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RHS Handbook: Growing Vegetables and Herbs The Royal Horticultural Society

RHS Handbook: Growing Vegetables and Herbs By The Royal Horticultural Society

RHS Handbook: Growing Vegetables and Herbs by The Royal Horticultural Society


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Summary

The author Guy Barter is the Royal Horticultural Society's best vegetable grower, with more than 20 years of growing and showing others how to grow. From soil improvement to crop protection, pest control and top harvesting tips, with this book readers will be able to grow 50 of the most popular and tasty herbs and vegetables today.

RHS Handbook: Growing Vegetables and Herbs Summary

RHS Handbook: Growing Vegetables and Herbs: Simple steps for success by The Royal Horticultural Society

There is nothing quite like the taste of fresh vegetables and herbs that you have grown yourself. The author Guy Barter is the Royal Horticultural Society's best vegetable grower, with more than 20 years of growing and showing others how to grow. Demonstrating RHS best practice and using only the tastiest varieties, Guy shows how to make a productive plot in any size garden. From soil improvement to crop protection, pest control and top harvesting tips, with this book readers will be able to grow 50 of the most popular and tasty herbs and vegetables today. This book includes new veg crops such as super-healthy soya beans, tasty Asian greens and the fantastically trendy micro-veg that all the top chefs are raving about.

About The Royal Horticultural Society

This series is written by a team of Royal Horticultural Society experts. The Royal Horticultural Society is at the forefront of a gardening revolution in which received wisdom is questioned and updated. This book is the result of more than 100 years of practical experience in gardens across the world. With this book, gardening practice is in safe hands.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: WHY GROW YOUR OWN; RULES AND TOOLS: CLIMATE, SOILS, PLANNING, BUYING SEEDS, TOOLS; BASIC TECHNIQUES: DIGGING, RAISED BEDS, MANURES, SOWING AND PLANTING, WATERING; CROP PROTECTION: WEEDS, MULCHES, FRAMES, WINDBREAKS, PESTS AND DISEASES; VEGETABLE DIRECTORY. VEGETABLES ARE GROUPED BY FAMILY GROUPS; HERB DIRECTORY. ALPHABETICAL LISTING; SOWING CHARTS, HARVESTING TIMES; GLOSSARY; INDEX; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Additional information

GOR005237907
9781845337827
1845337824
RHS Handbook: Growing Vegetables and Herbs: Simple steps for success by The Royal Horticultural Society
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Octopus Publishing Group
20130201
192
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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