The A.B.C. of Cloche Gardening. By W.E. Shewell-Cooper. "It is a pity
that the French term "Cloche" was ever applied to this definitely
English method of crop production. Continuous cloches are merely glass
tents or barns which fit neatly end to end and cover rows of plants-
they act, in fact, as low as greenhouses, and instead of taking the
plants to the glass house, as is normally the case, you take the glass
house to the plants. We proved at the horticultural training centre that
continuous cloches made all the difference to soil warmth and therefore
to earliness. Thus it is possible to get more crops per year from a
piece of ground under cloches than without the use of these glass
"covers". The latest developments concerning soil warming under cloches
are most interesting and prove that, with a little extra soil warmth
provided by electricity, more can be done with continuous cloches in the
winter than was previously thought possible. We can therefore honestly
recommend continuous cloches to all those who want to increase
production at any time!" Contents Include: The continuous cloche Soil
preparation and manuring Seed sowing and ventilating Cropping,
continuity, standardisation and watering Planning and strip cropping
Root crops Peas and beans The cabbage family Other vegetables Salads
Tomatoes Herbs The more unusual vegetables Fruits under cloches Flowers
Convenient propagation Pests and diseases Sowing and cropping guide, The
cloche handle and panel Sowing and harvesting charts Many of the
earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before,
are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are
republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern
editions, using the original text and artwork.
