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The grow your own food handbook, a back to basics guide to planting, growing, and harvesting fruits and vegetables, Monte Burch

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The grow your own food handbook, a back to basics guide to planting, growing, and harvesting fruits and vegetables, Monte Burch

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The grow your own food handbook

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionarieshandbooks

Oclc number

870946830

Responsibility statement

Monte Burch

Series statement

The Handbook Series

Sub title

a back to basics guide to planting, growing, and harvesting fruits and vegetables

Summary

Growing your own food is a hot topic today because of the high cost of transporting food long distances, the heightened problem of diseases caused by commercially grown foods, concerns of the overuse of chemicals in mass food production, and the uncertain health effects of GMOs. Many people?from White House executives to inner-city kids?have recently discovered the benefits of homegrown vegetables and fruits. Community gardens, and even community canning centers, are increasingly popular and have turned roof-top gardening into a great and healthy food source. And on a smaller scale, some

Table Of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: Why Grow Your Own Food; Chapter 2: Planning to Grow; Chapter 3: Preparing the Site; Chapter 4: Growing Food in Small Spaces; Chapter 5: Growing Vegetables; Chapter 6: Vegetable Specifics; Chapter 7: Growing Food for Fall and Winter; Chapter 8: Growing Perennial Foods; Chapter 9: Herbs; Chapter 10: Small Fruits; Chapter 11: The Home Orchard; Index

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