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How to create a new vegetable garden : producing a beautiful and fruitful garden from scratch / Charles Dowding.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Totnes : Green Books, 2015Description: 255 pages : Illustrations, color ; 24 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0857842447 (hbk.)
  • 9780857842442 (hbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction Adult Display - Second Floor 635 D745 Spring Plant Swap - May 2024 Checked out 06/03/2024 33111007987171
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The UK's leading no-dig gardening expert, Charles Dowding, draws on his years of experience to show how easy it is to start a new vegetable garden.

Any plot - whether a building site, overgrown with weeds or unwanted lawn - can be turned into a beautiful and productive vegetable area. Charles's no-nonsense and straightforward advice is the perfect starting point for the beginner or experienced gardener.

The book takes you step-by-step through everything - from planning, clearing the ground and the early stages of starting a vegetable garden, to growing in polytunnels and greenhouses. There is also helpful guidance on how to use mulch, ways to minimise digging, and planting/sowing tips across the seasons.

Filled with labour-saving ideas and the techniques that Charles uses to garden so successfully, How to Create a Vegetable Garden is illustrated throughout with photos and tales from Charles's first year in his new vegetable garden.

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.

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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