Pacific Veggie Grower: A Simple Beginner's Guide to Growing Vegetables on the Pacific Coast — With a Month-by-Month Plan and Interactive Garden Workbook for California, Oregon & Washington by Connor Dunn

Growing your own vegetables on the Pacific Coast shouldn't take a greenhouse, a chemistry set, or a wasted season. Pacific Veggie Grower is the easy, no-overwhelm guide for first-time gardeners in California, Oregon, and Washington who want to actually harvest something this year — not just read about it. The whole idea is simple: seeds, soil, and water are enough to start. No grow lights, no heat mats, no pH meters. It's built around 10 beginner-proof crops that thrive in the Pacific Coast's long, mild season — kale, tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, zucchini, green beans, radishes, basil, jalapeños, and cucumbers — and walks you from bare soil to your first harvest in plain language, whether you're planting a raised bed, a backyard plot, or a few containers on a patio. Inside you'll find: A clear, step-by-step guide to planning, planting, watering, feeding, and harvesting — with honest "real talk" that cuts through the myths beginners worry about A month-by-month seasonal plan so you always know what to do next 10 crop reference cards with spacing, depth, timing, and harvest cues at a glance Read more