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RHS Can I Grow Potatoes in Pots: A Gardener's Collection of Handy Hints to Grow Your Own Food
The latest in the popular RHS series, RHS Can I Grow Potatoes in Pots? is the perfect gift for gardeners, delving into everything from sustainable ways of growing food to planning for year-round fresh harvests
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This easy Q&A format book is suited to both beginner and more experienced growers, and encompasses a wide range of subjects to take readers beyond the basics of fruit and vegetable growing. Taking into account the popularity for growing food from scratch among newbie gardeners, you'll find advice in this book whether you have a garden, an allotment, or even a balcony or other small space to work with-everyone can get involved with growing delicious edibles no matter what space they have available.
- Which varieties to choose for gourmet home cooking, the most nutritious crops to grow, and how to grow unusual edibles like olives.
- Techniques and tips to get the most out of each crop, from how to grow epic-size pumpkins to whether it's worth thinning beetroot.
- Troubleshooting tips for pest ways to work with wildlife rather than against it and providing an alternative viewpoint on traditional problems, such as eating the weeds as well!
- How to make the most of your fruit and vegetable harvest, with information on the best time to pick produce and how to preserve it.
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This easy Q&A format book is suited to both beginner and more experienced growers, and encompasses a wide range of subjects to take readers beyond the basics of fruit and vegetable growing. Taking into account the popularity for growing food from scratch among newbie gardeners, you'll find advice in this book whether you have a garden, an allotment, or even a balcony or other small space to work with-everyone can get involved with growing delicious edibles no matter what space they have available.
- Which varieties to choose for gourmet home cooking, the most nutritious crops to grow, and how to grow unusual edibles like olives.
- Techniques and tips to get the most out of each crop, from how to grow epic-size pumpkins to whether it's worth thinning beetroot.
- Troubleshooting tips for pest ways to work with wildlife rather than against it and providing an alternative viewpoint on traditional problems, such as eating the weeds as well!
- How to make the most of your fruit and vegetable harvest, with information on the best time to pick produce and how to preserve it.
224 pages, Hardcover
Published October 25, 2022
About the author
Sally Nex
6 books5 followersSally is a professional gardener and garden writer living in Somerset, South-west England. She is passionate about growing her own food and has been feeding her family from the garden for over 20 years.
You may have come across her writing in her column for the Royal Horticultural Society's magazine, The Garden, or perhaps her regular articles for BBC Gardeners' World magazine. She's also a contributor to Grow Your Own, The Guardian, Countryfile and The English Garden.
Her first book, Growing Self-Sufficiency (all about everyday self-sufficiency you can fit in around the day job) is published this year by Green Books.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
She also teaches at the online gardening school www.my-garden-school.com and leads garden tours for HF Holidays.
You may have come across her writing in her column for the Royal Horticultural Society's magazine, The Garden, or perhaps her regular articles for BBC Gardeners' World magazine. She's also a contributor to Grow Your Own, The Guardian, Countryfile and The English Garden.
Her first book, Growing Self-Sufficiency (all about everyday self-sufficiency you can fit in around the day job) is published this year by Green Books.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
She also teaches at the online gardening school www.my-garden-school.com and leads garden tours for HF Holidays.
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August 14, 2023
I always like to check out my local library's new titles in the garden section, and this brilliant little book was part of the latest batch. I'm not usually a fan of Q&A style gardening books, as I tend to find them disorganised and short on information, but this one is very well structured and packed full of useful facts.
It starts with basic questions on 'What to Grow?' including 'I've never grown vegetables before - where do I start?' and 'Do heirloom varieties taste better?' The next section covers 'Where to Grow', including what foods will grow in shade, questions about crop rotation, containerised fruit and veg and the qualities of a good veg garden. Section 3, Incredible Edibles covers everything from getting the veg bed ready for planting through to 'What is leafmould?' via 'If I add sugar to the soil, will it make my tomatoes sweeter?' Section 4 looks at problems with cultivation including pests, weeds and climate change and Section 5 looks at harvesting and using the crops.
This book will be perfect for any novice gardener who wants to grow fruit and veg, but more experienced growers will also find some items of interest. It's one of the most useful and practical books on the topic that I've seen in a long while - highly recommended.
It starts with basic questions on 'What to Grow?' including 'I've never grown vegetables before - where do I start?' and 'Do heirloom varieties taste better?' The next section covers 'Where to Grow', including what foods will grow in shade, questions about crop rotation, containerised fruit and veg and the qualities of a good veg garden. Section 3, Incredible Edibles covers everything from getting the veg bed ready for planting through to 'What is leafmould?' via 'If I add sugar to the soil, will it make my tomatoes sweeter?' Section 4 looks at problems with cultivation including pests, weeds and climate change and Section 5 looks at harvesting and using the crops.
This book will be perfect for any novice gardener who wants to grow fruit and veg, but more experienced growers will also find some items of interest. It's one of the most useful and practical books on the topic that I've seen in a long while - highly recommended.
August 30, 2024
Really good, simple, practical book on vegetable gardening from the RHS. In the form of a FAQ, answering many of the questions a new veg gardener might have, but with a lot of good information and advice. I learned things from it. Would recommend to anyone taking up vegetable growing.
August 13, 2023
“Werden Tomaten süßer, wenn ich sie mit Zuckerwasser gieße und kann ich mein Unkraut einfach aufessen?” - Hinter dem nach einem Scherz anmutenden Titel verbirgt sich ein ernst gemeinter Ratgeber zum Thema Eigenanbau. Ungewöhnlich ist das Buch dadurch, dass jeweils einzelne Fragen auf ein bis zwei Seiten beantwortet werden. Diese sind in fünf Kategorien unterteilt (Was baue ich an?, Wo baue ich an?, Erlebnis Eigenanbau, Wer knabbert an meinen Pflanzen?, Ernten und Verarbeiten) und können durchaus ausgefallen sein. Neben dem Anbauplan für das Weihnachtsessen gibt es Rezepte oder Bauanleitungen.
An einigen Stellen bleibt das aber doch etwas oberflächlich. Wenn ich Topfnachbarschaften plane, würde ich mich beispielsweise damit beschäftigen, welche Pflanzen gut miteinander auskommen. “Es gibt immer mehr Beweise dafür, dass Pflanzen Partnerschaften eingehen, um sich gegenseitig zu unterstützen.” Für die konkreten Details muss ich zusätzliche Quellen heranziehen.
Die “außergewöhnlichen Gartenfragen” sind jedoch der Clou. Mir gefallen das originelle Konzept, die Vielseitigkeit der Themen und die hochwertige Verarbeitung des Buchs. Ich empfinde es als gelungene Ergänzung zu konventionellen Gartenratgebern.
An einigen Stellen bleibt das aber doch etwas oberflächlich. Wenn ich Topfnachbarschaften plane, würde ich mich beispielsweise damit beschäftigen, welche Pflanzen gut miteinander auskommen. “Es gibt immer mehr Beweise dafür, dass Pflanzen Partnerschaften eingehen, um sich gegenseitig zu unterstützen.” Für die konkreten Details muss ich zusätzliche Quellen heranziehen.
Die “außergewöhnlichen Gartenfragen” sind jedoch der Clou. Mir gefallen das originelle Konzept, die Vielseitigkeit der Themen und die hochwertige Verarbeitung des Buchs. Ich empfinde es als gelungene Ergänzung zu konventionellen Gartenratgebern.
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