Step-by-step techniques for cultivating organic produce on your plot all
year round This newly updated edition guides the budding allotmenter
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 easy- to-follow instructions
and examples. There are directories of vegetables, fruit and herbs that
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-season calendar of care ensures you do the
right jobs at the right time.