The Green-Fingered Gardener: Fruit And Vegetables

A Practical Guide to Home-Grown Produce Through the Year.

Designed for the beginner and experience gardeners alike, this practical series provides inspiration and expert advice on specific gardening subjects. Every gardener will benefit from the variety of designs and projects included, which are all accompanied by full colour photography and step-by-step instructions.

There is nothing quite like growing your own fresh produce. This is practical guide gives you the confidence and know-how needed to grow your own produce, whether this is in a walled kitchen garden, in containers, or simply in existing flowerbeds. All the main fruits are featured with detailed advice on cultivation and the best varieties to choose for your purposes.

Learn how to design your crop layout, and how to rotate and phase crops to achieve a succession of produce throughout the year. Step-by-step practical advice on preparing the soil, sowing, transplanting, harvesting and storage as well as on cultivating herbs and planting, pruning and propagating fruit trees are also included.

This book's vivid and colourful photographs show the different fruits in all their glory, and will have you creating your own fruit and vegetable garden in no time.