Zero Waste Gardening
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-6233-1 (ISBN)
Zero-Waste Gardening is your essential go-to guide to growing your own food for maximum taste and minimum waste.
Organic gardening expert, Ben Raskin, shares over 60 unique planning-for-yield guides for key crops. Work out how to make the most of the green space you have got, what to grow easily in it, and how much you will harvest seasonally for zero waste.
Learn about the roots of organic gardening, and unearth how to plant waste-free for any size plot, from balcony containers to 5-metre-square yards. Peppered with root-to-stalk cooking techniques, and edibility tips including which crops you can eat straight away, this is a plot-to-plate handbook for everyone with a green-thumb.
Perfect for new and experienced growers, zero-food waste followers, city gardeners, and the ecologically minded, this is the only gardening book you will ever need!
Ben Raskin is the Head of Horticulture at the Soil Association in the UK, and author of Zero-Waste Gardening (2021). He runs courses and training on organic growing including community orchards, and launched the Soil Association’s flagship Organic Apprenticeship Scheme in 2007. Ben got the gardening bug working on an organic vineyard in northern Italy, and has worked in horticulture for over 20 years, including a stint as Assistant Head Gardener at the UK charity Garden Organic. He has also written The Community Gardening Handbook; Compost; Grow; and Bees, Bugs & Butterflies for Leaping Hare Press.
Introduction
Space
Preparing the ground
Rotations
Capturing the Sunlight / Green Manures
Interplanting and undersowing
Yield
How to Choose What to Grow
Manipulating Spacing for Size of Crops
Taste
Don’t Throw It, Store It: Basic Recipes
Freezing
Drying
Using all the plant
Pickling and fermenting
Winter Storage
Waste
Raising plants
Aero Waste Fertility
Reducing Energy Use
The Zero-Waste Guide to Tools
When to sow/plant/harvest/store / Zero-Waste
Watering
The Plants
Leaves and stems | Rocket
Asparagus
Celery
Corn salad / lambs lettuce
Fennel
Oriental brassicas
Winter Purslane
Spinach
Chard
Lettuce
Watercress
Rhubarb
Brassicas | Introduction
Brussel Sprouts
Brocoli
Cauliflower
Kale Nero
Cabbage
Kohl Rabi
Roots | Beetroot
Celeriac
Carrot
Potato
Radish
Swede / Parsnip
Onions | Leek
Spring Onion
Garlic
Onion & Shallot
Fruiting and Flowering Veg | Aubergine/Eggplant
Broad (Fava) Bean
Green Beans
Artichoke, Jerusalem
Courgettes/Zucchini
Cucumber
Pea
Pepper
Pumpkin
Tomato
Sweetcorn
Herbs | Basil
Rosemary / Thyme / Sage/ Oregano
Parsely & Coriander
Mint
Seeds | Poppy / Nigella / Sunflower /Fennel
Fruit | Currants / Melons
Raspberry / Blueberry
Strawberry
Apple & Pear
Plum / Grapes
Index
Glossary
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.06.2021 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7112-6233-0 / 0711262330 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7112-6233-1 / 9780711262331 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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