• Publisher: Green Books
• Release Date: Jun 28, 2011
• ISBN: 9781900322881

How To Grow Winter Vegetables [Paperback]

Winter and early spring require a different kind of gardening than the summer months: not a lot grows at this time, but a well-planned plot may nonetheless be quite full.This book explains how to have plenty of vegetables to eat during the winter months, both stored and fresh. Through winter, soil is cool and transforms the plot into a large outdoor larder where many vegetables keep healthy and alive, ready for harvesting when needed.How to grow your own food for the 'hungry gap' from April to JuneHow to store food for eating in winterIncludes a monthly sowing, planting, and growing calendarHarvesting advice, from garlic in July to spring cabbage and pea shoots in MayStunning photographs from the author's garden