Practical Step-by-step Book of Allotment Gardening by Christine Lavelle

Practical Step-by-step Book of Allotment Gardening by Christine Lavelle

In this new book, experts Michael and Christine Lavelle guide the budding allotmenteer through every step, from applying and early planning to planting and harvesting. Information on tools, equipment and soil management follows, along with a chapter on what to grow where, crop rotation, companion planning and growing both outdoors and in a greenhouse. Techniques such as sowing, propagation, feeding, watering, pruning, harvesting and storage are examined with easy-to-follow instructions and examples. Directories of vegetables, fruit and herbs outline the specific requirements of different crops while a section on plant health helps to deal with common pests and diseases and carry out weed management. A season-by-season calendar of care then presents an at-a-glance checklist of what to sow, plant out and harvest for every stage in the gardening year.

Christine and Michael Lavelle are both horticulture lecturers at Writtle College in the United Kingdom. Their publications How to Build a Wildlife Garden and Organic Gardening (both Lorenz Books) won the Garden Writers' Practical Book of the Year Award.

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ISBN 13	9780754823025
ISBN 10	0754823024
Title	Practical Step-by-step Book of Allotment Gardening
Author	Christine Lavelle
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Anness Publishing
Year published	2010-04-01
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.