The benefits of vegetable gardening include knowing where your vegetables from, being in control of what - if any - chemicals come into contact with them, and unbeatable flavour! You will never want to eat a supermarket carrot again.
There is also something very special about planting seeds in the ground, watching them grow to maturity, and then harvesting them for your own food.
This book will tell you everything you need to know to get started.
•How to discover what soil you’ve got;
•Learn what tools you’ll need ;
•How to prepare your beds and advice on weeding;
•How to sow and grow, then care for your veg;
•Information about the vegetable groups to help you choose what to grow and when to grow it.
Maureen Little
Maureen's grasp of horticulture started at a very early age on her father's market garden and plant nursery in Sussex: she soon learned that grasping a nettle was not to be advised, whereas picking a luscious, ripe strawberry straight from the plant left her taste buds tingling.
Her horticultural education continued, on and off, alongside conventional education at De Montfort and Lancaster universities, to the extent that she found herself, at various times, teaching in the Royal Navy, lecturing in English Literature at university, training as a professional garden designer and growing herb
There is also something very special about planting seeds in the ground, watching them grow to maturity, and then harvesting them for your own food.
This book will tell you everything you need to know to get started.
•How to discover what soil you’ve got;
•Learn what tools you’ll need ;
•How to prepare your beds and advice on weeding;
•How to sow and grow, then care for your veg;
•Information about the vegetable groups to help you choose what to grow and when to grow it.
Maureen Little
Maureen's grasp of horticulture started at a very early age on her father's market garden and plant nursery in Sussex: she soon learned that grasping a nettle was not to be advised, whereas picking a luscious, ripe strawberry straight from the plant left her taste buds tingling.
Her horticultural education continued, on and off, alongside conventional education at De Montfort and Lancaster universities, to the extent that she found herself, at various times, teaching in the Royal Navy, lecturing in English Literature at university, training as a professional garden designer and growing herb
