Natural Gardening the Traditional Way: Timeless Techniques for the Ecological Gardener - Softcover
Natural Gardening the Traditional Way A guide to traditional gardening techniques. It covers various things from natural horticultural methods of propagation, fertilization of the soil, care and cultivation, to period garden design and layout. It includes a section on choosing and planting many of the old-fashioned fruit and vegetable species. Full description
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Richly illustrated manual of techniques for ecological gardening, from creating a kitchen garden to using traditional plants and planting methods. --The Bookseller 17.10.08
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Nigel Colborn is a journalist, writer and broadcaster on gardening and horticultural subjects, and is a major contributor to the gardening and rural press. In 1989 BBC Television invited him to join the Gardeners' World team, since when he has appeared on a regular basis, waxing lyrical about his favourite flowers or wrestling with wayward plants. Nigel Colborn is the author of The Classic Horticulturist (with Ursula Buchan), This Gardening Business, Leisurely Gardening, Exposed Gardens and The Container Garden.
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- PublisherAquamarine
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1903141737
- ISBN 13 9781903141731
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
- IllustratorJacqui Hurst
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