Mark Diacono

Fruit

River Cottage Handbook No.9

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Growing fruit at home is a delicious and altogether more enjoyable alternative to buying it in the shops. Mark Diacono offers a practical and accessible guide to making the most of your garden and what it has to offer.The first part of the book is an A-Z of the different varieties of fruit, with old favourites like apples, cherries, plum, blackcurrants, white currants, redcurrants, strawberries, blueberries, gooseberries, raspberries and rhubarb as well as more exotic species like figs, grapes, cranberries, Japanese wine berries and apricots. Each is accompanied by a photograph, with detailed advice on when and how to grow and harvest.In the second part of the book, Mark gives straightforward guidelines on techniques like pruning and training, as well as how to deal with problems or pests. There is a section dedicated to growing under covers and in containers.Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and with 30 delicious recipes, beautiful, full-colour photographs and a directory of useful addresses, this is the ideal reference for any aspiring fruit grower.

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Produktdetails

• River Cottage Handbook
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing / Bloomsbury Trade
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 136mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781408808818
• ISBN-10: 1408808811
• Artikelnr.: 32010776

Autorenporträt

Mark Diacono is an award-winning writer and photographer. Known for his commitment to sustainable, ethically produced food, Mark was head of the Garden Team at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage for many years before setting up Otter Farm, the Britain's first and only climate change farm. @MarkDoc / @OtterFarmUK / otterfarm.co.uk

Rezensionen

If you have yet to come across the River Cottage Handbooks, I can't recommend them enough Rachel Khoo, Daily Mail