Growing Self-Sufficiency : How to enjoy the satisfaction and fulfilment of producing your own fruit, vegetables, eggs and meat

Nex, Sally

Green Books（2017/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780857843173
• DDC分類 333.72

Full Description

Everyday steps everyone can take to experience the satisfaction and fulfilment of providing for yourself.

Growing Self-Sufficiency is a practical and inspirational guide for both the beginner and the experienced gardener. It explains how you can provide food for yourself and your family, whether you have just a small balcony or backyard, a large garden, or a homestead or smallholding.

This brilliant guide shows you how to grow and enjoy fresh and tasty vegetables and fruit, as well as how to produce your own chicken, eggs and lamb, guaranteed free from harmful chemicals and additives. It also contains helpful tips on how to preserve your produce - from freezing and drying to making jams, chutneys and pickles. There are also recipes for making juices, cordials, cider, wine and liqueurs, and how to grow medicinal herbs and make your own herbal remedies

Provide more food from your plot than you ever thought possible, and become more self-sufficient with this beautiful book.

Contents

Introduction

PART ONE: Sowing the seed
Chapter 1: Grow the easy hits
Chapter 2: Start a three-pot veg plot
Chapter 3: Make a herb garden
Chapter 4: Plant a mini orchard
Chapter 5: Eat with the seasons
Chapter 6: The good growing guide

PART TWO: Digging deeper
Chapter 7: Find more space
Chapter 8: Save your own seed
Chapter 9: Preserve your produce
Chapter 10: Grow your own drinks
Chapter 11: The backyard medicine cabinet
Chapter 12: The home-grown garden shed
Chapter 13: Supply your own eggs and meat

Resources

Index