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Groundbreaking Food Gardens:
73 Plans That Will Change the Way You GrowYour Garden
Nikki Jabbour, Apr 2014
Storey Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-61212-061-4 £12.00
This beautiful book is available on Amazon with a useful LOOK INSIDE feature, so you can sample before you buy. Although written from a US point of view the plans can
be transported to the appropriate climate anywhere in the world. Each plan is fully illustrated and includes a profile of the contributor, the story behind the design and a plant list; many of the ideas could be interpreted for a British allotment – a garden that provides salad greens 52 weeks a year and another that supplies your favourite cocktail ingredients, one that
encourages pollinators and one that grows 24 kinds of chilli peppers along with dozens more.
The Greenhouse Gardener’s Manual
Roger Marshall, Aug 2014
Timber Press, ISBN: 978-1-60469-414-7
£14.99
Covering a wide range of topics and aimed at both the UK and US market, this book provides you with every tool and technique you need to successfully grow and propagate edibles and ornamentals and maintain a greenhouse. Clearly laid out, with attractive illustrations, it shows how to get the best out of your plants, from how to maximise the growing season, to enjoying plants from warmer climes.
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Book Reviews
The Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable Gardener:
The Put ’Em Up Preserving Answer Book
How to Grow Food in Harmony with Nature
Tammi Hartung, Dec 2013
Storey Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-61212-055-3 £11.99
The Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable Gardener is a guide to getting the wildlife in your garden to enhance your produce and growing success.
Tammi Hartung’s guide
teaches you how to
make the most of the
different kinds of wildlife
living in your garden,
attract the helpful
insects and pollinators,
provide natural
deterrents to those
that are destructive,
and how to make the
most of companion
planting to protect and
encourage the best
growth you can.
Sherri Brooks Vinton, Jul 2014 Storey Publishing, ISBN: 978-1- 61212-010-2 £11.99
This is a handy Q
and A reference book that answers 399 questions about canning, refrigeration, freezing, drying and fermentation, with an emphasis on food safety. British readers may have to substitute some of the ingredients and language – the book refers to cilantro rather than coriander and canning rather than bottling but overall the comprehensive guidance in the book would make a useful addition to any allotment cook’s bookshelf.