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OverviewThis newly updated edition guides the budding allotmenteer through every step of successful growing from early planning to planting and harvesting. Information on tools, equipment and soil management follows, along with a chapter on what to grow where, crop rotation, companion planting, and growing both outdoors and in a greenhouse. Techniques such as sowing, propagation, feeding, watering, pruning, harvesting and storing are examined with easyto-follow instructions and examples Directories of vegetables, fruit and herbs outline the specific requirements of different crops while a section on plant health helps to deal with common pests and diseases and carry out weed management. A season-by-seaon calendar of care ensures you do the right jobs at the right time. Christine and Mick Lavelle are both lecturers in horticulture at Writtle College, UK. Together they have twice won the Garden Writers' Practical Book of the Year Award for their books How to Create a Wildlife Garden and Organic Gardening. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christine Lavelle , Mick LavellePublisher: Anness Publishing Imprint: Lorenz Books ISBN: 9780754834724ISBN 10: 0754834727 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 31 July 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationChristine and Michael Lavelle are both lecturers in horticulture at Writtle College, UK. Together they have won the Garden Writers' Practical Book of the Year Award for their books How to Create a Wildlife Garden and Organic Gardening (both Lorenz Books). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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