An essential book for every kitchen and garden.

Nigel Slater, author & TV cook

The number one book for anyone who loves salads.

Anna Pavord, author and gardening columnist

Charles is a passionate and accomplished gardener who grows vegetables of amazing flavour.

Raymond Blanc, Restauranteur Le Manoir aux quatre Saisons

‘An essential book for every kitchen and garden.’ NIGEL SLATER‘The number one book for anyone who loves salads.’ ANNA PAVORD‘Charles is a passionate and accomplished gardener’. RAYMOND BLANCAn updated edition of the definitive guide to salad leaves, with everything from sowing and growing leaves to delicious salad recipes.Salad leaves can flourish in a range of settings – whether on a windowsill, in your garden or on the allotment. This compendium of practical methods will inspire you to grow a wide variety of salads throughout the year, including lettuce, spinach, cabbage, beets, endives and chicories. Beautifully designed with colour photos throughout, Grow Organic Salad Leaves and Greens includes detailed information on how to grow micro-leaves using organic and permaculture principles, enabling you to enjoy fresh salad while also lowering your carbon footprint.Written by the guru of no-dig, Charles Dowding provides an overview of all you need to grow productive, healthy and tasty salads. He shares vital knowledge and gardening tips, from advice on indoor propagation to coping with slugs and other pests. The guide also includes delicious and imaginative recipes by Stephanie Hafferty, exploiting the fantastic flavours, colour and vitality of home-grown salad leaves.Learn the subtleties of salad seasons and the virtues of different leaves throughout the year with this practical guide.
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IntroductionPART ONE: GROWING LEAVESHigh Yields, Small Spaces, Special MethodsVital Knowledge for Successful HarvestsSowing, Planting and Harvesting Through the YearSmall Spaces and Micro LeavesLeaf FlavoursSowing, Raising, SustainingCosmic Leaves - bringing new energy to soil, plants and ourselvesThe Unwanted - coping with slugs and other pestsPART TWO: SALAD LEAF SEASONS OF HARVESTLeafing Through the SeasonsRecipes for All SeasonsPART THREE: A CELEBRATION OF OUTDOOR LEAVESLettuceEndives and ChicoriesLeaves of the Cabbage FamilySpinach, Chard and BeetExotic Tastes and ColoursHerbs and FlowersOutdoor Winter SaladsPART FOUR: INDOOR SOWING AND GROWINGIndoor PropagationSalad Leaves Through the Winter - growing indoorsAcknowledgementsResources (organisations, suppliers and publications)Index
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Grow a variety of salad greens all year round in your garden, on your balcony or on a windowsill.
An updated edition of the definitive guide on growing salad leaves throughout the year, this is now illustrated by colour photos throughout.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780857845542
Publisert
2021-10-30
Utgave
3. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Green Books
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
168 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
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Biographical note

Charles Dowding is an internationally recognised organic gardening expert, and a former winner of the Garden Media Guild Practical Journalist of the Year award. He contributes articles to many magazines, including Gardeners’ World, Gardens Illustrated and Grow It! Charles frequently talks on radio and television, and runs courses and advises on best practice, including for the National Trust in the UK.