Download or read book Vegetables and Herbs for the Greenhouse and Polytunnel written by Klaus Laitenberger and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With our unpredictable weather, there's never been a better time to cultivate vegetables under shelter. Experienced grower, Klaus Laitenberger shows how to use the heat and shelter of a greenhouse or polytunnel to maximise crop production and supply tasty, healthy food throughout the year. He gives full details of sowing, planting, spacing and harvesting for all our best-loved herbs and vegetables, as well as introducing exotic newcomers such as pepino and yacon.
Download or read book My Food Odyssey Lithuanian Cooking written by June Molloy Vladička and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is, essentially, a love story. The story of an Irish girl who fell in love with a Lithuanian man, then fell in love with his country and its food. The book contains nine of June's favourite traditional Lithuanian dishes, including kugelis (potato pudding), cepelinai (potato dumplings), koldūnai (pasta dumplings) and SaltibarSčiai (cold beet soup). The recipes are explained in detail with step-by-step instructions and illustrations where required, making this book ideally suited to anyone attempting these dishes for the first time. Substitute ingredients are suggested where certain ingredients might be hard to find outside of Lithuania. Each recipe is accompanied by a short preamble about June's life in Lithuania and how the recipe was developed. The book also contains a number of stunning photographs of the Lithuanian landscape and wildlife.
Download or read book The Polytunnel Book written by Joyce Russell and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Until now, there has been next to no information available on how to make the best use of a polytunnel. The Joyce and Ben Russel team have filled that gap, showing us in clear, precise detail how to erect and manage polytunnels, and above all, what to grow in them.’ Joy Larkcom The Polytunnel Book is the most comprehensive, practical month-to-month growing guide to polytunnel gardening available. Whether you are a complete beginner, or a more experienced grower, this book has got what you need including information on: Preparing the site How to get the best from each crop Identifying and coping with pests Making a hotbed Composts and organic feeds Month-to-month planting plans for year-round growing But at the heart of this book is Joyce Russell's experienced hand guiding you through each month of the year. It tells what to do and when to do it, in order to grow the best fruit and vegetables all-year-round. 300 colour photographs illustrate the wealth of practical tips and techniques as well as celebrating what can be achieved. 'A polytunnel offers a relatively cheap and simple way to tend crops undercover. And Joyce Russel tells exactly how to do it.’ Kitchen Garden Magazine
Download or read book No Dig written by Charles Dowding and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work in partnership with nature to nurture your soil for healthy plants and bumper crops - without back-breaking effort! Have you ever wondered how to transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden? Well now you can! By following the simple steps set out in No Dig, in just a few short hours you can revolutionize your vegetable patch with plants already in the ground from day one! Charles Dowding is on a mission to teach that there is no need to dig over the soil, but by minimizing intervention you are actively boosting soil productivity. In fact, The less you dig, the more you preserve soil structure and nurture the fungal mycelium vital to the health of all plants. This is the essence of the No Dig system that Charles Dowding has perfected over a lifetime growing vegetables. So put your gardening gloves on and get ready to discover: - Guides and calendars of when to sow, grow, and harvest. - Inspiring information and first-hand guidance from the author - “Delve deeper” features look in-depth at the No Dig system and the facts and research that back it up. - The essential role of compost and how to make your own at home. - The importance of soil management, soil ecology, and soil health. Now one of the hottest topics in environmental science, this "wood-wide web" has informed Charles's practice for decades, and he's proven it isn't just trees that benefit - every gardener can harness the power of the wood-wide web. Featuring newly- commissioned step-by-step photography of all stages of growing vegetables and herbs, and all elements of No Dig growing, shot at Charles’s beautiful market garden in Somerset, you too will be able to grow more veg with less time and effort, and in harmony with nature - so join the No Dig revolution today! A must-have volume for followers of Charles Dowding who fervently believe in his approach to low input, high yield gardening, as well as gardeners who want to garden more lightly on the earth, with environmentally friendly techniques like organic and No Dig.
Download or read book The Year Round Vegetable Gardener written by Niki Jabbour and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in winter’s coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from years of growing vegetables in Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour shares her simple techniques for gardening throughout the year. Learn how to select the best varieties for each season, the art of succession planting, and how to build inexpensive structures to protect your crops from the elements. No matter where you live, you’ll soon enjoy a thriving vegetable garden year-round.
Download or read book Greenhouse Gardening written by Carmine Liming and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for an alternative way to grow some of your favorite plants without having to wait forever for the right season to arrive? Are you tired of store-bought fruits, veggies, and herbs that are raised with the aid of chemicals and synthetic pesticides? If yes, then keep reading. This Greenhouse Gardening Ideas book will help readers to: - Cultivate an amazing garden with simple step-by-step instructions - Growing delicious fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs at home - Keep the garden safe during all of the seasons of the year - Protect your garden from insects, damages, and unwanted animals - And much, much more! Among the many topics, this book covers, you can find the greenhouse buyer's guide, polytunnel vs. greenhouse comparison, how to heat and cool a greenhouse, insect management, specific fruits, and vegetables cultivating guides, and much more. By the end of this Greenhouse Gardening Ideas book, you will acquire the necessary knowledge to build a greenhouse, cultivate a garden, and produce amazing fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs, and spices that will make your friends secretly jealous!
Download or read book No Dig Organic Home Garden written by Charles Dowding and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'No dig' gardening saves time and work. In this book, no dig experts Charles Dowding and Stephanie Hafferty explain how to set up a no dig garden. They describe how to make compost, enrich soil, harvest and prepare food and make natural beauty and cleaning products. These approaches work as well in small spaces as in large gardens
Download or read book Greenhouse Gardening 101 written by Gwen Lahmann and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for an alternative way to grow some of your favorite plants without having to wait forever for the right season to arrive? Are you tired of store-bought fruits, veggies, and herbs that are raised with the aid of chemicals and synthetic pesticides? If yes, then keep reading. This Greenhouse Gardening Ideas book will help readers to: - Cultivate an amazing garden with simple step-by-step instructions - Growing delicious fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs at home - Keep the garden safe during all of the seasons of the year - Protect your garden from insects, damages, and unwanted animals - And much, much more! Among the many topics, this book covers, you can find the greenhouse buyer's guide, polytunnel vs. greenhouse comparison, how to heat and cool a greenhouse, insect management, specific fruits, and vegetables cultivating guides, and much more. By the end of this Greenhouse Gardening Ideas book, you will acquire the necessary knowledge to build a greenhouse, cultivate a garden, and produce amazing fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs, and spices that will make your friends secretly jealous!
Download or read book The Creative Kitchen written by Stephanie Hafferty and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author of The No Dig Organic Home and Garden Stephanie Hafferty offers a pathway to low cost, zero waste and as plastic free living as possible. She shows you the advantages and pleasures of cooking seasonally and making organic products for you and your family's health and happiness. Learn how to be resourceful, creative and inspired by what is seasonal and close to hand for a 100% organic home. Make your own: * Main meals, sides and deserts * Store cupboard ingredients like flavoured salts, vinegars, herb mixes, essences * Drinks (including cordials, teas and liqueurs) * Soaps, balms, cleansers, flower papers, and much more!
Download or read book Growing Under Cover written by Niki Jabbour and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-12-25 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and pest infestations are challenging today’s vegetable gardeners. But best-selling author Niki Jabbour has a solution: Growing Under Cover. In this in-depth guide, Jabbour shows how to use small solutions like cloches, row covers, shade cloth, cold frames, and hoophouses, as well as larger protective structures like greenhouses and polytunnels, to create controlled growing spaces for vegetables to thrive. Photographed in her own super-productive garden, Jabbour highlights the many benefits of using protective covers to plant earlier, eliminate pests, and harvest a healthier, heartier bounty year round. With enthusiasm, inventive techniques, and proven, firsthand knowledge, this book provides invaluable advice from a popular and widely respected gardening authority. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.
Download or read book Grow Your Own Veg written by Carol Klein and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Grow Your Own Veg' builds upon the information covered in the TV series and provides all the practical know-how to growing your own vegetables, from preparing a plot, to growing any of the 40 featured food plants.
Download or read book Greenhouse Gardening A Beginners Guide To Growing Fruit and Vegetables All Year Round written by Jason Johns and published by Inspiring Gardening Ideas. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Greenhouse Gardening" is for anyone who wants to get the most out of their greenhouse. Whether you want to extend your growing season, grow unusual plants or protect your valued plants from frost, learn all about greenhouses.
Download or read book How to Grow Food in Your Polytunnel written by Mark Gatter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-follow, practical guide to growing crops year-round in your polytunnel. Are you using your polytunnel, also known as high tunnel or hoop house, to its full potential? If so you'll be harvesting fresh crops all year round – sweet potatoes and late celery in November; winter radish, baby carrots and celeriac in early February; salad leaves right through the winter. Even in the 'hungry gap' you'll have a choice of new potatoes, pak choi, peas, tender cabbages, beetroot and more. How to Grow Food in Your Polytunnel has all the information you need to make the most of this precious covered space, including a detailed crop-by-crop guide to the growing year, dedicated chapters on growing for each season, including the 'hungry gap', and a handy sowing and harvesting calendar to help with planning.
Download or read book Polytunnel Gardening written by Eric Goldinger and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-09 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you always wanted to grow some of your own food in an enclosed garden? Do you like the idea of eating fresh, organically grown vegetables and herbs? When trуіng tо lіvе a healthy life, we аll knоw thаt рlеntу оf water (6-8 glаѕѕеѕ a dау mіnіmum) and рlеntу оf fruіt аnd vegetable (your 5 a dау), are аbѕоlutеlу еѕѕеntіаl. But whаt орtіоnѕ dо you have іn getting thеѕе dаіlу еѕѕеntіаlѕ? Most реорlе wоuld say, 'the supermarket!' Mауbе a fеw оthеrѕ would ѕау thе local ѕhор оr mаrkеt. Hоwеvеr it's a shame hоw fеw would аnѕwеr, 'grоw уоur own!' But whу іѕ thіѕ? It's because thаt tо most people, gardening іn general іѕ dаuntіng, аnd growing уоur оwn fruіt аnd vеgеtаblе even mоrе ѕо. Thеу fееl thаt іt'ѕ too high a lеvеl of соmmіtmеnt rеԛuіrеd, аnd thаt with their fаѕt расеd lіfе, thеу'll nеvеr manage. In fасt, іt іѕ sometimes аѕѕumеd that growing уоur оwn fruіt and vеgеtаblеѕ іѕ оnlу for оld реорlе wіth аn аllоtmеnt. A роlуtunnеl can drаmаtісаllу еаѕе thіѕ dіffісultу. It іѕ рrасtісаllу аn essential requirement for anyone wаntіng tо grоw their оwn fruіt аnd vegetables іn a country lіkе thе UK whісh hаѕ vаrіаblе аnd оftеn unpredicatable weather. Thіѕ іѕ because a роlуtunnеl kеерѕ a соnѕtаnt аnd орtіmum еnvіrоnmеnt for уоur рlаntѕ and thіѕ is thе kеу tо ѕuссеѕѕ. Evеrуthіng ѕuddеnlу bесоmеѕ еаѕіеr! Whеn money іѕ tіght, polytunnel gardening is a great аltеrnаtіvе to grееnhоuѕе growing. If уоu have thе ѕрасе аnd funds tо build bоth a greenhouse аnd a роlуtunnеl, уоu can rеаllу gеt уоur garden going. Extеnd thе grоwіng ѕеаѕоn, сultіvаtе ѕаlаd сrорѕ аll уеаr, and еаt frеѕh fruit аnd vеgеtаblеѕ аt аll tіmеѕ of thе уеаr. This book wіll tеасh уоu hоw tо buіld a роlуtunnеl vegetable gаrdеn. So kеер reading to fіnd оut hоw tо make ѕurе уоur роlуtunnеl іѕ рrоduсіng аѕ much as роѕѕіblе. You mіght bе surprised bу how muсh a few simple сhаngеѕ can аffесt thе ѕіzе of your harvests. Let us dive right in on this journey by purchasing this book and take advantage of the amazing information it entails.
Download or read book Greenhouse Vegetable Gardening written by Inger Palmstierna and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A garden should be easy and fun to care for—don’t complicate things unnecessarily.” This is the slogan of author Inger Palmstierna. In Greenhouse Vegetable Gardening, she helps readers find the joy of cultivating in their very own greenhouses. Palmstierna is a gardening authority with vast knowledge on everything that grows. With infectious enthusiasm, this garden writer and horticulturist explains how to cultivate a successful garden or orchard. The greenhouse is the place where green thumbs are realized and your imagination can run wild. Palmstierna believes: “The greenhouse provides opportunities, but does not demand.” Greenhouse Vegetable Gardening is an accessible book with many beautiful pictures and practical instructions. The topics covered include: • Building and decorating your own greenhouse • Training seedlings and early plant development • How to sow, grow, and winter plants • How to harvest vegetables and herbs • How to cultivate summer flowers for planting • And more! In addition to providing a garden year-round, the greenhouse can also be a beautiful addition to your yard and can be customized to match your tastes. You’ll learn the basics on what to consider when buying, laying the foundations for, and decorating your greenhouse—as well as how to plan and use one. Soon after you’ll be ready to explore the many types of vegetables and flowering plants that thrive in greenhouses. So get ready to enjoy fresh vegetables and flowers year-round!
Download or read book The Polytunnel Handbook written by Andy McKee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-03 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to all aspects of polytunnel usage, from planning your purchase to harvesting the rewards. A polytunnel, high tunnel or hoop house, can be used as an affordable, low-carbon aid to growing your own food all year round, from crispy salads and fresh vegetables in the dead of winter to juicy melons and mouth-watering grapes in high summer. But once you've decided to invest in a polytunnel, there are many questions to be answered... Do you need planning permission? What are the different sizes and types you can buy? Where should you put it, and how do you put it up? What can you use it for, how do you look after it, and what are the likely problems? The Polytunnel Handbook looks at all aspects of using a polytunnel, from planning to harvesting. The book features a step-by-step guide detailing how polytunnels are put up and maintained, and also detailed instructions on building a polytunnel from scratch for DIY enthusiasts. There are also chapters on developing healthy soil and preventing pests, and a jargon-free guide to the range of often mystifying accessories that many tunnel retailers offer. Learn how to keep your polytunnel productive in every season with this brilliant guide
Download or read book Hot Beds written by Jack First and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A low-cost, sustainable approach to cultivating out-of-season vegetables in small spaces, using the age-old technique of growing in hot beds. The ancient method of growing vegetables in hot beds, used by the Victorians and by the Romans, harnesses the natural process of decay to cultivate out-of-season crops. In this easy-to-use guide, Jack First shares essential tips on how to reap the rewards available from modernizing and adapting this remarkable technique. With just stable manure (or alternatives), a simple frame and a small space to build your bed, you can be harvesting salads in March and potatoes in early April. This accessible, illustrated guide has everything you need to understand how to use this highly productive, low-cost, year-round, eco-friendly gardening system. Straightforward explanations and diagrams show how you too can grow early veg without fossil-fuel energy or elaborate equipment.
