Growing Food

Frances Lincoln. Soft cover. Good. Good condition, some small marks on back cover, otherwise vg condition, very clean, unmarked. Review Good for the shed - with fewer photographs but the same basic, delightfully written information. It contains everything you need to know about growing fruit and vegetables, with detailed cultivation instructions, as well as design ideas for kitchen gardens and vegetable plots. (Homes & Gardens) A book for the thoughtful kitch gardener, who has time to read around their subject and who requires more than the bare minimum of cultivation facts. (Professional Gardener) Enthusiasm, coupled with a meticulous examination of the when, the where and what of self-grow, make the subject of DIY horticulture both comprehensible and delightful to read, even for the least green-fingered of souls. (Eastern Daily Press) Lots of information for the beginner. (Let's Talk) Seems at time to be a part poetry volume, so passionate are Anna Pavord's reveries over her subject matter. (Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle) A no nonsense paperback with charts and a few line drawings to supplement the sound advice. (Irish Garden) Perfect for dreaming and planning over autumn and winter for an edible garden of herbs, fruit and vegetables as it's stuffed with ideas and sound advice. (Compass) Product Description In this revised and updated edition of her book The New Kitchen Garden, bestselling gardening writer Anna Pavord tells us all we need to know about growing fruit and vegetables. She describes how food crops can make a decorative as well as delicious addition to the garden, explains simply and clearly how to assess site and soil and devise a planting plan, and offers ideas for flexible contemporary variations on the traditional kitchen garden. She includes 12 plans for vegetable gardens ranging from a tiny roof garden through a Mediterranean courtyard and a vegetable patchwork to an exuberant potager. She goes on to give detailed information on growing a wide range of vegetables, herbs and fruits, recommending the best varieties for looks as well as taste, and providing recipes so that you can make the most of your harvest. ANNA PAVORD is the Gardening Correspondent for the Independent and also writes for the Observer, Country Living and Elle Decoration and is an associate editor of Gardens Illustrated. She is the author of many books, including the best-selling The Tulip and the newly released Bulb.