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The Canadian kitchen garden : easy, fresh & organic / Laura Peters, Alison Beck.

by Peters, Laura, 1968-

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Partner Publishing Ltd., 2017.

Kitchen gardens -- Canada.

Vegetable gardening -- Canada.

Organic gardening -- Canada.

9781772130065 (pbk.)

240 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes index.

Introduction -- Root vegetables -- Head & stem vegetables -- Fruiting vegetables -- Leafy greens -- Berries -- Other fruits -- Herbs -- Seeds -- Edible flowers.

Features 85 plants, including vegetables, fruits and berries, herbs, seeds and edible flowers. Just minutes a day nurturing your plants can yield a bountiful harvest. All you need to know about large and small-format gardening, from preparing to planting and harvesting to preserving: flats of microgreens and herbs; accessible containers on the backyard porch, deck or balcony; windowsill trays and pots; care of plants and propagation; sun and soil requirements; companion planting; potential problems and pests; harvesting, preserving and drying your bounty. For anyone who wants to grow their own food - easy, fresh and organic. Laura Peters is a certified master gardener with over 30 gardening books to her credit. Alison Beck is one of Canada's bestselling garden writers. She has written or co-authored more than 30 gardening guides.

Beck, Alison, 1971-

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