RHS Grow Your Own: Veg (Royal Horticultural Society Grow Your Own) - Hardcover

Carol Klein

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845332938 ISBN 13: 9781845332938

Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, 2007

Synopsis

This is a TV tie-in for a new BBC TV series "Grow Your Own Veg!" by TV presenter and highly regarded gardener Carol Klein, who has collaborated with the Royal Horticultural Society to create a lavishly illustrated, easy-to-follow, practical and inspiring beginner's handbook to everything anyone ever needs to know to grow vegetables, salads, and herbs all year round. "Grow Your Own Veg!" complements and builds upon the information covered in the TV series of the same name and provides all the practical know-how to get growing your own vegetables. Combining Carol Klein's no-nonsense and enthusiastic approach to gardening, much loved by viewers of "Gardeners' World" on BBC TV, with the horticultural best practice from the Royal Horticultural Society, this is a genuinely step-by-step beginner's guide to growing an aspirational but achievable range of food plants. Whatever the size of a garden, this is a book to convert readers to the pleasures of growing and harvesting their own food plants. From preparing a plot, planning what to plant, and how to grow any one of the 40 featured food plants, this is a book to which veg growers can return every year, whatever their level of expertise.

About this title

Review

"...a wonderful reference book and guide for vegetable gardeners
everywhere." -- The Good Book Guide, March, 2007

"This step-by-step beginner's guide provides all the practical
know-how to get growing your own vegetables" -- Teeside Evening Gazette, January 2007

"With this new practical manual...even novices can aim for the
good life." -- The Times, February 2007

"an invaluable guidebook" -- Concept for Living, January 2007

"this is a book to convert you to the pleasures of growing and
harvesting your ownfood plants" -- The Western Mail Series, January 2007

Book Description

TV tie-in to BBC TV series fronted by Carol Klein, co-presenter of Gardeners' World. Features everything a beginner needs to know to grow 40 popular vegetables, ranging from potatoes, onions, and beans to asparagus, fennel and sweet corn. Gives best practice from the Royal Horticultural Society on how to prepare your plot, plant, cultivate and harvest your crops, plus the best varieties to try. Includes information on growing whether planting in a garden, in a container or in a window box. Reflects people's increasing interest in wanting to know where their vegetables are coming from, and if it's in season. In 2005, vegetable seed sales exceeded flower seed sales for the first time since World War 2. Ideal purchase for anyone who is concerned about where their food comes from and are keen to be more environmentally friendly.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1845332938
• ISBN 13: 9781845332938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224