The Pocket Guide to the Edible Garden takes its readers through the fruit and vegetable gardening year, listing month-by-month the tasks to be done and showing in original hand-drawn illustrations exactly how to do them. It answers those awkward but essential questions regarding how deep, how far apart, how to tend and care, and how - and when - to do this and that. This handy book is a practical manual that wants to spend most of its life in your pocket or in the garden shed, and to be consulted regularly throughout the seasons, just as you might turn to an experienced old friend for guidance and advice on edible gardening matters. The Pocket Guide to the Edible Garden holds in its pages the knowledge and the experience of author Joe Hashman (aka 'Dirty Nails' of the Blackmore Vale Magazine) condensed into clear, concise language and amplified by Helen Lanchbery's meticulous drawings.
REVIEWS:
'The lastest in a series of great gardening books. Describes in detail and very helpful diagrams, the methods used to grow edible food in our gardens or allotments.' www.mygreenlifestyle.co.uk.
AUTHOR BIOG:
Writing as 'Dirty Nails', Joe's popular weekly columns have been enjoyed by the readers of the Dorset-based Blackmore Vale Magazine since 2004. He now regularly contributes to newspapers across England and Wales. Visit him online at www.dirtynails.co.uk.
CONTENTS:
Background
Introduction
How to use this book
Understanding proprietary growing media
Green manures
JANUARY
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Fruit garden
FEBRUARY
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Fruit garden
MARCH
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Fruit garden
APRIL
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Cereals
Fruit garden
MAY
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Cereals
Fruit garden
JUNE
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Cereals
Fruit garden
JULY
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Cereals
Fruit garden
AUGUST
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Cereals
Fruit garden
SEPTEMBER
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Cereals
Fruit garden
OCTOBER
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Fruit garden
NOVEMBER
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Fruit garden
DECEMBER
General jobs to do
Leaves & greens
Roots, tubers and stems
Veg fruit
Onion tribe
Peas & beans
Edible flowers
Fruit garden
INDEX.