TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dowding,Charles
TI  - How to create a new vegetable garden: producing a beautiful and fruitful garden from scratch 
SN  - 0857842447 (hbk.)
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Totnes
PB  - Green Books
KW  - Vegetable gardening
N1  - Pt. 1. Clearing ground and preparing soil -- Starting points -- Beauty in the food garden -- The setting -- Clearing ground -- Mulching -- Building beds -- Dig versus no-dig (with compost) -- Dig versus no-dig (without compost) -- Pt. 2. Sowing and growing -- Raising plants under cover -- Early sowings and plantings -- Successional sowings and plantings -- One bed, one year -- Growing under cover -- Hot beds -- Perennial vegetables
N2  - Drawing on his years of experience as an expert gardener, Charles Dowding illustrates the simplicity of starting a new vegetable garden with tales and pictures from his first year on his latest plot of land. Filled with insights into the processes that Charles uses to garden so successfully, this practical book is a must-read for anyone who has unused land and doesn't know where to start. The book will take you through starting points, stages of clearing ground, mulch, comparing techniques, early sowings and plantings, and growing in polytunnels and greenhouses. This book is invaluable for realizing the full potential of any plot of land--no matter its previous uses
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