SowHow: A Modern Guide to Grow-Your-Own Veg

by Paul Matson, Lucy Anna Scott

When you're growing veg for the first time it can be hard to know where to start and even more difficult to find inspiring advice that isn't completely incomprehensible...Enter SowHow - the innovative grow guide for the modern gardener. With its fresh, bright design and clear-cut know-how, this clever little book provides all the expert advice and encouragement you need to get growing. You'll find entries on 30 easy-grow vegetables to sow throughout the seasons, from kale to runner beans and carrots to cucamelons, plus ideas for herbs, edible flowers and advice on cultivating your own cocktail garden. SowHow breaks down the key steps of sowing, planting and harvesting each featured vegetable into understandable bite-sized chunks using straightforward language and smart infographics. Plus, the essential start-up advice covering everything from top tools and cunning crop rotations, to uncomplicated compost and the lowdown on mulches, will make you a pro in no time. Complete with simple cooking suggestions, shrewd storage info and creative gardening hacks, this unique, comprehensive companion will transform your grow space into a hot bed for leeks, beets and all your other veggie friends. So whether you are looking to fill a garden, an allotment, or a patio pot, get going and grow with SowHow.

Genres: Nonfiction

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Marina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read (it is full of pictures). Good book for beginners.

Most of the chapters are about different vegetables and their techniques (sow, grow, harvest, eat and store). The herbs and edible flowers section only describe briefly how to take care of some varieties.

Nice book to keep on the shelf and use as future reference.

[Ingrid · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Aida Saldana Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, it has everything to get you started on sowing!

[Rosemary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don't be deceived by the plain green cover and compact size - this is a very visual and succinct gardening guide.

Must try the salad of radishes, carrot, apple, raisins, mint and sesame seeds.

I would recommend this to beginner gardeners I know if it weren't so Northern-hemisphere-centric (e.g. "plant out your tomatoes from April to June" would most likely confuse a Southern hemisphere beginner).(There is a season cheat sheet on page 202, but it really needs to be mentioned earlier.)