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The salad garden / Joy Larkcom ; photographs by Roger Phillips, Jason Ingram, Joy Larkcom, Richard Johnston, Peter Bauwens [and others].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Frances Lincoln, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780711238701
Subject(s): Summary: "This new, extensively updated edition of a classic covers all your need to know about salad gardening -- from up-to-date ways of growing fresh, nutritious "baby leaves" and tiny, tasty "microgreens" to herbs, seed pods, and flowers. With detailed information on over 200 salad plants, Joy Larkcom gives advice on all aspects of cultivation, the best varieties for flavour, and how to create a beautiful, productive salad garden."--Jacket flap.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is the definitive guide to growing over 200 salad plants in gardens of all sizes! The Salad Garden comes with everything you'll need to know how to grow your own garden filled with salad greens.



Grow bountiful crops with the help of gardening expert Joy Larkcom. She will be your guide to the best growing techniques, and the best which varieties of plants you'll want based on your personal palette.



Larkcom also includes instruction on making your own beautifully designed potager garden. Whether you have space for intricate walkways, or are growing in a window box, The Salad Garden has what's right for you!



First Frances Lincoln edition published in 2001 as: The organic salad garden.

Work originally published in 1984 as: The salad garden.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-275) and index.

"This new, extensively updated edition of a classic covers all your need to know about salad gardening -- from up-to-date ways of growing fresh, nutritious "baby leaves" and tiny, tasty "microgreens" to herbs, seed pods, and flowers. With detailed information on over 200 salad plants, Joy Larkcom gives advice on all aspects of cultivation, the best varieties for flavour, and how to create a beautiful, productive salad garden."--Jacket flap.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Author's Note (p. 7)
  • Introduction (p. 9)
  • Leafy Salad Plants (p. 17)
  • Brassica Tribe (p. 61)
  • Oriental Greens (p. 71)
  • Stems and Stalks (p. 83)
  • Fruiting Vegetables (p. 95)
  • The Onion Family (p. 117)
  • Root Vegetables (p. 131)
  • Finishing Touches (p. 147)
  • Garden Practicalities (p. 169)
  • Salad Making (p. 257)
  • Appendices (p. 269)

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