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Charles Dowding's skills for growing, sowing, spacing, planting, picking, watering and more, [Charles Dowding]

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Charles Dowding's skills for growing, sowing, spacing, planting, picking, watering and more, [Charles Dowding]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Charles Dowding's skills for growing

Oclc number

1290491047

Responsibility statement

[Charles Dowding]

Sub title

sowing, spacing, planting, picking, watering and more

Summary

Includes cost-effective and productive-per-area methods to grow vegetables throughout the year and ways to plan, sow, multisow, transplant, space, water, harvest and improve growth

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part 1. Skills and knowledge for a full garden, all year -- Chatper 1. Tips for good growing -- Chapter 2. An outline of key skills -- Chapter 3. Planning, with three examples -- Chapter 4. Succession and rotation -- Part 2. Seeds, sowing and planting -- Chapter 5. Seeds and seed saving -- Chapter 6. How to propagate strong seedlings -- Chapter 7. The benefits of multisowing -- Chapter 8. Transplant or sow direct -- Chapter 9. Sow and plant once - perennials -- Part 3. The importance of spacing, with examples -- Chapter 10. The how and why of spacing -- Chapter 11. Examples of close spacings -- Chapter 12. Examples of wider spacings -- Part 4. Watering and harvesting -- Chapter 13. When and how to water, and how much -- Chapter 14. Harvesting methods and amounts -- Chapter 15. Harvesting timings -- Part 5. Covers and winter gardening -- Chapter 16. Covers for speeding growth and pest protection -- Chapter 17. Winter gardening, and how to manage frost -- Going further -- New skills for new energies -- Online courses

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