A Guide to Starting Early Vegetable and Flowering Plants in the Hothouse , livre ebook

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This antique book comprises a concise yet comprehensive guide to growing plants using hot houses. Complete with simple, step-by-step instructions and a wealth of helpful illustrations and diagrams, this is a text that will be of considerable value to gardeners and farmers interested to growing with hotbeds. It is perfect for those with little previous experience. The chapters of this volume include: 'Hotbeds', 'Manure-Heated Structures', 'Temporary Hotbeds', 'Permanent Manure-Heated Hotbed', 'Concrete Construction', 'Preparation of Manure for Hotbeds', 'Management of Manure-Heated Bed', 'Fresh Manure Must be Allowed to Start Fermentation', etcetera. We are proud to republish this volume, now complete with a new introduction on growing vegetables at home.

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Jardinage

Potager

Techniques de jardinage

Kitchen garden

Gardening

Vegetables

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Publié par	Read Books Ltd.
Date de parution	07 septembre 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781473354821
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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A Guide to Starting Early Vegetable and Flowering Plants in the Hothouse
by
Charles H. Nissley
Copyright 2013 Read Books Ltd.
This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any way without the express permission of the publisher in writing
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Vegetable Growing at Home
(Kitchen Garden)
Whether you have a massive plot, or just a few planters, growing vegetables is satisfying as well as healthy. It also has a long history, dating back to French Renaissance potagers and Victorian Kitchen gardens. Kitchen gardens in turn have emerged from the Cottage Garden , the earliest of which were much more practical than their modem descendants. These were working class gardens, with an emphasis on vegetables and herbs, along with some fruit trees, perhaps a beehive and even livestock, with flowers only used to fill any spaces in-between. The traditional potager / kitchen garden, also known in Scotland as a kailyaird , is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden, possessing a different history as well as design, from traditional family farm plots.
The kitchen garden may serve as the central feature of an ornamental, all-season landscape, or it may be little more than a humble vegetable plot. It is a source of herbs, vegetables and fruits, but it is often also a structured garden space, sometimes incorporating beautiful geometric designs. The historical design precedent is from the Gardens of the French Renaissance and Baroque Garden la fran aise eras, where flowers (edible and non-edible) and herbs were planted alongside vegetables to enhance the garden s beauty. More common in the UK however, are simpler vegetable gardens (also known as patches or plots), which exist purely to grow vegetables - aside from any aesthetic purpose. It will typically include a compost heap and several plots of divided areas of land, intended to grow one or two types of plant in each plot. These plots are ordinarily divided into rows, with an assortment of vegetables grown in the different lines.
With worsening economic conditions and increased interest in organic and sustainable living, many people are turning to vegetable gardening as a supplement to their family s diet. Food grown in the back yard consumes little if any fuel for shipping or maintenance, and the grower can be sure of what exactly was used to grow it. Such means of organic gardening have become increasingly popular for the modern home gardener, and fit in with broader trends towards sustainability and permaculture. Through each person using the land and resources available to them, the home vegetable-grower has perhaps unwittingly become a part of this movement; a branch of ecological design and engineering, that develops sustainable, self-maintaining agricultural systems. The term originally referred to permanent agriculture but was expanded to stand also for permanent culture , as it was seen that social aspects were integral to a truly sustainable system.
Permaculture s core tenets revolve around care for the earth, care for the people and return of surplus; a key element is maximising useful connections between the various components, and synergy of the final design. This may sound hard to achieve, but by making and storing one s own foodstuffs, this helps to minimise waste, human labour and energy input - you have already started! Frequently, when growing vegetables in the domestic gardens, herb gardens will play a large part; they are normally purely functional, although many also arrange and clip the plants into ornamental patterns. Such herbs are used to flavour food in cooking, though they may also be used in other ways, such as discouraging pests, providing pleasant scents, or serving medicinal purposes (such as a physic garden), among others. Many herbs also grow well in pots / containers, giving the kitchen gardener the added benefit of mobility. Mint is an especially good example of a herb advisable to keep in a container - or its roots take over the whole garden.
Some of the easiest vegetables to grow are French beans; easy to sow and don t need support, so are easy to tend. Peas too are fantastic, as well as being fun to harvest for children. Beetroots, courgettes and lettuces are also good vegetables for beginners. The widespread uses, practical as well as edible, make vegetables a perfect thing to grow at home; and dependent on location and climate - they can be very low-maintenance crops. Even though technically a fruit, growing one s own fresh, juicy tomatoes is one of the great pleasures of summer gardening, and if the gardener doesn t have much room, hanging baskets are a good solution. The types, methods and approaches to growing vegetables are myriad, and far too numerous to be discussed in any detail here in this introduction, but there are always easy ways to get started for the complete novice. We hope that the reader is inspired by this book on vegetables and kitchen gardens - and is encouraged to start, or continue their own cultivations. Good Luck!
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