I could not have gotten my hands on this book during a better time. First of all I just LOVE that it provides organic solutions to common gardening problems. Now that I keep the bees, this is so incredibly important for their population to thrive in our yard.
This book is very well laid out and organized. It begins with an overview of the all the necessary requirements to make a vegetable garden successful. Next, the vegetables are broken down into their own section, “Plant Portraits”. Here you can find photos, descriptions, growing requirements, planting techniques and problem solving suggestions unique to that particular vegetable. Then the book transitions to 70 pages or so dedicated to eradicating pests and disease from your garden. The book’s final section provides organic solutions to common problems including soil and watering requirements and crop rotation.
My favorite part of the book is the photography. Numerous photos accompany every topic and plant throughout. Better than illustrations in my mind, these photos do speak volumes. I find this book to be a wonderful resource for myself and I know that I have already had to use it to find new organic ways to treat powdery mildew, aphids and beetles.
Finally, Tilly’s Nest is proud to partner with Timber Press in their GPS Campaign. The GPS, or Garden Problems Solver, allows readers a chance to ask the experts their own gardening questions. With each question you ask, you will be entered to win a weekly prize as well as the grand prize-an iPad! Feel free to submit multiple questions: we know we all have them and the best part is you just might be “rewarded” for your question. Readers of Tilly’s Nest will get an added bonus. Enter below to win your very own copy of What’s Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?
Here’s How to Enter:
1. Add Tilly’s Nest to the blogs you follow.
2. Visit the Timber Press website and take a look around, hey while there, enter the GPS contest if you like.
3. Return here, leave a comment with your name, email address and the title of one book that you would like to read from Timber Press.
Good Luck!
This item will ship to US addresses only.
One entry per person.
Contest ends 8.7.12 at 12 midnight EST.
One winner will be randomly selected.
Disclosure: I was sent a complimentary copy of this book from Timber Press for review, however the opinions above are entirely my own.
Photo Credit: Timber Press
24 thoughts on “Giveaway: What’s Wrong with My Vegetable Garden?”
Cacti and Succulents for Cold Climates would be the 2nd one I'd choose, after the giveaway book!
Oh wow, looks like the perfect book for us vegetable gardeners!! I too love the idea of photos, with so many symptoms looking the same, it is hard to tell with a sketch.
I'll have to look for it up here. Having a dog, cats and chickens I would like organic means to control problems with my crops and flowers. Thanks for sharing!
Debbie 🙂
Hey Melissa 🙂
The book from Timber Press that I'd like to read is Handmade Garden Projects! But your site has been such an inspiration as I have started my own little coop. I was trying to incubate eggs but sadly only one has hatched. I have a lone chick but will probably order some to keep him/her company. Thanks for your site :).
Thanks,
Brianna Nash
brianneuh06@yahoo.com
Hey My name is Spencer Knight and email is spencerknight12@yahoo.com
The book i like is Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard
I would love to read Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard by Jessi Bloom. I'm getting ready to redesign the back yard at my new house and I'd like for my girls to be happy there too! Thanks for the chance to win! Hannah Fitch, fitchhannah(at)gmail(dot)com
What a great giveaway! I love Timber Press books. I will definitely check out the 'Whats Wrong with My Vegetable Garden' even if I don't win it and one other book I would like to get is the 'Beautiful No-Mow Yards' book. Grass is okay in some areas, but other plants are so much more gratifying, especially here on Cape Cod! I own 'Free Range Chicken Gardens' so I must make the time to get back to reading it.
Thanks Melissa for the giveaway and your blog! <3
very cool books! The Book of Gardening Projects for Kids sounds super fun!
I want the chicken garden, kids in the garden, and the no-mow yard!!!! I really need the whats wrong book, we have not had a good crop year. Thanks for the chance!
I like the idea of Concrete Garden Projects (in addition to the GPS of course)
Pam
violetacres@frontiernet.net
Fruit Trees in Small Places Looks like a good helpful book. Great give away as always.
Good morning!
Why Grow That When You Can Grow This? – looks like a good one to pick up when it's released.
Still tossing around the idea of chickens here at my home. Waiting til my own little "chickens" get a bit older 🙂
I have had "Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yardby Jessi Bloom" on my wish list for awhile now. My chickens have Free Range of my yard and have been eating all the buds on my tomato & pepper plant, so I'm not getting any veggies 🙁
Kim Harden
mnkharden@gmail.com
Fruit trees in small places. We've been wanting to put in some fruit trees and this could help.
Yep, I could definitely use this book. Garden is out of control!
I would love to have The Naturescaping Workbook. I've been wanting to plant a butterfly garden and I am sure this book would be the perfect guide.
Linda Krendl
palkrendl@hotmail.com
I am a follower. And I would love to read Free Range Chicken Gardens! That is exactly what we want to do with our backyard.
soluckyducky at gmail dot com
I love the book, what's wrong with my garden, we have a large garden this book would be great. I also like the book about weeds, I have an over abundance of those that's for sure!
Thanks so much
Linda Thurston
donniesgirl.thurston2010@gmail.com
.1st off, thanks for the giveaway. a very knowledgeable one:) i follow your blog. absolutely love it. i bookmark ALOT. you are full of chicky knowledge. wow, t.b. press is great. so many to choose from. am going to get a catalog. also downloaded and will get emails too… maybe they have sales. that would be good. the book id really love to have is Native American ethnobotany, but that babe is 80.00. sooooo my book ive picked is green roofs, living walls. think it would be a great way to garden. seems like its "all the rage" i love your blog. i hope the "girls are doing ok. still broody? thanks again. susy beaty sipgirl3@gmail.com
I would love to read Free Range Chicken Gardens! And I am a follower.
tag.gallogly@gmail.com
Thanks for the chance!
Tami
The book I would like is Whats wrong with my kitchen garden. My squash looks sad this year and the moles are winning in the battle for garden territory…
I was most interested in The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden. My Grandma has been telling me to grow things you can eat as well as enjoy and not just for looks. I think I agree.
Felicia Johnson
mrsjohnson0807@yahoo.com
The Edible chicken garden book looks like it would be an interesting read.
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Thelma Winger
genesiswinger@gmail.com
The Book of Gardening Projects for Kids: 101 Ways to Get Kids Outside, Dirty, and Having Fun
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