75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden.75 EXCITING VEGETABLES FOR YOUR GARDEN By Jack Staub with illustrations by Ellen Buchert 75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden is a hardcover book I'm sure many VJ readers would love to get their hands on. All the vegetables discussed in this book are suited to American cultivation, yet many gardeners are not familiar with these varieties. The author feels that every serious vegetable gardener should be acquainted with these vegetables. Fortunately, vibrant watercolor images are provided to help the reader visualize the plants. Please note that many of the suggestions for preparing the vegetables are not vegetarian. However, you will easily be able to create your own veggie dishes with these foods. Among the intriguing in·trigue n. 1. a. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot. b. The practice of or involvement in such schemes. 2. A clandestine love affair. v. vegetables covered in this book is the Carrot carrot, common name for some members of the Umbelliferae, a family (also called the parsley family) of chiefly biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions. Thumbelina. Due to its novel beet-like shape, this root vegetable can grow in rocky soil where long carrots would not fare well. It sounds like it would be wonderful roasted. Another vegetable discussed is Lollo Rossa Lettuce lettuce, annual garden plant (Lactuca sativa and varieties) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), probably native to the East Indies or Asia Minor, possibly as a derivative of the widespread weed called wild lettuce (L. scariola). L. , which is an Italian heirloom variety with curly curl·y adj. curl·i·er, curl·i·est 1. Having curls. 2. Having the tendency to curl. 3. Having a wavy grain: curly maple wood. leaves, a green interior, and an intense deep red edge. This would make a colorful addition to any tossed salad. 75 Exciting Vegetables for Year Garden (ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 1-58685-250-7) is published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher. It is 240 paps and costs $24.95. Look for it in your local bookstore or order it online. Reviewed by Debra Wasserman. |
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