The best and cheapest food is the food you grow in your own garden. One Magic Square shows how you can start your own productive food garden in ten minutes a day on a single square metre.
With simple plot designs starting with salads and gradually expanding to include beans, tomatoes, corn, roots and much more; you can take the first steps in growing your own food organically. These bite-sized designs allow you to extend by one square metre each season, or pick your favourites to add a bit of excitement to your cooking.
The magic of square-metre gardening is in allowing you to keep your garden manageable even as your self-sufficiency increases.
The book covers:
* How to grow food one square metre at a time
* Plot designs from basic to complex, with
* Ideas for specific diets and tastes
* Ideas for moving towards food self-sufficiency
* Tips and tricks
* Descriptions of food plants
* The benefits of companion planting
For beginners and more experienced gardeners, this book has a wealth of information and guidance.