Zero Waste Gardening

Maximize space and taste with minimal waste

AvBen Raskin

E-bok

Engelska, 2021

158 kr

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Beskrivning

Zero-Waste Gardening is your essential go-to guide to growing your own food for maximum taste and minimum waste. Organic gardening expert, Ben Raskin, shares over 60 unique planning-for-yield guides for key crops. Work out how to make the most of the green space you have got, what to grow easily in it, and how much you will harvest seasonally for zero waste.Learn about the roots of organic gardening, and unearth how to plant waste-free for any size plot, from balcony containers to 5-metre-square yards. Peppered with root-to-stalk cooking techniques, and edibility tips including which crops you can eat straight away, this is a plot-to-plate handbook for everyone with a green-thumb.Perfect for new and experienced growers, zero-food waste followers, city gardeners, and the ecologically minded, this is the only gardening book you will ever need!

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-05-25
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780711262348
Förlag:Quarto Publishing PLC

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Ben Raskin is the Head of Horticulture at the Soil Association in the UK, and author of Zero-Waste Gardening (2021). He runs courses and training on organic growing including community orchards, and launched the Soil Association’s flagship Organic Apprenticeship Scheme in 2007. Ben got the gardening bug working on an organic vineyard in northern Italy, and has worked in horticulture for over 20 years, including a stint as Assistant Head Gardener at the UK charity Garden Organic. He has also written The Community Gardening Handbook; Compost; Grow; and Bees, Bugs & Butterflies for Leaping Hare Press.

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IntroductionSpacePreparing the groundRotationsCapturing the Sunlight / Green ManuresInterplanting and undersowingYieldHow to Choose What to GrowManipulating Spacing for Size of CropsTasteDon’t Throw It, Store It: Basic RecipesFreezingDryingUsing all the plantPickling and fermentingWinter StorageWasteRaising plantsAero Waste FertilityReducing Energy UseThe Zero-Waste Guide to ToolsWhen to sow/plant/harvest/store / Zero-WasteWateringThe PlantsLeaves and stems | RocketAsparagusCeleryCorn salad / lambs lettuceFennelOriental brassicasWinter PurslaneSpinachChardLettuceWatercressRhubarbBrassicas | IntroductionBrussel SproutsBrocoliCauliflowerKale NeroCabbageKohl RabiRoots | BeetrootCeleriacCarrotPotatoRadishSwede / ParsnipOnions | LeekSpring OnionGarlicOnion & ShallotFruiting and Flowering Veg | Aubergine/EggplantBroad (Fava) BeanGreen BeansArtichoke, JerusalemCourgettes/ZucchiniCucumberPeaPepperPumpkinTomatoSweetcornHerbs | BasilRosemary / Thyme / Sage/ OreganoParsely & CorianderMintSeeds | Poppy / Nigella / Sunflower /FennelFruit | Currants / MelonsRaspberry / BlueberryStrawberryApple & PearPlum / GrapesIndexGlossary