Harry Dodson's Practical Kitchen Garden
Subtitle: A Personal Guide to Growing Vegetables & Fruit
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
Table of contents: title: Introduction I pg 7; title: Chapter 1  I  Vegetable Garden Basics  I  pg 13; title: Soil - Digging - Manures and fertilizers - Sowing and planting vegetables - Crop rotation - Intercropping; title: Chapter 2  I  OBTAINING VEGETABLES OUT of SEASON  I  pg 33; title: Using hotbeds - Pots - Coldframes - Cloches; title: Chapter 3  I  SALAD CROPS  I  pg 41; title: Tomatoes - Cucumbers - Lettuce - Radishes - Chives - Spring Onions - Mustard and Cress - Lamb's Lettuce - American Land Cress; title: Chapter 4  I  ROOTS and TUBERS  I  pg 53; title: Jerusalem Artichokes - Chinese Artichokes - Beetroot - Carrots - Celeriac - Kohl Rabi - Parsnips - Potatoes - Salsify and Scorzonera - Swedes - Turnips; title: Chapter 5  I  BRASSICAS  I  pg 69; title: Brussels Sprouts - Broccoli - Cabbages - Savoys - Colewarts - Couce Tronchuda - Calabrese - Cauliflowers - Kales; title: Chapter 6  I  SPINACH, FLORENCE FENNEL and GLOBE ARTICHOKES  I  pg 77; title: Roundleaf or Prickly Spinach - Perpetual or Winter Spinach - New Zealand Spinach - Sea Kale Beet - Rhubarb Chard - Good King Henry - Florence Fennel - Globe Artichokes; title: Chapter 7  I   PEAS, BEANS and SWEETCORN   I pg 85; title: Garden Peas - Purple-podded Peas - Sugar Peas - Asparagus or Winged Peas - Broad Beans - Runner Beans - French Beans - Haricot Beans - Butter beans - Ornamental Beans and odd Peas - Sweetcorn; title: Chapter 8  I   ONIONS and LEEKS   I  pg 97; title: Onions - Welsh Onions - Egyptian Onions - Shallots - Cocktail Onions - Leeks; title: Chapter 9  I   VEGETABLES FOR FORCING and BLANCHING   I  pg 105; title: Dandelions - Chicory - Asparagus - Endives - Rhubarb - Seakale - Celery - Cardoons - Mushrooms; title: Chapter 10  I   MARROWS, COURGETTES, SQUASHES and PUMPKINS  I  pg 121; title: Chapter 11  I  AUBERGINES and CAPSICUMS  I  pg 125; title: Chapter 12  I  HERBS  I  pg 129; title: Angelica - Balm - Basil - Borage - Caraway - Chervil - Dill - Fennel - Garlic - Hamburg Parsley - Horseradish - Marjoram - Mint - Oregano - Parsley - Rosemary - Rue - Sage - Savory - Sorrel - Tarragon - Thyme; title: Chapter 13  I  INTRODUCTION to FRUIT  I  pg 141; title: Forms of tree - How to wire a wall - How to erect a fence to support espaliers or cordons - Heeling-in - General instructions on planting and pruning; title: Chapter 14  I   TREE FRUIT   I  pg 149; title: Apples - Pears - Cherries - Plums and Gages - Peaches and Nectarines - Figs; title: Chapter 15  I   SOFT FRUIT   I  pg 177; title: Raspberries - Gooseberries - Currants - Loganberries - Strawberries; title: Chapter 16  I   GRAPES and MELONS   I  pg 189; title: Chapter 17  I   STORING and SAVING   I  pg 201; title: Making a root store and a clamp for vegetables - Picking and storing apples and pears - Saving and storing seed - Storing herbs; title: Chapter 18  I   A BRIEF INTRODUCTION to SHOWING   I  pg 209; title: Planning ahead - Preparation - At the show; title: List of Suppliers  I  pg 214; title: Index   I   pg 219