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The Vegetable Garden Planner is a handy guide that offers gardeners an easy way to track the growth and harvest of their vegetables from year to year. The book is organized alphabetically by vegetable, with several pages of note space for each crop so that readers can easily compare one year's plant growth, variety performance and flavor, harvest amounts, weather trends, and pest pressure to those from previous years. Author and expert grower Lynn Byczynski offers sage advice throughout, for when and how to start seeds, when to harvest, and a wealth of insightful tips gleaned from her more than 40 years of farming and gardening. With high-quality paper and lay-flat binding, this is the perfect gift for any vegetable gardener. AUTHOR: Lynn Byczynski is a highly respected seed company owner, longtime market farmer, and author of two books, Market Farming Success and The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers. She'founded Growing for Market magazine, which she published for 25 years. She currently owns Seeds from Italy, the U.S. distributor for Italy's oldest seed company, Franchi Sementi. Her web site is GrowItalian.com. SELLING POINTS: . A planner that meets the particular needs of vegetable gardeners. Designated entries for the 35 most popular vegetables provide expert gardening advice and specially designed entry pages for keeping essential records of plantings, growth patterns, and harvest results from year to year . Perfect package, suitable for gifting. High-quality journal paper, a removable belly band, and appealing full-color page design all contribute to the appeal and usability of this special planner . Strong authorship. Lynn Byczynski, a highly respected seed company owner with extensive connections throughout the seed and gardening industries, will be a strong promotional partner