Book Recommendation - WEEK-BY-WEEK VEGETABLE GARDENER'S HANDBOOK 

Looking for an  excellent week by week guide for planning, planting and harvesting your  vegetable garden. This book  is designed to work starting from the average date of the last frost in your neighborhood. Planning the vegetable garden starts from 20 weeks before that frost date and continues to harvest and beyond up to 29 weeks after that last  frost date with daily and weekly to-do lists.

The Handbook provides instruction for all tasks associated with the vegetable garden. The techniques work for large or small gardens. It also serves as a workbook where calendar dates for your specific environment are entered to help you stay on track. Space for note taking is also included. The book is sprinkled with hands on tips from soil preparation and seed starting to how to preserve your harvest.  


The authors, Ron Kujawski and daughter, Jennifer Kujawski, speak from hands on experience with a 6,000 square foot garden in The Berkshires. Jennifer is a horticulturist and a writer and editor who works for a variety of organizations. Ron is the author of the popular syndicated gardening column “The Gardener’s Checklist” and served as an Extension Educator for the University of Massachusetts for 25 years. He has also served as an advisor to the Berkshire Botanical Garden. You may find him there during the growing season doing weekly garden pest surveys.

The book is spiral bound so lays flat making entries easy. It is written with easily understood instructions and a pleasant sense of humor. It is available through independent bookstores and Amazon. The publisher is Storey Publishing (Pownal, Vt., 2011).

Submitted by Richard Demick, Master Gardener, Rensselaer County Cooperative Extension