Niki Jabbour's Veggie Garden Remix: 224 New Plants to Shake Up Your Garden and Add Variety, Flavor, and Fun

This entire book is about unusual veggies that are less common in the US, many of them Asian, but from other countries as well. Lots of greens, but other things as well, and the how, when, and where to grow them. This is the third book of her's I have purchased. She really does a good job no matter what she is writing about. Worth the money, and I would buy it again. Borrowed it from my library and decided to buy one for myself to use as reference.

You can find a lot of information on the internet about unusual plants, but you must know the name of the plant. Niki gives you the names and her experience of many unusual plants and common, but unusual varieties. Sometimes you don't know the name of the rare and unusual thing you want to try. Her experience comes from having a garden in zone 5.There are also tips and tricks for extending the season of some plants as well. I have really enjoyed reading this book and expanding my garden diversity. Happy gardening!

I liked to read about the interesting and unusual vegetables. I learned quite a few new things about edible plants that seem very unlikely!

I was very excited about this book. I have enjoyed other books by Niki Jabbour, and the promise of new growing ideas and guidance for doing that. I will say that I think the book is well written and organized, and very nice to look at. However, I think it falls short given the central premise of the book: providing ideas to "shake up" your garden with new varieties.I think this book is best suited to beginner gardeners or people have usually limited themselves to nursery plants and retail seed racks. For you, I think this book will be a valuable resource.However, I would only consider myself an "intermediate" gardener, but, I am already familiar with a majority of varieties mentioned in this book. I think many people who grow their own vegetables are curiosity-driven, and certainly, anyone who would buy this book is. Which is why I think many gardeners may not get the inspiration they were hoping for from this book. Most of the varieties that are covered in this book are already sold (and often promoted) by prominent seed sellers, especially organic, heirloom and non-GMO seller. While you may not as often encounter these varieties on retail seed racks or at a nursery, you are likely to encounter them in catalogs or online stores. I realize it would be unfortunate if the contrary were true (since then it would be very hard to track down the seeds you need to grow the plants you are interested in), but this means the book does not offer much new information for many of us as is. If you are the sort of gardener who often finds themselves opening a seed catalog or browsing a website over the winter and saying "oh that looks interesting, I'll give that a try this season" I think you will find this book underwhelming.

I have had this book for 3 months and it looks like I've had it for years. I can't put it down. I have purchased one kind of seed from each category to mix things up this year. I can"t wait to get everything outside. Niki also gives good advice as of how to best care for each individual plant. It is not overwhelming, and just right to dare you to step out and try something new.Total game changer.update: the cucamelons, groundcherrries and yellow cucumbers (boothby's blonde) are doing very well, are delicious and are absolute'crowd-pleasers", especially kids. Everyone visiting grabs as much as they can. I've had lots of seed requests.the different brassicae I've tried also did exceptionally well.

This is one of the best gardening books I have read in many years. For anyone with an interest in unusual vegetables there is no better book out there and it is a must have. I collect and read gardening books frequently but rarely these days do I start reading a book that I have a hard time putting down. Not only does the author cover so many unusual varieties (and well I might add) but what I love most is that she writes from personal experience. Her enthusiasm is contagious. Another thing that impressed me was how ornamental a lot of these underused edibles are and how they would be right at home in the flower bed or general landscaping and she suggests doing just that with many of them.

Wow, what an interesting and useful book! And it's fun to read; it will make planning (and planting) my gardens fun too. Niki has useful information on each veggie, from planting to harvesting and cooking. The organization of the book (if you like that, try this), as described by other reviewers, was a brilliant idea.I first read it as a library book; then ordered it from Amazon (it arrives tomorrow) - I almost never do this. But it's also a great reference book, especially for those who - like me - enjoy growing new veggies best. Definitely a book you will want to own! Maximize your gardening fun and productivity - what could be better than that?

Good ideas plus real helpful info on growing specialty vegis in the garden or in your house. We waste so much food and this book helps you think a bit differently on how to make use of scrapes by regrowing.

Nikki Jabbour has a great style - easy to follow, passionate, personable, personal. Reading this book feels like having a good friend walk with you through her garden, where she just happens to grow lots of cool variants of most people's favourite veggies. The photographs are great, the descriptions are short & sweet; it's laid out magazine-style I thought, as opposed to like yet another "how to grow vegetables" tome. (Which are good to read too, of course.)This is a good book for people who grow and like traditional vegetables (beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes, peppers, etc.) and who want to find out more about funky alternatives for these kinds of vegetables. And that's how the book is laid out - short "chapters" that cover each vegetable family in a "if you like this, grow this-this-or-this" style. And what it does, it does really well - I like cucumbers myself, and would definitely like to try white or yellow cucumbers, or try some of the asian or indian varieties I'd never even heard of. However, actually growing these beautiful veg will involve getting seeds from sellers either online (on the net, pretty easy!) or at seed fairs (which happen each February/March where I'm from).The only thing I thought was missing was some more exotic perennial vegetables, which I would have liked to discover... I was kind of hoping for more about that when I purchased the book. But you can't have everything I suppose!A really nice addition to my gardening book collection, and I'll have fun cozying up with it some more, and getting inspiration for my modest garden for the next couple of winter months. Thanks Ms Jabbour!

It is informative and speaks to me. I like the various options presented to the gardener in me.

I enjoyed this book, using it as a reference for gardening in a Zone 5-6 area. I had a great garden last summer. Good companion to Niki Jabbour's other books.

One of the most exciting veggie garden books on the market! A fantastic layout, beautiful photography and incredible thought behind each sections. Well done!! I also recommend Niki's other gardening books, wonderful companions to any beginner gardner's collection.

Fantastic book with so many great ideas and alternatives to what we’re so used to growing. A must have for anyone wanting to grow veggies. I find myself looking through it over and over again, finding more new ideas of what to grow and how!