This text forms a comprehensive handbook on growing crops under cloches,
with information on a wide range of different vegetables, cropping,
sowing, propagation, fruits, and much more besides. Written with the
layman in mind, and complete with a plethora of detailed and useful
illustrations, this text constitutes a great guide on the subject, and
will be of particular interest to the novice gardener. The chapters of
this book include: 'The Continuous Cloche'; 'Soil Preparation and
Manuring'; 'Seed-Sowing, Spacing, and Warming'; 'Cropping, Continuity,
Standardisation and Irrigation'; 'Root Crops'; 'The Cabbage Family';
'Salads'; 'Herbs'; 'The More Unusual Vegetables'; 'Fruits Under
Cloches'; etcetera. We are proud to republish this vintage book, now
complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on
gardening.