RHS Half Hour Allotment
Autor Lia Leendertz, Royal Horticultural Societyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 aug 2019
The book shows you how to manage your allotment and enjoy fresh vegetables through the year on just half an hour's work a day with weekends off. It combines expert advice from Lia Leendertz and the Royal Horticultural Society and time-saving ideas for planning the most effective use of your time and energy, giving you something to eat fresh every day of the year and ensure bumper crops in summer
Lia Leendertz, the best-selling author of The Almanac, is an organic gardener with a great sensitivity for the environment so the book is a gentle and thoughtful read as well as being a bible for productive and time-starved gardeners.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780711244108
ISBN-10: 0711244103
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: color photos
Dimensiuni: 166 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:First Edition, New Edition with new cover & price
Editura: Quarto Publishing Plc
ISBN-10: 0711244103
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: color photos
Dimensiuni: 166 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:First Edition, New Edition with new cover & price
Editura: Quarto Publishing Plc
Notă biografică
The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 and has established itself as the UK's leading gardening charity, with the aim of inspiring passion and excellence in the science, art and practice of horticulture. The world-famous RHS Lindley Library holds unique collections of early printed books on gardening, botanical art and photographs.
Lia Leendertz is a regular contributor to the Garden, Gardens Illustrated, the Guardian, the Telegraph, and more, and is the author of Family Garden and The Twilight Garden. Lia shares an allotment with several friends near her home in Bristol. She has an award-winning blog, Midnight Brambling.
Lia Leendertz is a regular contributor to the Garden, Gardens Illustrated, the Guardian, the Telegraph, and more, and is the author of Family Garden and The Twilight Garden. Lia shares an allotment with several friends near her home in Bristol. She has an award-winning blog, Midnight Brambling.
Cuprins
CONTENTS
1 The Half-Hour Principle 6
2 Taking on a plot 18
Seating and shelter 34
Setting up a shed 38
3 Deciding what to grow 44
4 Growing the best varieties 62
5 Keeping on top of your plot 90
A cut flower garden 106
6 The first year 112
7 Nurturing your plants 128
8 Managing pests and diseases 154
A wildlife garden 172
9 An allotment for children 174
10 What next? 184
Some mail order suppliers 202
Further reading 204
Acknowledgements 205
Index 206
1 The Half-Hour Principle 6
2 Taking on a plot 18
Seating and shelter 34
Setting up a shed 38
3 Deciding what to grow 44
4 Growing the best varieties 62
5 Keeping on top of your plot 90
A cut flower garden 106
6 The first year 112
7 Nurturing your plants 128
8 Managing pests and diseases 154
A wildlife garden 172
9 An allotment for children 174
10 What next? 184
Some mail order suppliers 202
Further reading 204
Acknowledgements 205
Index 206
Descriere
The book explains the philosophy of spending half an hour each day on the allotment in order to produce something to harvest and eat every day.