The Edible Garden

There's no denying that growing your own food is good for the pocket, good for the environment and hugely rewarding for the soul. In The Edible Garden, Gardeners' World's Alys Fowler will take you one step closer to self-sufficiency by showing how to grow edible crops and flowers in any garden - even a small suburban back garden!
'Quirky is the word that springs to mind when leafing through this book ... it is for anyone who has dreamt of the Good Life but despaired at their lack of land' --Countryfile Magazine
'A handsome book' --The Times
'An indispensable go-to gardening book' -- ***** Reader review
'I absolutely love this book and it's just my sort of gardening'
-- ***** Reader review
'Beautiful and inspiring'
-- ***** Reader review
'The best gardening book I have ever read - so useful for a beginner!'
-- ***** Reader review
'Inspirational'
-- ***** Reader review
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In this timely book,
Gardeners' World's
thrifty and resourceful Alys Fowler
shows that there is a way to take the good life and re-fashion it to fit in with modern day living.
Abandoning the limitations of traditional gardening methods, she has created
a beautifully productive garden
where tomatoes sit happily next to roses, carrots are woven between the lavenders and potatoes grow in pots on the patio.
And all of this is produced in a way that mimics natural systems, producing
delicious homegrown food for her table
. And she shares
her favourite recipes
for the hearty dishes, pickles and jams she makes to use up her bountiful harvest, proving that no-one need go hungry on her grow-your-own regime.
With
beautiful, specially commissioned full colour photography
,
step-by-step recipes
,
directories of crops and flowers to grow
and
accessible, practical advice
,
The Edible Garden
will encourage everyone to chuck out the old gardening rules and
create their own haven that's as good to look at as it is to eat!

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• ISBN The Edible Garden book English Hardcover 256 pages