Everyone loves fresh vegetables, but it’s the hard work and cost that have some avoiding their gardens. Caleb Warnock offers a guide to those who love gardening but are limited on time, and/or money – people like me.

The book begins with a lengthy Table of Contents that easily directs you to your favorite vegetables. Warnock’s desire is to give us confidence when gardening with Mother Nature. The list of growing crops Warnock has in his own garden tells me he’s brimming with confidence. I didn’t shy away from his list or his choices because I want to garden; I just don’t want to live in it. The author educate us about abundance, the law of want, curtailing foods with preservatives, US produces crops, the use of chemicals, and so much more. He generously gives us 9 principles of successful stress-free gardening. I have to say, Warnock had me at “low cost” gardening in this chapter. I have no plans to visit the garden center this year. I appreciated the advice on the best size for squash and zucchini. Warnock also goes over Compost Tea and Fertilizer Tea. Best of all, he promotes self-seeding gardens and tells us how to be successful at it. In the rest of the book the author shares when and how to plant, fertilize transplant, harvest and preserve vegetables.

Stress-Free Vegetable Gardening is a comprehensive volume gardeners will come to appreciate. It’s an attractive, well design book. The chapters are set up well and easy to follow. Stress-Free Vegetable Gardening is a must-have for both serious and amateur gardeners.