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Build a Better Vegetable Garden
30 DIY Projects to Improve your Harvest
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This book is ideal for home gardeners of all experience levels who enjoy growing their own fruit and vegetables and are interested in hands-on, practical DIY projects to enhance productivity and garden appeal.
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See moreFollowing on from the hugely successful Polytunnel Book, Joyce and Ben Russell have devised 30 kitchen garden projects that will transform your vegetable plot into somewhere more productive, more attractive and more secure.
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From kitchen-garden guru Joyce Russell, author of best-selling The Polytunnel Book, this book presents 30 decorative vegetable-growing projects that anyone can make and enjoy.
Whether you are an experienced gardener looking for an edge to help boost your fruit and vegetable yields, or are new to gardening and need some gentle guidance on how to make a start, Build a Better Vegetable Garden will help you create a beautiful, bountiful garden filled with delicious fruit and veg!
All the projects are devised to extend the season, protect crops from pests, or improve yields. Apart from the obvious cost-savings from growing or making your own, the desire to work with craft fulfils the need to improve your patch of land. These compelling projects transform your vegetable plot into somewhere more productive, more attractive, and more secure.
From simple cloche projects to making tunnels and frames or creating design solutions that deter slugs and carrot root fly, these projects are well-designed, functional, and decorative. Each project has photographed step-by-step instructions, a list of materials and tools needed, and a relative skills rating.
Projects include:
- simple cloche
- raised bed
- herb bed
- plant propagator
- mini greenhouse
- compost bins
- fruit cage
- bean support
- leaf mould container
- folding bean frame
- poly cloche
- carrot fly protector
- boot scraper
- drying cabinet
Alongside the projects are growing tips and specific advice to make the most of your crop. These 30 projects will be enjoyed by gardeners of all levels and anyone who loves growing their own produce.
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"Build a Better Vegetable Garden is just what you need to get you started, with clear instructions for 30 projects of all skill levels." Grow Your Own
"5 stars - If you're partial to a bit of DIY in the garden and want to save money, this eminently practical book will definitely ignite the flame." Kitchen Garden
"Beautiful photography and clear instructions make each project a tempting prospect to make gardens more attractive, productive and secure." The Smallest Smallholding
"With advice from this West Cork-based expert, your garden will become more attractive, productive and secure." Irish Country Magazine
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780711238428
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 December 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Frances Lincoln
Contributors:
- By Ben Russell
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 197.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 192
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About the Author
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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