Fruit and Vegetables for Scotland: What to Grow and How to Grow It

This fascinating and practical book explores the history of fruit, vegetable and herb growing in Scotland, and provides a contemporary guide to the best techniques for growing produce, whether in a garden, allotment, patio or window box. GARDEN MEDIA GUILD PRACTICAL BOOK OF THE YEARFruit and vegetables have formed a fundamental part of the Scottish diet for thousands of years. This fascinating and practical book explores the history of fruit, vegetable and herb growing in Scotland, and provides a contemporary guide to the best techniques for growing produce, whether in a garden, allotment, patio or window box. Packed with hundreds of colour photographs, drawings and descriptive diagrams, this is a detailed and comprehensive bible for the gardener. In addition to advice on climate and soil conditions, it has contacts for organisations, specialist societies, nurseries and suppliers, as well as a detailed bibliography and list of useful websites.This is an essential reference book for anyone aiming to get the best possible results from their garden produce north of the border.

• | Author: Caroline Beaton, Kenneth Cox
• | Publisher: Birlinn General
• | Publication Date: Apr 19, 2018
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781780275338
• | ISBN-10: 1780275331