Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, UK Edition

Geoff Stebbings is the Editor of Garden Answers magazine and a broadcaster on BBC Radio. He is the author of several gardening books and has won two Garden Media Guild awards. Before turning to writing, Geoff was a Head Gardener and trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

"... much that seasoned veg growers will learn here... user friendly layout." (Amateur Gardening, June 20th 2009) "... an expert hands-on guide to growing delicious fruit and veg...." (50Connect.co.uk, March 5th 2009)

• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Going with Growing 7Chapter 1: Becoming a Grow-Your-Own Gardener 9Chapter 2: Assessing Your Territory 21Chapter 3: Deciding What, When, Where and How To Grow 43Part II: Prepping Your Plot 63Chapter 4: Getting Down and Dirty with Your Soil 65Chapter 5: Feeding and Watering Your Plants 77Chapter 6: Becoming a Greener Gardener: Growing Organic 89Chapter 7: Spotting Signs of Trouble 107Part III: Growing Tasty Veg 139Chapter 8: Looking After Leafy Crops 141Chapter 9: Raising Root Crops 171Chapter 10: Growing a Selection for All Seasons 207Chapter 11: Planting Pods and Grains 235Chapter 12: Branching Out: Growing Unusual Vegetables 253Part IV: Growing Your Own Fruit Salad 269Chapter 13: Fruit in a Flash: Planting Quick-Growing Fruit 271Chapter 14: Very Berry! Growing Berries, Currants and Nuts 291Chapter 15: Caring for Slow-Growing Tree Fruit 321Chapter 16: Growing Greenhouse Fruits 353Part V: The Part of Tens 375Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Planting a Herb Garden 377Chapter 18: Ten Projects for Your Plot 389Index 401