The Fruit & Vegetable Gardener: The Complete Practical Guide to Kitchen Gardening, from Planning and Planting to Harvesting and Storing - Couverture rigide

Bird, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0754812804 ISBN 13 : 9780754812807

Editeur : Lorenz Books, 2003

Synopsis

With our quest for healthier lifestyle, growing your own food is becoming more and more popular. This guide, written by an expert in the field, should be a constant reference for novice and experienced growers alike. The wealth of technical information and tips, as well as step-by-step photography should make any job easy to follow. A section on design includes garden plans to either follow or use as an inspiration. Choosing the right tools, soil improvement and techniques such as thinning, harvesting and crop rotation and storing are explained in full. Nature always throws in a few problems, and these are also dealt with. Whether you want to grow shallots or squashes, chives or caraway, plums or pears, all the many varieties of vegetables, herbs and fruit are shown. With information boxes, pruning and training tips, as well as photographs of each variety both in-situ and in superb close-up photography, this complete guide should be all you need to reap the benefits of year-round flavourful produce.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard Bird has been gardening since childhood and maintains an extensive kitchen garden where his passion for fresh vegetables, herbs and fruit is evident. He has contributed to many publications and has been magazine editor for Focus on Plant, The Hardy Plant, Alpine Gardening and the Alpine Garden Society's magazine, Bulletin. He is also a full-time author on gardens and plants and has written over 25 books on many different aspects of gardening.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lorenz Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754812804
• ISBN 13: 9780754812807
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible