The Canadian Edible Garden: Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits and Seeds - Softcover

Beck, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551055791 ISBN 13: 9781551055794

Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Food plants have their own ornamental value, adding harmony to existing landscapes without creating a separate vegetable garden. They also provide a fresh, healthy alternative to the tasteless and woody fruits and vegetables bred for long-distance transportation and shipped to our grocery stores from all over the world. In this book, we show how, with just a little effort, you can augment your landscape with edibles of every description in an ecologically sustainable manner:

* 65 accounts of vegetables, herbs, fruits and seeds
* Veggie favorites: tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, beans and onions
* Berries: blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries
* The superhealthy: flax, broccoli, kale and garlic
* The oddly beautiful: Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, asparagus and artichokes
* The ancient and exotic: quinoa, amaranth and fennel
* Starting, maintaining and harvesting an edible garden
* Propagation and winter care
* Solutions to common garden problems.

About this title

About the Author:

ALISON BECK is a seasoned gardening writer, with 38 books published to date. She came to the task well trained, with a university degree in Creative Writing and a diploma in horticultural technology. The English-born Beck has been gardening since she was a child. Her writing reflects a talent for practical advice and a passion for gardening.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1551055791
• ISBN 13: 9781551055794
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248