Joyce Russell

New Vegetable Garden Techniques

Essential skills and projects for tastier, healthier crops

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Kitchen Garden Techniques presents every skill needed to grow fresh, tasty, healthy organic food: from soil preparation to crop preservation, selecting to saving seed, digging to drying.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Illustrated Edition
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 202mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9781781318454
• ISBN-10: 178131845X
• Artikelnr.: 53602261

Autorenporträt

Ben Russell is an experienced photographer who has had over 3,000 photographs published in magazines, newspapers and books. He specializes in high quality practical garden photography.

Inhaltsangabe

01 INTRODUCTION
02 GETTING STARTED
Introduction
Double digging/single digging
Lazy-beds
Pots
Propagation
Potting on and planting out
 
03 BETTER SOIL
Introduction
Compost
Manures
Comfrey
Leaves
Mulch
Humus
pH (soil acidity/alkalinity)
Using available resources
 
04 BETTER PRODUCE
Introduction;
Crop rotation
Crop protection
Crop supports
Pollination
Companion planting
Liquid Feeds
 
05 STORE YOUR HARVEST
Introduction
Bags, bins and boxes
Making a carrot clamp
Stringing/plaiting onions and garlic
Storing in the ground
Freezing and drying
Preserves & pickles
 
06 AND MORE…
Make your own potting mixes
Saving Seed