California Fruit & Vegetable Gardening Plant, Grow, and Eat the Best Edibles for California Gardens

by Splan, Claire

• ISBN13: 9781591865285
• ISBN10: 159186528X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-23
• Publisher: Cool Springs Press

Summary

California abounds with edible selections to grow in the diverse conditions of the state. California Fruit and Vegetable Gardening addresses the critical elements of climate, soil, sun, and water that affects growing success. More than sixty fruits, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers will be included with helpful charts and graphs for planning and planting the garden.

Author Biography

Claire Splan is a gardener and writer in Alameda, California. After buying her first house in 2002, she began taking horticulture classes and remaking the gardens at her home, writing about her experiences there and her growing interest in gardening and environmental issues at her garden blog, An Alameda Garden (alamedagarden.blogspot.com). A member of the Garden Writers Association, Claire has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Rosebud, and Firsts magazine and reviews gardening books for the New York Journal of Books (nyjournalofbooks.com). She has degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of San Francisco and has studied landscape horticulture at Merritt College. Claire is the author of Cool Springs Press's California Fruit and Vegetable Gardening (2012, updated 2021) and California Month-by-Month Gardening (2014).