The Vertical Veg guide to container gardening : how to grow an abundance of herbs, vegetables and fruit in small spaces / Mark Ridsdill Smith.
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TextPublisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2022]Description: 309 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781645021506
- 1645021505
- 9781645020790
- 1645020797
- How to grow an abundance of herbs, vegetables and fruit in small spaces
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
*Winner of the Garden Media Guild's The Peter Seabrook Practical Book of the Year Award 2022
*2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement
From the creator of the wildly popular website "Vertical Veg" and with over 200k people in his online community of growers, comes the complete guide to growing delicious fruit, vegetables, herbs, and salad in containers, pots, and more--in any space, from window boxes to garden yards, no matter how small!
"[A] thorough and enthusiastic guide to vegetable gardening . . . both handy and hefty...Aspiring urban gardeners will want to give this a look."--Publishers Weekly
If you long to grow your own tomatoes, zucchini, or strawberries, but thought you didn't have enough space, Mark Ridsdill Smith, aka the "Vertical Veg Man," will show you how to make the most of walls, balconies, patios, arches, and windowsills.
Ridsdill Smith has spent over ten years teaching people to grow bountiful, edible crops in all kinds of containers in small spaces.
Inside The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening, you'll find:
Mark's "Eight Steps to Success" How to make the most of your space How to draw up a planning calendar so you can grow throughout the year Planting projects for beginners Compost recipes and wormery guide for the more experienced gardener Troubleshoots for specific challenges of growing in small spaces How growing food at home can contribute to wellbeing and the local community
With quick, proven results from his own tests, failures, and successes, Mark will show you how gardening in containers is not just a hobby, but a way of creating a significant amount of delicious, low-cost, high nutrition food.
Don't be confined by the space you have--grow all the food you want with Mark's Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-288) and index.
Part I. -- First steps -- Part II. -- How to grow -- Part III. -- What to grow -- Part IV. -- A Vision for urban living.
"From the creator of the wildly popular website and YouTube channel 'Vertical Veg' comes the complete guide to growing delicious fruit, vegetables, herbs and salad in containers, pots and more - in any space at home - no matter how small! If you long to grow your own tomatoes, courgettes or strawberries, but thought you didn't have enough space, Mark Ridsdill Smith, aka the 'Vertical Veg Man,' will show you how. Make the most of walls, balconies, patios, arches and windowsills and create rich, beautiful and delicious homegrown food (indoors and out) - and put the savings back in your pocket. In just one year, you can grow 90kg of food worth £1000! With quick, proven results from his ten years of growing in all kinds of containers and teaching people how to grow bountiful, edible crops in small spaces, Mark will show you how gardening in containers is not just a hobby, but a way of creating a significant amount of delicious, low-cost, high-nutrition food. Inside The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening, you'll find: Mark's 'Eight Steps to Success' How to make the most of your space How to draw up a planning calendar so you can grow throughout the year Planting projects for beginners Compost recipes and wormery guide for the more experienced gardener Troubleshoots for the specific challenges of growing in small spaces How growing food at home can contribute to wellbeing, sustainability and the local community Don't be confined by the space you have - grow all the food you want with Mark's Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening"-- Provided by publisher.