The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables: All the know-how and encouragement you need to grow - and fall in love with! - your brand new food garden (The First-Time Gardener's Guides)

The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables addresses common questions for beginning gardeners: where to place a garden, how to prepare soil, which vegetables to plant, whether to start from seed or buy transplants, and how to water, feed, and manage pests. Jessica Sowards, host of YouTube's Roots and Refuge Farm, provides practical guidance alongside inspiration and time-management strategies. The book covers designing eco-friendly layouts, growing with seasons, and maximizing harvests in small spaces. It includes step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations throughout. This book won the GardenComm 2022 Media Awards Silver Award of Achievement in the Photography/Book General Readership Category. It is part of The First-Time Gardener's Guides series from Cool Springs Press, which also includes titles on growing plants and flowers and raised bed gardening. Each book in the series is designed for beginner gardeners and presents clear, fact-based information in an accessible format.