Product Description

This text provides the techniques needed for growing both popular and more unusual vegetables, including salad greens, brassicas, roots and tubers, onions and herbs. It treats each vegetable concisely with guidance on preparing the soil, sowing, transplanting, tending, harvesting and storage.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61580 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

Ideal for the novice
This colourful and concise book explains in suitable detail the methods for growing all types of vegetables, including less common varieties such as horseradish and okra. The book also contains sections about vegetable fruits and herbs. It begins with the basics of growing vegetables: appropriate tools, preparing the soil. Watering, compost, manure and fertilisers are all given attention, as are the best sowing techniques. Each vegetable is discussed, along with useful tips relevant to each. A practical month-by-month guide for the gardening year is also included. The only drawback for the environmentally-friendly gardener is that it does not emphasise organic techniques enough, for the environment-conscious gardener.

Get back to the Good Life
This book is really helpful for those who are starting out with an allotment or a vegetable patch in the garden. This book is practical and full of useful information. It never confuses you yet neither does it over simplify things. Suitable for readers of all ages who want to try this relaxing pastime for themselves.