Rhs Greener Gardening: Vegetables: The Sustainable Guide to Growing Planet-Friendly Crops - Hardcover

by Royal Horticultural Society (Author)

A primer for gardeners promoting greener, eco-friendly growing methods and sustainable gardening practices on every page.

Build your vegetable garden on sustainable, eco-friendly foundations from the start with this new guide to growing your own fresh, organic food.

Greener Gardening: Vegetables is the perfect handbook for all seasons, helping budding and experienced gardeners alike in their journey towards a greener way of gardening. The book covers:

- Setting up a new vegetable garden so it works hard for you and the environment
- A wide ranging directory of vegetables organized by harvesting season
- Methods for sowing and growing, plus advice on troubleshooting and saving seed
- 'Tasks to do' reminders for keeping on top of garden maintenance each season
- 'Do It Greener' reminders of quick and easy way to get greener results

Divided into setting up a new veg garden, veg garden techniques and a guide to what veg to grow (separated by season). You will find new ideas on every page to keep your garden productive and sustainable for years to come.

Author Biography

Sally Nex is a gardener and writer whose work promoting sustainable techniques has appeared in leading national publications including Gardener's World, the Guardian, Grow Your Own and the RHS's The Garden. She travels the country presenting talks on a range of subjects and is a prominent voice in the movement for Gardening Without Plastic. Her passionate for sustainable gardening has earned her the Garden Media Guild Beth Chatto Environmental Award in 2019. Her most recent books include RHS How to Garden the Low-Carbon Way, and RHS Can I Grow Potatoes In Pots?