plot out plans for germinating seedlings. I live in the piedmont, so I'm consulting that section; the book contains great info for the three different climate regions of the state--mountains, piedmont, and coastal plain.

There's also great advice on choosing crops, building various structures and landscaping layouts to enjoy garden-fresh produce year round. The photography is gorgeous and the illustrations/diagrams/charts are informative and helpful. I'll be recommending this book to all my NC gardening pals!

Lot's of great ideas and information contained in this book. Looking forward to trying a few ideas out myself, as I live in North Carolina. The book would be of interest to others (not just us North Carolinians) with gardening suggestions, placement of crops, etc. I'll be adding a few raised beds to plant when warm weather rolls back around!

Grow Great Vegetables in North Carolina is a regionally tailored home gardening guide for producing vegetables for taste and nutrition and to increase self-reliance and food security. This is one of a series of regionally specific guides released by Timber press. Written by Ira Wallace, it's 252 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.

This guide is arranged by seasons with a chapter for each month. The introductory chapter (~13% of the page content) covers garden planning, climates and subzones in North Carolina, as well as a very general gardening introduction.

The monthly sections include tasks for each month, potential problems and troubleshooting, planning and placement of the garden plot, harvesting and more.

The third section of the book is a regional guide to choosing vegetables and varieties which will thrive in your area.

There's a resource list (slanted to readers in the southeast region), a bibliography and further reading list, USDA based hardiness zonal map, and an index. The photography is crisp, clear, and abundant. This is a well crafted book which will provide gardeners with hours of blissful dreaming as well as serving as a valuable troubleshooting guide.

Five stars. Very well done.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Logically organized, gorgeously illustrated, and well explained throughout. You can tell the author really knows his stuff.

This would make a great gift.

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for a digital ARC for the purpose of an unbiased review.