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The Tao of Vegetable Gardening : Cultivating Tomatoes, Greens, Peas, Beans, Squash, Joy, and Serenity by Deppe, Carol is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Tao of Vegetable Gardening : Cultivating Tomatoes, Greens, Peas, Beans, Squash, Joy, and Serenity about?

The Tao of Vegetable Gardening explores the practical methods as well as the deeper essence of gardening. In her latest book, groundbreaking garden writer Carol Deppe (The Resilient Gardener, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties) focuses on some of the most popular home garden vegetables-tomatoes, green beans, peas, and leafy greens-and through them illustrates the key principles and practices that gardeners need to know to successfully plant and grow just about any food crop. Deppe's work has long been inspired and informed by the philosophy and wisdom of Tao Te Ching, the 2,500-year-old work attributed to Chinese sage Lao Tzu and the most translated book in the world after the Bible. The Tao of Vegetable Gardening is organized into chapters that echo fundamental Taoist concepts: Balance, Flexibility, Honoring the Essential Nature (your own and that of your plants), Effortless Effort, Non-Doing, and even Non-Knowing. Yet the book also offers a wealth of specific and valuable garden advice on topics as diverse as: - The Eat-All Greens Garden, a labor- and space-efficient way to provide all the greens a family can eat, freeze, and dry-all on a tiny piece of land suitable for small-sca

Who reads The Tao of Vegetable Gardening : Cultivating Tomatoes, Greens, Peas, Beans, Squash, Joy, and Serenity?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Deppe, Carol
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9781603584883
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Home & Lifestyle, Gardening, Agriculture
Rating
3.98 / 5 (59 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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