Vegetable Growing Month by Month -
The Book!
You've Seen the Web Site - Now Buy the Book!
"The down-to-earth guide that takes you through
the vegetable year" - Signed by the author!
As you probably gathered, I've been growing vegetables for 30 years and you
can share my experience. I think growing your own gives you control of your
food. You know what has gone into producing them and what, if any, sprays have
gone onto your crop.
When I set up this website and the forums, I realized that that most people
nowadays don’t have the benefit of following in a parent’s or grandparent’s
footsteps to guide them, as modern society spreads our family across the country
and no longer is growing your own vital to full bellies of a night.
These new vegetable growers were looking for a simple, straightforward guide,
written in plain English, that told them what to do, when to do it and how
to do it. This is what I have tried to provide here.
Even if you are not lucky enough to have a large garden or an allotment,
you can still grow some vegetables on a patio or even on a balcony. There's
a comprehensive section on growing in containers and pots.
The chapter list will give you a good idea of what's covered:
- Introduction
Some general background to the book
- Why Grow Your Own Vegetables?
A discussion on the reasons
for growing your own and the benefits of growing your own.
- Where to Grow and Preparing to Grow
The places you can grow
vegetables, a comprehensive section on Container Growing, Raised Beds
and how to build them, Preparing the Soil, clearing a new patch or allotment,
Know Your Soil - the different types of soil, Why, When and How to
Dig - single digging, double digging, trenching etc, no-digging, Drainage
and how to drain a wet plot.
- Planning the Gardening Year
The Garden Diary, What to Grow,
Buying Seeds, F1 Hybrids and Heritage seeds explained, Planning Your
Plot, Crop Rotation, Crop Families
- Getting the Most From Your Land
Successional Sowing, Extending
the Season, Horticultural Fleece, Cloches, Hot Beds, Coldframes,
- Weeds and What to do About Them
The worst weeds and how to
handle them, hoeing, organic methods and weed killers.
- Tools
The tools you actually need and the tools you may want
with how to pick them and what they are used for. Powered Machinery,
chippers and shredder, rotovators and tillers.
- Compost, Manures and Fertilizers
Humus, Manures - various
types, Green Manures, Leafmould, How to make compost, Proprietary Composts,
Fertilizers, NPK, Micro-Nutrients and Trace Elements, Types of Fertilizer,
Home-made natural fertilizers, manure tea, comfrey, Lime - types of
lime, use of lime
- Watering
When, How Much and How to Water, Saving Water etc
- Greenhouses and Polytunnels
Differences between greenhouses
and polytunnels, where to site them, different types, building the
greenhouse, ventilation and temperature control, propagators, staging, shelving,
water,
- Pests, Problems and Protection
The various pests and problems
range from the slug to rats, Carrot Root Fly, Club Root, Blight and
diseases. Cabbage Root Fly, Butterflies, Aphids, Whitefly etc
- The Vegetable Year
A guide to what to do month by month in
the garden. Surprisingly in 12 sections! From January to December.
- Brief Guide to the Vegetables
As the title suggests, a brief
guide to growing most vegetables. I've not provided absolute planting
instructions for each and every crop because spacing and timing will vary
for different varieties and growing methods but I've covered the general
requirements for them
- Glossary
Gardener's have there own jargon and specialist
words, hence a short jargon busting glossary.
- Some Useful Contacts
- Index
What's been said about Vegetable Growing Month by Month
‘Having just received John Harrisons book On Vegetable Growing Month by Month,
I have to say that it’s definitely going to be a well thumbed volume, particularly
by those who want to grow vegetables for the first time.
Forget about any
glossy pictures, what’s in this book is solid words of advice, written
in plain to understand English from a grower who’s had frustrating years of
experience behind him in trying to grow nutritious vegetables, whilst at the
same time running a business and raising a family.
Everyone will benefit
from this book and I found the glossary at the back, which explains gardening
terminology in a way that everyone will understand, to be extremely useful.
It will certainly have a place on my extensive gardening book shelf.’
Medwyn Williams MBE FNVS
Chair of the National Vegetable Society.
Winner of 10 RHS Gold Medals
at Chelsea for vegetables.
Ordering Terms
Vegetable Growing Month by Month will be signed on the
inside front page by the author, myself - John Harrison - and delivered by first class post.
Dispatch will usually be next day but please allow 7 days for delivery.
The price £5.99 includes postage
Non UK Orders (EU) Will be sent by airmail post (Printed Papers) - please
allow time for delivery.
Non UK Orders Worldwide - Postage costs are higher - please contact
me with
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