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Grow Your Own Vegetables

Grow Your Own Vegetables
By Joy Larkcom

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This revised, updated and expanded edition Joy Larkcom's classic guide to growing your own vegetables contains everything you need to know to create a highly-productive vegetable plot. It covers every aspect of vegetable gardening, including preparing soil; manures, composts and fertilizers; growing techniques; protection; pests, diseases and weeds; and making good use of space.The second half of the book provides cultivation information for over 100 vegetables, including site and soil requirements, cultivation, pests and diseases, and cultivars.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #841272 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-08-10
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 384 pages

Editorial Reviews

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'The woman who has done more to bring our attention to the world riches in vegetables than anyone since John Evelyn... is Joy Larkcom.... She has just written a magnificent book.' Colin Spencer, The Guardian

It is impossible to overestimate Larkcom's influence on the way we grow and eat our food, in particular through her seminal book Grow Your Own Vegetables. -- Harper's Bazaar

About the Author
Joy Larkcom is Britain's most respected vegetable garden maker and writer. She runs an experimental market garden in Suffolk, and is a regular contributor to the Royal Horticultural Society journal, The Garden, and to Popular Gardening and The Kitchen Garden. Among her best-known books are The

Customer Reviews

My new veggie bedside book5
I found the book really easy to read and to consult on the different vegetbles. It really covers everything, I particularly loved the section on making compost like 'Black Jack' Liquid Manure. Great ideas everyone can use, like using nettles and comfrey for manure. The book is so detailed but yet not over the top. It tells you how to plant then manage the veg then harvesting. For me it is the only book I will need to grow my own veg. Thank you Joy Larkcom

Must Have for Avid Vegetable Gardeners5
The previous reviewer who gave this one star because they were looking for info for alkaline soils should have their soil tested through their county extension service and amend their soil appropriately making the issue mute.

This is a fantastic book full of information and techniques which result in a comprehensive "go to" reference which is far more thorough than most American vegetable gardening books. I've been gardening all my life, spend a lot of time seeking information online but always appreciate comprehensive references for my personal library. I highly recommend this book for it's content and credibility.

oelkelinda@qwest.net1
When searching Google for vegetables that grow in alkaline soil, Amazon came up with this book. So I purchased it, it was a big disappointment. Firstly, it was from England, and there was just one small paragraph in the whole book about alkaline soils. I have learned alot through this purchase.