RHS Grow Your Own: Crops in Pots

Kew-trained author and gardener Kay Maguire is skilled in the techniques of growing crops in pots, and finds space to trial hundreds of new and trusted fruit, vegetables, salads and herbs in her tiny London garden. As former Horticultural Editor of BBC Gardeners' World magazine she is a consummate communicator to an audience of wide ability and discerning taste on the precise, sometimes tricky, growing methods that containers require. A talented cook, she knows a tasty crop when she tries it, and through her efforts she is almost self-sufficient.

Introduction What are the benefits of container growing? Tools and Techniques Using the right equipment; choosing and buying eligible candidates; planting skills; caring and protecting your plants; easy watering; harvesting and storage; problem solving 30 Beautiful Projects From a sumptuous strawberry fountain, to cut-and-come-again salads and a square-metre nine-crop challenge. Thirty inspirational projects involving fruit, vegetables, salads, herbs and edible flowers Crop Directory Fruit (in top, cane, soft fruit & shrub order) Apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, citrus, figs, olives, gooseberries, raspberries, currants, strawberries, grapes and blueberries Vegetables (in family order) Potatoes, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, aubergine, peppers, chillies, carrots, beetroot, parsnip, swede, cucumber, melon, courgettes, onions, leeks, garlic, celery, chard, French, runner and broad beans, cabbage, cauliflowers, radishes, broccoli, kale, salads, lettuce, chicory & rocket Herbs (in A-Z Latin order) Chives, basil, bay, hyssop, rosemary, sage, mint, thyme, marjoram, coriander, lemongrass, borage, dill, fennel & parsley Edible flowers (in A-Z Latin order) Chives, borage, calendula, chicory, courgette, daylily, dianthus, fennel, lavender, nasturtium, tagetes, pansy & viola Crop planner Index Acknowledgements