Easy ways to grow your own in a small space. Advice on choosing fruit and vegetables for pots and containers that will produce home-grown crops all year round. Simple step-by-step guides show you how to grow and care for a wide range of productive plants. Expert tips and techniques guarantee success. For gardening that gets results.
Whether you're lucky enough to have your own garden, run an allotment or only have enough room for a few pots, you can grow your own fresh vegetables to feed your family. This book contains, in one comprehensive volume, all John's tips and tried-and-tested methods. It includes an indispensable A to Z guide to vegetables, month-by-month advice, and an easy-to-follow sowing and harvesting chart. And, for the first time, his practical advice is illustrated with colour photos.
A guide to various delicious soft fruits with information on their origins and nutritional values. It features step-by-step instructions for preparing the soil, cultivation and care, and propagation techniques. It includes expert advice on training, supporting and pruning fruit bushes, and harvesting and storing your crops.
ï ½ Illustrated throughout with superb colour photographs
ï ½ Identifies the most common herbs, with a picture, quick reference box and informative text for each
ï ½ Includes information about the history and folklore of herbs and traditional and contemporary uses of herbs