Overview
Turn an urban yard or balcony into your personal vegetable farm. Vegetable gardening is back! Concern about the environment and the desire to eat food unpolluted by chemicals, to buy local and to be thrifty are some of the reasons. Urbanites who have never grown a thing are now eager to try to cultivate vegetables, herbs and fruit in back and front yards, on rooftops and on balconies -- in any suitable space they can find. Incredible Edibles is for anyone who's thinking: ""I'd love to try growing some herbs and vegetables. But is it too difficult? Do I have the space? Or the time?"" Sonia Day focuses on edible plants that can be easily grown in a city setting, many of which are seldom featured in gardening books. Her clear, concise advice is perfect for those who don't have the time to wade through a gardening encyclopedia or to learn by trial and error.Incredible Edibles: Provides clear, step-by-step instructions on how to start and maintain an organic edible garden . Profiles 43 specially selected ""hassle-free"" plants . Offers simple and tasty recipes . Recommends the best varieties for small spaces and suggests alternatives . Lists readily available sources for seeds and seedlings . Includes practical tips and personal anecdotes from Day's own gardening experiences Incredible Edibles is lavishly illustrated with colour photographs taken expressly for this book. It will give urban gardeners everywhere the knowledge and confidence to grow and enjoy fresh vegetables, herbs and fruit. ILLUSTRATIONS: 75 colour photographs
Full Product Details
Author: Sonia Day ,
Barrie Murdock
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
Imprint: Firefly Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781554076246
ISBN 10: 1554076242
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 January 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Incredible Edibles offers advice on hassle-free plants that adapt well to containers and small spaces.--Taylor Rose Phoenix Home & Garden (10/01/2010)
If you're a city dweller like me but think you don t have enough room for food gardening Sonia Day's Incredible Edibles just might convince you otherwise. Day opens with insightful tips such as how to avoid common pests and which plants start from seed. The remainder of the book describes edible plants to grow in limited spaces from the not-so-common asparagus pea to popular garden favorites, such as basil. Each plant profile provides helpful details such as recommended varieties, when to harvest, common problems of the plant and even the degree of difficulty to grow. Combined with Barrie Murdock's enticing photographs Day's advice surely will inspire you to start cultivating some incredible edibles and maybe you'll even have enough to share.--Courtney Capstack American Gardener (07/01/2010)
Author Information
Master gardener Sonia Day is a newspaper gardening columnist and the author of several popular gardening books.
