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If you long to plant and savor delicious homegrown produce but lack adequate growing space, container gardening could be the hobby for you. Written by horticulture expert Bob Purnell, who specializes in small-space gardening, this instructional and colorful guide starts off with trusted advice, based on the author s knowledge and experience, for successfully growing edibles in containers. This innovative volume then goes on to give detailed one-pot recipes for growing complementary plants together, accompanied by sweet and savory suggestions for using the ingredients that you grow.
Inside Crops in Pots:
The basic principles of container gardening, including choosing suitable pots and hanging baskets, how to situate and group containers, and selecting the best soil based on what you are planting.
Planting and tending to your containers with proper watering, mulching, feeding, and pest-control methods.
A unique cookbook setup, featuring step-by-step recipes for growing 50 multiple-plant containers, divided into appetizers, main courses, and desserts.
Recommendations for how to use each of the 50 containers, from tasty bruschetta with fresh red and yellow tomatoes, to grilled snapper with homegrown thyme, to refreshing fruit kabobs with hand-picked strawberries.
Further recommendations for vegetables, fruits, herbs, and edible flowers that grow well in containers.
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Inside Crops in Pots:
The basic principles of container gardening, including choosing suitable pots and hanging baskets, how to situate and group containers, and selecting the best soil based on what you are planting.
Planting and tending to your containers with proper watering, mulching, feeding, and pest-control methods.
A unique cookbook setup, featuring step-by-step recipes for growing 50 multiple-plant containers, divided into appetizers, main courses, and desserts.
Recommendations for how to use each of the 50 containers, from tasty bruschetta with fresh red and yellow tomatoes, to grilled snapper with homegrown thyme, to refreshing fruit kabobs with hand-picked strawberries.
Further recommendations for vegetables, fruits, herbs, and edible flowers that grow well in containers.
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About the Author:
Bob Purnell: Bob Purnell is a writer, broadcaster, lecturer, and award-winning garden designer who writes for numerous gardening publications, including BBC Gardeners World, and works on several gardening television programs, including the long-running Garden Club.
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- PublisherCompanionhouse Books
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1620082624
- ISBN 13 9781620082621
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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