The Kitchen Gardener: Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg

ISBN-13: 9781846072017 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 312 str.

Alan Titchmarsh

Opis

Allotments with 10-year waiting lists; fruit and veg seeds outselling those of flowersBritain is growing a passion for home produce and the time is right for the nation's favorite gardener to provide the definitive book on the subject. Alan s comprehensive guide will tell you everything you could possibly want or need to know about fruit and veg and how to grow it, including herbs, baby veg, salads, every-day fruits, plus gourmet or unusual varieties, and how to fit them into today s stylish small gardens. As well as providing the key facts needed to yield good results and what to do when things go wrong, the text is sprinkled with Alan s personal observations, anecdotes, culinary tips, and quirky historical uses. The book takes a very practical approach, starting from scratch for the benefit of anyone who s never grown their own before, but is also ideal for those with some experience who might be growing edibles in a new wayperhaps in a small space that needs to look attractive, or on a new allotment. Lavishly illustrated throughout with over 250 photographs and artworks, this inspirational and authoritative fruit and veg bible from the UK s best-selling and most influential gardener will become a classic in the genre."

Recenzje

Packed with great practical down-to-earth advice. Kitchen Garden Magazine 20080401

O autorze

Titchmarsh, Alan
Alan Titchmarsh is the author of over 40 books about gardening, including How to be a Gardener Book 1: Back to Basics, the fastest- selling of all time in the genre; natural history titles including British Isles: A Natural History and The Nature of Britain; three bestselling autobiographies and a number of bestselling novels. He has twice been named 'Gardening Writer of the Year' and for four successive years was voted 'Television Personality of the Year' by the Garden Writers' Guild. Alan has appeared on radio and television both as a gardening expert and as an interviewer and presenter, and is the current presenter of Love Your Garden and Grow Your Own At Home on ITV.