Description
INTRODUCTION
GROWING SKILLS
Introduction 7
Choosing Your Site 10
From Field to Garden 13
Soils & Nutrients 17
Machinery, Tools &
Equipment 21
Fertility 28
Rotation 35
Green Manures 40
Sowing, Propagation,
Modules & Transplants 43
Protected Cropping 50
Storing Your Harvest
Through the Winter 55
Water & Irrigation 59
Weed Control 63
Pests & Diseases 65
Seeds & Seed Sowing 77
VEGETABLES
HERBS
SOFT FRUITS
SELLING SKILLS
Introduction 231
Finding & Keeping Customers 232
Growing Vegetables for Sale 234
Buying In Vegetables to Sell 236
Selling Vegetables 238
Money 242
Labour & Help 244
APPENDICES
Polytunnels 247
Building Your Own Propagator 251
Average Monthly Costing & Content of Boxes 253
Timetables of Plantings For Succession 257
Sowing & Harvesting Table 261
Useful Organisations 263
Bibliography 266