How to Grow Winter Vegetables

by Dowding, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781900322881
• ISBN10: 1900322889
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-21
• Publisher: Green Books

Summary

Winter and early spring require a different kind of gardening than the summer months: not a lot grows at this time, but a well-planned plot may nonetheless be quite full. This book explains how to have plenty of vegetables to eat during the winter months, both stored and fresh. Through winter, soil is cool and transforms the plot into a large outdoor larder where many vegetables keep healthy and alive, ready for harvesting when needed. How to grow your own food for the 'hungry gap' from April to June How to store food for eating in winter Includes a monthly sowing, planting, and growing calendar Harvesting advice, from garlic in July to spring cabbage and pea shoots in May Stunning photographs from the author's garden

Author Biography

Charles Dowding has been growing organic vegetables for nearly 30 years and was an early pioneer of vegetable boxes. He runs organic gardening courses from his farm in Somerset, where he crops an acre of intensive raised beds, using no-dig methods, growing an extensive range of vegetables and year-round salads for local shops and restaurants. His website is www.charlesdowdingxo.uk.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Winter's potential
A forgotten season	p. 12
A winter's scene	p. 20
Preparing for winter
Looking after your soil	p. 30
Making your own compost	p. 42
What to grow for winter	p. 52
Tips for sowing & planting	p. 66
Sowing, planting & growing calendar
Sowing & planting in spring	p. 80
Sowing & planting in early summer	p. 106
Sowing & planting in late summer & autumn	p. 124
Winter harvests
Winter harvests calendar	p. 148
Winter & hungry gap vegetables A-Z	p. 156
Stored harvests
Principles of storing for winter	p. 172
Vegetables for winter storage A-Z	p. 178
Winter vegetables under cover
Under-cover growing	p. 188
An amazing array of vegetables	p. 200
Resources	p. 225
Index	p. 227
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