Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #192862 in Books
• Published on: 1977-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 326 pages

Customer Reviews

EASILY THE BEST GARDENING BOOK EVER!
CROCKETT'S VICTORY GARDEN is the first and last gardening book you need buy. It is really that simple. Whether you are a novice or an experienced green-thumb this book is the only gardening guide you need in your library.

Divided into chapters by month, James Underwood Crockett provides a comprehensive overview of gardening activities the year round. Each chapter head offers a quick overview of each item in the garden needing attention that month. Subheads give complete details as to how to proceed.

Additionally, Crockett offers helpful hints regarding everything from composting to cultivating and from terrariums to trellises. He even provides a comprehensive planting calendar that allows the reader to customize his schedule depending on where he lives in the country.

If you ever get a chance to watch the old PBS program of which the book was a companion I highly recommend it. So, happy gardening for this year and for the future.

Douglas McAllister

I learned to garden with Jim Crockett
I have a warm spot in my heart for this book, and will keep it forever. I learned to garden on PBS with this sweet, gentle man, and I will forever be thankful that he taught me the magic of making things grow.
Yes, it's dated, and I don't use as much insecticide and such as he did, but the basics are all here, and he was such a wonderful teacher.

Gardening Through the Year
This guide covers month by month the basic tasks for your flower and vegetable garden. You get advice on composting, growing vegetables in containers, natualizing bulbs, transplanting, and perennial borders. The book includes questions and answers from the author's PBS television show.
Amply illustrated with color photos and drawings, the book is useful for beginners and more advanced gardeners.