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.

Book details

Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Publication date: May 2002
ISBN-10: 071121963X
ISBN-13: 9780711219632

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