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"'A superb study of the kitchen garden.... Mrs Campbell's rigorous research has thrown up many quixotic delights.' Anna Pavord, Independent 'Susan Campbell paints a memorable picture of this world, fleshing it out with astonishing richness of detail.' Patrick Taylor, Sunday Telegraph 'What is so riverting is the dedication and exhausting manual labour that has brought about such miracles as "the growing of new potatoes and salads at Christmas... strawberries and kidney beans in April... nectarines, muscats and figs all summer long... and seakle, asparagus and rhubarb in November".' Caroline Conran, Gardens Illustrated"
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This book is a new and significantly revised ver sion of the much acclaimed Charleston Kedding: A History of Kitchen Gardening, which was published in 1996. In that book, the story revolve d around a fictional kitchen garden, but in this new edition, the author has been able to disclose her main source and her book is all the better for
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"'A superb study of the kitchen garden.... Mrs Campbell's rigorous research has thrown up many quixotic delights.' Anna Pavord, Independent 'Susan Campbell paints a memorable picture of this world, fleshing it out with astonishing richness of detail.' Patrick Taylor, Sunday Telegraph 'What is so riverting is the dedication and exhausting manual labour that has brought about such miracles as "the growing of new potatoes and salads at Christmas... strawberries and kidney beans in April... nectarines, muscats and figs all summer long... and seakle, asparagus and rhubarb in November".' Caroline Conran, Gardens Illustrated"
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This book is a new and significantly revised ver sion of the much acclaimed Charleston Kedding: A History of Kitchen Gardening, which was published in 1996. In that book, the story revolve d around a fictional kitchen garden, but in this new edition, the author has been able to disclose her main source and her book is all the better for
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This book takes the form of a conducted tour around an old walled kitchen garden in the south of England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hortus medicus, late vinery, early vinery, royal kitchen gardens, glasshouse range, tan beds, dung beds, infirmary garden, slip garden, compost yard, large kitchen gardens, fruit walls, mushroom spawn, fresh dung, dwarf fruit trees, glass casements Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Evelyn, Philip Miller, John Parkinson, Hampton Court, Thomas Hill, Charles M'Intosh, Stephen Switzer, Joseph Weld, Percy Gregory, William Robinson, Richard Bradley, Gilbert White, Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle, Second World War, Queen Victoria, Brompton Park, Walter Nicol, New World, Earl of Derby, Lord Burghley, Ascanius Senior, Royal Horticultural Society, West Indies, William Forsyth Browse Sample Pages:
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This book takes the form of a conducted tour around an old walled kitchen garden in the south of England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hortus medicus, late vinery, early vinery, royal kitchen gardens, glasshouse range, tan beds, dung beds, infirmary garden, slip garden, compost yard, large kitchen gardens, fruit walls, mushroom spawn, fresh dung, dwarf fruit trees, glass casements Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Evelyn, Philip Miller, John Parkinson, Hampton Court, Thomas Hill, Charles M'Intosh, Stephen Switzer, Joseph Weld, Percy Gregory, William Robinson, Richard Bradley, Gilbert White, Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle, Second World War, Queen Victoria, Brompton Park, Walter Nicol, New World, Earl of Derby, Lord Burghley, Ascanius Senior, Royal Horticultural Society, West Indies, William Forsyth Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The English Gardener (Bloomsbury Gardening Classics) by William Cobbett on 4 pages
- Mediaeval Gardens by John Harvey on 4 pages
- Early Nurserymen by John H. Harvey in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- On Agriculture (Loeb Classical Library) by Cato in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Gravetye Manor by William Robinson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The English Garden by Ursula Buchan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Serpent in the Garden: A Novel by Janet Gleeson in Front Matter
- From Grass to Gardens: How to Reap Bounty from a Small Yard by Janet Lembke in Back Matter
- A Little History of British Gardening by Jenny Uglow in Back Matter
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