Kitchen Harvest: A Cook's Guide to Growing Organic Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs in Containers (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Madeleine David (Illustrator), Steven Wooster (Photographer)

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Container gardening with a purpose: growing a crop. Admittedly the crop will be small, but with just a few patio pots or a window box, the smallest sort of allotment imaginable, you can still successfully cultivate tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries and other fruits and vegetables, many unusual or exotic. Susan Berry has written 10 gardening books, including three on container gardening, and the experience is evident in her clear and enthusiastic description of every aspect of miniature arable farming. This is a plant-by-plant guide with the emphasis on organic methods and detailed descriptions of every aspect of plant cultivation. There are recipes, too, and a section on culinary herbs, perhaps the most common version of kitchen container gardening. The photographs by Steven Wooster are superb.

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This guide shows how you can grow vegetables and fruit, using organic methods, even if you don't have a garden: all you need is a couple of pots or a window box. The book explains: which are the best plants for flavour, and for maximum yield in the space available; how to provide the best possible conditions; and how to plan for a succession of edible plants. A plant-by-plant guide to all the best fruit, vegetables, salads and edible flowers provides complete cultivation and harvesting details. A selection of enticing recipes enables you to make the most of your delicious home-grown crops.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd (April 4, 2002)
• ISBN-10: 0711218986
• ISBN-13: 978-0711218987
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,061,045 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book!, May 31, 2008

By	L. Hinchman "Green Mom" (Petoskey, MI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kitchen Harvest: Growing Organic Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs in Containers (Paperback)

This book is just what I was looking for. It has good tips for organic edible container gardening. The pictures are great and I am inspired to try lots of new things in containers this summer. I'm short on ground space, but I can fill some containers up!