Backyard Harvest
Subtitle: a year-round guide to growing fruit and vegetables
Publisher: DK Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780756673895
Subjects: Control; Vegetable gardening; Gardening; Pests; Vegetables; Handbooks, manuals; Canning and preserving; Fruit; Small gardens; Agriculture; Fruit-culture; Diseases and pests
Description: Grow Something to Eat Year-Round is a light, bright new gardening title with a big promise--it sets out to deliver home-grown food from the plot, pot, freezer, or pantry every day of the year. That's easy enough in the summer, when kitchen gardens and allotments are awash with peas, beans, leafy greens, and soft fruit, but not so straightforward in midwinter, when the ground may be frozen solid. Success lies in the planning, and this book is written as a continuum, with sowing, planting, and growing advice for each month to keep the crops coming. There are also features on harvesting, storing.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: 2; Introduction 4; Your growing space 6; Growing under cover 12; A perfect spot for crops 14; To sow or buy? 20; Ready to eat 24; What to sow 26; Cut-and-come-again salads 28; What to do 30; Preparing a seedbed 32; Making a raised bed 33; What to harvest 34; Growing sprouting seeds 36; Ready to eat 38; What to sow 40; Sowing inside 42; Sowing outdside 43; What to plant 44; What to do 46; Potatoes 48; What to harvest 50; Ready to eat 52; What to sow 54; Peppers, chillies 56; Beetroot, broccoli 58; Tomatoes 60; What to plant 62; Herbs 64; What to do 66; Growing mushrooms 68.; title: What to harvest 70Ready to eat 72; What to sow 74; Snap and wax beans 76; Runner beans 77; Zucchini, sweet corn 78; Cucumbers, lettuce 80; What to plant 80; Patio fruit and vegetables 84; What to do 86; Providing support 88; What to harvest 90; Ready to eat 92; What to sow 94; Winter cabbage, chicory 96; What to plant 98; What to do 102; Organic pest control 104; What to harvest 106; Ready to eat 108; What to sow 110; Winter squash, pumpkins 112; What to plant 114; Productive baskets 116; What to do 118; Effective irrigation 122; Space efficiency 124; What to harvest 126.; title: Making simple fruit jam 128Ready to eat 130; What to sow 132; What to plant 133; Strawberries 134; What to do 136; Pruning fruit in summer 140; What to harvest 142; Making fruit cordials 144; Making relishes and pesto 146; Freezing vegetables 148; Freezing fruit 150; Ready to eat 152; What to sow 154; What to plant 155; What to do 156; What to harvest 158; Drying fruit and vegetables 160; Bottling fruit in syrup 162; Ready to eat 164; What to sow 166; What to plant 167; What to do 168; Getting ready for winter 170; Saving your own seeds 172; What to harvest 174; Making cold pickles 176.; title: Making hot pickles 178Making plum wine 180; Ready to eat 182; What to sow 184; What to plant 185; Raspberries, blackberries 186; What to do 188; Starting a compost heap 190; What to harvest 192; Storing apples and pears 194; Ready to eat 196; What to plant 198; Apples, pears 200; Planting fruit trees 202; What to do 204; Pruning fruit in fall 206; What to harvest 208; Storing vegetables 210; Making simple chutney 212; Ready to eat 214; What to sow 216; What to plant 217; Plums, damsons, and gages 218; Cherries, currants 220; Citrus 222; What to harvest 224; Making soups 226; Crop planner 230.; title: Common pests 236Common diseases 240; Nutrient deficiencies 245; Useful websites 246; Index, acknowledgments 250.