New Vegetable Garden Techniques

'A hugely useful, hands-on guide to creating a properly productive, sustainably-managed kitchen garden.' * Irish Times * 'If you're planning on growing your own food for 2020, this book is a great investment. Russell's advice based on decades of experience, covers all the basics from preparing the soil to storing crops. I am a DIY dunce, but the projects here are straightforward enough that even I want to give them a go.' * Financial Times * 'A supremely practical, user-friendly guide to creating a properly productive, sustainably-managed kitchen garden, handsomely illustrated with over 400 photographs by her husband Ben Russell.' * Irish Times - Best Gardening Books * 'The best guide for the keen beginner that I've seen in a while. Terrifically practical and full of money and time-saving methods, it's also attractively laid out with with exceptionally helpful photographs making it easy to follow.' * Morning Star - Best Gardening Books of 2019 *

Joyce Russell has thirty years of practical experience of fruit and vegetable growing, while feeding a family from the garden. She writes each month for Kitchen Garden Magazine, as well as regular contributions to other magazines and newspapers. She wrote for Organic Gardening magazine for ten years.

01 INTRODUCTION 02 GETTING STARTED Introduction Double digging/single digging Lazy-beds Pots Propagation Potting on and planting out 03 BETTER SOIL Introduction Compost Manures Comfrey Leaves Mulch Humus pH (soil acidity/alkalinity) Using available resources 04 BETTER PRODUCE Introduction; Crop rotation Crop protection Crop supports Pollination Companion planting Liquid Feeds 05 STORE YOUR HARVEST Introduction Bags, bins and boxes Making a carrot clamp Stringing/plaiting onions and garlic Storing in the ground Freezing and drying Preserves & pickles 06 AND MORE Make your own potting mixes Saving Seed