| Description |
237 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes index. |
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"Healthy soil, no dig, fewer weeds"--Cover. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part 1. Skills and knowledge for a full garden, all year -- Chatper 1. Tips for good growing -- Chapter 2. An outline of key skills -- Chapter 3. Planning, with three examples -- Chapter 4. Succession and rotation -- Part 2. Seeds, sowing and planting -- Chapter 5. Seeds and seed saving -- Chapter 6. How to propagate strong seedlings -- Chapter 7. The benefits of multisowing -- Chapter 8. Transplant or sow direct -- Chapter 9. Sow and plant once - perennials -- Part 3. The importance of spacing, with examples -- Chapter 10. The how and why of spacing -- Chapter 11. Examples of close spacings -- Chapter 12. Examples of wider spacings -- Part 4. Watering and harvesting -- Chapter 13. When and how to water, and how much -- Chapter 14. Harvesting methods and amounts -- Chapter 15. Harvesting timings -- Part 5. Covers and winter gardening -- Chapter 16. Covers for speeding growth and pest protection -- Chapter 17. Winter gardening, and how to manage frost -- Going further -- New skills for new energies -- Online courses. |
| Summary |
Includes cost-effective and productive-per-area methods to grow vegetables throughout the year and ways to plan, sow, multisow, transplant, space, water, harvest and improve growth. |
| Subject |
Gardening.
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Growth (Plants)
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Vegetables -- Seeds.
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Flowers -- Seeds.
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Vegetables -- Sowing.
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Flowers -- Sowing.
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| Added Title |
Skills for growing |
| ISBN |
9781916092044 (hardback) |
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