HOW TO GROW WINTER VEGETABLES
Author(s): DOWDING, CHARLES
How to Grow Winter Vegetables shows that it is possible to enjoy an abundance of vegetables at the darkest time of year, whether stored or ready for harvesting when needed. It also covers growing for the 'hungry gap' from April to early June. Not much grows in winter, but a well-organised plot may nonetheless be quite full. You need to plan carefully, and well ahead (as early as spring) for sowing and planting at specific times through the year, so the main part of the book is an extensive month-by-month sowing, planting and growing calendar. Further sections cover harvesting, from garlic in July right through to the last of the overwintered greens in May, and storing your produce. Many salads can be grown in winter, especially with a little protection from fleece, cloches or larger structures. The book includes a whole section on frost-hardy salad plants, explaining how to ensure harvests of fresh leaves throughout winter. The beauty of winter and its produce is captured in glorious photographs from the author's garden. Click here for a sample preview
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Charles Dowding is a veteran organic grower, having practised no-dig gardening for 30 years. From 1982 to 1990 he grew on nine acres for local and London markets, then ran a small farm in France, followed by a long spell of producing salad on an acre of surface-composted, undisturbed clay soil (no-dig for 15 years), which grew bountiful crops and few weeds, and included two polytunnels for winter salad and summer tomatoes and basil. In this garden he ran an experiment for six years to compare differences in growth between vegetables on dug and undug soil. He discovered different patterns of growth in most seasons, with slightly lower yields and more weeds and slugs on the dug beds. He is currently establishing a new half-acre garden to illustrate no-dig practice and form the basis for a new experiment. Charles has written four books on vegetable growing, contributes articles to many magazines, including Gardeners' World, Gardens Illustrated and Grow It!, gives regular talks, advises many gardeners on best practice, including the National Trust at Sissinghurst, and runs day courses at home and other venues. He has appeared on radio and television, including Radio 4's The Long View on the Peckham Experiment and BBC TV's Gardeners' World with Sarah Raven in 2008. His books for Green Books are:
Introduction PART 1 Winter's potential Chapter 1 A forgotten season Chapter 2 A winter's scene PART 2 Preparing for winter Chapter 3 Looking after your soil Chapter 4 Making your own compost Chapter 5 What to grow for winter Chapter 6 Tips for sowing & planting PART 3 Sowing, planting & growing calendar Chapter 7 Sowing & planting in spring Chapter 8 Sowing & planting in early summer Chapter 9 Sowing & planting in late summer & autumn PART 4 Winter harvests Chapter 10 Winter harvests calendar Chapter 11 Winter & hungry gap vegetables A-Z PART 5 Stored harvests Chapter 12 Principles of storing for winter Chapter 13 Vegetables for winter storage A-Z PART 6 Winter vegetables under cover Chapter 14 Under-cover growing Chapter 15 An amazing array of vegetables Resources
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- : 31 December 2010
- : 170mm X 234mm X 18mm
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