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The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food

by Author Joseph Tychonievic

  • Publisher Ten Speed Press
  • Year published 2021
  • ISBN: ISBN 978-1984857262
  • Number of pages 169 pages
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Book description

If you are a visual learner, beginning gardener, looking for something new, or have struggled to grow vegetables in the past, you’ll find this uniquely illustrated format ideal with gardening concepts from proper planting techniques to building raised beds. Like having your own personal gardening mentor at your side, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food is the story of Mia, an eager young professional who wants to grow her own vegetables but doesn’t know where to start, and George, her retired neighbor who loves gardening and walks her through each step of the process. Throughout the book, “cheat sheets” sum up George’s key facts and techniques, providing a quick reference for anyone starting their first vegetable garden, including how to find the best location, which vegetables are easiest to grow, how to pick out the healthiest plants at the store, when (and when not) to water, how to protect your plants from pests, and what to do with extra produce if you grow too much.

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About the Author
Author description

Joseph Tychonievich is a lifelong lover of plants and gardening. He got his degree in horticulture from Ohio State University and went on to work for specialty rare plant nurseries in Japan and Michigan. Joseph is the author of several books including Rock Gardening: Reimagining a Classic Style and The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone. His writing has been published in Fine Gardening, Horticulture, and The New York Times. He is the editor of the North American Rock Garden Society’s quarterly journal.

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