Grow & Cook: An A-Z of what to grow all through the year at home
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The content of this book originally appeared in The New Kitchen Garden, published in 2015.
‘An endless selection of delicious produce you can plant, grow and then cook with.’ Raymond Blanc OBE
Now you can create your own delicious edible garden at home!
More and more people are being inspired to grow a little of what they eat at home. But while starting your own kitchen garden may seem like a daunting task at first, Grow & Cookmakes it easy.
Award-winning author and gardener, Mark Diacono, has distilled years of knowledge into this pocket-sized book. Whether you are new to gardening and only have a small window box or you are much more experienced with the space to experiment, this user-friendly handbook will inspire and help you. Mark is here to show you that there are plenty of options for everyone and lots of exciting new varieties to discover.
Each variety in the book includes a wealth of information on when to sow, growing tips, potential problems, harvesting and plenty more. There are hundreds of varieties to pick from that can be grown and then used in your kitchen.
Mark separates the growing guides into three groups:
* Vegetables
* Fruit & Nuts
* Herbs & Spices
Whatever you choose to grow should suit your lifestyle. You might prefer something tough and sturdy that doesn’t need too much love or time commitment, or you might get pleasure from the steady graft of looking after your veg patch. Whichever your circumstances, your kitchen garden should bring you joy both in the growing process and then in the kitchen.
Grow & Cook is the essential pocket guide for modern gardeners.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Headline Home (5 Mar. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 272 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1472265467 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1472265463 |
| Dimensions | 12.8 x 2.2 x 19.6 cm |
by Adrienne Baba
An easy to use, inspiring and invaluable guide with really helpful information on growing and varieties, all written in a very accessible style. I love this book and refer to it all the time.
by Rosie Hedger
This book is infinitely useful – I refer to it constantly when planning and planting up my garden. It has introduced me to a range of vegetables I’d never tried as well as those more familiar to me. I recommend it to anyone looking for a guide to edible gardening.
by Amazon Customer
As a total veg novice this book gives the essential information needed, and has been an invaluable resource making for much more success in the garden this year. Plus I love reading all about things I never knew I could grow here like okra! Great addition to my shelf!
by Mrs L.
This is a very good and handy reference book for the usual and the unusual things you can grow and cook. The authors’ company ‘Otter Farm’ is also a fabulous online supply shop for lots of hard to find items. In response to cover, they put together a bundle of ‘essential’ seeds and herbs (and this book!) at virtually cost price – which was a terrific and selfless act.
by Mateus Rose
Was lent a copy of this book which is essentially a brief rundown of mostly commonly grown vegetables with the most basic of information attached that can be found online or in any basic veg book. How the author thought this was filling a gap in the market is beyond me, although the sort of people that buy books by Mark Diacono are gullible middle class types who pretend to their friends that medlars and artichokes are great and brag about needing tarragon and olive oil ice cream in their lives.
by Emma Renton
Brilliant little contemporary reference book.
by A Burden
Fantastic book. Clearly written and full of so much useful information on the standard and also more exciting adventurous crops you may like to grow. I’ve had my copy for several months and it’s already getting a bit battered as permanently in my allotment bag. Highly recommend.
by kirstie edgar
From the conversational style of writing, to the huge depth of knowledge, this is the bees knees and my go to book for growing my own food. It’s like having a smart big brother on your side, giving you advice but also encouraging you to plant what you love to eat and to do it your own way.