Polytunnel Book: Fruit and Vegetables All Year Round - Softcover

Russell, Joyce

 
9780711231702: Polytunnel Book: Fruit and Vegetables All Year Round
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0711231702 ISBN 13: 9780711231702
Verlag: Frances Lincoln, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The resurgence in home food production has generated a dramatic increase of interest in growing under cover. The season is far longer (year-round for salads and some vegetables) and you can grow exciting fruit and vegetables that aren't viable outdoors. Thanks to the polytunnel, covered growing is now available to all. And sales of polytunnels are burgeoning, as gardeners and allotment-holders realize that they could be growing more food (and more exotic food) on a smaller plot, whatever the weather outside is doing. The Polytunnel Book is the first comprehensive, practical illustrated guide to polytunnel gardening, for both beginners and experienced gardeners.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

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.

Ben Russell is a skilled craftsman, photographer and journalist. He has written more than a 100 step-by-step making articles for woodworking magazines and had over 6,000 photographs published in books and magazines.

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INTRODUCTION



I bought a polytunnel about sixteen years ago. It seemed like a major investment at the time and, with a large garden already growing a wide range of crops, I wasn't sure how much use it would be. By the first summer I was so passionate about polytunnel growing that when winter came along I simply couldn't stop. Boundaries have to be pushed, and I wanted to see if it would be possible to keep the polytunnel cropping all year round. In the years since then, I have lost none of that passion. I've learned more and more about how to make an ordinary-sized polytunnel provide enough food to keep a family eating through winter and summer alike; and I've enjoyed, every day, excellent fruit and vegetables that have to travel only a few strides from the plant to the plate.

A polytunnel is a wonderful thing! It costs a fraction of the price of a traditional glass greenhouse and it's put up quickly to cover a large space. It provides a warmer environment than the great outdoors; it blocks wind and shelters from rain. Tender crops that would have difficulty growing outside thrive in it and the gardener thrives too when working in, and reaping the rewards of, such a protected space.

Maybe enthusiasts tend to go on about their passions, but at least I found an outlet for mine over the years in writing features for garden magazines. Gardeners are inventive people. They are people who like to do the best they can with whatever resources come to hand. But most of all they like to share their tips (and their problems) and to encourage new growers to become part of the gardening clan.

This book is born of a need to share. It's born of readers asking when I'm going to put a book together to save them time hunting through back issues of magazines. It's also born of the questions of my gardening friends, who phone or email at regular intervals to ask: 'Is it time to sow basil?' 'My cucumber plants have flopped. What can I do?' Or, most of all: 'What should I be doing in the polytunnel now?'

That last question was my starting point. This book is designed to provide some answers as it guides the reader through the growing year in an unheated polytunnel. I hope it also inspires people to experiment and to continue the tradition of sharing their tips, troubles and triumphs with other gardeners. But most of all, I hope this book helps readers to develop a passion for growing great polytunnel crops.



HOW TO USE THIS BOOK



There's a lot of information contained within these pages. Some of this will be more suited to the beginner grower and some will be more appropriate for the experienced gardener. Flick through the pages and get a feel for things. Learn how to use the book, so that it gives you what you want. And don't worry if it gets a little grubby from constant use.



Part 1 explains how to choose, put up and lay out a polytunnel. It also tackles the issue of planning permission. In all cases, this section is only a guide. It's always best to ask the experts if you can. Each individual manufacturer will give the best instructions for their own particular structure and some of these will put it up for you if you want.



Part 2 lists some tools and supplies that you might find useful.



Part 3 is a month-by-month guide to polytunnel growing. Each month has a list of jobs that can be done. There's also a list of fruit, vegetables or herbs that can be sown. These are suggestions and the text for each month gives more detail and a scattering of interesting tips. It's probably best to read the bit about sowing carrots in January if it's the first time you've considered making such an early sowing. If you've made similar sowings in previous years, however, the list might be enough to act as a memory p

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Verlag
Frances Lincoln
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0711231702
ISBN 13 
9780711231702
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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