Vegetables and Herbs for the Greenhouse and Polytunnel
Author(s): Klaus Laitenberger (Author)
Publisher: Robinson
Publication Date: 21 Mar. 2013
Language: English
Print length: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0716023423
ISBN-13: 9780716023425
Book Description
With our unpredictable weather, there’s never been a better time to cultivate vegetables under shelter. Experienced grower, Klaus Laitenberger shows how to use the heat and shelter of a greenhouse or polytunnel to maximise crop production and supply tasty, healthy food throughout the year. He gives full details of sowing, planting, spacing and harvesting for all our best-loved herbs and vegetables, as well as introducing exotic newcomers such as pepino and yacon.
Editorial Reviews
Review
An inspiring new book … lays out a successional growing programme, month-by-month, vegetable-by-vegetable which will almost double the productivity of the plot and really keep you in vegetables all year round. ― Caroline Foley, Guardian
Of the many new books on growing your own food, this is the one I’ve been waiting for. ―
Michael Viney
What makes it unusual, if not unique, is that it’s firmly based on hands-on experience gained in one of the more difficult parts of the country for growing things … although it’s aimed at beginners I learned a lot from it, and I’m hardly a beginner at this stage. ―
Dick Warner, Irish Examiner
An accessible and essential guide to growing undercover, it offers fluff-free growing instructions and a monthly planner for everyday and unusual crops year round. ―
Vegetarian Living
Book Description
Revolutionise your vegetable growing with a greenhouse or polytunnel.
About the Author
Formerly the Head Gardener at the Organic Centre at Rossinver, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, Klaus Laitenberger has been growing vegetables organically for 20 years in the UK and Ireland.