The Vegetable Grower's Handbook: Unearth Your Garden's Full Potential

by Huw Richards

Overview

Garden efficiently and grow more food - Huw Richards shows you how.

Following the success of Veg in One Bed and Grow Food for Free, in The Vegetable Grower's Handbook Huw shares his tried-and-tested approaches from his own garden so you can unearth your garden's potential.

With simple yet effective methods, such as nurturing healthy soil, optimizing space, and following a planting plan, anyone can be a productive vegetable grower while working in harmony with nature. As well as Huw's recommendations on good planning and infrastructure, he has tips for plenty of quick wins too, such as how to attract beneficial pollinators.

You'll be amazed at what you can achieve by setting goals, planning ahead, and trialling new ideas. Every successful business has a strategy. Why not apply one to your vegetable patch?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744048117
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	05/17/2022
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	393,098
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Huw Richards has been growing organic food in his family's garden for the last 17 years and recently launched Abundance Academy - online courses on garden productivity. Huw has written two books with DK, Veg in One Bed (2019) and Grow Food For Free (2020).

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

Set Your Garden Goals

On a Mission 12

Permaculture 16

The Necessity of Diversity 20

Skills for Efficiency

Organize and Prioritize 26

Two 5-minute Fixes 30

How to Approach Big Tasks 32

Observe and Interact 34

Toward Minimalism 38

The Gardener's Notebook 40

Soil and Compost

Healthy Soil 44

No-Dig Gardening 46

No-Nonsense Composting 52

Multibin Composting 56

Chicken Compost 58

Hot Composting 62

Sourcing Extra Materials 64

Chop and Drop 66

Preparing for Winter 68

Seed Starting and Transplanting

Organizing Seeds 74

Propagation Setup 76

Sowing in Modules 78

Module-Sown Seedling Care 82

Transplanting Tips 84

Direct Sowing 86

How to Grow Crops

Growing Annuals 92

Master Growing Chart 94

Brassicas 102

Legumes 106

Roots and Stems 110

Alliums 116

Leafy Greens 120

Fruiting Vegetables 124

Eliminating Issues

The Learning Curve 130

Year-Round Weed Control 132

Pests 134

Disease and Prevention 138

Mulches 142

Frost Protection 144

The Yearly Service 148

Productivity Techniques

Succession Planting 152

Polyculture 154

The Hungry Gap 158

The Monthly Planting Plan 160

Working with Shade 166

Toward Self-Sufficiency 168

Small-Space Mindset 170

Trials and Experiments 174

Natural Feeds 178

Herbs and Flowers

The Missing Elements 186

Annual Herbs 188

Perennial Herbs 190

Multipurpose Flowers 192

Nettles 196

Supportive Flowers 198

Community Gardening

Co-Sufficiency 202

Community Growing Projects 204

Connected Gardening 206

The Gift of Giving 210

Final Words 212

Resources 216

Index 217

Acknowledgments 222

About the Author 224