Description
A step-by-step guide to creating a new vegetable garden from scratch – on any size of plot.
Charles Dowding draws on his years of experience, to show how easy it is to start a new vegetable garden. Any plot – whether a building site, overgrown with weeds or unwanted lawn – can be turned into a beautiful and productive vegetable area. Charles’s no-nonsense and straightforward advice is the perfect starting point for the beginner or experienced gardener.
The book takes you step-by-step through:
- Planning and early stages
- Clearing the ground
- Mulch – what, why, how?
- Minimizing digging
- Sowing and planting across the seasons
- Growing in polytunnels and greenhouses
It is filled with labour-saving ideas and the techniques that Charles uses to garden so successfully and is illustrated throughout with photos and tales from Charles’s first year in his new vegetable garden.
Made in United States
