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Books > Gardening > Gardening: plants > Fruit & vegetables
Do you love living in the city but dream about growing your own wholesome fruit and vegetables? South Africa’s organic gardening guru, Jane Griffiths, shows you just how easy it is to achieve a flourishing food garden, no matter how small your space.
Jane’s Delicious Urban Gardening is packed with inspirational ideas and practical information on all aspects of urban eco living.
In her trademark sensible and easy-to-follow style, Jane provides a wealth of tips and suggestions for:
- growing organic vegetables just about anywhere – from containers to edible walls, from raised beds to rooftops, from community gardens to neglected pavements
- planting and maintaining a space-efficient urban orchard
- converting an existing lawn or tennis court into an instant edible oasis
- keeping urban bees, hens and aquaponic tanks
- harvesting rainwater and recycling grey water
- introducing solar power into your home
- converting a chlorinated swimming pool into a wetland-filtered haven.
Illustrated with hundreds of beautiful colour photographs, Jane’s Delicious Urban Gardening is essential reading for anyone wanting to live a more sustainable, productive and healthy lifestyle in the city.
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Pears
(Hardcover)
James Frederick Timothy Arbury; Illustrated by Sally Pinhey
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R54
Discovery Miles 540
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A beginners' guide to growing wild food in pots, making foraging easy.
The Flowerpot Forager details 30 wild edible plants that can be grown at home in containers with as much effort as you'd put into your tending your herb pot from the supermarket, plus a very simple recipe or two on how to use them—think pink clover lemonade, water mint pesto and dandelion salad. Foraging is a perennially aspirational hobby for gardeners and cooks alike, but it's now entering the mainstream; from supermarkets stocking wild garlic to Fever Tree spiking their tonics with elderflower, wild food is everywhere.
Historically, location has hampered the accessibility of foraging—if you don't live near a wood, riverbed or meadow, it can be difficult to find those lusted-after ingredients in cookbooks and on TV shows. But The Flowerpot Forager is here to solve that.
The second book by this author. The first was a true life,
historical story of a families tragedies and triumphs. This is a
romp through Rural England, a land of allotmenteers and would be
naughty councillors. Of good triumphing over not so good.
James Gregory, a seedsman from the early 1800, describes and
details his methods and experiences of growing onions commercially.
The information contained in the book is just as relevant today to
gardeners with vegetable plots and allotments, as it was to the
commercial growers of the time. His advice on soil types, manure,
sowing and planting, hoeing and weeding will help any vegetable
grower achieve good crops without the use of modern chemical
applications.
Grow your own citrus and subtropical fruit with help from Meredith
Book's "All About Citrus and Subtropical Fruit." From detailed
descriptions of over 70 varieties of citrus and 275 varieties of
subtropical fruits, you are bound to find the best type for your
garden. And don't forget the easy-to-follow care instructions that
will ensure a bountiful harvest.
Save vegetable seeds as you harvest so your favorite plants can
grow again next season. In this Storey BASICS(R) guide, Fern
Marshall Bradley covers everything you need to know to successfully
save seeds from 20 popular garden vegetables, including beans,
carrots, peas, peppers, and tomatoes. Learn how each plant is
pollinated, where to store your collected seeds through the winter,
and how to test their replanting viability in the spring. Now you
can grow the delicious varieties you love year after year.
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