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Veg Patch
(Hardcover)
Mark Diacono
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Drawing directly from his experience as an acclaimed climate-change
gardener, and of setting up a kitchen garden from scratch for River
Cottage, Mark explains the practical aspects of organic growing,
introduces us to a whole world of vegetables we may not have
previously considered, and does away with alienating gardening
jargon once and for all. Mark begins with a catalogue of vegetables
that will grow in this country, explaining for each their benefits,
what varieties to go for, dos and don'ts, and popular culinary
uses. He then invites us to create a wish list of foods, and shows
us his own list from his early gardening days. Next, he explains
how to turn this wish list into a coherent kitchen garden plan
appropriate for our space, whether it be a patch of acidic soil, a
roof-top garden or an allotment, whether we put on our wellies in
every free moment or are 'time-poor' gardeners. Then he puts all
the theory into practice, showing us how to look after nutrients in
the soil, how to resist pests and diseases, and how to make our
garden sustainable and organic. In clear, concise sections we learn
about seed trays, supporting plants with climbing structures,
mulching, composting, companion planting, irrigation and promoting
pollination, and there are additional tables showing sowing and
harvesting times, plant sizes, and alternative varieties of plants
for different sites.About thirty recipes and a directory of useful
addresses finish the book, and the handbook is complemented by
bright colour photography throughout. Practical and inspiring, with
a textured hard cover and an introduction by Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall, "Veg Patch" is destined to join Handbooks
No. 1, 2 and 3 as an indispensible household reference.
With our unpredictable weather, there's never been a better time to
cultivate vegetables under shelter. An experienced grower, Klaus
Laitenberger shows how to use the heat and shelter of a greenhouse
or polytunnel to maximise crop production and supply tasty, healthy
food throughout the year. He gives full details of sowing,
planting, spacing and harvesting for all our best-loved herbs and
vegetables, as well as introducing exotic newcomers such as pepino
and yacon.
- A beautifully simple and practical guide to getting the very best
results from your potatoes.
- Includes an illustrated guide to the different varieties of
potato and their best growing conditions, including Carlingford,
Maris Piper, Desiree, King Edward, Romano and many more.
- Practical advice on how to grow potatoes, from choosing which
variety to plant, sowing in rows and containers, to harvesting and
storing.
No matter how small your space, green-fingered Sam Corfield (aka
The Hairy Horticulturist) shows you how simple it is to grow your
own edible garden. Covering over 50 roots, shoots, flowers, leaves
and fruits, he'll guide you through his foolproof three-step method
of sow-grow-gather, while providing useful tips and tricks along
the way. Showcasing delicious vegetables, fruits and herbs that
anyone can easily grow at home, Sam will also introduce you to some
more unusual and colourful veggies (like purple carrots, rainbow
radishes and cucamelons!) to show just how exciting
growing-your-own can be. Whether you have a small garden, balcony
or windowsill, Sow Grow Gather will demystify the growing process,
explain useful gardening equipment and reveal how to fit different
containers and pots into every corner of your space. With beautiful
photography and advice on which plants will suit your plot, as well
as how to care for them, you'll go from veg-patch beginner to
edible-garden-expert in no time, and have fun during the process.
Take your pick: apples, pears, peaches, blueberries? For health-
and money-conscious consumers, homegrown edibles are the way to go.
While vegetable gardening has been the hot trend, fruit growing is
now taking a bite out of the market. This timely and comprehensive
book from gardening expert Lee Reich shows the way to successfully
grow fruits that are delicious and nutritious, with information on
over 30 fruits and how to reap the most of their bounty. Covering
all topics from planning and planting to pruning and harvesting,
this essential reference also discusses natural pest-control and
fertilization methods, pollination, irrigation, and special
techniques such as espalier and growing fruit in containers. A
handy, encyclopedic listing of fruits provides in-depth information
on individual fruit needs, care, and varieties, with a focus on
all-natural growing techniques. With 150 photos and over 50
illustrations, this highly visual guide is the book to pick up to
keep your fruit crops thriving.
With over 300 recipe ideas and many wonderful stories from the
fruit garden, Tender: Volume II - A cook's guide to the fruit
garden is the definitive guide to cooking with fruit from the
presenter of BBC One's Simple Cooking. 'When I dug up my lawn to
grow my own vegetables and herbs I planted fruit too. A handful of
small trees - plum, apple and pear - some raspberry, blackberry and
currant bushes and even strawberries in pots suddenly joined my
patch of potatoes, beans and peas. These fruits became the backbone
of my home baking, the stars in my cakes and pastries and even
inspired the odd pot of jam. More than this, I started to use them
in new ways too, from a weekday supper of pork chops with cider and
apples to a Chinese Sunday roast with spiced plum sauce. The hot
family puddings and fruit ices we had always loved so much suddenly
took on a delicious new significance.' With over 300 recipe ideas
and many wonderful stories from the fruit garden, Tender: Volume II
- A cook's guide to the fruit garden is the definitive guide to
cooking with fruit from the presenter of BBC One's Simple Cooking.
An infallible guide to vegetable growing for gardeners with little
space but big ambitions. It's time to get your hands dirty! This
gardening book will help you learn how to grow, nurture, and
harvest more than 50 types of fruits and vegetables. The bright
photos, step-by-step illustrations, and foolproof advice will get
you growing in no time. Perfect for beginners as well as keen
gardeners. This planting book will teach you how to plan your
space, be it a small raised bed, some pots, or a large vegetable
patch. Maximise your harvest and explore different planting themes
that suit your needs! You'll also discover useful tips for
selecting plants to match your theme. Want to know how to keep
pests away and your plants healthy? RHS Step-by-Step Veg
Patchcontains brilliant expert advice on how to grow more than 50
different crops. Simply look up the specific crop you want to grow,
and follow the photos and clear instructions on planting,
nurturing, and harvesting. You'll also discover the latest popular
new cultivars, crops, and heirloom varieties in this updated
edition. Dig Into Vegetable Gardening Enjoy a successful harvest
with this organised and stress-free approach to gardening. Whether
you're new to gardening or interested in saving costs, this book
offers easy-to-follow steps for starting and sustaining your very
own vegetable garden. It also makes for a perfect gift for the
gardening enthusiast in your life. Whatever the size of the garden,
this vegetable garden planner offers you: - Beautiful photos -
Step-by-step illustrations - Foolproof gardening advice RHS
Step-by-Step Veg Patch is part of the Royal Horticultural Society
(RHS) gardening series from DK Books. DK's series of gardening
books present handy advice and tips to expand your gardening
knowledge. With DK's gardening books you can discover all you need
to know about plants, shrubs, trees, fruit, and vegetables, for all
gardening novices or green-fingered experts.
Want to get home-grown spices in the middle of winter? Eat fresh
vegetables in the spring? Sow in the summer to harvest in the fall?
Lena Israelsson's book, Year-Round Edible Gardening, is a practical
guide for those who want to extend their growing season. And
double, perhaps triple, their harvest. Growing year-round is
possible, and this book can teach you the best methods to do it the
right way. Year-Round Edible Gardening includes inspiring and
expert tips on which vegetables, herbs, and spices suit the
different seasons. Certain plants can even be harvested in the
middle of winter if handled correctly. Others, like microgreens,
herbs, and hydroculture, can create the perfect indoor gardens.
This book will teach readers to know the difference between cold
and hot weather plants, which growing methods are best suited for
different plants, and when to plant and harvest. They'll learn
about sowing; coverage with plastic, glass, or fiber weaves; and
fertilization-creating a fruitful and fertile soil is the linchpin
of all cultivation and one of the book's most important parts.
A practical back-to-basics guide to achieving food security and
financial independence. What if you could really raise or grow all
the food your family needs? In this fully illustrated book, you'll
learn to create an autonomous, diversified, and sustainable garden
and to cultivate and maintain it following the main principles of
permaculture. If you want to move towards greater food autonomy and
you have sufficient space, you can also grow grains, keep chickens,
and have a few beehives. Design and grow a prolific organic
vegetable garden Learn how to save seeds from one year to the next
Discover techniques for collecting water Read about beekeeping
tools and how to use them Learn about chicken breeds and how to
keep your birds healthy and happy Gaining food autonomy means
depending less on grocery stores and food supply chains. But it is
also offers the pleasure of eating healthy and delicious products
straight from your land, while respecting the environment.
Support and protect the natural world with tips from expert
gardener Joe Swift.
With around 16 million UK gardens covering a
larger area than all our nature reserves, you could say our largest
nature reserve is one big garden! In this practical guide, Joe
shows you how to support and protect our rich and varied wildlife
habitats.
Joe's no-nonsense approach covers everything you need to
know about doing your bit for wildlife. Learn how to manage soil
and carefully select plants to create rich and varied habitats,
from tall trees down to tiny, spring-flowering bulbs. In this book,
Joe demonstrates how to manage your outdoor space sensitively, and
debunks the common misconception that 'wildlife-friendly gardens'
have to be unkempt.
From bug hotels to pollinators, he also shares
his ideas on fun and innovative projects to help kids, as the
future custodians of our planet, engage with nature. Joe Swift is
an author, TV presenter and garden designer. He makes regular
appearances on BBC's Gardener's World and the RHS Flower Shows
Zero-cost, low effort and a long term solution to your fresh
produce needs! Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to be
self-sufficient by growing his own fruit and veg for free for a
year. He succeeded, and now wants to help you do the same. Grow
your own food in your home garden, allotment or container and look
forward to a bountiful harvest year-round. You can plant fruit and
veg at home without spending a penny and Huw Richard's shows you
how. Packed with tried-and-tested advice, this gardening book
covers: - Finding a space to grow - in the garden or on a terrace
or balcony - and sourcing the materials you need - Deciding what to
grow your crops in (the ground, a raised bed, or containers) -
Clear growing instructions on more than 30 species of popular
annual and perennial crops - Huw Richards' 52-week journal of how
he grew his own food for free for a year without spending a penny -
Advice on how to go about selling your produce to raise money to
expand your growing area Author Huw Richards is a man on a mission.
He is passionate about teaching you how to garden and grow your own
food. Years of experience and trying different things has taught
Huw how to garden with little money (or without a garden) and he
shows you how to do the same! Grow Food for Free teaches you how to
produce no-cost, low-maintenance fruit and veg - and finding
low-cost ways to overcome common gardening worries. Learn about the
space you need and how to prepare it, make your own compost, tackle
weeds, pests, and diseases, and how to get hold of your first set
of seeds! Discover strategies to expand your garden. Can't afford a
raised bed? Try repurposing an old wooden pallet. Don't have money
to buy lots of different seeds? Look in your kitchen cupboards for
food that you can plant. This home gardening book shows you
everything you need to barter, borrow, repurpose, and propagate
your way to a bountiful harvest without burdening your bank
balance!
Mushroom guru Gary Lincoff escorts you through the cultural and
culinary history of the mushroom, hunting and identifying wild
mushrooms, mushroom safety, and on to preparing and serving the
fungi. Stunning photographs and Lincoff's fascinating anecdotes
from the field will make you an instant mycophile. Gathering edible
wild food is a wonderful way to forge a connection to the Earth.
Mushrooms are the ultimate local food source; they grow literally
everywhere, from mountains and woodlands to urban and suburban
parks to your own backyard. The Complete Mushroom Hunter, Revised
will enrich your understanding of the natural world and build an
appreciation for an ancient, critically relevant, and useful body
of knowledge. With great expertise, Lincoff provides a complete
overview of edible mushrooms: from the mushroom's earliest culinary
awakening, through getting equipped for mushroom forays, to
preparing and serving the fruits of the foray, wherever you live.
Inside you'll find: A brief, colorful history of mushroom hunting
worldwide How to get equipped for a mushroom foray A completely
illustrated guide to the common wild edible mushrooms and their
poisonous look-alikes, with information of psychedelic and
psychotherapeutic mushrooms An illustrated guide to medicinal
mushrooms Where to find your fare, and how to identify them How to
prepare and serve your fungi Thirty delicious recipes Five
appendices offer even more mushroom knowledge, with information on
how to make mushroom artwork, mushroom cultivation, less common
edible varieties, and winter hunting; plus find an essential guide
to major poisonous mushrooms, symptoms of poisoning, and treatment.
Whether you're just starting out with the hobby or an experienced
mycophile looking to add to your collection, The Complete Mushroom
Hunter, Revised is your ideal guide.
Take your love of plants to the next level and start growing some food
with this modern, easy-to-follow guidebook that shows you everything
you need to know to grow edible plants all year round!
Did you know you could grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs in
containers? Well, now you can take your houseplants to the next level
by growing home-grown produce and seasoning that will taste delicious
in all of your favorite dishes.
How to Grow Your Own Food identifies 50 common, easy-to-grow edible
plants from herbs to vegetables, along with detailed care instructions
and beautiful illustrations of each plant. You’ll find everything you
need to know about building your container garden including:
- How to choose the right size container for each plant
- How to water (and feed!) your plants for optimal growth
- When to harvest your crops for the best flavor
- And much more!
It’s time to turn your decorative plants into ones that will keep you
happy and healthy! No matter how much or how little space you have in
your apartment, you can enjoy everything—from basil to onions to
strawberries—with this practical guide to container gardening.
Fifteen people--plus a class of first graders--tell how local food,
farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community . . .
and how they can change yours, too.
"Urban Farming Handbook" includes:
- Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation
from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden
members, a low-income senior and a troubled teen, a foodie, a food
bank officer, and many more
- Seven in-depth "How It Works" sections on student farms,
community gardens, community-supported agriculture (CSA), community
education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more
- Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from
relevant books and websites to government programs and national
nonprofit organizations
- Seventy full-color photographs showing a diverse local food
community at home, work, and play
Read "Urban Farming Handbook" to learn how people like you, with
busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local
food without having to become full-time organic farmers. Gain the
information you need to organize or get involved in your own
"growing community" anywhere across the country and around the
world.
Highly valued for its unique flavors, textures, and colors, recent
research has shown berry fruit to be high in antioxidants, vitamin
C, fiber, folic acid, and other beneficial functional compounds.
The food industry has also widely used berry fruits in beverages,
ice cream, yogurts, and jams. With the rapidly growing popularity
of this unique crop it is important to have a single resource for
all aspects of the industry from production technologies to
nutritional and health benefits. Drawing on the knowledge of
leading international experts, Berry Fruit: Value-Added Products
for Health Promotion is a comprehensive reference on the handling,
use, and functional components of berry fruit. Beginning with an
introduction to the current state of the industry, the book covers
worldwide production and trends specific to each berry including
annual, perennial, and off-season systems. The contributors go into
great detail regarding the chemical composition of berries
including carbohydrates, organic acids, enzymes, vitamins, and
minerals; phytochemicals; antioxidants; and the functionality of
pigments such as anthocyanins. Chapters address quality and safety
concerns during post-harvest handling and storage, deterioration
and microbial safety for the fresh market, and techniques to extend
shelf-life including cold-storage and controlled atmosphere
packaging. Finally, an extensive section highlights processing
technologies and the production of value-added foods such as
freezing, dehydrating, and canning; preserves, jellies, and jams;
and the intelligent use of processing by-products. Presenting
scientific background, research results, and critical reviews, as
well as case studies andreferences, Berry Fruit: Value-Added
Products for Health Promotion provides a valuable resource for
current knowledge and further research and development of berry
fruit for the food industry.
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