باغچهٔ آشپزخانهٔ عملی هری ددسون: راهنمای شخصی برای کشت سبزیجات و میوه‌ها

This book covers every aspect of fruit and vegetable gardening, from preparing the ground and crop rotation to the storage and showing of fruit and vegetables. Brassicas, spinach, peas and beans, onions and leeks, melons and pumpkins, mushrooms, herbs, soft fruit, figs and peaches are just some of the subjects Harry Dodson discusses and always he shares with us his own experience as well as giving solid gardening advice. Introduction I pg 7 Chapter 1 I Vegetable Garden Basics I pg 13 Soil - Digging - Manures and fertilizers - Sowing and planting vegetables - Crop rotation - Intercropping Chapter 2 I OBTAINING VEGETABLES OUT of SEASON I pg 33 Using hotbeds - Pots - Coldframes - Cloches Chapter 3 I SALAD CROPS I pg 41 Tomatoes - Cucumbers - Lettuce - Radishes - Chives - Spring Onions - Mustard and Cress - Lamb's Lettuce - American Land Cress Chapter 4 I ROOTS and TUBERS I pg 53 Jerusalem Artichokes - Chinese Artichokes - Beetroot - Carrots - Celeriac - Kohl Rabi - Parsnips - Potatoes - Salsify and Scorzonera - Swedes - Turnips Chapter 5 I BRASSICAS I pg 69 Brussels Sprouts - Broccoli - Cabbages - Savoys - Colewarts - Couce Tronchuda - Calabrese - Cauliflowers - Kales Chapter 6 I SPINACH, FLORENCE FENNEL and GLOBE ARTICHOKES I pg 77 Roundleaf or Prickly Spinach - Perpetual or Winter Spinach - New Zealand Spinach - Sea Kale Beet - Rhubarb Chard - Good King Henry - Florence Fennel - Globe Artichokes Chapter 7 I PEAS, BEANS and SWEETCORN I pg 85 Garden Peas - Purple-podded Peas - Sugar Peas - Asparagus or Winged Peas - Broad Beans - Runner Beans - French Beans - Haricot Beans - Butter beans - Ornamental Beans and odd Peas - Sweetcorn Chapter 8 I ONIONS and LEEKS I pg 97 Onions - Welsh Onions - Egyptian Onions - Shallots - Cocktail Onions - Leeks Chapter 9 I VEGETABLES FOR FORCING and BLANCHING I pg 105 Dandelions - Chicory - Asparagus - Endives - Rhubarb - Seakale - Celery - Cardoons - Mushrooms Chapter 10 I MARROWS, COURGETTES, SQUASHES and PUMPKINS I pg 121 Chapter 11 I AUBERGINES and CAPSICUMS I pg 125 Chapter 12 I HERBS I pg 129 Angelica - Balm - Basil - Borage - Caraway - Chervil - Dill - Fennel - Garlic - Hamburg Parsley - Horseradish - Marjoram - Mint - Oregano - Parsley - Rosemary - Rue - Sage - Savory - Sorrel - Tarragon - Thyme Chapter 13 I INTRODUCTION to FRUIT I pg 141 Forms of tree - How to wire a wall - How to erect a fence to support espaliers or cordons - Heeling-in - General instructions on planting and pruning Chapter 14 I TREE FRUIT I pg 149 Apples - Pears - Cherries - Plums and Gages - Peaches and Nectarines - Figs Chapter 15 I SOFT FRUIT I pg 177 Raspberries - Gooseberries - Currants - Loganberries - Strawberries Chapter 16 I GRAPES and MELONS I pg 189 Chapter 17 I STORING and SAVING I pg 201 Making a root store and a clamp for vegetables - Picking and storing apples and pears - Saving and storing seed - Storing herbs Chapter 18 I A BRIEF INTRODUCTION to SHOWING I pg 209 Planning ahead - Preparation - At the show List of Suppliers I pg 214 Index I pg 219 Covers every aspect of fruit and vegetable gardening, from preparing the ground and crop rotation to the storage of fruit and vegetables. The book offers advice on a range of gardening issues from fruit and spinach to mushrooms and herbs. Beautifully illustrated, Harry Dodson's practical Kitchen Garden will give pleasure to all who have enjoyed BBC tv's trilogy of Victorian Programmes and will be invaluable to anyone who wants to grow fruit and vegetables successufully.