Charles Dowding

Gardening Myths and Misconceptions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A look behind the apparent complexities of gardening advice, to find easier and more productive ways of gardening; growing vegetables in particular. Understanding that can save time, money and unnecessary effort.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 126mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 208g
• ISBN-13: 9780857842046
• ISBN-10: 0857842048
• Artikelnr.: 39727451

Autorenporträt

Charles Dowding is an internationally recognised organic gardening expert, and a former winner of the Garden Media Guild Practical Journalist of the Year award. He contributes articles to many magazines, including Gardeners' World, Gardens Illustrated and Grow It!, talks on radio and television, and runs courses and advises on best practice, including for the National Trust in the UK. Charles is a veteran organic grower, having practised no-dig gardening for many years. In his gardens he has conducted experiments to compare differences in growth between vegetables on dug and undug soil, showing that the dug beds have slightly lower yields, and more weeds and slugs. He established a new garden from scratch, to illustrate no-dig practice and form the basis for further experimentation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. A web of myths and misconceptions 2. Sowing and planting 3.
Watering 4. Vegetable garden planning and design 5. Annual vegetables 6.
Trees, shrubs and perennial vegetables 7. Manuring and fertilising 8.
Making and using compost 9. Soil structure and care 10. Pest, diseases and
weeds Index