Charles Dowding's Veg Journal: Expert no-dig advice, month by month - Hardcover

Dowding, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0711235260 ISBN 13: 9780711235267

Publisher: Frances Lincoln, 2014

Synopsis

Plan bumper harvests the no-dig way using Charles Dowding?s monthly crop calendar. Follow simple steps to: ? find success with more than 35 vegetables and herbs from tomatoes to basil, carrots to coriander; ? start a no-dig veg plot on virgin or dug ground, improve the soil and become an expert mulcher and weeder; ? learn key dates for sowing, staking, harvesting and storing using time-saving monthly checklists; ? make a raised bed, tackle slugs and snails, and produce the sweetest-smelling compost; ? understand the techniques for intercropping, companion planting, seed viability and crop succession. NO-DIG is a long-established way to grow healthy, organic crops while preserving the soil?s integrity: Charles Dowding is the UK?s leading expert. A lovely gardening book for those wanting to start a 'no dig' vegetable patch. This hardback book has 192 pages and measures: 21.5 x 15.5 x 2cm.

About this title

Product Description:

The book uses the seasonal checklists, advice and hard-won experience of the UK s best-known no-dig gardener to plan a year s veg growing. The information is taken from the author s successful Charles Dowding Vegetable Course and arranged in a useful monthly journal so that no activity is overlooked and readers can follow his mantra of little and often .
In this book Charles Dowding proves the efficacy of no-dig gardening, and using step by steps guidance with photos shows how to plan a veg garden, construct a raised bed, sow seed indoors and outdoors in spring, grow on young crops, protect his plants from the weather and pests through the season until he celebrates the joy of harvesting. The information is organised monthly from January to December, with key crops, key activities and essential reminders so nothing is missed.

Review:

'This is such a lovely, lovely gardening book.' 

‘Charles’ journal is a good aide memoire, peppered with tidbits of useful information and a blank, lined page per month encourages you to use the book as a diary. We always assume it’s our fault when we have a failure, but this might not always be the case. Keeping records is vital, especially if you are a progressive gardener, who is always trying different spacings, varieties and techniques.’

'A useful addition to your bookshelf'

‘Charles’ journal is a good aide memoire, peppered with tidbits of useful information and a blank, lined page per month encourages you to use the book as a diary. We always assume it’s our fault when we have a failure, but this might not always be the case. Keeping records is vital, especially if you are a progressive gardener, who is always trying different spacings, varieties and techniques.’

'A useful addition to your bookshelf'

‘This is a sensible and very clearly presented book for those who want to tackle the art of no-dig gardening without being bamboozled by jargon. You will definitely have a clear understanding of the technique after following this guide through the year’

'This is such a lovely, lovely gardening book.' 

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0711235260
• ISBN 13: 9780711235267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192