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Growing Unusual Vegetables: Weird And Wonderful Vegetables And How to Grow Them [Paperback]

Simon Hickmott (Author)
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April 1, 2006
Growing Unusual Vegetables is for gardeners who like to try something different. In this book they will find more than ninety unusual plants, all of them edible. The book is divided into sections on greens, roots, fruits, seeds, grains, and flavorings for easy reference. Each plant entry comes complete with comprehensive cultivation instructions, hardiness zones, and fascinating notes on the plant's origin, history, and uses.
With this indispensable guide, you can turn your garden into a unique storehouse of useful and unusual edible plants, many of which are surprisingly easy to grow.


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Author Simon Hickmott is a seed saver and proprietor of a company specializing in rare edible plants: here he's covering some ninety unusual vegetables, providing the cultivation directions and historical background gardeners need to consider something different. From Egyptian or Tree Onion to Melon Pears, New Zealand Yams and more, Growing Unusual Vegetables: Weird and Wonderful Vegetables and How to Grow Them holds no fancy color photos: just plenty of practical, applied details gardeners will appreciate. -Midwest Review of Books

About the Author

Simon Hickmott from Somerset, England, is a plantsman with an international reputation, a seed saver, and the former proprietor of Future Foods, a company that specialized in rare and unusual plants.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 268 pages
  • Publisher: Eco-Logic Books (April 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1899233113
  • ISBN-13: 978-1899233113
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,398,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of practical, applied details gardeners will appreciate, July 27, 2006
This review is from: Growing Unusual Vegetables: Weird And Wonderful Vegetables And How to Grow Them (Paperback)
Author Simon Hickmott is a seed saver and proprietor of a company specializing in rare edible plants: here he's covering some ninety unusual vegetables, providing the cultivation directions and historical background gardeners need to consider something different. From Egyptian or Tree Onion to Melon Pears, New Zealand Yams and more, GROWING UNUSUAL VEGETABLES: WEIRD AND WONDERFUL VEGETABLES AND HOW TO GROW THEM holds no fancy color photos: just plenty of practical, applied details gardeners will appreciate.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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